Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate Leaders
Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Sep 29, 2026. San Francisco 49ers led the league in success rate at 56.9%, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 3 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 | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers | No change | 3 | 56.9% | 7.5% | 46.9% | 2.1% | 160 | |
| 2 | Baltimore Ravens | No change | 3 | 54.3% | 8.7% | 45.0% | 5.3% | 173 | |
| 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars | No change | 3 | 51.5% | 4.8% | 43.0% | 7.9% | 167 | |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Up 4 places, from 8 | 3 | 50.8% | 5.1% | 47.9% | 8.8% | 197 | |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | Up 1 place, from 6 | 3 | 50.3% | 6.8% | 38.1% | 3.4% | 191 | |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills | Down 1 place, from 5 | 3 | 50.0% | 9.4% | 47.2% | 7.0% | 180 | |
| 7 | Dallas Cowboys | Down 3 places, from 4 | 3 | 49.4% | 3.4% | 53.7% | 6.3% | 178 | |
| 8 | Arizona Cardinals | Up 13 places, from 21 | 3 | 46.9% | 1.0% | 47.3% | 6.6% | 196 | |
| 9 | New Orleans Saints | Up 8 places, from 17 | 3 | 46.8% | 5.9% | 49.7% | 4.2% | 222 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Falcons | Up 19 places, from 29 | 3 | 46.6% | 4.8% | 38.8% | 6.6% | 189 | |
| 11 | Seattle Seahawks | Up 4 places, from 15 | 3 | 46.1% | 5.6% | 35.6% | 1.1% | 178 | |
| 12 | Los Angeles Rams | Down 5 places, from 7 | 3 | 45.8% | 7.8% | 41.4% | 2.8% | 192 | |
| 13 | Chicago Bears | Up 5 places, from 18 | 3 | 45.1% | 6.3% | 41.2% | 6.9% | 206 | |
| 14 | Cincinnati Bengals | Up 10 places, from 24 | 3 | 44.3% | 6.2% | 41.5% | 7.7% | 176 | |
| 15 | New York Jets | Up 1 place, from 16 | 3 | 44.3% | 5.7% | 46.6% | 2.5% | 194 | |
| 16 | Indianapolis Colts | Down 4 places, from 12 | 3 | 43.3% | 5.3% | 49.7% | 6.3% | 187 | |
| 17 | New York Giants | Down 6 places, from 11 | 3 | 42.9% | 1.7% | 47.3% | 4.2% | 177 | |
| 18 | Tennessee Titans | Down 4 places, from 14 | 3 | 42.7% | 3.8% | 42.9% | 4.8% | 157 | |
| 19 | Carolina Panthers | Down 9 places, from 10 | 3 | 42.1% | 7.2% | 42.7% | 5.0% | 195 | |
| 20 | Washington Commanders | Down 11 places, from 9 | 3 | 41.9% | 3.5% | 47.3% | 7.7% | 198 | |
| 21 | Denver Broncos | Down 2 places, from 19 | 3 | 41.5% | 4.9% | 42.2% | 7.0% | 164 | |
| 22 | Cleveland Browns | Down 9 places, from 13 | 3 | 41.5% | 4.3% | 43.4% | 5.8% | 164 | |
| 23 | Los Angeles Chargers | Up 5 places, from 28 | 3 | 40.7% | 4.5% | 45.2% | 5.3% | 177 | |
| 24 | Las Vegas Raiders | Up 1 place, from 25 | 3 | 40.2% | 4.3% | 42.4% | 4.3% | 184 | |
| 25 | Houston Texans | Down 2 places, from 23 | 3 | 40.0% | 5.5% | 37.6% | 7.7% | 200 | |
| 26 | New England Patriots | Down 4 places, from 22 | 3 | 39.9% | 6.2% | 42.8% | 2.9% | 178 | |
| 27 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Up 4 places, from 31 | 3 | 39.1% | 6.0% | 45.1% | 8.5% | 184 | |
| 28 | Philadelphia Eagles | Down 2 places, from 26 | 3 | 38.8% | 6.5% | 45.2% | 4.8% | 170 | |
| 29 | Green Bay Packers | Up 1 place, from 30 | 3 | 37.2% | 6.7% | 46.2% | 4.1% | 180 | |
| 30 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Down 10 places, from 20 | 3 | 36.7% | 5.1% | 38.2% | 4.7% | 177 | |
| 31 | Miami Dolphins | Down 4 places, from 27 | 3 | 34.7% | 5.8% | 50.0% | 6.2% | 173 | |
| 32 | Minnesota Vikings | No change | 3 | 30.9% | 4.8% | 32.5% | 6.0% | 165 |
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