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 (4105), Defensive Holding (2980), Roughing the Passer (1650), and Illegal Contact (974)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.91 penalties for 43.51 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	9603	3.10	0.93	1.25	0.36	0.56	34.33
Minnesota	10166	2.55	0.74	1.07	0.30	0.43	31.35
Cleveland	9420	3.24	0.96	1.41	0.34	0.53	39.37
Dallas	9840	3.26	1.18	1.24	0.33	0.52	33.41
Carolina	9614	2.69	0.77	1.28	0.19	0.46	31.32
Cincinnati	10118	2.62	0.72	1.20	0.30	0.41	28.99
Arizona	9787	3.20	0.86	1.33	0.38	0.63	34.97
Tennessee	10194	2.82	0.67	1.31	0.33	0.50	33.51
San Francisco	10284	3.01	0.87	1.32	0.33	0.50	34.79
LA Chargers	9374	3.06	0.90	1.30	0.32	0.54	32.60
Baltimore	10641	3.42	0.83	1.51	0.39	0.70	38.77
Pittsburgh	10083	2.78	0.82	1.24	0.21	0.51	32.99
Washington	9510	2.73	0.70	1.20	0.27	0.56	32.80
Atlanta	9878	2.81	0.99	1.19	0.20	0.43	31.53
N.Y. Giants	9903	2.75	0.88	1.09	0.25	0.53	33.04
Las Vegas	9298	3.91	1.31	1.66	0.35	0.59	43.51
Indianapolis	9859	2.83	0.92	1.22	0.25	0.44	30.23
Chicago	9479	2.56	0.59	1.16	0.31	0.51	32.77
Denver	10084	3.29	1.13	1.32	0.33	0.52	35.33
LA Rams	9969	2.76	0.84	1.08	0.30	0.53	30.71
Green Bay	10268	2.59	0.94	0.95	0.30	0.39	27.30
Philadelphia	10429	3.00	0.82	1.26	0.41	0.51	32.17
Houston	9849	3.51	1.15	1.35	0.40	0.62	42.09
Kansas City	10615	3.18	1.06	1.47	0.23	0.43	34.85
Seattle	10382	3.01	0.93	1.28	0.32	0.47	34.18
Detroit	9746	3.56	1.13	1.56	0.35	0.52	38.35
New England	10680	2.91	1.02	1.25	0.23	0.41	34.80
Tampa Bay	10155	2.87	0.96	1.15	0.20	0.56	29.58
New Orleans	10171	3.66	1.24	1.63	0.20	0.59	42.72
Buffalo	9702	3.34	1.07	1.37	0.42	0.47	34.69
N.Y. Jets	9602	3.77	1.21	1.41	0.46	0.70	42.77
Jacksonville	9446	2.92	0.86	1.24	0.25	0.57	34.37