Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate Leaders
Team Success Rate and Explosive Play Rate — 2020 NFL leaders, updated Oct 10, 2026. Green Bay Packers led the league in success rate at 50.7%, ahead of 31 other qualifying teams. Based on verified 2020 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring. Through the 2020 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 | Green Bay Packers | 50.7% | 6.9% | 46.5% | 4.9% | 968 | Read |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | 50.2% | 7.5% | 47.4% | 5.4% | 1,007 | Read |
| 3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 50.1% | 7.6% | 46.4% | 6.1% | 1,042 | Read |
| 4 | Tennessee Titans | 50.1% | 6.2% | 47.6% | 6.2% | 1,024 | Read |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings | 49.2% | 6.6% | 50.0% | 6.8% | 1,024 | Read |
| 6 | Seattle Seahawks | 48.2% | 5.6% | 45.5% | 5.6% | 1,006 | Read |
| 7 | Houston Texans | 47.6% | 8.0% | 50.3% | 6.6% | 932 | Read |
| 8 | New Orleans Saints | 47.6% | 5.7% | 41.6% | 5.8% | 1,025 | Read |
| 9 | Indianapolis Colts | 46.6% | 6.7% | 45.0% | 5.8% | 1,011 | Read |
| 10 | Cleveland Browns | 46.6% | 6.6% | 46.5% | 5.4% | 1,004 | Read |
| 11 | Las Vegas Raiders | 46.5% | 6.6% | 45.7% | 6.2% | 1,024 | Read |
| 12 | New England Patriots | 46.1% | 5.3% | 48.7% | 6.0% | 968 | Read |
| 13 | San Francisco 49ers | 46.0% | 6.1% | 42.7% | 5.4% | 1,040 | Read |
| 14 | Miami Dolphins | 46.0% | 4.7% | 45.4% | 6.7% | 1,009 | Read |
| 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 45.9% | 7.7% | 41.6% | 4.9% | 991 | Read |
| 16 | Baltimore Ravens | 45.8% | 7.0% | 42.2% | 4.9% | 979 | Read |
| 17 | Dallas Cowboys | 45.7% | 5.1% | 45.7% | 6.6% | 1,111 | Read |
| 18 | Arizona Cardinals | 45.4% | 5.8% | 44.9% | 5.5% | 1,068 | Read |
| 19 | Carolina Panthers | 45.0% | 6.2% | 47.2% | 6.1% | 982 | Read |
| 20 | Los Angeles Rams | 44.5% | 5.5% | 39.0% | 3.9% | 1,070 | Read |
| 21 | Detroit Lions | 44.3% | 6.4% | 51.2% | 7.0% | 982 | Read |
| 22 | Chicago Bears | 43.6% | 4.8% | 41.8% | 5.9% | 1,034 | Read |
| 23 | Cincinnati Bengals | 43.6% | 4.3% | 45.6% | 7.6% | 1,030 | Read |
| 24 | Atlanta Falcons | 43.2% | 6.1% | 47.1% | 7.3% | 1,069 | Read |
| 25 | Los Angeles Chargers | 43.2% | 5.7% | 44.3% | 5.8% | 1,117 | Read |
| 26 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 43.2% | 5.6% | 38.6% | 5.7% | 1,027 | Read |
| 27 | New York Giants | 41.6% | 4.7% | 46.2% | 5.0% | 950 | Read |
| 28 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 41.5% | 5.1% | 48.4% | 7.2% | 1,001 | Read |
| 29 | Washington Commanders | 41.2% | 4.5% | 41.4% | 4.8% | 1,041 | Read |
| 30 | Philadelphia Eagles | 40.6% | 5.1% | 42.7% | 6.1% | 1,075 | Read |
| 31 | New York Jets | 40.2% | 4.6% | 46.1% | 5.7% | 940 | Read |
| 32 | Denver Broncos | 38.8% | 6.1% | 43.9% | 7.4% | 1,021 | Read |
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