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 (4213), Defensive Holding (3054), Roughing the Passer (1690), and Illegal Contact (1015)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Minnesota Vikings throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.52 penalties for 40.61 yards in their favor.

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Team	Offensive Passing Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Atlanta	10347	3.29	0.94	1.34	0.32	0.69	34.91
Cleveland	9977	2.88	0.87	1.11	0.27	0.62	29.78
Minnesota	9865	3.52	1.10	1.42	0.36	0.63	40.61
Tampa Bay	10580	3.15	0.90	1.46	0.26	0.54	37.94
Green Bay	10676	3.33	1.00	1.66	0.27	0.39	42.75
Jacksonville	10097	2.92	0.86	1.35	0.32	0.40	32.02
Houston	10211	3.05	1.14	1.20	0.31	0.39	32.01
Seattle	9759	3.04	0.89	1.32	0.29	0.54	36.56
Denver	10221	3.45	1.10	1.59	0.22	0.55	39.54
Baltimore	10098	2.84	0.87	1.32	0.28	0.38	37.35
LA Chargers	10413	3.11	1.07	1.42	0.28	0.35	31.44
N.Y. Giants	10216	3.09	0.89	1.49	0.36	0.35	33.00
Cincinnati	10327	3.21	0.89	1.60	0.29	0.44	35.04
Detroit	10733	2.70	0.83	1.00	0.29	0.59	30.18
New England	10948	3.35	1.02	1.44	0.42	0.47	37.41
Arizona	10318	3.32	0.93	1.51	0.40	0.48	37.49
Kansas City	10708	3.07	1.27	0.96	0.34	0.50	29.48
Dallas	10334	3.18	0.96	1.35	0.47	0.41	33.48
San Francisco	9538	3.00	1.06	1.10	0.26	0.58	30.71
Pittsburgh	10490	3.16	0.88	1.56	0.24	0.49	39.69
Buffalo	9751	2.85	0.69	1.09	0.30	0.78	34.36
Washington	9988	2.99	1.03	1.00	0.36	0.60	30.83
Las Vegas	9921	3.02	0.84	1.42	0.34	0.42	37.80
N.Y. Jets	9576	2.99	0.87	1.31	0.31	0.50	34.16
New Orleans	10786	2.36	0.75	0.87	0.21	0.53	25.04
Philadelphia	10490	2.96	0.92	1.14	0.29	0.61	36.73
Chicago	9425	3.12	0.93	1.20	0.32	0.67	34.99
Indianapolis	10535	3.28	0.90	1.53	0.38	0.47	41.78
LA Rams	10107	2.72	0.87	1.14	0.24	0.47	30.88
Miami	9876	2.90	0.68	1.30	0.27	0.65	33.63
Tennessee	9086	3.39	1.20	1.19	0.35	0.65	33.95
Carolina	9558	2.94	0.93	1.05	0.39	0.58	29.42