2026 season · RPO Rate

Detroit Lions RPO rate, 2026

1.7%

23rd of 32 in the NFL

League median
3.0%
Sample
On 351 plays through Week 5

How often do the Lions run RPOs?

The Lions have called a run-pass option on 1.7% of their plays through Week 5, 23rd in the NFL.

Week by week

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

Detroit Lions RPO rate after each week of 2026
ThroughRPO%Rank
Week 41.7%24th
Week 51.7%23rd

Last season

Down from 3.1% in 2025, which ranked 24th of 32.

From the Lions weekly

First and ten at the Carolina fifteen, seven nineteen left in the game, down thirty-two to nineteen. An incompletion to Sam LaPorta, two more to Amon-Ra St. Brown, a delay of game and a false start later, it was fourth and twenty at the twenty-five. On that snap Jared Goff threw short right to St. Brown for four, St. Brown pitched it back to Jahmyr Gibbs, and Gibbs got nine more to the twelve, seven yards short. The Lions scored on their next drive, LaPorta from eight yards with three forty-two left, and got the ball back at their own thirteen with two oh six left, down six, no timeouts. The last snap was fourth and thirteen at the ten, Goff to Isaac TeSlaa for twelve, a yard short. Carolina won thirty-two to twenty-six, and Detroit is two and two.

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Which offenses run the most RPOs in 2026?

Carolina Panthers (8.8%), Kansas City Chiefs (8.2%), then Pittsburgh Steelers (6.9%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the RPO Rate board.

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