Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate Leaders
Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Oct 13, 2026. San Francisco 49ers led the league in success rate at 52.7%, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 5 of the 2026 season.
These are the two halves of moving the ball, and a team can be excellent at one and poor at the other. Success rate counts the share of snaps that gained positive expected points — staying on schedule, second and four instead of second and nine — with no extra credit for how far the play went. Explosive rate counts the share that went 20 yards or more. An offense high in success and low in explosives grinds and rarely scores from distance; the reverse is the boom-bust offense that punts a lot and then scores from the far 40. Both columns appear twice, because a defense is measured on the same two questions with the signs reversed: the best defenses here are the ones lowest in both.
| # | Team | Δ WK | G | Off Succ% | Off Expl% | Def Succ% | Def Expl% | Off Plays | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | No change | 5 | 52.7% | 6.9% | 42.6% | 2.8% | 277 | Read |
| 2 | Baltimore Ravens | No change | 5 | 50.7% | 7.2% | 41.3% | 6.7% | 304 | Read |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Up 6 places, from 9 | 5 | 49.1% | 9.6% | 48.3% | 6.6% | 293 | Read |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Up 1 place, from 5 | 5 | 49.1% | 5.8% | 47.6% | 7.9% | 330 | Read |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | Up 1 place, from 6; did not play this week | 4 | 48.6% | 7.6% | 41.3% | 4.8% | 249 | Read |
| 6 | Dallas Cowboys | Up 2 places, from 8 | 5 | 47.9% | 5.2% | 51.8% | 7.9% | 307 | Read |
| 7 | Los Angeles Rams | Up 3 places, from 10 | 5 | 47.3% | 6.9% | 42.4% | 3.7% | 347 | Read |
| 8 | Cincinnati Bengals | Up 4 places, from 12 | 5 | 47.1% | 4.9% | 43.0% | 8.0% | 308 | Read |
| 9 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Down 6 places, from 3 | 5 | 46.9% | 5.9% | 41.7% | 5.8% | 288 | Read |
| 10 | Atlanta Falcons | Down 6 places, from 4 | 5 | 46.3% | 6.8% | 40.1% | 5.6% | 307 | Read |
| 11 | Chicago Bears | Down 4 places, from 7 | 5 | 46.1% | 5.8% | 42.4% | 7.6% | 360 | Read |
| 12 | Arizona Cardinals | Down 1 place, from 11 | 5 | 45.9% | 2.4% | 44.1% | 7.1% | 329 | Read |
| 13 | New England Patriots | Up 5 places, from 18 | 5 | 45.4% | 7.0% | 42.1% | 4.9% | 313 | Read |
| 14 | Carolina Panthers | Up 1 place, from 15; did not play this week | 4 | 44.2% | 7.5% | 43.4% | 5.2% | 265 | Read |
| 15 | New Orleans Saints | Down 1 place, from 14 | 5 | 43.1% | 4.8% | 50.5% | 5.5% | 334 | Read |
| 16 | New York Jets | No change | 5 | 42.8% | 5.2% | 44.2% | 4.8% | 290 | Read |
| 17 | Las Vegas Raiders | Up 3 places, from 20 | 5 | 42.6% | 5.7% | 44.9% | 6.9% | 317 | Read |
| 18 | Houston Texans | Up 3 places, from 21 | 5 | 42.4% | 6.8% | 39.1% | 6.1% | 311 | Read |
| 19 | Indianapolis Colts | No change | 5 | 42.2% | 5.3% | 44.4% | 6.6% | 320 | Read |
| 20 | New York Giants | Up 6 places, from 26 | 5 | 42.1% | 3.7% | 46.2% | 5.9% | 323 | Read |
| 21 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Up 2 places, from 23 | 5 | 41.7% | 7.0% | 44.4% | 8.5% | 302 | Read |
| 22 | Seattle Seahawks | Down 9 places, from 13 | 5 | 41.5% | 6.1% | 38.3% | 3.3% | 294 | Read |
| 23 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Up 5 places, from 28 | 5 | 40.9% | 5.0% | 41.7% | 6.1% | 301 | Read |
| 24 | Green Bay Packers | Up 3 places, from 27 | 5 | 40.7% | 7.6% | 44.1% | 3.7% | 290 | Read |
| 25 | Tennessee Titans | Down 1 place, from 24 | 5 | 40.5% | 4.4% | 43.7% | 4.9% | 274 | Read |
| 26 | Denver Broncos | Down 4 places, from 22 | 5 | 39.9% | 3.8% | 40.6% | 6.2% | 286 | Read |
| 27 | Washington Commanders | Up 2 places, from 29 | 5 | 39.8% | 5.6% | 46.5% | 5.7% | 319 | Read |
| 28 | Cleveland Browns | Down 11 places, from 17 | 5 | 39.1% | 5.9% | 43.3% | 6.3% | 289 | Read |
| 29 | Los Angeles Chargers | Down 4 places, from 25 | 5 | 37.8% | 4.9% | 41.9% | 5.3% | 307 | Read |
| 30 | Miami Dolphins | Up 1 place, from 31 | 5 | 37.6% | 5.8% | 48.6% | 4.8% | 274 | Read |
| 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | Down 1 place, from 30 | 5 | 36.2% | 4.2% | 44.8% | 5.2% | 287 | Read |
| 32 | Minnesota Vikings | No change | 5 | 35.9% | 4.7% | 33.2% | 4.6% | 298 | Read |
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