Sportsball Stats

Defence vs position2021

How far NFL players beat or miss their own average against each defence. A positive figure means that defence gives the position more than it usually manages; a negative one means less. Volume conceded is not the same measure and does not rank the same clubs.

DefenceSeasonStingy — generousL10L5L3Games
+56.9+67.8+59.1+70.618
+41.2+32.6−1.5−31.120
+38.5+34.6+3.6+41.721
+34.0+20.3+19.5+59.319
+33.5+20.6+40.4+5.519
+30.3+7.6+14.9+16.119
+23.7+4.0+10.7+0.419
+20.1+12.3+56.8+99.021
+18.4+23.6+68.9+100.222
+12.8−8.8−29.3−23.720
+1.1−29.6−16.3−21.621
+1.1−14.6−27.7−18.122
+1.0+13.3+14.4+74.321
−2.4+9.6+41.9+55.223
−4.4+0.1−8.3−7.819
−4.7−8.2−26.1−17.023
−4.8−13.6−26.5−70.521
−5.9−4.5−9.2−37.518
−6.6−35.7−61.2−70.320
−6.7−26.6−39.6−12.922
−6.9−10.2−2.3+16.620
−7.6−20.7−37.5−25.719
−8.4−10.3−2.5−53.320
−8.9−21.7−42.6−42.722
−13.6−45.1−65.0−55.617
−14.5−6.5−23.4−38.121
−16.2+8.7+44.6+16.122
−21.6−30.8−35.7−27.520
−30.1−24.4−30.0−13.823
−37.8−40.8−61.3−67.121
−46.6−72.0−71.2−25.221
−55.0−60.0−23.0−78.821

Bars run to ±56.9 passing yards, the widest figure on this board. A figure under 10 player-games is greyed. Open a club for its hit rate at 200+, 225+, 250+, 275+, 300+.

2021 · 655 QB player-games carrying a passing yards figure, across 32 clubs. Each player’s own matches against a club are left out of the baseline he is measured against, so no cell is compared with itself.