2018 NFL Passes Defended by Team

The Chicago Bears led the whole NFL in passes defended in 2018, with 98, 8 ahead of the Houston Texans. The average across 32 NFL teams is 67.9.

Led the whole NFL in 2018 Chicago Bears 16 games

98 Passes Defended 8 clear of Houston Texans

#	Team	Conference	G	PD
1	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	98
2	Houston Texans	AFC	16	90
3	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	89
4	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	82
5	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	78
6	New York Giants	NFC	16	76
6	New York Jets	AFC	16	76
8	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	75
9	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	73
9	Los Angeles Chargers	AFC	16	73
9	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	73
12	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	72
13	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	71
14	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	69
14	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	69
16	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	68
16	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	68
	NFL average			67.9
18	New England Patriots	AFC	16	67
19	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	66
20	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	64
20	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	64
20	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	64
23	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	63
24	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	61
25	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	60
26	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	59
26	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	59
28	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	56
29	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	52
29	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	52
31	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	48
32	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	39

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.