Passer Rating Differential

Final Statistics for the 2012 Season

About Passer Rating Differential. This indicator is nothing more than the difference between a team's Offensive Passer Rating and Defensive Passer Rating.

It is the Mother of All Stats because it has an incredible Correlation to Victory and to championship success, as we've reported in many outlets, including in a 2012 presentation at NFL Films: 26 of 72 NFL champs since 1940 finished No. 1 in Passer Rating Differential (36%); 44 of 72 finished in the Top 3 in PRD (61%) and 69 of 72 finished in the Top 10 (96%).

We would argue that you cannot truly analyze football without studying Passer Rating Differential and if you disagree you're shamelessly ignorant tool. You can also read about the historic importance of the indicator here and here on SportsIllustrated.com.

Rank	Passer Rating Differential_R	Team	Off PR	Def PR	PRD
7 ↑ 2	7	New England	97.66	86.92	10.74
20 ↓ 2	20	Miami	76.69	83.44	- 6.75
24 ∼	24	Minnesota	81.23	92.31	- 11.07
29 ↓ 1	29	Jacksonville	74.68	89.78	- 15.10
32 ∼	32	Kansas City	63.81	99.91	- 36.10
8 ↓ 1	8	Houston	89.22	79.97	9.25
27 ↑ 2	27	Indianapolis	76.35	90.07	- 13.71
23 ∼	23	Detroit	81.47	91.74	- 10.27
1 ∼	1	Green Bay	108.28	76.77	31.51
16 ↑ 5	16	N.Y. Giants	87.17	88.69	- 1.51
13 ↑ 1	13	New Orleans	96.39	93.83	2.56
22 ∼	22	N.Y. Jets	68.33	78.21	- 9.89
28 ↓ 1	28	Oakland	82.45	97.46	- 15.01
31 ↓ 1	31	Philadelphia	78.65	99.57	- 20.92
10 ∼	10	Pittsburgh	88.13	79.04	9.10
14 ↑ 2	14	San Diego	88.46	87.80	0.67
4 ↑ 1	4	San Francisco	101.19	78.02	23.18
2 ∼	2	Seattle	100.58	71.80	28.78
15 ↓ 2	15	St. Louis	82.75	83.95	- 1.20
12 ↓ 1	12	Baltimore	86.43	80.64	5.78
5 ↓ 1	5	Atlanta	99.10	77.10	22.00
3 ∼	3	Denver	105.34	79.44	25.90
21 ↓ 1	21	Arizona	63.10	71.17	- 8.08
25 ∼	25	Tampa Bay	81.77	93.46	- 11.70
11 ↑ 1	11	Cincinnati	87.94	80.68	7.26
9 ↓ 1	9	Chicago	80.42	71.28	9.13
6 ∼	6	Washington	102.06	86.99	15.08
19 ↓ 4	19	Carolina	86.50	91.66	- 5.17
30 ↑ 1	30	Tennessee	76.91	92.69	- 15.79
17 ↑ 2	17	Buffalo	82.24	84.44	- 2.21
18 ↓ 1	18	Dallas	91.32	94.67	- 3.35
26 ∼	26	Cleveland	73.55	86.64	- 13.09

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