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 (4252), Defensive Holding (3072), Roughing the Passer (1699), and Illegal Contact (1030)

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	9866	3.14	0.94	1.26	0.39	0.56	34.77
Minnesota	10366	2.56	0.72	1.06	0.33	0.44	31.21
Cleveland	9662	3.26	0.96	1.43	0.35	0.52	39.31
Dallas	10118	3.27	1.17	1.26	0.33	0.52	33.89
Carolina	9865	2.67	0.76	1.27	0.18	0.46	31.23
Cincinnati	10391	2.63	0.73	1.18	0.31	0.40	28.54
Arizona	10061	3.25	0.89	1.33	0.39	0.64	34.90
Tennessee	10441	2.83	0.68	1.30	0.36	0.49	33.48
San Francisco	10561	3.06	0.89	1.33	0.35	0.49	34.87
LA Chargers	9641	3.05	0.87	1.31	0.33	0.54	32.38
Baltimore	10965	3.40	0.81	1.52	0.39	0.67	38.70
Pittsburgh	10372	2.78	0.81	1.25	0.21	0.50	32.77
Washington	9848	2.75	0.72	1.20	0.27	0.56	33.12
Atlanta	10069	2.84	1.00	1.21	0.20	0.43	31.88
N.Y. Giants	10212	2.84	0.89	1.15	0.27	0.53	34.64
Las Vegas	9545	3.89	1.29	1.66	0.37	0.58	43.01
Indianapolis	10185	2.86	0.94	1.24	0.25	0.43	30.24
Chicago	9676	2.64	0.59	1.18	0.32	0.55	33.77
Denver	10373	3.40	1.14	1.40	0.34	0.53	36.78
LA Rams	10274	2.77	0.84	1.10	0.30	0.54	30.61
Green Bay	10560	2.65	0.97	0.98	0.31	0.39	27.49
Philadelphia	10839	3.02	0.80	1.28	0.41	0.53	32.51
Houston	10102	3.48	1.13	1.34	0.41	0.61	41.59
Kansas City	10945	3.20	1.06	1.46	0.24	0.44	34.61
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	10943	2.96	1.04	1.26	0.25	0.41	34.91
Tampa Bay	10452	2.89	0.94	1.15	0.23	0.57	29.71
New Orleans	10411	3.67	1.25	1.63	0.19	0.60	42.64
Buffalo	9964	3.33	1.07	1.37	0.42	0.46	34.27
N.Y. Jets	9849	3.76	1.21	1.40	0.46	0.69	42.61
Jacksonville	9701	2.99	0.89	1.27	0.27	0.57	35.06