2012 NFL Forced Fumbles by Team

The New England Patriots led the whole NFL in forced fumbles in 2012, with 30, 4 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 32 NFL teams is 14.8.

Led the whole NFL in 2012 New England Patriots 16 games

30 Forced Fumbles 4 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	Conference	G	FF
1	New England Patriots	AFC	16	30
2	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	26
3	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	21
4	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	19
5	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	18
5	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	18
7	Houston Texans	AFC	16	17
8	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	16
8	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	16
8	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	16
8	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	16
8	New York Giants	NFC	16	16
13	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	15
13	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	15
13	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	15
13	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	15
	NFL average			14.8
17	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	14
17	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	14
17	New York Jets	AFC	16	14
20	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	13
20	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	13
20	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	13
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	12
23	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	12
23	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	12
26	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	11
26	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	11
26	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	11
29	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	10
30	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	9
31	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	8
32	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	6

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.