2024 NFC Passes Defended by Team

The Minnesota Vikings led the NFC in passes defended in 2024, with 95, 2 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 16 NFC teams is 71.8.

Led the NFC in 2024 Minnesota Vikings 17 games

95 Passes Defended 2 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	G	PD
1	Minnesota Vikings	17	95
2	New Orleans Saints	17	93
3	Philadelphia Eagles	17	90
4	Detroit Lions	17	81
5	Seattle Seahawks	17	74
6	Los Angeles Rams	17	73
7	San Francisco 49ers	17	72
	NFC average		71.8
8	Dallas Cowboys	17	70
9	Carolina Panthers	17	68
10	Atlanta Falcons	17	66
10	Chicago Bears	17	66
12	Arizona Cardinals	17	63
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	17	61
14	New York Giants	17	60
14	Washington Commanders	17	60
16	Green Bay Packers	17	56

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.