Average draft analysis is a great way to get an edge on your opponents by anticipating when to draft certain players.The following information is compiled from several major sources and represents the fantasy drafts that have taken place starting in May 2023. In addition to the overall draft positions, we have also created separate listings for each position. Please remember to use this information for good and not evil.
2023 Defensive Player Average Draft Position Top 100 IDP -Data thru September 7, 2023

Rank Player Team Position Bye
Week		 Average
Ranking		 Number
Drafts
Selected
# 1 Foyesade Oluokun LB 9 1.00 84
# 2 Roquan Smith LB 13 2.00 84
# 3 Nick Bolton LB 10 3.00 84
# 4 Zaire Franklin LB 11 4.00 84
# 5 Jalen Pitre S 7 5.00 84
# 6 CJ Mosley LB 7 6.00 84
# 7 Derwin James S 5 7.00 84
# 8 Jack Campbell LB 9 8.00 144
# 9 Maxx Crosby DE 13 9.00 84
# 10 Nick Bosa DE 9 10.00 72
# 11 Bobby Wagner LB 5 11.00 84
# 12 Bobby Okereke LB 13 12.00 84
# 13 Logan Wilson LB 7 13.00 84
# 14 Fred Warner LB 9 14.00 84
# 15 Myles Garrett DE 5 15.00 72
# 16 Shaquille Leonard LB 11 16.00 84
# 17 Pete Werner LB 11 17.00 72
# 18 Frankie Luvu LB 7 18.00 84
# 19 Will Anderson DE 7 19.00 144
# 20 Devin White LB 5 20.00 72
# 21 Josey Jewell LB 9 21.00 84
# 22 Minkah Fitzpatrick S 6 22.00 84
# 23 Haason Reddick DE 10 23.00 84
# 24 Matt Milano LB 13 24.00 84
# 25 Budda Baker S 14 25.00 84
# 26 Aidan Hutchinson DE 9 26.00 72
# 27 Aaron Donald DT 10 27.00 84
# 28 Jaquan Brisker S 13 28.00 72
# 29 Ernest Jones LB 10 29.00 60
# 30 Cole Holcomb LB 6 30.00 72
# 31 Alex Singleton LB 9 31.00 72
# 32 TJ Edwards LB 13 32.00 60
# 33 Tremaine Edmunds LB 13 33.00 60
# 34 Dre Greenlaw LB 9 34.00 60
# 35 Kyle Hamilton S 13 35.00 84
# 36 Kayvon Thibodeaux DE 13 36.00 72
# 37 Eric Kendricks LB 5 37.00 72
# 38 Micah Parsons DE 7 38.00 72
# 39 TJ Watt DE 6 39.00 84
# 40 Christian Wilkins DT 10 40.00 60
# 41 Azeez Al-Shaair LB 7 41.00 60
# 42 Daiyan Henley LB 5 42.00 60
# 43 Brian Burns DE 7 43.00 60
# 44 Antoine Winfield S 5 44.00 72
# 45 Jordan Battle S 7 45.00 108
# 46 De'Vondre Campbell LB 6 46.00 60
# 47 Drew Sanders LB 9 47.00 72
# 48 Jalen Carter DT 10 48.00 96
# 49 Tyree Wilson DE 13 49.00 72
# 50 Jordyn Brooks LB 5 50.00 60
# 51 Lukas Van-Ness DE 6 51.00 60
# 52 Brian Branch S 9 52.00 84
# 53 Jeremy Chinn S 7 53.00 72
# 54 Divine Deablo LB 13 54.00 60
# 55 Trenton Simpson LB 13 55.00 60
# 56 Talanoa Hufanga S 9 56.00 60
# 57 Kyle Dugger S 11 57.00 72
# 58 Quinnen Williams DT 7 58.00 60
# 59 Joey Bosa DE 5 59.00 72
# 60 Danielle Hunter DE 13 60.00 72
# 61 L'Jarius Sneed CB 10 61.00 72
# 62 Harold Landry DE 7 62.00 84
# 63 Lavonte David LB 5 63.00 60
# 64 Jaelan Phillips DE 10 64.00 60
# 65 Chauncey Gardner-Johnson S 9 65.00 84
# 66 Kamren Curl S 14 66.00 60
# 67 Harrison Smith S 13 67.00 72
# 68 Rayshawn Jenkins S 9 68.00 60
# 69 Matt Judon DE 11 69.00 72
# 70 Justin Simmons S 9 70.00 60
# 71 Quay Walker LB 6 71.00 50
# 72 Jordan Hicks LB 13 72.00 51
# 73 Nakobe Dean LB 10 73.00 53
# 74 Uchenna Nwosu DE 5 74.00 72
# 75 Shaq Thompson LB 7 75.00 53
# 76 Jonathan Owens S 6 76.00 72
# 77 Jordan Poyer S 13 77.00 60
# 78 Drue Tranquill LB 10 79.00 60
# 79 Demario Davis LB 11 80.00 50
# 80 Donovan Wilson S 7 81.00 51
# 81 Kevin Byard S 7 82.00 50
# 82 Richie Grant S 11 83.00 52
# 83 Quincy Williams LB 7 85.00 53
# 84 Kyzir White LB 14 86.00 51
# 85 Patrick Queen LB 13 87.00 53
# 86 Troy Andersen LB 11 88.00 50
# 87 Christian Harris LB 7 89.00 53
# 88 Kaden Elliss LB 11 90.00 52
# 89 David Long LB 10 91.00 51
# 90 Jamin Davis LB 14 92.00 55
# 91 Jalen Thompson S 14 93.00 55
# 92 Denzel Perryman LB 7 94.00 54
# 93 Deshon Elliott S 10 95.00 72
# 94 Cody Barton LB 14 96.00 52
# 95 Grant Delpit S 5 97.00 52
# 96 Devin Lloyd LB 9 98.00 53
# 97 Matthew Judon LB 11 99.00 53
# 98 Jartavius Martin S 14 100.00 60
# 99 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah LB 5 101.00 53
#100 Xavier McKinney S 13 102.00 52
#101 Ja'Whaun Bentley LB 11 103.00 53
#102 CJ Gardner-Johnson S 9 104.00 54
#103 Jerome Baker LB 10 105.00 53
#104 Leighton Vander-Esch LB 7 106.00 55
#105 Vonn Bell S 7 107.00 55
#106 Jordan Fuller S 10 108.00 51
#107 Jamal Adams S 5 109.00 52
#108 Alex Anzalone LB 9 110.00 52
#109 Brian Asamoah LB 13 111.00 53
#110 Julian Love S 5 112.00 52
#111 Jessie Bates S 11 113.00 55
#112 Willie Gay LB 10 114.00 51
#113 Cameron Heyward DT 6 115.00 51
#114 Alex Highsmith DE 6 116.00 60
#115 Eddie Jackson S 13 117.00 53
#116 Isaiah Simmons LB 13 118.00 54
#117 Josh Allen DE 9 119.00 53
#118 Chris Jones DT 10 120.00 51
#119 Ryan Neal S 5 122.00 52
#120 Deforest Buckner DT 11 123.00 51
#121 Anthony Walker LB 5 124.00 53
#122 Germaine Pratt LB 7 125.00 54
#123 Kenny Moore CB 11 126.00 50
#124 Jonathan Allen DT 14 129.00 54
#125 Jayron Kearse S 7 130.00 53
#126 Robert Spillane LB 13 131.00 53
#127 Nate Hobbs CB 13 132.00 51
#128 Damone Clark LB 7 133.00 53
#129 Za'Darius Smith LB 5 134.00 53
#130 Darrick Forrest S 14 135.00 51
#131 Jevon Holland S 10 136.00 50
#132 Jimmie Ward CB 7 137.00 54
#133 Sam Hubbard DE 7 138.00 50
#134 Cameron Jordan DE 11 139.00 52
#135 Christian Kirksey LB 13 140.00 53
#136 Zaven Collins LB 14 141.00 52
#137 Nicholas Morrow LB 10 142.00 52
#138 Jalen Ramsey CB 10 143.00 54
#139 Demarcus Lawrence DE 7 144.00 51
#140 Greg Rousseau DE 13 145.00 55
#141 Marcus Williams S 13 146.00 51
#142 Kwity Paye DE 11 147.00 50
#143 Zach Cunningham LB 10 148.00 51
#144 Dax Hill S 7 149.00 54
#145 Brandon Jones S 10 150.00 51
#146 Adrian Amos S 7 151.00 52
#147 Terrel Bernard LB 13 152.00 53
#148 Daron Payne DT 14 153.00 51
#149 Tyrel Dodson LB 13 154.00 52
#150 Mykal Walker LB . 155.00 53
#151 Blake Martinez LB . 156.00 53
#152 Marcus Maye S 11 157.00 53
#153 Tyrann Mathieu S 11 158.00 53
#154 Azeez Ojulari LB 13 159.00 52
#155 Javon Hargrave DT 9 160.00 51
#156 Jack Gibbens LB 7 161.00 51
#157 Khalil Mack LB 5 162.00 52
#158 Montez Sweat DE 14 163.00 52
#159 Chase Young DE 14 164.00 54
#160 Rashan Gary LB 6 165.00 53
#161 Elandon Roberts LB 6 166.00 52
#162 Rodney Thomas S 11 167.00 53
#163 EJ Speed LB 11 168.00 50
#164 Kyler Gordon CB 13 169.00 54
#165 Tracy Walker S 9 170.00 53
#166 Jeffery Simmons DT 7 171.00 54
#167 Randy Gregory DE 9 172.00 50
#168 Julian Blackmon S 11 173.00 50
#169 Terrell Edmunds S 10 174.00 51
#170 Trey Hendrickson DE 7 175.00 52
#171 Rasul Douglas CB 6 176.00 54
#172 Trent McDuffie CB 10 177.00 54
#173 Dexter Lawrence DT 13 178.00 52
#174 Josh Sweat DE 10 179.00 52
#175 Marcus Epps S 13 180.00 53
#176 Xavier Woods S 7 181.00 54
#177 Chandler Jones LB 13 182.00 53
#178 Kenneth Murray LB 5 183.00 51
#179 Taron Johnson CB 13 184.00 53
#180 Riq Woolen CB 5 185.00 53
#181 Leonard Williams DT 13 186.00 52
#182 Travon Walker DE 9 187.00 54
#183 Kerby Joseph S 9 188.00 51
#184 Malcolm Rodriguez LB 9 189.00 55
#185 Kareem Jackson S 9 190.00 52
#186 Zach Sieler DT 10 191.00 53
#187 Trevon Diggs CB 7 192.00 52
#188 James Houston LB 9 193.00 51
#189 George Karlaftis DE 10 194.00 51
#190 Zach Allen DE 9 195.00 53
#191 Grover Stewart DT 11 196.00 55
#192 Brandon Graham DE 10 197.00 53
#193 Marte Mapu LB 11 198.00 53
#194 Marcus Davenport DE 13 199.00 52