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 (3518), Defensive Holding (2618), Roughing the Passer (1452), and Illegal Contact (827)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Denver Broncos throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.49 penalties for 40.05 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	9055	3.26	0.98	1.29	0.31	0.67	34.78
Cleveland	8322	2.87	0.90	1.11	0.28	0.59	29.92
Minnesota	8415	3.33	1.05	1.35	0.27	0.65	38.06
Tampa Bay	9083	3.10	0.91	1.46	0.23	0.50	37.81
Green Bay	9349	3.34	1.02	1.59	0.30	0.43	41.46
Jacksonville	8670	2.83	0.89	1.22	0.31	0.40	30.45
Houston	8687	3.02	1.11	1.21	0.28	0.43	32.32
Seattle	8360	2.89	0.90	1.17	0.28	0.55	35.65
Denver	8855	3.49	1.11	1.63	0.19	0.56	40.05
Baltimore	8785	2.75	0.75	1.33	0.27	0.40	38.24
LA Chargers	8933	3.13	1.12	1.38	0.28	0.36	31.84
N.Y. Giants	8791	3.03	0.89	1.44	0.39	0.31	32.03
Cincinnati	8774	3.09	0.93	1.47	0.26	0.42	33.80
Detroit	9198	2.84	0.90	1.08	0.27	0.59	31.78
New England	9600	3.42	1.10	1.41	0.43	0.48	38.88
Arizona	8953	3.29	0.90	1.51	0.38	0.50	37.29
Kansas City	8969	3.03	1.28	0.95	0.33	0.47	27.71
Dallas	8732	2.90	0.95	1.23	0.39	0.33	30.21
San Francisco	8113	3.00	1.04	1.15	0.22	0.59	31.80
Pittsburgh	9198	3.09	0.86	1.54	0.24	0.45	39.18
Buffalo	8293	2.66	0.59	1.05	0.28	0.75	33.04
Washington	8441	2.83	0.95	0.91	0.36	0.62	29.26
Las Vegas	8484	3.09	0.91	1.40	0.34	0.44	39.31
N.Y. Jets	8099	2.99	0.95	1.25	0.30	0.49	34.05
New Orleans	9369	2.26	0.70	0.86	0.17	0.52	24.49
Philadelphia	9091	2.95	0.89	1.13	0.27	0.65	37.58
Chicago	8083	3.15	0.94	1.22	0.27	0.72	36.64
Indianapolis	9221	3.28	0.97	1.49	0.35	0.48	40.73
LA Rams	8593	2.62	0.86	1.00	0.24	0.51	28.98
Miami	8433	3.01	0.70	1.34	0.30	0.68	35.62
Tennessee	7757	3.27	1.17	1.12	0.31	0.67	33.72
Carolina	8144	2.70	0.81	0.96	0.39	0.54	27.71