2018 NFL Passing First Downs by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. First downs gained passing

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2018, with 265, 14 ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 196.1.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Led the whole NFL in 2018 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 games

265 Passing First Downs 14 clear of Pittsburgh Steelers

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	265
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	251
3	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	239
4	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	238
5	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	237
6	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	236
7	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	221
8	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	218
9	Los Angeles Chargers	AFC	16	213
10	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	212
11	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	210
12	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	208
12	New York Giants	NFC	16	208
14	New England Patriots	AFC	16	206
15	Houston Texans	AFC	16	202
16	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	201
16	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	201
18	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	197
	NFL average			196.1
19	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	189
20	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	184
20	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	184
22	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	182
23	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	181
24	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	177
25	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	164
26	New York Jets	AFC	16	157
27	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	156
27	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	156
27	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	156
30	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	153
31	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	137
32	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	136

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players. Passing yards are gross, before sack yardage comes off; the league's official team figures are net, so they run a little lower.