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 (4058), Defensive Holding (2948), Roughing the Passer (1635), and Illegal Contact (963)

Numbers are shown per 100 passes. For example, if the Las Vegas Raiders defend 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.92 penalties for 43.61 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	9475	3.11	0.92	1.26	0.37	0.57	34.56
Minnesota	10029	2.55	0.74	1.07	0.31	0.44	31.41
Cleveland	9324	3.26	0.97	1.42	0.34	0.54	39.64
Dallas	9738	3.28	1.19	1.25	0.32	0.51	33.57
Carolina	9508	2.69	0.78	1.27	0.19	0.45	31.31
Cincinnati	10014	2.60	0.73	1.17	0.30	0.40	28.94
Arizona	9683	3.21	0.87	1.33	0.38	0.63	35.10
Tennessee	10130	2.82	0.67	1.31	0.34	0.50	33.38
San Francisco	10179	3.02	0.86	1.33	0.32	0.50	34.82
LA Chargers	9277	3.05	0.89	1.29	0.31	0.55	32.62
Baltimore	10502	3.43	0.83	1.51	0.39	0.70	38.74
Pittsburgh	9951	2.78	0.80	1.26	0.21	0.51	33.26
Washington	9389	2.65	0.68	1.14	0.28	0.55	31.73
Atlanta	9763	2.83	0.99	1.21	0.19	0.43	31.80
N.Y. Giants	9796	2.74	0.89	1.07	0.26	0.52	32.30
Las Vegas	9183	3.92	1.32	1.66	0.36	0.59	43.61
Indianapolis	9771	2.82	0.92	1.21	0.26	0.44	30.22
Chicago	9392	2.59	0.60	1.17	0.31	0.51	33.07
Denver	9978	3.28	1.14	1.31	0.30	0.52	35.38
LA Rams	9799	2.79	0.84	1.10	0.31	0.54	31.18
Green Bay	10141	2.59	0.95	0.96	0.31	0.38	27.27
Philadelphia	10303	3.01	0.83	1.26	0.42	0.50	32.22
Houston	9730	3.51	1.13	1.37	0.40	0.62	42.29
Kansas City	10506	3.22	1.07	1.48	0.23	0.44	35.21
Seattle	10268	3.03	0.93	1.30	0.32	0.48	34.51
Detroit	9621	3.54	1.10	1.57	0.34	0.53	38.42
New England	10579	2.91	1.02	1.26	0.24	0.40	34.81
Tampa Bay	10006	2.84	0.94	1.15	0.20	0.55	29.33
New Orleans	10073	3.69	1.25	1.65	0.20	0.60	43.14
Buffalo	9577	3.30	1.08	1.34	0.41	0.48	34.67
N.Y. Jets	9513	3.77	1.22	1.40	0.45	0.70	42.94
Jacksonville	9330	2.94	0.87	1.23	0.26	0.58	34.34