NFL Penalty yards per game leaders, 2000–2026

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

Player	POS	Team	GP	PENYDS	GP	OFF SNAPS	OFF %	DEF SNAPS	DEF %	ST SNAPS	ST %	PEN
#1Visanthe Shiancoe	TE		108	347	1	26	52%	0	0%	0	0%	53
#2Nnamdi Asomugha	CB		146	151.3	3	0	0%	45.7	65.2%	0	0%	16.7
#3Jonathan Vilma	OLB		125	99	1	0	0%	12	19.7%	1	3.2%	13
#4Bruce Gradkowski	QB		37	80	1	7	10%	0	0%	0	0%	9
#5Champ Bailey	CB		197	77.2	5	0	0%	37.6	54.3%	0	0%	6.2
#6Shaun Rogers	DT		158	77	7	0	0%	31.9	42.7%	6.6	21.3%	10.3
#7Quentin Jammer	CB		181	74.2	11	0	0%	19.6	27.9%	13.1	41.3%	6.7
#8Carl Nicks	G		13	62	2	72.5	100%	0	0%	2	8.3%	7
#9Levi Brown	OT	ARI	44	60.3	4	65.5	100%	0	0%	3.5	12.2%	9
#10Corey Webster	CB	NYG	113	57.3	4	0	0%	41.3	58.3%	0.3	0.8%	5.5
#11DeMarcus Van Dyke	DB		14	49.5	2	0	0%	0	0%	5.5	17.7%	5
#12David Baas	C		25	49	3	47.7	69.4%	0	0%	0	0%	6.3
#13Brian Waters	G		61	48.1	7	47	76.3%	0	0%	4.1	13.9%	6.3
#14Dunta Robinson	CB		136	48.1	8	0	0%	33	46.3%	0.3	0.8%	3.9
#15Michael Adams	DB		68	42.7	6	0	0%	14.3	22.8%	12.2	40.3%	3.8
#16Tavares Gooden	LB		40	41	1	0	0%	0	0%	18	56.3%	5
#17Aaron Ross	DB		79	39	4	0	0%	38.8	51.3%	7.3	23.4%	3.8
#17D.J. Smith	LB		19	39	1	0	0%	0	0%	32	76.2%	2
#19Dimitri Patterson	CB		66	38.5	6	0	0%	39.5	54.6%	0.3	1.1%	5.2
#20Andre Gurode	C		55	37.9	10	27.5	43.9%	0	0%	4.3	14.3%	4.9
#21Drayton Florence	CB		145	37.3	14	0	0%	41.7	66.8%	3.9	14.8%	4.2
#22Eric Wright	DB		90	36.1	7	0	0%	16.7	26.2%	6.6	22.7%	3.9
#23Courtney Roby	WR		70	36	4	4.3	6.1%	0	0%	11.5	35.9%	3.3
#23Eric Frampton	S		66	36	2	0	0%	2.5	4.6%	22.5	72.6%	4
#25Sam Baker	OT	ATL	21	33.8	4	47.3	76.8%	0	0%	2.8	9.6%	4.3
#25Winston Justice	OT		23	33.8	4	4.5	6%	0	0%	4.3	13.7%	5.5
#27David Diehl	G	NYG	71	32.5	11	64.2	100%	0	0%	2.4	8.3%	5.1
#28Kellen Winslow	TE		105	32.1	12	27.8	43%	0	0%	0.1	0.3%	3.7
#29Josh Freeman	QB		62	32	5	64.2	96.7%	0	0%	0	0%	5
#30Charles Tillman	CB		166	31.3	22	0	0%	56.3	82.4%	5.3	17.6%	2.8
#31London Fletcher	ILB		224	30.3	16	0	0%	57.3	89.6%	5.6	18.7%	2.5
#32Ike Taylor	CB	PIT	172	29.8	21	0	0%	62.1	94.2%	5.5	18.3%	2.2
#33Harvey Dahl	G		35	28.6	9	58.8	90.1%	0	0%	3.2	11%	3.1
#34Tony Gonzalez	TE		222	28.4	16	62.7	93.1%	0	0%	0	0%	4
#35Josh Brent	DT	DAL	29	28	1	0	0%	22	31.9%	3	10.3%	5
#36Larry Grant	LB		45	27.5	2	0	0%	0	0%	16	57.1%	2.5
#37Derrick Martin	DB		59	27.4	7	0	0%	0.7	1.1%	15	49.8%	2.7
#38Jeremy Trueblood	OT		59	26.7	15	41.9	61.5%	0	0%	4.2	14.7%	3.7
#39Justin Bannan	DT		129	26.7	3	0	0%	9.7	14.3%	2.3	7.2%	4.7
#40Kenny Phillips	FS		57	26.3	3	0	0%	52	80.8%	1.7	6%	2.7
#41Lawrence Sidbury	DE		16	25	1	0	0%	21	32.3%	8	33.3%	3
#42Matt Hasselbeck	QB		178	24.5	15	37.5	54.4%	0	0%	0	0%	3.1
#43Asante Samuel	CB		153	24.4	11	0	0%	45.3	69.2%	0	0%	2.4
#44Tony Pashos	OT		45	23	12	59.4	93%	0	0%	4.3	14%	3.1
#45Jordan Gross	OT	CAR	72	22.6	16	62.6	97.4%	0	0%	3.8	14.5%
#46David Stewart	OT	TEN	43	21.9	12	66.7	100%	0	0%	4.4	14.5%	2.4
#47Vaughn Martin	DE		40	21.7	3	0	0%	10.7	14.5%	2.3	8.5%	3
#48Cortland Finnegan	DB		132	21.3	24	0	0%	53.3	81.2%	4	13.7%	1.8
#49Ed Reed	FS		172	20.9	14	0	0%	44.9	70.7%	0.3	1%	1.9
#50Chris Crocker	DB		143	20.9	12	0	0%	42.3	64.2%	1.9	6.7%	1.8
#51Bryant McKinnie	OT		58	20.9	15	67.9	100%	0	0%	4.1	13.4%	2.9
#52Richard Marshall	CB		124	20.5	24	0	0%	37.7	60.4%	9	32.6%	2.1
#53Billy Bajema	TE		59	20.5	6	10.8	15%	0	0%	15	44.3%	3.2
#54Bernard Pollard	S		122	20.1	21	0	0%	66.6	98%	5.9	19.9%	1.6
#55Brian Robiskie	WR		30	20	1	2	4.3%	0	0%	11	36.7%	2
#56Darnell Dockett	DE	ARI	149	18.4	16	0	0%	54.1	79.9%	4.6	15.7%
#56John Abraham	OLB		187	18.4	16	0	0%	53.9	79.7%	3.9	13.3%	2.9
#58Ben Obomanu	WR		61	18.3	3	13.7	19.2%	0	0%	14	42%	2
#59Brandon Browner	CB		60	18.2	33	0	0%	62.4	91.1%	1.7	5.9%	1.8
#60Tommy Kelly	DE		147	18	21	0	0%	44	65.7%	3.8	13.6%	2.5
#61Nate Burleson	WR		131	17.7	9	55.8	79.2%	0	0%	0.1	0.4%	2.1
#62Chris Houston	CB		98	17.2	12	0	0%	60.8	90.8%	0.7	2.2%	1.5
#63Jabari Greer	CB		121	17.1	10	0	0%	54.1	88.7%	0.3	1%	1.9
#64Jeromey Clary	G	LAC	49	17	15	69.1	99.9%	0	0%	2.7	9.6%	2.4
#64Mike Brisiel	G		42	17	15	58.1	90.1%	0	0%	3.8	12.5%	2.2
#64Quintin Mikell	S		159	17	14	0	0%	48	74.7%	3.8	14.2%	1.5
#67Mike Vick	QB		143	17	22	35	52.3%	0	0%	0	0%	2
#68Brad Meester	C	JAX	64	16.7	16	66.1	100%	0	0%	0.4	1.5%	2
#69Robert Turner	C		19	16.5	6	65.7	100%	0	0%	4.5	15.2%	2.3
#69Seneca Wallace	QB		53	16.5	2	29	43.3%	0	0%	0	0%	2
#71Yeremiah Bell	S		137	16	16	0	0%	66.9	98.9%	10.4	35.4%	1.4
#72Troy Polamalu	S	PIT	156	15.6	28	0.6	0.9%	63.2	97%	4.4	14.8%
#73Jermichael Finley	TE	GB	63	15.3	6	42	59.9%	0	0%	0	0%	2.2
#74Phillip Hunt	DE		14	15	2	0	0%	24	34.3%	2	7.5%	1
#75Chris Carr	DB		121	14.9	11	0	0%	13.3	21.2%	11	39.5%	1.4
#76Willie Colon	G		62	14.1	32	66.2	99%	0	0%	3.9	13.3%	1.9
#77Bradley Fletcher	DB		68	14	30	0	0%	68.1	93.4%	9.2	29.5%	0.9
#78Roberto Garza	C		79	13.8	28	64.4	97.6%	0	0%	3.8	13.2%	1.9
#79Fred Davis	TE	WAS	63	13.8	10	23.7	34.6%	0	0%	1.2	4.1%	1.7
#80Michael Robinson	FB		103	13.8	9	15.1	25.3%	0	0%	15.4	55.2%	1.3
#81Joel Dreessen	TE		103	13.6	13	12.2	16.1%	0	0%	16.8	51%	1.6
#82Michael Boley	LB		129	13.5	10	0	0%	5.6	8.5%	15.4	51.9%	1.1
#82Nick Barnett	LB		153	13.5	14	0	0%	4.9	7.8%	13.3	45%	1.4
#84Charles Woodson	FS		220	13.4	48	0	0%	68.3	98.2%	3.9	12.7%	1.5
#85Desmond Bishop	LB		64	13.3	6	0	0%	8	10.8%	7.7	25.7%	1.3
#86Daryl Washington	ILB	ARI	57	13.3	12	0	0%	66.5	99.1%	3.4	11.5%
#87Carlos Rogers	CB		128	13	23	0	0%	65.4	96.8%	2.1	7.3%	1.3
#88Michael Roos	OT	TEN	71	13	21	65	98.3%	0	0%	4.2	14.1%	2.3
#88Tony Scheffler	TE		99	13	5	17.2	25.4%	0	0%	2	6.3%	1.6
#88Will Svitek	OT		16	13	5	37.4	59.4%	0	0%	2.6	8.9%	2
#91Dominic Raiola	C	DET	80	12.9	31	69.6	99.9%	0	0%	2.2	7.9%	1.5
#92Erik Williams	OT		13	12.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5
#93Santana Moss	WR		196	12.7	26	26.2	38.1%	0	0%	1.9	6.6%	1.5
#94DeAngelo Hall	S		169	12.7	38	0	0%	49.9	76.6%	2.9	10%	1.1
#95Moise Fokou	LB		67	12.6	14	0	0%	51.4	75.9%	7.4	25%	1.2
#96Jason Babin	DE		139	12.6	34	0	0%	36.8	54.7%	1	3.5%
#97Edgar Jones	DE		37	12.4	7	0	0%	10.4	15.4%	18.7	64.2%	1.4
#98Roddy White	WR	ATL	167	12.4	43	60.2	87%	0	0%	0.1	0.5%	1.3
#99Antwan Barnes	LB		70	12.4	10	0	0%	20.1	30.7%	2.7	9.1%	1.6
#100Antonio Cromartie	CB		153	12.4	51	0	0%	61.8	92.4%	3.5	11.8%	1.2