Passing Penalties

2021

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Only passing plays are used.

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 (308), Defensive Holding (165), Roughing the Passer (154), and Illegal Contact (28)

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Team	Offensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Dallas	728	0.026	0.004	0.019	0.000	0.003	0.254
Houston	590	0.029	0.007	0.017	0.002	0.003	0.385
Pittsburgh	747	0.031	0.007	0.016	0.000	0.008	0.378
N.Y. Jets	656	0.029	0.009	0.015	0.000	0.005	0.451
Atlanta	613	0.046	0.010	0.018	0.000	0.018	0.498
Cincinnati	771	0.026	0.006	0.014	0.001	0.004	0.259
Arizona	665	0.023	0.003	0.015	0.000	0.005	0.304
Detroit	626	0.034	0.008	0.011	0.002	0.013	0.417
Indianapolis	553	0.043	0.005	0.024	0.005	0.009	0.665
Washington	593	0.040	0.010	0.017	0.007	0.007	0.447
LA Chargers	704	0.033	0.013	0.016	0.003	0.001	0.320
N.Y. Giants	630	0.041	0.010	0.024	0.002	0.006	0.335
Green Bay	660	0.035	0.006	0.021	0.000	0.008	0.386
Las Vegas	725	0.040	0.011	0.019	0.003	0.007	0.626
Miami	655	0.029	0.006	0.014	0.000	0.009	0.339
Chicago	600	0.037	0.008	0.017	0.002	0.010	0.523
Jacksonville	635	0.035	0.016	0.011	0.002	0.006	0.403
Denver	581	0.034	0.005	0.015	0.000	0.014	0.485
Philadelphia	569	0.018	0.005	0.011	0.000	0.002	0.292
San Francisco	625	0.032	0.011	0.011	0.003	0.006	0.352
Tampa Bay	853	0.023	0.007	0.014	0.000	0.002	0.275
Seattle	542	0.033	0.004	0.018	0.000	0.011	0.482
Carolina	650	0.020	0.008	0.005	0.002	0.006	0.208
Tennessee	606	0.038	0.008	0.017	0.000	0.013	0.487
Buffalo	745	0.017	0.001	0.011	0.001	0.004	0.177
New England	604	0.041	0.007	0.023	0.000	0.012	0.455
Minnesota	634	0.027	0.006	0.009	0.003	0.008	0.298
LA Rams	786	0.029	0.009	0.011	0.003	0.006	0.266
Cleveland	569	0.035	0.009	0.019	0.000	0.007	0.392
Kansas City	834	0.032	0.018	0.007	0.001	0.006	0.331
New Orleans	540	0.030	0.006	0.006	0.000	0.019	0.350
Baltimore	667	0.024	0.006	0.009	0.003	0.006	0.366