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Updated 09/01/2026 4:34pm EST

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Defense ratings table. Columns are sortable except the first frozen Rank column.
Rank
1	LOS ANGELES RAMS	79.88	81.33	72.86	90.15	96.14	79.54	71.96	75.39	86.93	76.84	68.91	78.55
2	PITTSBURGH STEELERS	79.27	88.54	75.17	73.55	79.26	71.40	73.95	69.00	83.62	76.82	86.72	84.78
3	PHILADELPHIA EAGLES	78.52	73.44	80.18	81.53	74.13	86.05	76.58	72.00	85.22	86.67	69.12	80.93
4	HOUSTON TEXANS	78.22	88.29	71.13	75.88	89.80	70.34	74.64	81.11	85.81	76.12	71.66	81.33
5	SEATTLE SEAHAWKS	77.79	75.83	83.02	85.11	72.29	77.16	71.13	71.00	84.82	83.28	74.87	74.67
6	BALTIMORE RAVENS	76.87	69.57	80.20	81.75	81.35	71.40	82.38	87.65	82.66	70.29	75.04	79.38
7	NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS	76.72	73.31	74.57	82.33	75.07	71.10	67.61	77.35	80.06	76.26	80.02	90.35
8	DETROIT LIONS	76.61	74.59	70.43	71.79	90.21	89.27	73.97	69.76	67.00	78.86	79.49	75.40
9	GREEN BAY PACKERS	76.57	71.42	76.72	75.46	90.89	74.35	78.54	71.69	70.83	81.84	72.66	75.85
10	DENVER BRONCOS	76.48	85.07	71.43	70.00	68.00	76.87	68.07	70.45	79.60	77.22	74.12	91.51
11	TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS	75.96	73.00	86.51	68.84	76.80	69.50	77.34	75.73	69.72	74.65	82.94	78.83
12	NEW YORK GIANTS	75.90	71.28	71.09	72.05	84.44	76.47	84.12	75.15	73.78	65.05	78.20	76.89
13	CLEVELAND BROWNS	75.78	70.10	76.71	73.85	82.34	83.16	66.00	70.55	84.32	78.26	72.27	76.73
14	DALLAS COWBOYS	75.34	78.57	74.01	88.62	75.91	69.05	68.60	78.54	77.61	73.31	70.01	71.50
15	WASHINGTON REDSKINS	75.25	69.86	77.48	72.53	76.86	77.73	79.92	73.35	73.38	78.84	72.99	79.31
16	TENNESSEE TITANS	75.22	72.81	78.04	95.07	70.24	71.80	74.83	66.00	77.34	73.33	73.05	75.19
17	JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS	75.15	76.46	67.50	74.86	84.61	82.00	68.03	73.15	79.09	79.00	72.15	70.42
18	INDIANAPOLIS COLTS	75.11	65.39	74.43	83.77	80.48	70.82	67.22	73.64	85.40	71.71	78.90	78.33
19	CAROLINA PANTHERS	74.97	62.38	68.94	83.57	78.30	79.13	83.41	66.03	83.40	69.09	73.77	81.17
20	KANSAS CITY CHIEFS	74.62	76.83	68.78	88.45	70.29	83.35	76.19	72.56	74.76	71.84	68.58	77.64
21	NEW YORK JETS	74.55	64.12	73.74	73.95	79.50	70.87	83.47	72.21	70.38	72.00	82.45	76.21
22	BUFFALO BILLS	74.45	82.75	65.81	66.00	73.48	72.01	70.74	72.00	80.73	71.16	80.89	76.10
23	LOS ANGELES CHARGERS	74.43	77.43	69.12	69.98	78.87	61.23	76.26	75.07	74.60	87.44	70.94	74.74
24	NEW ORLEANS SAINTS	74.41	75.16	72.50	72.54	80.18	80.01	71.92	70.05	76.10	78.47	68.26	72.00
25	LAS VEGAS RAIDERS	74.07	70.04	62.03	68.21	87.92	77.00	69.76	73.38	76.48	78.58	77.00	72.69
26	MINNESOTA VIKINGS	73.96	74.81	66.16	78.43	74.70	76.67	80.94	75.47	69.00	73.83	70.14	74.92
27	SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS	73.87	68.79	65.42	73.11	82.63	84.62	71.10	75.57	77.25	72.82	70.11	75.19
28	CHICAGO BEARS	73.40	70.00	72.50	67.97	79.88	83.66	67.91	64.92	75.39	70.61	75.60	80.26
29	CINCINNATI BENGALS	73.38	67.46	84.13	77.77	73.90	64.04	70.48	67.00	76.11	70.34	76.08	79.93
30	ATLANTA FALCONS	73.31	74.00	65.27	79.50	67.02	64.50	76.09	71.82	83.60	73.25	82.45	70.59
31	MIAMI DOLPHINS	72.54	67.00	69.84	77.47	69.46	82.23	78.81	67.24	76.78	69.00	70.96	72.25
32	ARIZONA CARDINALS	71.89	67.12	69.00	74.96	81.19	68.32	65.83	69.53	72.34	77.36	70.29	72.20