Passing Penalties

2021

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 (308), Defensive Holding (165), Roughing the Passer (154), and Illegal Contact (28)

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Team	Defensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Tampa Bay	812	0.033	0.009	0.018	0.000	0.006	0.417
Jacksonville	575	0.028	0.009	0.007	0.000	0.012	0.318
Buffalo	658	0.049	0.020	0.014	0.003	0.012	0.494
Carolina	554	0.031	0.002	0.016	0.000	0.013	0.399
Philadelphia	659	0.033	0.009	0.014	0.003	0.008	0.303
Minnesota	677	0.034	0.012	0.015	0.001	0.006	0.425
Tennessee	717	0.032	0.008	0.017	0.004	0.003	0.446
San Francisco	721	0.043	0.004	0.029	0.000	0.010	0.669
Seattle	692	0.035	0.014	0.013	0.000	0.007	0.334
LA Chargers	593	0.052	0.020	0.019	0.000	0.013	0.646
Washington	635	0.030	0.005	0.017	0.000	0.008	0.398
Denver	597	0.023	0.005	0.010	0.003	0.005	0.265
New Orleans	638	0.031	0.005	0.019	0.000	0.008	0.276
Baltimore	655	0.035	0.009	0.018	0.002	0.006	0.363
N.Y. Giants	645	0.016	0.003	0.008	0.002	0.003	0.141
New England	599	0.025	0.005	0.013	0.002	0.005	0.392
Cincinnati	836	0.023	0.007	0.012	0.000	0.004	0.262
Cleveland	618	0.036	0.006	0.019	0.002	0.008	0.568
Dallas	677	0.031	0.009	0.015	0.003	0.004	0.350
Atlanta	594	0.034	0.007	0.020	0.002	0.005	0.406
Detroit	574	0.033	0.007	0.019	0.002	0.005	0.413
Houston	577	0.029	0.010	0.009	0.002	0.009	0.373
Indianapolis	631	0.021	0.003	0.013	0.000	0.005	0.304
Kansas City	765	0.030	0.005	0.017	0.003	0.005	0.295
N.Y. Jets	619	0.036	0.008	0.018	0.000	0.010	0.420
Las Vegas	675	0.040	0.013	0.015	0.001	0.010	0.470
Green Bay	664	0.026	0.006	0.015	0.000	0.005	0.369
Chicago	525	0.030	0.006	0.015	0.002	0.008	0.398
Arizona	619	0.040	0.008	0.015	0.005	0.013	0.438
LA Rams	838	0.018	0.006	0.005	0.001	0.006	0.218
Miami	657	0.024	0.003	0.011	0.000	0.011	0.248
Pittsburgh	660	0.024	0.008	0.008	0.002	0.008	0.258