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 Minnesota Vikings throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.52 penalties for 40.75 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	10222	3.29	0.94	1.34	0.31	0.69	35.10
Cleveland	9762	2.89	0.87	1.11	0.28	0.64	30.26
Minnesota	9727	3.52	1.10	1.43	0.36	0.63	40.75
Tampa Bay	10410	3.12	0.91	1.45	0.25	0.51	37.73
Green Bay	10577	3.33	0.99	1.66	0.27	0.40	42.89
Jacksonville	9908	2.91	0.87	1.33	0.31	0.39	31.87
Houston	10083	3.01	1.11	1.21	0.30	0.40	32.03
Seattle	9615	3.01	0.87	1.32	0.28	0.53	36.30
Denver	10053	3.46	1.09	1.60	0.22	0.55	39.92
Baltimore	9941	2.85	0.88	1.32	0.27	0.38	37.56
LA Chargers	10216	3.11	1.07	1.43	0.26	0.35	31.60
N.Y. Giants	10047	3.05	0.90	1.45	0.36	0.34	32.41
Cincinnati	10140	3.18	0.89	1.57	0.28	0.44	34.72
Detroit	10593	2.71	0.82	1.01	0.28	0.59	30.47
New England	10802	3.33	1.03	1.43	0.40	0.47	37.29
Arizona	10132	3.34	0.95	1.50	0.39	0.49	37.14
Kansas City	10528	3.07	1.29	0.96	0.32	0.49	28.98
Dallas	10131	3.16	0.98	1.34	0.46	0.38	32.99
San Francisco	9325	3.01	1.07	1.09	0.27	0.58	30.95
Pittsburgh	10378	3.15	0.86	1.56	0.24	0.49	39.79
Buffalo	9610	2.80	0.65	1.08	0.30	0.77	33.88
Washington	9883	2.96	1.03	0.99	0.35	0.59	30.32
Las Vegas	9765	3.02	0.84	1.42	0.33	0.43	38.11
N.Y. Jets	9405	2.99	0.88	1.31	0.31	0.49	34.21
New Orleans	10618	2.30	0.73	0.86	0.18	0.54	24.50
Philadelphia	10325	2.95	0.93	1.11	0.29	0.62	36.50
Chicago	9292	3.13	0.95	1.22	0.30	0.67	35.25
Indianapolis	10380	3.26	0.91	1.50	0.38	0.47	41.36
LA Rams	9921	2.69	0.84	1.13	0.24	0.48	30.69
Miami	9711	2.92	0.69	1.31	0.28	0.65	34.04
Tennessee	8898	3.38	1.19	1.18	0.35	0.66	34.28
Carolina	9382	2.86	0.87	1.01	0.39	0.58	29.01