Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate Leaders
Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate — 2026 NFL leaders, updated Nov 12, 2026. San Francisco 49ers led the league in success rate at 52.9%, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2026 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through Week 9 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 | 8 | 52.9% | 6.6% | 43.7% | 3.7% | 467 | Read |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | No change | 8 | 50.4% | 5.6% | 44.3% | 7.5% | 484 | Read |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | Up 3 places, from 6 | 8 | 48.9% | 6.0% | 40.2% | 4.4% | 485 | Read |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Down 1 place, from 3 | 8 | 48.7% | 5.0% | 43.9% | 7.7% | 517 | Read |
| 5 | Los Angeles Rams | No change | 9 | 47.8% | 4.7% | 40.3% | 4.6% | 594 | Read |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills | Down 2 places, from 4 | 8 | 47.6% | 7.7% | 44.2% | 5.8% | 504 | Read |
| 7 | Jacksonville Jaguars | No change | 8 | 47.3% | 6.7% | 41.0% | 4.9% | 463 | Read |
| 8 | Chicago Bears | No change | 9 | 47.0% | 6.6% | 40.2% | 6.8% | 624 | Read |
| 9 | Dallas Cowboys | No change | 9 | 46.5% | 5.3% | 46.2% | 6.9% | 585 | Read |
| 10 | New England Patriots | No change | 9 | 45.5% | 7.5% | 43.7% | 6.2% | 547 | Read |
| 11 | New York Jets | No change | 9 | 45.0% | 5.3% | 46.7% | 4.8% | 525 | Read |
| 12 | Baltimore Ravens | No change | 9 | 44.1% | 5.3% | 44.5% | 5.6% | 528 | Read |
| 13 | Atlanta Falcons | Up 1 place, from 14 | 9 | 43.4% | 6.3% | 44.7% | 5.8% | 525 | Read |
| 14 | Arizona Cardinals | Down 1 place, from 13 | 9 | 43.3% | 4.0% | 43.0% | 5.4% | 600 | Read |
| 15 | Houston Texans | No change | 8 | 42.9% | 6.7% | 40.6% | 6.8% | 489 | Read |
| 16 | Carolina Panthers | Up 2 places, from 18 | 8 | 42.7% | 6.1% | 44.4% | 4.1% | 524 | Read |
| 17 | Las Vegas Raiders | No change | 9 | 42.3% | 6.0% | 48.0% | 6.3% | 549 | Read |
| 18 | Indianapolis Colts | Up 3 places, from 21 | 9 | 42.2% | 4.2% | 43.4% | 7.1% | 573 | Read |
| 19 | Pittsburgh Steelers | No change; did not play this week | 8 | 42.1% | 6.3% | 41.8% | 6.8% | 494 | Read |
| 20 | New Orleans Saints | Up 3 places, from 23 | 8 | 42.0% | 4.3% | 46.7% | 6.7% | 529 | Read |
| 21 | Tennessee Titans | Up 1 place, from 22; did not play this week | 8 | 41.8% | 4.6% | 46.8% | 6.1% | 452 | Read |
| 22 | Cleveland Browns | Down 6 places, from 16 | 9 | 41.3% | 6.0% | 42.3% | 5.6% | 547 | Read |
| 23 | Green Bay Packers | Up 4 places, from 27 | 9 | 41.1% | 7.9% | 43.6% | 4.6% | 555 | Read |
| 24 | Seattle Seahawks | Up 1 place, from 25 | 9 | 41.1% | 4.8% | 39.2% | 3.2% | 559 | Read |
| 25 | Washington Commanders | Down 1 place, from 24 | 8 | 40.9% | 6.3% | 45.9% | 5.0% | 492 | Read |
| 26 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | No change | 9 | 40.8% | 4.9% | 39.8% | 4.9% | 556 | Read |
| 27 | New York Giants | Down 7 places, from 20 | 8 | 40.7% | 5.8% | 40.5% | 4.8% | 519 | Read |
| 28 | Denver Broncos | Up 1 place, from 29 | 9 | 39.1% | 4.3% | 41.1% | 5.8% | 517 | Read |
| 29 | Miami Dolphins | Down 1 place, from 28 | 8 | 38.8% | 5.2% | 48.7% | 5.5% | 446 | Read |
| 30 | Minnesota Vikings | No change | 8 | 36.2% | 5.1% | 37.6% | 4.0% | 447 | Read |
| 31 | Philadelphia Eagles | No change | 9 | 35.7% | 3.5% | 43.7% | 5.9% | 544 | Read |
| 32 | Los Angeles Chargers | No change | 8 | 35.0% | 4.6% | 44.0% | 5.7% | 497 | Read |
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