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 (3968), Defensive Holding (2917), Roughing the Passer (1615), and Illegal Contact (953)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.93 penalties for 43.32 yards against them.

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Team	Defensive Passing Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Miami	9337	3.12	0.91	1.25	0.37	0.58	34.79
Minnesota	9865	2.57	0.75	1.06	0.31	0.45	31.41
Cleveland	9191	3.25	0.97	1.40	0.35	0.53	39.48
Dallas	9584	3.27	1.20	1.22	0.32	0.52	33.50
Carolina	9375	2.69	0.78	1.26	0.19	0.46	31.48
Cincinnati	9907	2.56	0.72	1.15	0.29	0.40	28.48
Arizona	9559	3.22	0.88	1.32	0.39	0.64	34.97
Tennessee	9998	2.80	0.67	1.30	0.33	0.50	33.14
San Francisco	10078	3.03	0.87	1.33	0.32	0.51	34.95
LA Chargers	9109	3.02	0.87	1.28	0.32	0.55	32.50
Baltimore	10402	3.36	0.82	1.46	0.39	0.69	37.86
Pittsburgh	9806	2.76	0.80	1.24	0.21	0.51	32.98
Washington	9283	2.61	0.69	1.11	0.28	0.53	31.08
Atlanta	9663	2.85	1.00	1.21	0.20	0.43	31.65
N.Y. Giants	9670	2.71	0.90	1.04	0.25	0.52	31.82
Las Vegas	9039	3.93	1.34	1.64	0.37	0.59	43.32
Indianapolis	9668	2.83	0.92	1.21	0.26	0.44	30.39
Chicago	9251	2.56	0.61	1.15	0.31	0.50	32.35
Denver	9794	3.31	1.16	1.31	0.31	0.53	35.32
LA Rams	9671	2.78	0.85	1.09	0.31	0.54	30.90
Green Bay	9981	2.60	0.94	0.97	0.30	0.39	27.56
Philadelphia	10165	2.99	0.80	1.26	0.42	0.51	32.10
Houston	9617	3.51	1.12	1.38	0.40	0.61	42.48
Kansas City	10363	3.21	1.07	1.48	0.22	0.44	34.94
Seattle	10123	3.04	0.95	1.29	0.33	0.47	34.14
Detroit	9494	3.53	1.11	1.56	0.34	0.53	38.32
New England	10483	2.89	1.02	1.24	0.24	0.39	34.44
Tampa Bay	9851	2.82	0.94	1.14	0.20	0.54	29.15
New Orleans	9958	3.73	1.27	1.66	0.20	0.60	43.50
Buffalo	9465	3.31	1.09	1.33	0.40	0.49	34.87
N.Y. Jets	9386	3.74	1.21	1.36	0.46	0.70	42.60
Jacksonville	9229	2.91	0.88	1.20	0.25	0.59	34.06