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: 3rd in yards per play allowed (4.7) and 3rd in point differential per game (12.7). Clubs good at one tend to be good at the other (r = 0.26, oriented so positive means good goes with good).
Yards per play allowed across, point differential per game up. A lower-is-better axis is inverted so better stays up and right.
Ranked by yards per play allowed32 teams
| Team | Y/P al. | Diff/G |
|---|---|---|
1 Seattle Seahawks | 3.8 | 8.3#7 |
2 Los Angeles Rams | 4.6 | -0.7#15 |
3 Kansas City Chiefs | 4.7 | 12.7#3 |
4 New York Jets | 4.8 | 1.0#13 |
5 Minnesota Vikings | 4.8 | 10.0#6 |
6 New England Patriots | 4.8 | -5.0#22 |
7 San Francisco 49ers | 4.8 | 16.0#1 |
8 Tennessee Titans | 4.9 | -7.3#29 |
9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4.9 | -5.7#23 |
10 Atlanta Falcons | 5.0 | -5.7#24 |
11 Baltimore Ravens | 5.1 | 4.7#10 |
12 Green Bay Packers | 5.1 | -11.7#31 |
13 Philadelphia Eagles | 5.1 | -4.7#21 |
14 Las Vegas Raiders | 5.2 | 11.3#5 |
15 New Orleans Saints | 5.3 | -0.7#16 |
16 Houston Texans | 5.4 | -7.0#28 |
17 Los Angeles Chargers | 5.4 | -10.7#30 |
18 Cleveland Browns | 5.4 | -3.5#20 |
19 Buffalo Bills | 5.4 | 7.7#8 |
20 Carolina Panthers | 5.5 | 2.0#11 |
21 Denver Broncos | 5.6 | -3.3#19 |
22 Cincinnati Bengals | 5.6 | 5.7#9 |
23 Pittsburgh Steelers | 5.7 | -2.5#17 |
24 Detroit Lions | 5.8 | -0.7#14 |
25 Jacksonville Jaguars | 5.8 | 15.3#2 |
26 New York Giants | 5.8 | -3.0#18 |
27 Dallas Cowboys | 6.0 | 2.0#12 |
28 Chicago Bears | 6.1 | 12.0#4 |
29 Miami Dolphins | 6.1 | -16.7#32 |
30 Washington Commanders | 6.4 | -5.7#25 |
31 Arizona Cardinals | 6.5 | -6.0#26 |
32 Indianapolis Colts | 6.5 | -6.3#27 |
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.