Team Pace
Team Pace — 2026 NFL rankings, updated Sep 29, 2026. Carolina Panthers played the fastest in neutral situations at 25.08 seconds a snap across 32 qualifying teams. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 3 of the 2026 season.
Pace is measured snap to snap: the seconds that elapsed between one play and the next on the same drive. The neutral-script column is the one that describes an offense rather than its scoreboard, because a team that trails all year runs a hurry-up for reasons that say nothing about how it wants to play. The no-huddle column beside it answers a different question than most readers expect. Skipping the huddle is not the same as playing fast — an offense can line up early to make the defense declare and then let the play clock run to one, and the two columns coming apart is the tell for exactly that. Washington ran no-huddle on more than three snaps in five in 2025 and still sat in the middle of the league for seconds per play.
| # | Team | Δ WK | G | Neutral Sec/Play | Sec/Play | No-Huddle | Plays/G | Neutral Snaps | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Panthers | No change | 3 | 25.08 | 22.76 | 5.1% | 65.0 | 89 | |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers | No change | 3 | 25.72 | 22.63 | 11.1% | 60.0 | 71 | |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Up 1 place, from 4 | 3 | 26.92 | 25.26 | 16.2% | 74.0 | 93 | |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Up 12 places, from 16 | 3 | 27.67 | 26.83 | 2.4% | 54.7 | 69 | |
| 5 | Washington Commanders | Up 1 place, from 6 | 3 | 27.78 | 25.53 | 8.1% | 66.0 | 76 | |
| 6 | Houston Texans | Up 1 place, from 7 | 3 | 28.10 | 24.25 | 8.0% | 66.7 | 99 | |
| 7 | Buffalo Bills | Up 5 places, from 12 | 3 | 28.60 | 26.15 | 3.9% | 60.0 | 70 | |
| 8 | Los Angeles Rams | Up 14 places, from 22 | 3 | 28.72 | 26.89 | 8.3% | 64.0 | 78 | |
| 9 | Arizona Cardinals | Up 6 places, from 15 | 3 | 28.77 | 26.67 | 8.7% | 65.3 | 88 | |
| 10 | Los Angeles Chargers | Up 11 places, from 21 | 3 | 28.88 | 26.28 | 4.5% | 59.0 | 103 | |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Up 7 places, from 18 | 3 | 28.92 | 26.24 | 10.2% | 59.0 | 78 | |
| 12 | Cincinnati Bengals | Down 9 places, from 3 | 3 | 28.94 | 27.91 | 4.5% | 58.7 | 72 | |
| 13 | Denver Broncos | Up 7 places, from 20 | 3 | 29.13 | 26.64 | 6.1% | 54.7 | 69 | |
| 14 | Dallas Cowboys | Down 4 places, from 10 | 3 | 29.23 | 26.29 | 5.1% | 59.3 | 83 | |
| 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Up 4 places, from 19 | 3 | 29.24 | 26.63 | 10.3% | 61.3 | 89 | |
| 16 | Kansas City Chiefs | Down 5 places, from 11 | 3 | 29.31 | 28.37 | 0.5% | 63.7 | 104 | |
| 17 | Chicago Bears | Down 12 places, from 5 | 3 | 29.36 | 28.95 | 3.9% | 68.7 | 108 | |
| 18 | Miami Dolphins | Down 1 place, from 17 | 3 | 29.63 | 25.81 | 1.7% | 57.7 | 89 | |
| 19 | Tennessee Titans | Down 10 places, from 9 | 3 | 29.66 | 25.18 | 14.0% | 52.3 | 53 | |
| 20 | New York Giants | Down 12 places, from 8 | 3 | 29.67 | 29.29 | 4.5% | 59.0 | 63 | |
| 21 | Las Vegas Raiders | Up 6 places, from 27 | 3 | 29.89 | 27.26 | 3.3% | 61.3 | 82 | |
| 22 | Indianapolis Colts | Up 1 place, from 23 | 3 | 30.37 | 29.94 | 4.3% | 62.3 | 81 | |
| 23 | Baltimore Ravens | Down 10 places, from 13 | 3 | 30.39 | 28.94 | 4.0% | 57.7 | 71 | |
| 24 | Minnesota Vikings | Up 1 place, from 25 | 3 | 30.42 | 27.78 | 5.5% | 55.0 | 93 | |
| 25 | New England Patriots | Down 1 place, from 24 | 3 | 30.49 | 27.62 | 1.1% | 59.3 | 65 | |
| 26 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Down 12 places, from 14 | 3 | 30.80 | 30.80 | 7.2% | 55.7 | 55 | |
| 27 | Seattle Seahawks | Up 1 place, from 28 | 3 | 31.42 | 28.84 | 1.7% | 59.3 | 72 | |
| 28 | Detroit Lions | Up 3 places, from 31 | 3 | 31.53 | 27.41 | 3.0% | 65.7 | 64 | |
| 29 | Atlanta Falcons | Down 3 places, from 26 | 3 | 31.94 | 29.18 | 3.2% | 63.0 | 82 | |
| 30 | San Francisco 49ers | Up 2 places, from 32 | 3 | 32.00 | 30.53 | 0.6% | 53.3 | 57 | |
| 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Down 1 place, from 30 | 3 | 32.22 | 29.40 | 16.5% | 56.7 | 93 | |
| 32 | New York Jets | Down 3 places, from 29 | 3 | 32.68 | 28.56 | 5.2% | 64.7 | 91 |
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