2016 NFL Passing First Downs by Team

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

The New Orleans Saints led the whole NFL in passing first downs in 2016, with 265, 26 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 32 NFL teams is 199.0.

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

Led the whole NFL in 2016 New Orleans Saints 16 games

265 Passing First Downs 26 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	Conference	G	1D
1	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	265
2	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	239
3	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	229
4	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	226
5	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	222
6	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	220
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	220
8	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	217
9	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	214
10	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	212
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	210
12	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	209
13	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	207
14	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	205
15	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	204
16	New England Patriots	AFC	16	203
16	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	203
	NFL average			199.0
18	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	198
19	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	197
20	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	194
21	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	192
22	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	191
23	New York Giants	NFC	16	190
24	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	181
24	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	181
26	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	175
27	Houston Texans	AFC	16	173
28	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	167
29	New York Jets	AFC	16	166
30	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	155
31	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	152
32	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	151

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.