Officials
NFL head referees
29 head referees, 2015–2025 officiating records. Penalty rates are computed from accepted-penalty plays in play-by-play data, which covers 2020–2025 only. League mean over those seasons: 11.79 per game.
| Referee | Games | Seasons | Pen/Gm | vs League |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Torbert | 184 | 2015–2026 | 11.90 | +0.11 |
| Clete Blakeman | 184 | 2015–2026 | 12.33 | +0.54 |
| Bill Vinovich | 184 | 2015–2025 | 10.75 | -1.04 |
| Carl Cheffers | 183 | 2015–2026 | 12.36 | +0.57 |
| Craig Wrolstad | 180 | 2015–2026 | 11.41 | -0.38 |
| John Hussey | 180 | 2015–2026 | 10.93 | -0.86 |
| Brad Allen | 177 | 2015–2026 | 11.18 | -0.61 |
| Shawn Smith | 135 | 2018–2026 | 11.33 | -0.46 |
| Alex Kemp | 133 | 2018–2026 | 12.48 | +0.69 |
| Shawn Hochuli | 132 | 2018–2026 | 12.58 | +0.79 |
| Clay Martin | 130 | 2018–2026 | 11.66 | -0.13 |
| Jerome Boger | 125 | 2015–2022 | 10.86 | -0.93 |
| Scott Novak | 114 | 2019–2026 | 11.70 | -0.09 |
| Tony Corrente | 113 | 2015–2021 | 10.65 | -1.14 |
| Adrian Hill | 113 | 2019–2026 | 12.48 | +0.69 |
| Land Clark | 97 | 2020–2026 | 11.93 | +0.14 |
| Brad Rogers | 96 | 2020–2026 | 12.22 | +0.43 |
| Walt Anderson | 78 | 2015–2019 | — | — |
| John Parry | 63 | 2015–2018 | — | — |
| Walt Coleman | 63 | 2015–2018 | — | — |
| Peter Morelli | 61 | 2015–2018 | — | — |
| Ed Hochuli | 50 | 2015–2017 | — | — |
| Alan Eck | 50 | 2023–2026 | 10.88 | -0.91 |
| Gene Steratore | 49 | 2015–2017 | — | — |
| Tra Blake | 48 | 2022–2024 | 12.08 | +0.29 |
| Jeff Triplette | 46 | 2015–2017 | — | — |
| Terry McAulay | 45 | 2015–2017 | — | — |
| Alex Moore | 17 | 2025–2026 | 16.18 | +4.39 |
| Bradley Rogers | 15 | 2019–2019 | — | — |
Penalty-rate differences between crews are real and statistically significant, but they did not translate into any market-beating edge. Read the referee-crew finding in the Edge Lab.