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2020 NFL Passes Defended by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passes broken up

The New Orleans Saints and the Pittsburgh Steelers shared the lead of the whole NFL in passes defended in 2020, with 84. The average across 32 NFL teams is 66.0.

Led the whole NFL in 2020 New Orleans Saints 16 games
84 Passes Defended Tied with Pittsburgh Steelers
# Team Conference G PD
1 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 84
1 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 84
3 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 81
4 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 80
4 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 80
6 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 78
7 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 76
7 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 76
9 New York Giants NFC 16 75
10 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 74
10 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 74
10 Las Vegas Raiders AFC 16 74
13 Chicago Bears NFC 16 71
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 70
15 Los Angeles Rams NFC 16 68
16 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 67
16 New York Jets AFC 16 67
NFL average 66.0
18 Washington Football Team NFC 16 66
19 Denver Broncos AFC 16 64
19 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 64
21 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 62
22 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 60
23 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 58
24 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 57
25 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 56
26 Los Angeles Chargers AFC 16 54
27 New England Patriots AFC 16 52
28 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 51
28 Detroit Lions NFC 16 51
30 Houston Texans AFC 16 50
31 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 46
32 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 43

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.