Defensive Passer Rating

Through Week 5 of the 2012 Regular Season

About Defensive Passer Rating. This indicator merely applies the formula used to measure passer rating to a team’s pass defense. Like all of our Quality Stats, which are based on efficiency, it has a much higher Correlation to Victory than volume stats, such as passing yards allowed. Most great teams throughout history have a very stingy Defensive Passer Rating, even if they surrendered a lot of passing yards. For example, the 2010 Super Bowl champion Packers and 2010 AFC champion Steelers finished Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in Defensive Passer Rating. We've written numerous times about the historic importance of Defensive Passer Rating here on CHFF and here on SI.com over the years. We spoke about the importance of all three measures of passer rating at NFL Films in the summer of 2012. Bottom line: it's a killer measure of overall team success and always has been.

Rank	Defensive Passer Rating_R	Team	Att	Comp	%	PYds	PY/A	TD	Int	DPR
22 ↓ 3	22	New England	192	125	65.10	1481	7.71	12	6	96.29
9 ↓ 1	9	Miami	215	120	55.81	1503	6.99	7	7	75.01
12 ↑ 4	12	Minnesota	204	126	61.76	1241	6.08	6	2	84.62
16 ↑ 1	16	Jacksonville	178	111	62.36	1314	7.38	6	3	89.02
28 ↑ 3	28	Kansas City	136	84	61.76	1113	8.18	10	3	102.97
2 ↑ 2	2	Houston	168	86	51.19	1048	6.24	6	7	65.28
27 ↑ 1	27	Indianapolis	123	78	63.41	968	7.87	8	2	102.62
26 ∼	26	Detroit	124	82	66.13	913	7.36	5	0	101.31
13 ↑ 5	13	Green Bay	183	107	58.47	1275	6.97	10	5	86.67
14 ∼	14	N.Y. Giants	155	97	62.58	1370	8.84	8	8	86.76
30 ↓ 1	30	New Orleans	173	117	67.63	1494	8.64	9	3	104.54
11 ↓ 2	11	N.Y. Jets	149	84	56.38	1018	6.83	6	5	76.97
32 ↓ 2	32	Oakland	151	108	71.52	1153	7.64	9	0	113.37
5 ↓ 2	5	Philadelphia	181	97	53.59	1101	6.08	6	6	69.33
25 ∼	25	Pittsburgh	117	73	62.39	775	6.62	8	1	100.91
18 ↓ 6	18	Los Angeles	203	130	64.04	1367	6.73	11	6	89.25
10 ↑ 1	10	San Francisco	167	100	59.88	969	5.80	5	4	76.16
6 ↑ 1	6	Seattle	175	98	56.00	1053	6.02	3	3	72.39
3 ↓ 2	3	Los Angeles	183	114	62.30	1193	6.52	2	8	66.59
8 ↑ 2	8	Baltimore	179	109	60.89	1371	7.66	2	6	74.50
4 ↑ 1	4	Atlanta	157	96	61.15	1089	6.94	5	9	68.67
20 ∼	20	Denver	171	105	61.40	1179	6.89	9	2	94.65
7 ↓ 1	7	Arizona	179	96	53.63	1258	7.03	5	5	73.73
15 ∼	15	Tampa Bay	158	105	66.46	1419	8.98	4	6	87.50
24 ↑ 3	24	Cincinnati	163	110	67.48	1281	7.86	6	1	100.78
1 ↑ 1	1	Chicago	199	121	60.80	1245	6.26	5	13	59.98
23 ↑ 1	23	Washington	206	128	62.14	1694	8.22	13	6	97.03
19 ↑ 2	19	Carolina	175	119	68.00	1345	7.69	7	5	92.20
31 ↑ 1	31	Tennessee	181	135	74.59	1430	7.90	12	3	112.35
29 ↓ 7	29	Buffalo	173	110	63.58	1454	8.40	12	4	103.58
21 ↑ 2	21	Dallas	104	64	61.54	749	7.20	5	1	95.39
17 ↓ 4	17	Cleveland	205	128	62.44	1458	7.11	12	7	89.03