2026 regular season through Week 7
The Little Things: Team Rankings
The quiet stats that swing games, ranked for all 32 teams. Choose a phase, pick a single little thing, or find a team.
Red is better than the league average, blue is worse, and gray is within a small distance of average. The play-by-play impact of the little things (points and wins added) appears in the game reports.
Glossary
- Offense: Success rate
- Share of offensive plays that were successful: gaining enough yards for the down and distance.
- Offense: Pass protection
- Share of dropbacks where the QB was pressured. Lower is better.
- Offense: Scoring drives
- Share of offensive drives that ended in points.
- Defense: Success rate allowed
- Share of opponent plays that were successful. Lower is better.
- Defense: Pressure rate
- Share of opponent dropbacks where the defense pressured the QB (hits, sacks and hurries).
- Defense: Scoring drives allowed
- Share of opponent drives that ended in points. Lower is better.
- Special teams: Avg. starting field position
- Where the average offensive drive began, in yards from the team’s own goal line. Higher means a shorter field.
- Special teams: Special teams penalties per game
- Penalties charged to special teams units, per game played. Lower is better.
- Score
- How far a team is from the league average, in standard deviations, averaged across the stats shown. Above zero is better than average.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the Little Things in the NFL?
Little things are the quiet statistics that swing games without making highlights: how often a team's plays succeed, how often its quarterback is pressured, where its drives start and how many special teams penalties it takes. These rankings compare all 32 teams on eight of them.
How is the Little Things score calculated?
For each of the eight stats, a team's result is compared with the league average and measured in standard deviations, with the sign flipped when lower is better. The Overall score is the average across all eight, and each phase score is the average across that phase's stats. Above zero is better than average.
Where does the data come from?
Inside Edge's Remarkable engine, covering the 2026 NFL regular season through Week 7. Rankings are updated weekly.
This page presents descriptive statistical analysis for informational purposes only. It is not betting advice and does not guarantee any outcome. Data source: Remarkable™, Inside Edge's proprietary sports data engine.