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 (4238), Defensive Holding (3063), Roughing the Passer (1697), and Illegal Contact (1027)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.89 penalties for 43.01 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	9809	3.15	0.95	1.25	0.39	0.56	34.57
Minnesota	10341	2.55	0.73	1.06	0.33	0.44	31.20
Cleveland	9633	3.25	0.96	1.42	0.35	0.52	39.32
Dallas	10090	3.26	1.17	1.24	0.33	0.53	33.50
Carolina	9840	2.66	0.75	1.27	0.18	0.46	31.26
Cincinnati	10358	2.63	0.73	1.19	0.30	0.41	28.59
Arizona	10061	3.25	0.89	1.33	0.39	0.64	34.90
Tennessee	10407	2.84	0.68	1.31	0.37	0.49	33.59
San Francisco	10523	3.06	0.88	1.33	0.35	0.49	34.95
LA Chargers	9606	3.05	0.87	1.31	0.32	0.54	32.45
Baltimore	10886	3.41	0.82	1.52	0.39	0.68	38.83
Pittsburgh	10335	2.79	0.81	1.26	0.21	0.50	32.89
Washington	9813	2.76	0.72	1.20	0.28	0.56	33.24
Atlanta	10041	2.83	1.01	1.20	0.20	0.43	31.70
N.Y. Giants	10188	2.84	0.89	1.14	0.27	0.53	34.58
Las Vegas	9545	3.89	1.29	1.66	0.37	0.58	43.01
Indianapolis	10144	2.85	0.94	1.23	0.25	0.43	30.15
Chicago	9652	2.63	0.59	1.17	0.32	0.55	33.83
Denver	10338	3.38	1.13	1.38	0.34	0.52	36.74
LA Rams	10274	2.77	0.84	1.10	0.30	0.54	30.61
Green Bay	10522	2.63	0.96	0.97	0.31	0.39	27.33
Philadelphia	10811	3.02	0.80	1.29	0.41	0.53	32.60
Houston	10069	3.50	1.13	1.34	0.41	0.62	41.72
Kansas City	10915	3.21	1.06	1.47	0.24	0.44	34.70
Seattle	10673	3.05	0.95	1.27	0.34	0.49	34.31
Detroit	10031	3.58	1.13	1.59	0.34	0.53	38.33
New England	10909	2.96	1.04	1.27	0.25	0.41	34.97
Tampa Bay	10398	2.90	0.94	1.15	0.23	0.58	29.86
New Orleans	10384	3.67	1.24	1.64	0.19	0.60	42.70
Buffalo	9934	3.33	1.07	1.38	0.42	0.46	34.33
N.Y. Jets	9814	3.77	1.21	1.41	0.46	0.69	42.77
Jacksonville	9701	2.99	0.89	1.27	0.27	0.57	35.06