Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate Leaders
Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate — 2016 NFL leaders, updated Nov 12, 2026. Atlanta Falcons led the league in success rate at 49.4%, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2016 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through the 2016 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 | Off Succ% | Off Expl% | Def Succ% | Def Expl% | Off Plays | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | 49.4% | 8.5% | 46.7% | 6.2% | 988 | Read |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | 48.5% | 5.6% | 45.4% | 5.1% | 994 | Read |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | 48.1% | 7.2% | 46.5% | 5.6% | 1,091 | Read |
| 4 | Washington Commanders | 47.9% | 8.0% | 47.0% | 6.2% | 997 | Read |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45.8% | 6.8% | 42.8% | 5.0% | 1,016 | Read |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills | 45.5% | 6.2% | 42.5% | 6.0% | 1,008 | Read |
| 7 | Green Bay Packers | 45.1% | 6.9% | 45.0% | 6.7% | 1,013 | Read |
| 8 | Indianapolis Colts | 45.1% | 6.6% | 47.6% | 6.4% | 1,018 | Read |
| 9 | Tennessee Titans | 44.8% | 6.1% | 42.9% | 6.5% | 996 | Read |
| 10 | Cincinnati Bengals | 44.7% | 5.7% | 42.9% | 5.5% | 1,039 | Read |
| 11 | Detroit Lions | 44.5% | 6.0% | 48.7% | 6.0% | 972 | Read |
| 12 | Chicago Bears | 44.4% | 6.5% | 44.9% | 6.2% | 958 | Read |
| 13 | Arizona Cardinals | 44.4% | 5.6% | 40.7% | 5.3% | 1,080 | Read |
| 14 | Philadelphia Eagles | 44.1% | 4.3% | 40.4% | 7.4% | 1,073 | Read |
| 15 | New England Patriots | 44.0% | 6.2% | 42.9% | 5.6% | 1,037 | Read |
| 16 | Seattle Seahawks | 44.0% | 6.1% | 40.8% | 5.5% | 996 | Read |
| 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 43.9% | 4.5% | 44.9% | 6.5% | 1,057 | Read |
| 18 | Las Vegas Raiders | 43.5% | 6.8% | 42.7% | 7.2% | 1,033 | Read |
| 19 | Kansas City Chiefs | 42.6% | 6.0% | 45.2% | 4.9% | 971 | Read |
| 20 | Miami Dolphins | 42.5% | 6.4% | 44.7% | 6.1% | 906 | Read |
| 21 | Minnesota Vikings | 42.1% | 5.8% | 41.1% | 4.8% | 994 | Read |
| 22 | Los Angeles Chargers | 41.8% | 6.5% | 44.3% | 6.4% | 1,010 | Read |
| 23 | Baltimore Ravens | 41.2% | 4.5% | 41.5% | 5.5% | 1,064 | Read |
| 24 | Houston Texans | 41.1% | 4.2% | 40.0% | 4.9% | 1,055 | Read |
| 25 | Carolina Panthers | 40.8% | 5.6% | 43.2% | 5.9% | 1,049 | Read |
| 26 | New York Giants | 40.6% | 5.3% | 37.8% | 6.1% | 1,001 | Read |
| 27 | Denver Broncos | 40.2% | 4.4% | 38.4% | 4.2% | 1,007 | Read |
| 28 | New York Jets | 40.1% | 5.9% | 41.4% | 6.6% | 998 | Read |
| 29 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 40.1% | 4.9% | 39.9% | 5.0% | 1,048 | Read |
| 30 | San Francisco 49ers | 39.6% | 4.7% | 44.5% | 7.5% | 989 | Read |
| 31 | Cleveland Browns | 38.0% | 5.7% | 45.9% | 6.3% | 983 | Read |
| 32 | Los Angeles Rams | 35.5% | 5.2% | 41.0% | 5.3% | 950 | Read |
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