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Passes defended

passes_defended After final in Player game stats

Definition

Passes the defender deflected or caught (charted).

Known at: After final Known only after the game. Use it in a backward window, never as a same-game input.
Role: measure A stat the league or a provider recorded.
Dataset: Player game stats One row: player_id, game_id · also in Team game stats
Type: count (pd) · player · per game
Status: Available
Sports (1): Football
Seasons held (2): 2019 to 2026
Fill: 45.1% 762 of 1,691 final games carry a value.
Recorded since: NFL 1999
Also called: pass breakups, pbu, pd
Use in: Formula bar, Stats grids, API, MCP, Ask Kelly

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League	From	To	Seasons	Games	With a value	Fill %
NCAAF	2026	2026	1	1,287	358	27.8%
NFL	2019	2026	2	404	404	100.0%
All leagues	2019	2026	2	1,691	762	45.1%

Formula bar: =passes_defended on a grid of player rows
API and MCP: POST /v1/stats:find · MCP find_stats · definitions from GET /v1/metrics (describe_metrics)
Look it up: GET /v1/attribute-catalogue?q=passes_defended · MCP search_attributes