TEAM FINGERPRINT · EVOLUTION

Arizona Cardinals, 2016–2025

How this offense’s identity shifted, season by season — how often it passed, how much it lived in the shotgun, which personnel groupings it leaned on, and how efficient it was. Counted from nflverse charting, not modeled.

TeamARI ATL BAL BUF CAR CHI CIN CLE DAL DEN DET GB HOU IND JAX KC LA LAC LV MIA MIN NE NO NYG NYJ PHI PIT SEA SF TB TEN WAS

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Play-calling tendencies · share of offensive snaps, by season

Play-calling tendencies by season
Season	Pass rate	Shotgun rate	Success rate	Explosive rate
2016	63.9%	32.4%	44.4%	13.4%
2017	63.7%	28.8%	37.4%	12.4%
2018	62.8%	51.7%	34.5%	10.3%
2019	64.0%	67.2%	42.6%	13.7%
2020	60.7%	71.4%	45.5%	13.0%
2021	60.2%	74.0%	46.4%	12.8%
2022	65.8%	70.6%	40.5%	10.0%
2023	59.4%	71.2%	40.7%	12.8%
2024	59.8%	61.5%	47.3%	13.8%
2025	69.6%	69.8%	43.1%	12.2%

Personnel groupings · share of snaps, stacked to 100%, by season

Personnel-grouping shares by season
Season	11	12	10	13	21	20	22	01	00	02	23	Other	Unknown
2016	54.6%	23.8%	12.4%	4.4%	1.7%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%
2017	51.6%	26.7%	14.0%	4.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.0%
2018	70.8%	17.1%	0.0%	2.2%	6.4%	0.0%	2.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	0.1%
2019	35.3%	24.0%	32.1%	1.9%	1.6%	2.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	2.6%	0.2%
2020	45.8%	29.6%	19.9%	1.0%	1.8%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.1%
2021	56.7%	21.5%	13.2%	2.8%	2.1%	1.6%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.2%
2022	64.3%	24.7%	5.0%	1.8%	1.8%	1.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.4%	0.2%
2023	64.3%	20.8%	0.0%	10.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.2%	1.0%
2024	51.5%	30.7%	0.0%	15.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%	1.0%	0.1%
2025	50.3%	36.3%	1.8%	10.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.8%	0.1%