TABLE 4.

Incidence of Game-Related NFL ACL Injuries by Play Type, 2015–2019^a

	No. of ACL Tears	Game Injury Rate (Incidence Rate) per 1000 Plays
		Plays	Rate	95% CIb
Overall	199	257,334	0.77	0.67–0.89
Punt	34	15,522	2.19	1.57–3.07
Kickoff	16	16,506	0.97	0.59–1.58
Pass	88	123,897	0.71	0.58–0.88
Run	52	87,681	0.59	0.45–0.78
Extra point	1	7402	0.14	0.02–0.96
Field goal	1	6326	0.16	0.02–1.12
Unknown	7	—	—	—

^aDashes indicate that injury rates were not calculated for unknown injuries. ACL, anterior cruciate ligament; NFL, National Football League.

^bPoisson 95% CIs.