Passing Penalties - 2009 to Present

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Beneficiary means the team benefitted from the penalty. Declined and Offsetting penalties are not shown in this table.

The table below contains the following penalties: Defensive Pass Interference (4128), Defensive Holding (2996), Roughing the Passer (1662), and Illegal Contact (981)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.90 penalties for 43.52 yards against them.

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Team	Defensive Passing Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Miami	9633	3.10	0.93	1.25	0.36	0.56	34.28
Minnesota	10203	2.57	0.74	1.07	0.32	0.44	31.43
Cleveland	9446	3.24	0.95	1.42	0.34	0.53	39.42
Dallas	9864	3.25	1.18	1.24	0.32	0.52	33.33
Carolina	9644	2.69	0.77	1.28	0.19	0.46	31.22
Cincinnati	10163	2.65	0.72	1.21	0.31	0.41	29.05
Arizona	9834	3.21	0.86	1.33	0.39	0.63	34.97
Tennessee	10233	2.82	0.66	1.32	0.34	0.50	33.59
San Francisco	10308	3.02	0.86	1.33	0.33	0.49	34.74
LA Chargers	9415	3.05	0.89	1.30	0.32	0.54	32.46
Baltimore	10710	3.43	0.82	1.53	0.38	0.69	39.01
Pittsburgh	10106	2.77	0.82	1.24	0.21	0.50	32.91
Washington	9653	2.76	0.73	1.20	0.27	0.56	32.96
Atlanta	9911	2.82	0.99	1.19	0.20	0.43	31.58
N.Y. Giants	9936	2.77	0.91	1.09	0.25	0.52	33.08
Las Vegas	9347	3.90	1.31	1.66	0.35	0.59	43.52
Indianapolis	9891	2.82	0.92	1.21	0.25	0.43	30.13
Chicago	9501	2.59	0.59	1.18	0.31	0.52	33.44
Denver	10118	3.28	1.13	1.31	0.33	0.51	35.21
LA Rams	10025	2.77	0.85	1.08	0.31	0.54	30.78
Green Bay	10356	2.59	0.96	0.95	0.30	0.39	27.14
Philadelphia	10598	2.99	0.81	1.26	0.41	0.51	32.20
Houston	9909	3.50	1.14	1.34	0.39	0.63	41.98
Kansas City	10748	3.17	1.05	1.46	0.22	0.44	34.58
Seattle	10416	3.01	0.93	1.28	0.33	0.48	34.26
Detroit	9799	3.56	1.13	1.56	0.35	0.52	38.22
New England	10717	2.90	1.02	1.24	0.23	0.41	34.68
Tampa Bay	10198	2.87	0.95	1.15	0.20	0.58	29.75
New Orleans	10205	3.66	1.24	1.64	0.20	0.59	42.72
Buffalo	9777	3.33	1.07	1.37	0.42	0.47	34.52
N.Y. Jets	9636	3.77	1.20	1.41	0.46	0.70	42.82
Jacksonville	9480	2.93	0.86	1.24	0.25	0.57	34.58