2021 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 2021, with 273, 6 ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs. The average across 32 NFL teams is 201.3.

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

Led the whole NFL in 2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 games

273 Passing First Downs 6 clear of Kansas City Chiefs

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	17	273
2	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	17	267
3	Los Angeles Chargers	AFC	17	256
4	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	17	248
5	Buffalo Bills	AFC	17	236
6	Green Bay Packers	NFC	17	235
7	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	17	233
8	Las Vegas Raiders	AFC	17	217
9	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	17	214
10	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	17	209
11	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	17	208
12	Miami Dolphins	AFC	17	206
13	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	17	204
14	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	17	202
	NFL average			201.3
15	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	17	200
16	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	17	196
17	New York Jets	AFC	17	195
18	Tennessee Titans	AFC	17	194
19	Detroit Lions	NFC	17	193
20	New England Patriots	AFC	17	187
21	Washington Football Team	NFC	17	181
22	Chicago Bears	NFC	17	180
23	Denver Broncos	AFC	17	179
24	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	17	178
25	Cleveland Browns	AFC	17	177
26	Carolina Panthers	NFC	17	174
27	New York Giants	NFC	17	171
28	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	17	167
28	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	17	167
30	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	17	166
31	New Orleans Saints	NFC	17	165
32	Houston Texans	AFC	17	162

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.