TEAM FINGERPRINT · EVOLUTION
Dallas Cowboys, 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.
Play-calling tendencies · share of offensive snaps, by season
| Season | Pass rate | Shotgun rate | Success rate | Explosive rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 54.8% | 38.9% | 48.9% | 15.3% |
| 2017 | 55.7% | 42.7% | 43.5% | 10.6% |
| 2018 | 60.3% | 51.1% | 43.6% | 12.8% |
| 2019 | 60.4% | 54.6% | 49.0% | 15.6% |
| 2020 | 63.9% | 55.8% | 45.6% | 10.6% |
| 2021 | 62.6% | 48.3% | 46.5% | 13.4% |
| 2022 | 55.1% | 47.7% | 45.0% | 13.3% |
| 2023 | 63.2% | 65.1% | 47.9% | 13.1% |
| 2024 | 62.6% | 68.1% | 40.7% | 12.3% |
| 2025 | 61.9% | 60.7% | 46.5% | 12.9% |
Personnel groupings · share of snaps, stacked to 100%, by season
| Season | 11 | 12 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 01 | 20 | Other | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 61.9% | 20.0% | 8.4% | 1.8% | 4.1% | 0.0% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| 2017 | 60.9% | 14.9% | 4.3% | 9.2% | 7.3% | 0.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 68.4% | 14.6% | 7.1% | 3.9% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.8% |
| 2019 | 67.4% | 18.7% | 9.2% | 2.3% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 71.8% | 21.4% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 0.4% |
| 2021 | 67.6% | 24.5% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.2% |
| 2022 | 62.8% | 23.0% | 2.8% | 7.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.5% | 0.2% |
| 2023 | 64.1% | 14.4% | 5.1% | 4.7% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 71.3% | 11.0% | 8.3% | 1.2% | 2.7% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 0.2% |
| 2025 | 67.8% | 17.3% | 8.1% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0.1% |