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 (4312), Defensive Holding (3103), Roughing the Passer (1718), and Illegal Contact (1046)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Minnesota Vikings throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.54 penalties for 40.77 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	10542	3.31	0.94	1.36	0.34	0.67	35.24
Cleveland	10117	2.94	0.90	1.13	0.28	0.63	30.40
Minnesota	10063	3.54	1.10	1.43	0.38	0.63	40.77
Tampa Bay	10769	3.16	0.90	1.46	0.26	0.54	38.00
Green Bay	10870	3.31	0.99	1.66	0.27	0.40	42.86
Jacksonville	10263	2.96	0.86	1.38	0.32	0.40	32.39
Houston	10465	3.07	1.15	1.20	0.32	0.39	32.01
Seattle	9892	3.05	0.88	1.35	0.28	0.54	36.76
Denver	10406	3.42	1.08	1.60	0.21	0.54	39.34
Baltimore	10229	2.86	0.87	1.34	0.27	0.38	37.79
LA Chargers	10593	3.09	1.05	1.41	0.28	0.35	31.28
N.Y. Giants	10422	3.14	0.90	1.52	0.36	0.36	33.76
Cincinnati	10536	3.21	0.87	1.61	0.28	0.44	35.10
Detroit	10924	2.68	0.81	0.99	0.30	0.58	29.87
New England	11139	3.37	1.03	1.45	0.42	0.46	37.38
Arizona	10557	3.33	0.94	1.50	0.41	0.49	37.33
Kansas City	10911	3.10	1.26	0.96	0.36	0.51	30.11
Dallas	10513	3.23	0.95	1.39	0.48	0.42	34.15
San Francisco	9687	2.98	1.06	1.08	0.27	0.57	30.39
Pittsburgh	10694	3.19	0.88	1.58	0.23	0.50	39.93
Buffalo	9915	2.85	0.71	1.08	0.29	0.78	34.14
Washington	10132	3.01	1.04	1.02	0.37	0.59	30.82
Las Vegas	10111	3.04	0.83	1.42	0.35	0.44	37.89
N.Y. Jets	9719	2.96	0.86	1.29	0.32	0.49	33.76
New Orleans	10977	2.38	0.75	0.88	0.21	0.54	25.33
Philadelphia	10635	2.96	0.92	1.16	0.28	0.60	36.54
Chicago	9634	3.13	0.93	1.19	0.35	0.65	34.79
Indianapolis	10719	3.25	0.89	1.52	0.37	0.47	41.26
LA Rams	10275	2.75	0.88	1.16	0.24	0.48	31.14
Miami	10019	2.89	0.67	1.31	0.28	0.64	33.58
Tennessee	9276	3.37	1.19	1.20	0.36	0.64	33.86
Carolina	9718	2.94	0.94	1.04	0.38	0.59	29.38