NFL Officiating Observatory
CREW CHIEF PROFILE
Walt Anderson: NFL referee penalty stats (2026)
TL;DR
Walt Anderson is an NFL referee (crew chief). Across 2015–25 his crew averaged 15.0 accepted penalties per game (76 games).
2026 flags / game—0 games · league 14.7
2026 yards / game—league 119.2
Last season flags / game—0 games
2015–25 flags / game15.076 games
Calling style
Career (2015–25): —, .
Close to the league average on every measure we track.
Season by season
| Season | Games | Flags / game |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | 13.9 |
| 2016 | 15 | 15.1 |
| 2017 | 16 | 14.7 |
| 2018 | 16 | 14.9 |
| 2019 | 17 | 15.3 |
Recent games
| Date | Game | Score | Flags | By team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-11 | MIN @ SF | 10–27 | 6 | MIN 1 · SF 5 |
| 2019-12-29 | LAC @ KC | 21–31 | 13 | LAC 8 · KC 5 |
| 2019-12-22 | CAR @ IND | 6–38 | 6 | CAR 6 · IND 0 |
| 2019-12-15 | LA @ DAL | 21–44 | 9 | LA 5 · DAL 4 |
| 2019-12-08 | DET @ MIN | 7–20 | 12 | DET 4 · MIN 8 |
| 2019-12-01 | TB @ JAX | 28–11 | 24 | TB 8 · JAX 16 |
| 2019-11-24 | SEA @ PHI | 17–9 | 14 | SEA 12 · PHI 2 |
| 2019-11-17 | ARI @ SF | 26–36 | 20 | ARI 10 · SF 10 |
| 2019-11-07 | LAC @ LV | 24–26 | 20 | LAC 8 · LV 12 |
| 2019-11-03 | NYJ @ MIA | 18–26 | 16 | NYJ 10 · MIA 6 |
Questions
Statistics reflect the crew chief's assignment; crews change around the chief each year. Patterns, not motives.