NFL Team Explorer
How does each club's offense line up against its defense — or its pass rush against its protection? Pick any two of 18 team measures; better is always up and to the right.
2026 seasonthrough 4 games
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Kansas City Chiefs are the best combination: 4th in yards per play (6.4) and 3rd in yards per play allowed (4.7). Clubs good at one tend to be good at the other (r = 0.34, oriented so positive means good goes with good).
Yards per play across, yards per play allowed up. A lower-is-better axis is inverted so better stays up and right. Per-play efficiency strips out pace: a club that runs 70 plays a game and one that runs 55 are compared on the same footing.
Ranked by yards per play32 teams
| Team | Y/P | Y/P al. |
|---|---|---|
1 San Francisco 49ers | 7.3 | 4.8#7 |
2 Baltimore Ravens | 6.7 | 5.1#11 |
3 Buffalo Bills | 6.5 | 5.4#19 |
4 Kansas City Chiefs | 6.4 | 4.7#3 |
5 Los Angeles Rams | 6.3 | 4.6#2 |
6 Seattle Seahawks | 6.2 | 3.8#1 |
7 Carolina Panthers | 6.0 | 5.5#20 |
8 Chicago Bears | 5.9 | 6.1#28 |
9 Dallas Cowboys | 5.6 | 6.0#27 |
10 Detroit Lions | 5.6 | 5.8#24 |
11 Jacksonville Jaguars | 5.5 | 5.8#25 |
12 Cincinnati Bengals | 5.4 | 5.6#22 |
13 Atlanta Falcons | 5.4 | 5.0#10 |
14 Philadelphia Eagles | 5.3 | 5.1#13 |
15 Green Bay Packers | 5.3 | 5.1#12 |
16 Los Angeles Chargers | 5.2 | 5.4#17 |
17 New Orleans Saints | 5.2 | 5.3#15 |
18 New England Patriots | 5.1 | 4.8#6 |
19 Cleveland Browns | 5.1 | 5.4#18 |
20 Miami Dolphins | 5.0 | 6.1#29 |
21 New York Jets | 5.0 | 4.8#4 |
22 Pittsburgh Steelers | 5.0 | 5.7#23 |
23 Denver Broncos | 5.0 | 5.6#21 |
24 Las Vegas Raiders | 4.9 | 5.2#14 |
25 Houston Texans | 4.8 | 5.4#16 |
26 Tennessee Titans | 4.8 | 4.9#8 |
27 Washington Commanders | 4.7 | 6.4#30 |
28 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4.7 | 4.9#9 |
29 Indianapolis Colts | 4.7 | 6.5#32 |
30 Arizona Cardinals | 4.5 | 6.5#31 |
31 New York Giants | 4.5 | 5.8#26 |
32 Minnesota Vikings | 4.3 | 4.8#5 |
How these are measured
Season numbers from ESPN's team statistics, raw per game or per play — not adjusted for the opponents faced. Dashed lines mark the league median; the dashed diagonal is the least-squares line, and r under the chart says how tightly the two move together. Full definitions are on team stats.