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 Denver Broncos throw 100 passes they can expect, on average, 3.47 penalties for 40.07 yards in their favor.

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Team	Offensive Passing Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Atlanta	9989	3.25	0.93	1.33	0.32	0.67	34.70
Cleveland	9437	2.82	0.86	1.08	0.26	0.61	29.70
Minnesota	9388	3.46	1.09	1.37	0.36	0.64	39.20
Tampa Bay	10122	3.11	0.93	1.44	0.25	0.49	37.68
Green Bay	10300	3.31	0.98	1.64	0.28	0.41	42.47
Jacksonville	9664	2.95	0.88	1.35	0.32	0.40	32.37
Houston	9779	3.04	1.14	1.23	0.28	0.40	32.11
Seattle	9357	2.99	0.85	1.30	0.29	0.55	36.39
Denver	9781	3.47	1.09	1.59	0.21	0.56	40.07
Baltimore	9709	2.85	0.84	1.34	0.28	0.39	38.07
LA Chargers	9901	3.07	1.05	1.40	0.27	0.34	30.89
N.Y. Giants	9755	3.00	0.89	1.42	0.37	0.32	31.88
Cincinnati	9853	3.14	0.89	1.53	0.25	0.46	34.16
Detroit	10230	2.79	0.85	1.05	0.28	0.61	31.37
New England	10560	3.32	1.05	1.38	0.41	0.48	37.38
Arizona	9825	3.32	0.94	1.49	0.40	0.50	36.88
Kansas City	10120	3.07	1.30	0.94	0.34	0.49	28.86
Dallas	9865	3.09	0.98	1.29	0.47	0.35	32.03
San Francisco	9057	3.04	1.09	1.12	0.25	0.57	31.18
Pittsburgh	10076	3.18	0.87	1.56	0.25	0.50	40.12
Buffalo	9299	2.75	0.66	1.04	0.29	0.76	33.40
Washington	9462	2.93	0.98	1.00	0.36	0.58	30.63
Las Vegas	9446	3.08	0.86	1.45	0.33	0.44	39.04
N.Y. Jets	9153	2.97	0.90	1.29	0.29	0.49	34.09
New Orleans	10356	2.27	0.72	0.86	0.17	0.51	24.06
Philadelphia	10001	2.94	0.94	1.09	0.29	0.62	36.12
Chicago	8989	3.16	0.96	1.25	0.28	0.68	35.72
Indianapolis	10170	3.25	0.91	1.47	0.38	0.48	40.63
LA Rams	9596	2.72	0.86	1.10	0.25	0.50	30.93
Miami	9392	2.95	0.70	1.31	0.29	0.65	34.34
Tennessee	8632	3.37	1.20	1.14	0.35	0.68	34.14
Carolina	9101	2.80	0.86	0.98	0.41	0.56	28.23