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 (3821), Defensive Holding (2816), Roughing the Passer (1565), and Illegal Contact (920)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Denver Broncos throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.51 penalties for 40.98 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	9634	3.25	0.94	1.31	0.31	0.69	34.53
Cleveland	9099	2.87	0.88	1.10	0.27	0.62	30.04
Minnesota	9127	3.37	1.05	1.35	0.33	0.65	38.47
Tampa Bay	9817	3.12	0.92	1.46	0.25	0.49	37.92
Green Bay	10052	3.34	0.98	1.65	0.29	0.42	42.71
Jacksonville	9373	2.98	0.89	1.34	0.33	0.42	32.86
Houston	9408	3.04	1.14	1.21	0.28	0.41	32.42
Seattle	9034	2.96	0.85	1.27	0.29	0.54	36.19
Denver	9452	3.51	1.09	1.63	0.21	0.58	40.98
Baltimore	9453	2.81	0.80	1.34	0.29	0.38	38.01
LA Chargers	9645	3.08	1.07	1.40	0.27	0.34	31.07
N.Y. Giants	9456	2.98	0.89	1.42	0.38	0.30	31.19
Cincinnati	9456	3.11	0.91	1.51	0.25	0.43	34.13
Detroit	10021	2.80	0.86	1.06	0.28	0.61	31.72
New England	10238	3.34	1.05	1.39	0.42	0.48	37.45
Arizona	9572	3.30	0.92	1.48	0.41	0.49	36.84
Kansas City	9794	3.06	1.31	0.94	0.33	0.49	28.61
Dallas	9516	3.05	0.97	1.28	0.44	0.36	32.00
San Francisco	8811	3.01	1.08	1.10	0.24	0.59	31.06
Pittsburgh	9794	3.10	0.85	1.56	0.26	0.44	38.91
Buffalo	8993	2.70	0.63	1.01	0.29	0.77	33.06
Washington	9181	2.89	0.97	0.96	0.37	0.59	29.46
Las Vegas	9140	3.06	0.85	1.42	0.34	0.45	39.05
N.Y. Jets	8808	2.96	0.92	1.25	0.30	0.50	33.80
New Orleans	10038	2.27	0.71	0.87	0.18	0.52	24.39
Philadelphia	9747	2.95	0.93	1.12	0.27	0.64	36.75
Chicago	8660	3.08	0.92	1.20	0.29	0.67	35.17
Indianapolis	9877	3.26	0.94	1.47	0.36	0.49	40.63
LA Rams	9283	2.64	0.85	1.06	0.24	0.50	29.97
Miami	9133	2.95	0.70	1.31	0.28	0.65	34.52
Tennessee	8368	3.37	1.22	1.12	0.33	0.69	34.21
Carolina	8842	2.79	0.86	0.96	0.42	0.55	27.92