Passing Penalties

2020

This page shows all passing penalties, based on the type of penalty.

Only passing plays are used.

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 (314), Defensive Holding (175), Roughing the Passer (127), and Illegal Contact (59)

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Team	Games	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Kansas City	19	0.895	0.368	0.211	0.105	0.211	8.158
Seattle	17	1.353	0.529	0.471	0.235	0.118	16.412
Atlanta	16	1.813	0.750	0.563	0.063	0.438	17.438
Buffalo	19	1.368	0.211	0.421	0.211	0.526	17.526
N.Y. Jets	16	1.438	0.125	0.875	0.313	0.125	17.250
Miami	16	1.563	0.125	1.188	0.125	0.125	17.438
Cleveland	18	0.944	0.167	0.389	0.111	0.278	10.278
Detroit	16	1.688	0.500	0.563	0.250	0.375	17.188
Indianapolis	17	1.294	0.176	0.765	0.235	0.118	14.176
Jacksonville	16	0.938	0.125	0.688	0.000	0.125	9.500
Tampa Bay	20	1.950	0.300	1.350	0.050	0.250	29.200
New Orleans	18	1.167	0.389	0.500	0.056	0.222	12.611
Arizona	16	1.250	0.563	0.688	0.000	0.000	10.375
San Francisco	16	1.375	0.188	0.500	0.125	0.563	17.125
Las Vegas	16	1.375	0.563	0.688	0.063	0.063	19.938
Carolina	16	1.063	0.375	0.500	0.063	0.125	11.313
Dallas	16	1.125	0.375	0.563	0.063	0.125	10.438
N.Y. Giants	16	1.125	0.375	0.438	0.188	0.125	8.250
Tennessee	17	1.294	0.412	0.588	0.000	0.294	14.647
Minnesota	16	1.500	0.313	0.500	0.250	0.438	15.813
Denver	16	1.625	0.188	0.938	0.000	0.500	18.938
Washington	17	1.176	0.588	0.294	0.059	0.235	10.235
Pittsburgh	17	1.471	0.118	1.118	0.118	0.118	23.471
Cincinnati	16	0.938	0.250	0.500	0.063	0.125	9.250
Philadelphia	16	2.188	0.563	1.000	0.188	0.438	30.250
Green Bay	18	1.000	0.333	0.500	0.056	0.111	12.389
Houston	16	0.750	0.250	0.375	0.125	0.000	10.000
LA Chargers	16	1.563	0.438	0.438	0.188	0.500	17.688
Chicago	17	0.765	0.118	0.471	0.000	0.176	11.765
New England	16	1.000	0.250	0.125	0.188	0.438	9.250
LA Rams	18	0.778	0.222	0.333	0.000	0.222	7.722
Baltimore	18	0.500	0.222	0.167	0.056	0.056	6.778