2026 season · Play-Action Rate

Washington Commanders play-action rate, 2026

23.5%

17th of 32 in the NFL

League median
23.8%
Sample
On 115 dropbacks through Week 3

How often do the Commanders use play-action?

The Commanders have faked a handoff on 23.5% of their dropbacks through Week 3, 17th in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the play-action rate and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Washington Commanders play-action rate after each week of 2026
ThroughPA%Rank
Week 117.9%24th
Week 222.2%21st
Week 323.5%17th

Last season

Down from 25.5% in 2025, which ranked 10th of 32.

From the Commanders weekly

Third and nine at the Washington thirty-four, one fifty-five left, Washington up thirty-three to thirty-one and Seattle holding all three of its timeouts. Rachaad White went around right end for nineteen yards to the Seattle forty-seven — eight and a half points of win probability, the model's read on each team's chance of winning at that moment, and the only Washington run of the day to gain ten yards or more. Seattle spent its timeouts. On third and seven at the Seattle forty-four with one thirty-six left, Marcus Mariota ran around right end for nine, and Washington knelt. The Commanders beat the Seahawks thirty-three to thirty-one at home for their first win of the season, never trailed, and by the win probability model never dropped below fifty-one percent. They did it with two hundred sixty total yards, the fifth-fewest of the twenty-eight teams that have played so far this week, and the sixth-most points.

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Which offenses use the most play-action in 2026?

Kansas City Chiefs (37.6%), Detroit Lions (34.7%), then Seattle Seahawks (34.7%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Play-Action Rate board.

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