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	Offensive Plays	Total	Defensive Holding	Defensive Pass Interference	Illegal Contact	Roughing the Passer	Penalty Yards
Kansas City	782	0.022	0.009	0.005	0.003	0.005	0.198
Seattle	643	0.036	0.014	0.012	0.006	0.003	0.434
Atlanta	669	0.043	0.018	0.013	0.001	0.010	0.417
Buffalo	750	0.035	0.005	0.011	0.005	0.013	0.444
N.Y. Jets	542	0.042	0.004	0.026	0.009	0.004	0.509
Miami	593	0.042	0.003	0.032	0.003	0.003	0.470
Cleveland	599	0.028	0.005	0.012	0.003	0.008	0.309
Detroit	624	0.043	0.013	0.014	0.006	0.010	0.441
Indianapolis	620	0.035	0.005	0.021	0.006	0.003	0.389
Jacksonville	660	0.023	0.003	0.017	0.000	0.003	0.230
Tampa Bay	792	0.049	0.008	0.034	0.001	0.006	0.737
New Orleans	626	0.034	0.011	0.014	0.002	0.006	0.363
Arizona	603	0.033	0.015	0.018	0.000	0.000	0.275
San Francisco	609	0.036	0.005	0.013	0.003	0.015	0.450
Las Vegas	628	0.035	0.014	0.018	0.002	0.002	0.508
Carolina	585	0.029	0.010	0.014	0.002	0.003	0.309
Dallas	682	0.026	0.009	0.013	0.001	0.003	0.245
N.Y. Giants	567	0.032	0.011	0.012	0.005	0.004	0.233
Tennessee	534	0.041	0.013	0.019	0.000	0.009	0.466
Minnesota	555	0.043	0.009	0.014	0.007	0.013	0.456
Denver	613	0.042	0.005	0.024	0.000	0.013	0.494
Washington	697	0.029	0.014	0.007	0.001	0.006	0.250
Pittsburgh	738	0.034	0.003	0.026	0.003	0.003	0.541
Cincinnati	629	0.024	0.006	0.013	0.002	0.003	0.235
Philadelphia	663	0.053	0.014	0.024	0.005	0.011	0.730
Green Bay	636	0.028	0.009	0.014	0.002	0.003	0.351
Houston	595	0.020	0.007	0.010	0.003	0.000	0.269
LA Chargers	661	0.038	0.011	0.011	0.005	0.012	0.428
Chicago	680	0.019	0.003	0.012	0.000	0.004	0.294
New England	477	0.034	0.008	0.004	0.006	0.015	0.310
LA Rams	674	0.021	0.006	0.009	0.000	0.006	0.206
Baltimore	508	0.018	0.008	0.006	0.002	0.002	0.240