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 (3593), Defensive Holding (2662), Roughing the Passer (1476), and Illegal Contact (841)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Denver Broncos throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.51 penalties for 40.24 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	9187	3.24	0.97	1.31	0.30	0.66	34.49
Cleveland	8471	2.88	0.91	1.12	0.27	0.58	30.48
Minnesota	8578	3.32	1.05	1.36	0.27	0.64	38.21
Tampa Bay	9211	3.09	0.90	1.47	0.23	0.50	37.64
Green Bay	9486	3.36	1.02	1.62	0.30	0.42	42.68
Jacksonville	8822	2.83	0.88	1.25	0.31	0.40	30.96
Houston	8850	2.99	1.10	1.20	0.27	0.43	32.05
Seattle	8495	2.91	0.88	1.20	0.28	0.54	35.40
Denver	8996	3.51	1.09	1.62	0.21	0.59	40.24
Baltimore	8900	2.79	0.76	1.35	0.28	0.39	38.47
LA Chargers	9087	3.13	1.10	1.38	0.29	0.36	31.56
N.Y. Giants	8942	3.01	0.89	1.43	0.38	0.30	31.85
Cincinnati	8931	3.10	0.93	1.49	0.26	0.43	33.76
Detroit	9331	2.84	0.90	1.07	0.28	0.59	31.70
New England	9759	3.40	1.10	1.40	0.42	0.48	38.61
Arizona	9082	3.31	0.91	1.52	0.37	0.51	37.46
Kansas City	9113	3.02	1.27	0.94	0.34	0.46	27.83
Dallas	8876	2.95	0.96	1.25	0.39	0.35	30.79
San Francisco	8232	3.04	1.07	1.14	0.23	0.60	31.89
Pittsburgh	9337	3.08	0.85	1.55	0.25	0.44	39.09
Buffalo	8433	2.64	0.58	1.06	0.27	0.74	33.30
Washington	8600	2.90	0.98	0.94	0.36	0.62	29.86
Las Vegas	8621	3.13	0.90	1.43	0.35	0.45	39.39
N.Y. Jets	8230	2.99	0.95	1.26	0.29	0.49	33.86
New Orleans	9524	2.27	0.70	0.86	0.17	0.54	24.52
Philadelphia	9229	2.97	0.92	1.13	0.27	0.65	37.30
Chicago	8217	3.14	0.94	1.22	0.28	0.71	36.29
Indianapolis	9372	3.24	0.96	1.46	0.34	0.48	40.29
LA Rams	8763	2.58	0.84	0.99	0.24	0.50	28.59
Miami	8573	2.97	0.69	1.33	0.29	0.66	35.39
Tennessee	7878	3.33	1.21	1.13	0.30	0.69	34.09
Carolina	8316	2.75	0.83	0.97	0.40	0.55	28.16