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 (3931), Defensive Holding (2883), Roughing the Passer (1606), and Illegal Contact (938)

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 43.35 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	9204	3.12	0.89	1.26	0.38	0.59	35.00
Minnesota	9778	2.59	0.76	1.06	0.32	0.45	31.43
Cleveland	9129	3.28	0.97	1.41	0.35	0.54	39.75
Dallas	9498	3.25	1.19	1.23	0.31	0.53	33.60
Carolina	9305	2.70	0.78	1.26	0.19	0.46	31.25
Cincinnati	9799	2.55	0.72	1.13	0.30	0.40	28.17
Arizona	9474	3.23	0.89	1.31	0.39	0.64	34.99
Tennessee	9904	2.78	0.67	1.29	0.31	0.50	33.06
San Francisco	10012	3.03	0.87	1.34	0.32	0.50	34.99
LA Chargers	8977	3.02	0.86	1.29	0.32	0.55	32.63
Baltimore	10268	3.34	0.80	1.46	0.39	0.69	37.87
Pittsburgh	9735	2.75	0.79	1.23	0.22	0.51	32.91
Washington	9195	2.57	0.70	1.09	0.27	0.51	30.59
Atlanta	9552	2.87	1.01	1.22	0.20	0.44	31.96
N.Y. Giants	9622	2.70	0.89	1.04	0.25	0.52	31.70
Las Vegas	8962	3.93	1.34	1.63	0.37	0.59	43.35
Indianapolis	9562	2.84	0.91	1.22	0.26	0.45	30.62
Chicago	9186	2.58	0.61	1.15	0.32	0.50	32.58
Denver	9694	3.31	1.16	1.32	0.30	0.54	35.53
LA Rams	9561	2.80	0.86	1.09	0.31	0.54	31.01
Green Bay	9924	2.61	0.94	0.98	0.30	0.39	27.67
Philadelphia	10069	2.98	0.80	1.24	0.43	0.51	31.85
Houston	9499	3.53	1.14	1.40	0.37	0.62	42.85
Kansas City	10259	3.22	1.06	1.48	0.22	0.45	34.98
Seattle	10051	3.00	0.94	1.28	0.32	0.47	33.94
Detroit	9392	3.55	1.12	1.55	0.34	0.53	38.23
New England	10384	2.89	1.02	1.25	0.23	0.39	34.52
Tampa Bay	9764	2.82	0.94	1.14	0.19	0.54	29.16
New Orleans	9843	3.72	1.26	1.65	0.20	0.61	43.38
Buffalo	9367	3.32	1.10	1.33	0.40	0.49	35.13
N.Y. Jets	9290	3.72	1.19	1.36	0.46	0.71	42.60
Jacksonville	9134	2.91	0.86	1.22	0.24	0.59	34.25