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 (3877), Defensive Holding (2854), Roughing the Passer (1588), and Illegal Contact (930)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Denver Broncos throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.49 penalties for 40.63 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	9791	3.25	0.93	1.32	0.32	0.68	34.67
Cleveland	9214	2.85	0.87	1.10	0.27	0.62	29.97
Minnesota	9223	3.44	1.06	1.39	0.34	0.65	39.35
Tampa Bay	9930	3.11	0.92	1.46	0.25	0.48	37.87
Green Bay	10153	3.32	0.98	1.64	0.29	0.41	42.48
Jacksonville	9490	2.97	0.90	1.34	0.33	0.41	32.67
Houston	9574	3.01	1.13	1.19	0.28	0.41	31.96
Seattle	9225	2.98	0.87	1.29	0.28	0.54	36.24
Denver	9578	3.49	1.09	1.62	0.21	0.57	40.63
Baltimore	9531	2.81	0.81	1.33	0.28	0.39	37.83
LA Chargers	9699	3.06	1.06	1.39	0.27	0.34	30.90
N.Y. Giants	9570	2.98	0.90	1.40	0.38	0.30	31.08
Cincinnati	9606	3.13	0.90	1.54	0.26	0.44	34.17
Detroit	10067	2.79	0.85	1.05	0.28	0.61	31.58
New England	10344	3.34	1.05	1.39	0.42	0.48	37.70
Arizona	9684	3.31	0.92	1.49	0.40	0.51	36.88
Kansas City	9928	3.10	1.33	0.95	0.33	0.49	29.26
Dallas	9640	3.07	0.99	1.27	0.46	0.36	32.00
San Francisco	8932	3.00	1.07	1.10	0.25	0.58	30.91
Pittsburgh	9918	3.16	0.87	1.56	0.25	0.47	39.80
Buffalo	9089	2.68	0.64	1.00	0.29	0.76	32.76
Washington	9265	2.88	0.97	0.96	0.37	0.58	29.74
Las Vegas	9245	3.09	0.85	1.45	0.34	0.45	39.12
N.Y. Jets	8946	2.96	0.91	1.26	0.29	0.50	34.00
New Orleans	10134	2.26	0.71	0.86	0.18	0.51	24.21
Philadelphia	9853	2.93	0.93	1.11	0.26	0.63	36.41
Chicago	8812	3.17	0.95	1.25	0.28	0.68	35.99
Indianapolis	9977	3.25	0.93	1.46	0.37	0.48	40.37
LA Rams	9421	2.65	0.85	1.08	0.23	0.49	30.59
Miami	9228	2.98	0.70	1.32	0.29	0.66	34.80
Tennessee	8429	3.37	1.21	1.13	0.33	0.70	34.32
Carolina	8958	2.79	0.86	0.97	0.41	0.55	27.93