RotoWire.com is breaking down the most penalized NFL teams during the 2025 season, updating on a weekly basis for the most up-to-date stats, to see which teams are the most disciplined. Using TeamRankings.com, we ranked teams based on a discipline score, which is found by taking Penalties per game + Penalty yards per game and dividing it by two. [(Penalties per game +penalty yards per game)/2].
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Rank | Team | Penalties Per Game | Penalty Yards Per Game | Discipline Score |
1 |
| 8.6 | 83.0 | 45.8 |
2 |
| 8.6 | 82.2 | 45.4 |
3 |
| 8.4 | 71.8 | 40.1 |
4 |
| 8.4 | 70.4 | 39.4 |
5 |
| 8.4 | 70.0 | 39.2 |
6 |
| 8.5 | 69.5 | 39.0 |
7 |
| 8.4 | 69.2 | 38.8 |
8 |
| 7.4 | 69.2 | 38.3 |
9 |
| 8.8 | 67.4 | 38.1 |
10 |
| 8.4 | 66.6 | 37.5 |
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Denver Broncos
Dallas Cowboys
New York Jets
Chicago Bears
New England Patriots
Philadelphia Eagles
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Chiefs got called for 13+ penalties in a game for only the 13th time in team history. Having said that, it's a bad sign and led to Kansas City moving up to fifth on this list.
The 
Jaguars were on the flip side of that Monday Night Football penalty trend. Jacksonville notched only four flags for 25 yards and ended up only a step away from leaving this bottom 10 list entirely, another strong sign for Liam Coen in Year 1.
Dallas has dealt with its share of personnel issues this season and had the penalties to show for it, but after getting hit with 11 penalties for 91 yards against the Jets in Week 5, the Cowboys vaulted from 10th to third in this Discipline Score category.
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Key Takeaways
The ongoing trend of this season having a ton of teams getting called for 10+ penalties has continued through Week 5. There have now been 34 times where a team has been hit with a double-digit penalty total. That ranks fourth in NFL history through Week 5. This is a move up from the tied for fourth ranking through Week 4 and shows that there are way too many undisciplined teams in the NFL this year.
