NFL Referee Stats
The penalty lab: how many flags each referee's crew throws, on which team, and how home teams do. 2022 season, regular season and playoffs.
NFL Week 7 referee assignments
| Game | Kickoff | Referee | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiefs at Seahawks | Sun, Oct 25, 7:20 PM CT | John Hussey | 9.4 |
| Cowboys at Eagles | Mon, Oct 26, 7:15 PM CT | Alex Kemp | 11.3 |
Assignments from Football Zebras, posted midweek. Flags are his crew's per game this season (or "-" before his first game in our data).
2022: 17 referees
Flags, penalty yards and points are per game. Tap a column to sort.
| Referee | Next game | Games | Flags ↓ | Yards | On home | On away | Home W-L | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL average | 284 | 11.1 | 91.1 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 160-122-2 (57%) | 44.0 | |
| Carl Cheffers | - | 18 | 12.4 +1.3 | 106.4 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 10-8 (56%) | 44.2 |
| Scott Novak | - | 16 | 12.1 +1.0 | 94.1 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 7-9 (44%) | 38.4 |
| Tra Blake | - | 16 | 12.1 +1.0 | 100.2 | 5.8 | 6.3 | 11-5 (69%) | 44.1 |
| Clete Blakeman | - | 17 | 11.9 +0.8 | 91.9 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 11-6 (65%) | 45.4 |
| Brad Allen | - | 17 | 11.9 +0.8 | 88.9 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 9-7-1 (56%) | 49.2 |
| Shawn Hochuli | - | 17 | 11.7 +0.6 | 104.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 12-5 (71%) | 42.6 |
| Clay Martin | - | 17 | 11.6 +0.5 | 99.1 | 4.8 | 6.9 | 11-6 (65%) | 46.3 |
| Brad Rogers | - | 16 | 11.4 +0.3 | 100.5 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 7-9 (44%) | 42.1 |
| Adrian Hill | - | 17 | 11.4 +0.3 | 92.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 9-8 (53%) | 45.8 |
| Alex Kemp | DAL at PHI Mon Oct 26 | 17 | 11.3 +0.2 | 94.2 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 9-8 (53%) | 47.2 |
| Jerome Boger | - | 16 | 11.1 0.0 | 85.8 | 5.0 | 6.1 | 10-6 (63%) | 44.4 |
| Land Clark | - | 16 | 10.9 -0.2 | 92.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5-10-1 (34%) | 43.7 |
| Ron Torbert | - | 17 | 10.9 -0.2 | 91.1 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 11-6 (65%) | 41.5 |
| Shawn Smith | - | 16 | 10.9 -0.2 | 89.2 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 10-6 (63%) | 46.4 |
| John Hussey | - | 17 | 9.4 -1.7 | 75.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 12-5 (71%) | 41.0 |
| Craig Wrolstad | - | 17 | 9.4 -1.7 | 80.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 7-10 (41%) | 42.2 |
| Bill Vinovich | - | 17 | 8.5 -2.6 | 61.4 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 9-8 (53%) | 43.8 |
Flags are the penalties in nflverse's play-by-play, both teams. "Home W-L" is how home teams did in his games. A referee shows up once nflverse lists him for a game, which happens after it's played. Next games come from Football Zebras' weekly referee assignments, usually posted midweek. Small samples swing a lot: one season is 15 to 18 games. Which teams get flagged most? NFL penalties by team.
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