NFL Penalties per game leaders, 2000–2026

The NFL players with the most penalties per game since 2000, minimum 9 games played.

Player	POS	Team	GP	PEN	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF SNAPS	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PENYDS
#1Visanthe Shiancoe	TE		108	53	1	26	52%	0	0%	0	0%	347
#2Nnamdi Asomugha	CB		146	16.7	3	0	0%	45.7	65.2%	0	0%	151.3
#3Jonathan Vilma	OLB		125	13	1	0	0%	12	19.7%	1	3.2%	99
#4Shaun Rogers	DT		158	10.3	7	0	0%	31.9	42.7%	6.6	21.3%	77
#5Bruce Gradkowski	QB		37	9	1	7	10%	0	0%	0	0%	80
#5Levi Brown	OT	ARI	44	9	4	65.5	100%	0	0%	3.5	12.2%	60.3
#7Carl Nicks	G		13	7	2	72.5	100%	0	0%	2	8.3%	62
#8Quentin Jammer	CB		181	6.7	11	0	0%	19.6	27.9%	13.1	41.3%	74.2
#9David Baas	C		25	6.3	3	47.7	69.4%	0	0%	0	0%	49
#10Brian Waters	G		61	6.3	7	47	76.3%	0	0%	4.1	13.9%	48.1
#11Champ Bailey	CB		197	6.2	5	0	0%	37.6	54.3%	0	0%	77.2
#12Corey Webster	CB	NYG	113	5.5	4	0	0%	41.3	58.3%	0.3	0.8%	57.3
#12Winston Justice	OT		23	5.5	4	4.5	6%	0	0%	4.3	13.7%	33.8
#14Dimitri Patterson	CB		66	5.2	6	0	0%	39.5	54.6%	0.3	1.1%	38.5
#15David Diehl	G	NYG	71	5.1	11	64.2	100%	0	0%	2.4	8.3%	32.5
#16DeMarcus Van Dyke	DB		14	5	2	0	0%	0	0%	5.5	17.7%	49.5
#16Josh Brent	DT	DAL	29	5	1	0	0%	22	31.9%	3	10.3%	28
#16Josh Freeman	QB		62	5	5	64.2	96.7%	0	0%	0	0%	32
#16Tavares Gooden	LB		40	5	1	0	0%	0	0%	18	56.3%	41
#20Andre Gurode	C		55	4.9	10	27.5	43.9%	0	0%	4.3	14.3%	37.9
#21Justin Bannan	DT		129	4.7	3	0	0%	9.7	14.3%	2.3	7.2%	26.7
#22Sam Baker	OT	ATL	21	4.3	4	47.3	76.8%	0	0%	2.8	9.6%	33.8
#23Drayton Florence	CB		145	4.2	14	0	0%	41.7	66.8%	3.9	14.8%	37.3
#24Eric Frampton	S		66	4	2	0	0%	2.5	4.6%	22.5	72.6%	36
#24Tony Gonzalez	TE		222	4	16	62.7	93.1%	0	0%	0	0%	28.4
#26Dunta Robinson	CB		136	3.9	8	0	0%	33	46.3%	0.3	0.8%	48.1
#27Eric Wright	DB		90	3.9	7	0	0%	16.7	26.2%	6.6	22.7%	36.1
#28Michael Adams	DB		68	3.8	6	0	0%	14.3	22.8%	12.2	40.3%	42.7
#29Aaron Ross	DB		79	3.8	4	0	0%	38.8	51.3%	7.3	23.4%	39
#30Jeremy Trueblood	OT		59	3.7	15	41.9	61.5%	0	0%	4.2	14.7%	26.7
#31Kellen Winslow	TE		105	3.7	12	27.8	43%	0	0%	0.1	0.3%	32.1
#32Jordan Gross	OT	CAR	72	3.3	16	62.6	97.4%	0	0%	3.8	14.5%	22.6
#33Courtney Roby	WR		70	3.3	4	4.3	6.1%	0	0%	11.5	35.9%	36
#34Billy Bajema	TE		59	3.2	6	10.8	15%	0	0%	15	44.3%	20.5
#35Harvey Dahl	G		35	3.1	9	58.8	90.1%	0	0%	3.2	11%	28.6
#36Tony Pashos	OT		45	3.1	12	59.4	93%	0	0%	4.3	14%	23
#37Matt Hasselbeck	QB		178	3.1	15	37.5	54.4%	0	0%	0	0%	24.5
#38Lawrence Sidbury	DE		16	3	1	0	0%	21	32.3%	8	33.3%	25
#38Vaughn Martin	DE		40	3	3	0	0%	10.7	14.5%	2.3	8.5%	21.7
#40John Abraham	OLB		187	2.9	16	0	0%	53.9	79.7%	3.9	13.3%	18.4
#41Bryant McKinnie	OT		58	2.9	15	67.9	100%	0	0%	4.1	13.4%	20.9
#42Charles Tillman	CB		166	2.8	22	0	0%	56.3	82.4%	5.3	17.6%	31.3
#43Derrick Martin	DB		59	2.7	7	0	0%	0.7	1.1%	15	49.8%	27.4
#44Kenny Phillips	FS		57	2.7	3	0	0%	52	80.8%	1.7	6%	26.3
#45Larry Grant	LB		45	2.5	2	0	0%	0	0%	16	57.1%	27.5
#45London Fletcher	ILB		224	2.5	16	0	0%	57.3	89.6%	5.6	18.7%	30.3
#47Tommy Kelly	DE		147	2.5	21	0	0%	44	65.7%	3.8	13.6%	18
#48David Stewart	OT	TEN	43	2.4	12	66.7	100%	0	0%	4.4	14.5%	21.9
#49Jeromey Clary	G	LAC	49	2.4	15	69.1	99.9%	0	0%	2.7	9.6%	17
#50Asante Samuel	CB		153	2.4	11	0	0%	45.3	69.2%	0	0%	24.4
#51Michael Roos	OT	TEN	71	2.3	21	65	98.3%	0	0%	4.2	14.1%	13
#51Robert Turner	C		19	2.3	6	65.7	100%	0	0%	4.5	15.2%	16.5
#53Darnell Dockett	DE	ARI	149	2.3	16	0	0%	54.1	79.9%	4.6	15.7%
#54Mike Brisiel	G		42	2.2	15	58.1	90.1%	0	0%	3.8	12.5%	17
#55Ike Taylor	CB	PIT	172	2.2	21	0	0%	62.1	94.2%	5.5	18.3%	29.8
#56Jermichael Finley	TE	GB	63	2.2	6	42	59.9%	0	0%	0	0%	15.3
#57Nate Burleson	WR		131	2.1	9	55.8	79.2%	0	0%	0.1	0.4%	17.7
#58Richard Marshall	CB		124	2.1	24	0	0%	37.7	60.4%	9	32.6%	20.5
#59Aaron Berry	DB		13	2	1	0	0%	0	0%	18	50%	10
#59Ben Obomanu	WR		61	2	3	13.7	19.2%	0	0%	14	42%	18.3
#59Brad Meester	C	JAX	64	2	16	66.1	100%	0	0%	0.4	1.5%	16.7
#59Brian Robiskie	WR		30	2	1	2	4.3%	0	0%	11	36.7%	20
#59D.J. Smith	LB		19	2	1	0	0%	0	0%	32	76.2%	39
#59Phillip Merling	DE		41	2	3	0	0%	13.7	18.7%	2	6.6%	10.3
#59Seneca Wallace	QB		53	2	2	29	43.3%	0	0%	0	0%	16.5
#59Will Svitek	OT		16	2	5	37.4	59.4%	0	0%	2.6	8.9%	13
#67Mike Vick	QB		143	2	22	35	52.3%	0	0%	0	0%	17
#68Ed Reed	FS		172	1.9	14	0	0%	44.9	70.7%	0.3	1%	20.9
#69Willie Colon	G		62	1.9	32	66.2	99%	0	0%	3.9	13.3%	14.1
#70Jabari Greer	CB		121	1.9	10	0	0%	54.1	88.7%	0.3	1%	17.1
#71Roberto Garza	C		79	1.9	28	64.4	97.6%	0	0%	3.8	13.2%	13.8
#72Chris Crocker	DB		143	1.8	12	0	0%	42.3	64.2%	1.9	6.7%	20.9
#73Brandon Browner	CB		60	1.8	33	0	0%	62.4	91.1%	1.7	5.9%	18.2
#74Cortland Finnegan	DB		132	1.8	24	0	0%	53.3	81.2%	4	13.7%	21.3
#75Fred Davis	TE	WAS	63	1.7	10	23.7	34.6%	0	0%	1.2	4.1%	13.8
#76Ben Hartsock	TE		60	1.7	13	24.5	38%	0	0%	10.8	40.9%	12.1
#77Jason Babin	DE		139	1.7	34	0	0%	36.8	54.7%	1	3.5%
#78Phil Loadholt	OT	MIN	58	1.7	26	64.2	97.4%	0	0%	4.1	13.6%
#79Anthony Spencer	LB	DAL	101	1.6	14	0	0%	29	44.6%	0.2	0.8%	12.2
#80Joel Dreessen	TE		103	1.6	13	12.2	16.1%	0	0%	16.8	51%	13.6
#81Antwan Barnes	LB		70	1.6	10	0	0%	20.1	30.7%	2.7	9.1%	12.4
#81Marcus Johnson	G	MIN	10	1.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.2
#81Tony Scheffler	TE		99	1.6	5	17.2	25.4%	0	0%	2	6.3%	13
#84Daryn Colledge	G		70	1.6	29	60.9	89.5%	0	0%	2.3	8%	10.5
#85Bernard Pollard	S		122	1.6	21	0	0%	66.6	98%	5.9	19.9%	20.1
#86Santana Moss	WR		196	1.5	26	26.2	38.1%	0	0%	1.9	6.6%	12.7
#87Charles Woodson	FS		220	1.5	48	0	0%	68.3	98.2%	3.9	12.7%	13.4
#88A.J. Jefferson	CB		38	1.5	10	0	0%	5.1	6.9%	8.6	27.5%	12.2
#88Chris Houston	CB		98	1.5	12	0	0%	60.8	90.8%	0.7	2.2%	17.2
#88Quintin Mikell	S		159	1.5	14	0	0%	48	74.7%	3.8	14.2%	17
#91Ryan Clady	OT		55	1.5	27	64.1	92.6%	0	0%	4.6	15.1%	12.1
#92Kyle Orton	QB		87	1.5	15	58.7	87.7%	0	0%	0	0%	10.1
#93Erik Williams	OT		13	1.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12.8
#93Jason Hunter	DE		88	1.5	13	0	0%	47.3	71.4%	3.3	10.9%	11.2
#95Dominic Raiola	C	DET	80	1.5	31	69.6	99.9%	0	0%	2.2	7.9%	12.9
#96Mark Dixon	OT	MIA	9	1.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8.9
#96Ray Willis	OT	SEA	9	1.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10
#98Paul McQuistan	G		35	1.4	16	48.3	76.4%	0	0%	5.1	18.1%	10.3
#99Brandon Lloyd	WR		127	1.4	14	23.9	35.9%	0	0%	0	0%	12.1
#99Edgar Jones	DE		37	1.4	7	0	0%	10.4	15.4%	18.7	64.2%	12.4