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Defensive Passer Rating

This indicator merely applies the formula used to measure passer rating to a team’s pass defense. Like all of our Quality Stats, which are based on efficiency, it has a much higher Correlation to Victory than volume stats, such as passing yards allowed. Most great teams throughout history have a very stingy Defensive Passer Rating, even if they surrendered a lot of passing yards. For example, the 2010 Super Bowl champion Packers and 2010 AFC champion Steelers finished Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in Defensive Passer Rating. We've written numerous times about the historic importance of Defensive Passer Rating here on CHFF and here on SI.com over the years. We spoke about the importance of all three measures of passer rating at NFL Films in the summer of 2012. Bottom line: it's a killer measure of overall team success and always has been.

Rank Team Attempts Completions Attempt/Completion Ratio Passing Yds. Passing Yds./Attempt Touchdowns Interceptions Defensive Passer Rating
1 1 Los Angeles Chargers 505 307 61.0% 3,314 6.56 16 19 75.13
2 1 Philadelphia Eagles 544 309 57.0% 3,476 6.39 14 12 75.60
3 2 Houston Texans 538 319 59.0% 3,486 6.48 20 19 75.93
4 = Seattle Seahawks 600 375 62.0% 3,619 6.03 20 18 77.49
5 = Jacksonville Jaguars 635 396 62.0% 3,933 6.19 25 22 78.23
6 1 Denver Broncos 593 343 58.0% 3,606 6.08 18 10 78.84
7 1 Buffalo Bills 464 277 60.0% 2,894 6.24 19 13 80.06
8 1 Minnesota Vikings 447 279 62.0% 3,021 6.76 15 8 85.65
9 1 Los Angeles Rams 589 377 64.0% 3,988 6.77 26 16 87.02
10 2 Indianapolis Colts 627 397 63.0% 4,462 7.12 24 14 87.71
11 1 Carolina Panthers 507 336 66.0% 3,657 7.21 20 15 87.95
12 1 Atlanta Falcons 529 331 63.0% 3,773 7.13 27 16 88.70
13 1 Baltimore Ravens 625 399 64.0% 4,403 7.04 23 11 89.68
14 1 Cleveland Browns 487 308 63.0% 3,220 6.61 25 11 89.83
15 3 Kansas City Chiefs 509 340 67.0% 3,487 6.85 18 10 90.06
16 = Chicago Bears 533 355 67.0% 4,067 7.63 32 23 91.74
17 3 New Orleans Saints 491 312 64.0% 3,336 6.79 25 10 92.19
18 3 Pittsburgh Steelers 613 396 65.0% 4,437 7.24 30 15 92.53
19 2 New England Patriots 527 350 66.0% 3,512 6.66 25 10 92.74
20 1 Detroit Lions 555 342 62.0% 4,027 7.26 31 13 92.86
21 4 Green Bay Packers 549 360 66.0% 3,516 6.40 24 7 93.01
22 = New York Giants 550 358 65.0% 3,908 7.11 25 9 94.21
23 2 Las Vegas Raiders 524 359 69.0% 3,644 6.95 23 8 96.81
24 = Tampa Bay Buccaneers 568 379 67.0% 4,332 7.63 30 13 97.78
25 2 Arizona Cardinals 572 375 66.0% 4,128 7.22 31 10 97.95
26 1 Cincinnati Bengals 534 348 65.0% 4,175 7.82 33 13 99.29
27 1 San Francisco 49ers 584 398 68.0% 4,110 7.04 29 6 100.36
28 2 Washington Commanders 540 350 65.0% 4,371 8.09 33 8 104.16
29 1 Miami Dolphins 515 371 72.0% 3,920 7.61 29 9 105.28
30 1 Tennessee Titans 514 354 69.0% 4,221 8.21 30 6 108.38
31 1 Dallas Cowboys 556 381 69.0% 4,521 8.13 35 6 109.95
32 1 New York Jets 515 336 65.0% 3,849 7.47 36 0 110.68