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 2026. 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.
2026 Defensive Player Average Draft Position Top 200 IDP -Data thru -August 16, 2026

Rank Player Team Position Bye
Week		 Average
Ranking		 Number
Drafts
Selected
# 1 Jack Campbell LB 6 1.00 707
# 2 Carson Schwesinger LB 11 2.00 718
# 3 Foyesade Oluokun LB 7 3.00 718
# 4 Roquan Smith LB 13 4.00 715
# 5 Fred Warner LB 8 5.00 714
# 6 Zack Baun LB 10 6.00 710
# 7 Nick Bolton LB 5 7.00 716
# 8 Jordyn Brooks LB 6 8.00 716
# 9 Ernest Jones LB 11 9.00 705
# 10 Edgerrin Cooper LB 11 10.00 719
# 11 Blake Cashman LB 6 11.00 713
# 12 Jamien Sherwood LB 13 12.00 716
# 13 Myles Garrett DE 11 13.00 711
# 14 Aidan Hutchinson DE 6 14.00 797
# 15 Quay Walker LB 13 15.00 711
# 16 Cedric Gray LB 9 16.00 712
# 17 Nate Landman LB 11 17.00 705
# 18 Sonny Styles LB 7 18.00 803
# 19 Alex Singleton LB 10 19.00 706
# 20 Zaire Franklin LB 11 20.00 705
# 21 Maxx Crosby DE 13 21.00 539
# 22 Tremaine Edmunds LB 8 22.00 707
# 23 Kyle Hamilton S 13 23.00 705
# 24 Will Anderson DE 8 24.00 600
# 25 Devin Bush LB 10 25.00 714
# 26 Nick Cross S 7 26.00 717
# 27 Daiyan Henley LB 7 27.00 705
# 28 Derwin James S 7 28.00 714
# 29 Robert Spillane LB 11 29.00 627
# 30 CJ Allen LB 13 30.00 709
# 31 Kaden Elliss LB 8 31.00 719
# 32 Patrick Queen LB 9 32.00 705
# 33 Budda Baker S 14 33.00 711
# 34 Jeffery Simmons DT 9 34.00 713
# 35 Azeez Al-Shaair LB 8 35.00 709
# 36 Cooper Dejean CB 10 36.00 719
# 37 Nick Bosa DE 8 37.00 542
# 38 Devin Lloyd LB 5 38.00 718
# 39 Kamren Curl S 11 39.00 708
# 40 Jessie Bates S 11 40.00 627
# 41 Danielle Hunter DE 8 41.00 540
# 42 Tyrel Dodson LB 6 42.00 718
# 43 Nick Emmanwori S 11 43.00 543
# 44 Quincy Williams LB 11 44.00 622
# 45 Brian Burns DE 8 45.00 360
# 46 Tykee Smith S 10 46.00 711
# 47 Terrel Bernard LB 7 47.00 718
# 48 Talanoa Hufanga S 10 48.00 707
# 49 Jordan Battle S 6 49.00 710
# 50 Nakobe Dean LB 13 50.00 543
# 51 Arvell Reese LB 8 51.00 535
# 52 Jared Verse DE 11 52.00 362
# 53 Nik Bonitto DE 10 53.00 368
# 54 Byron Young DE 11 54.00 367
# 55 Antoine Winfield S 10 55.00 708
# 56 Xavier McKinney S 11 56.00 625
# 57 Caleb Downs S 14 57.00 533
# 58 Brian Branch S 6 58.00 359
# 59 Trevon Moehrig S 5 59.00 617
# 60 Tuli Tuipulotu DE 7 60.00 360
# 61 Demario Davis LB 13 61.00 627
# 62 Jeremy Chinn S 13 62.00 618
# 63 Abdul Carter DE 8 63.00 363
# 64 Demetrius Knight LB 6 64.00 714
# 65 Alex Anzalone LB 10 65.00 625
# 66 Jihaad Campbell LB 10 66.00 542
# 67 Eric Wilson LB 6 67.00 618
# 68 Josh Hines-Allen DE 7 68.00 538
# 69 Payton Wilson LB 9 69.00 534
# 70 Barrett Carter LB 6 70.00 711
# 71 Dee Winters LB 14 71.00 617
# 72 Kevin Byard S 11 72.00 626
# 73 Demarvion Overshown LB 14 73.00 537
# 74 Jaquan Brisker S 9 74.00 618
# 75 Trey Hendrickson DE 13 75.00 321
# 76 Deshon Elliott S 9 76.00 475
# 77 Laiatu Latu DE 13 77.00 541
# 78 Dillon Thieneman S 10 78.00 362
# 79 Chamarri Conner S 5 79.00 708
# 80 Deforest Buckner DT 13 80.00 540
# 81 Dallas Turner DE 6 81.00 364
# 82 TJ Edwards LB 10 82.00 538
# 83 Xavier Watts S 11 83.00 719
# 84 David Bailey DE 13 84.00 358
# 85 Micah Parsons DE 11 85.00 190
# 86 Quentin Lake S 11 86.00 465
# 87 Andrew Van-Ginkel LB 6 87.00 592
# 88 Mack Wilson LB 14 88.00 623
# 89 Julian Love S 11 89.00 463
# 90 Chase Young DE 8 90.00 265
# 91 Kamari Lassiter CB 8 91.00 539
# 92 Divine Deablo LB 11 92.00 540
# 93 Rueben Bain DE 10 93.00 361
# 94 Jonathan Greenard DE 10 94.00 275
# 95 Jacob Rodriguez LB 6 95.00 364
# 96 Drue Tranquill LB 5 96.00 620
# 97 Devon Witherspoon CB 11 97.00 310
# 98 George Karlaftis DE 5 98.00 311
# 99 Anthony Hill LB 9 99.00 530
#100 Montez Sweat DE 10 100.00 403
#101 Jalen Pitre S 8 101.00 407
#102 Josiah Trotter LB 10 102.00 365
#103 Drake Thomas LB 11 103.00 464
#104 Leonard Williams DT 11 104.00 364
#105 Jaelan Phillips DE 5 105.00 267
#106 Derrick Brown DT 5 106.00 404
#107 Jalen Carter DT 10 107.00 366
#108 Frankie Luvu LB 7 108.00 269
#109 James Pearce DE 11 110.00 321
#110 Gregory Rousseau DE 7 111.00 358
#111 Cole Bishop S 7 112.00 538
#112 Christian Rozeboom LB 10 113.00 316
#113 Marcus Jones CB 11 114.00 185
#114 Akeem Davis-Gaither LB 13 115.00 398
#115 Alex Highsmith DE 9 116.00 185
#116 Quinnen Williams DT 14 118.00 316
#117 Bobby Wagner LB . 119.00 315
#118 Pete Werner LB 8 120.00 267
#119 Devin White LB 6 121.00 314
#120 Dre Greenlaw LB 8 122.00 269
#121 Cameron Heyward DT 9 123.00 321
#122 Cody Simon LB 14 124.00 404
#123 Alontae Taylor CB 9 125.00 538
#124 Dexter Lawrence DT 6 126.00 268
#125 Paulson Adebo CB 8 127.00 400
#126 Ventrell Miller LB 7 128.00 401
#127 Malik Mustapha S 8 129.00 445
#128 Zach Allen DT 10 130.00 363
#129 Malaki Starks S 13 131.00 353
#130 Kevin Winston S 9 132.00 534
#131 AJ Haulcy S 13 133.00 367
#132 Tyler Nubin S 8 134.00 400
#133 Josh Sweat DE 14 135.00 211
#134 Josh Metellus S 6 136.00 536
#135 TJ Watt DE 9 137.00 177
#136 Cody Barton LB 9 138.00 274
#137 Jordan Davis DT 10 139.00 357
#138 Henry To'oto'o LB 8 140.00 618
#139 Minkah Fitzpatrick S 13 141.00 400
#140 Byron Murphy DT 11 143.00 358
#141 Camryn Bynum S 13 144.00 534
#142 Jalon Walker DE 11 145.00 201
#143 Trevin Wallace LB 5 147.00 401
#144 Jalen Redmond DT 6 148.00 320
#145 Harold Landry LB 11 149.00 213
#146 Marlon Humphrey CB 13 151.00 139
#147 Kool-Aid McKinstry CB 8 152.00 320
#148 Grant Delpit S 11 153.00 398
#149 Sirvocea Dennis LB 10 154.00 157
#150 Jake Golday LB 6 155.00 311
#151 Kobie Turner DT 11 156.00 140
#152 Myles Murphy DE 6 157.00 365
#153 Riley Moss CB 10 158.00 310
#154 Demarcus Lawrence DE 11 159.00 272
#155 Brandon Jones S 10 160.00 595
#156 Mike Sainristil CB 7 161.00 401
#157 Yaya Diaby DE 10 162.00 264
#158 Bryce Boettcher LB 13 163.00 318
#159 Jalen Thompson S 14 164.00 396
#160 Alex Wright DE 11 165.00 314
#161 Leo Chenal LB 7 166.00 221
#162 Kamren Kinchens S 11 167.00 160
#163 Akheem Mesidor DE 7 168.00 139
#164 Rashan Gary DE 14 169.00 114
#165 Mason Graham DT 11 170.00 118
#166 Chop Robinson DE 6 171.00 310
#167 Walter Nolen DT 14 172.00 273
#168 Teddye Buchanan LB 13 173.00 266
#169 Tyson Campbell CB 11 174.00 314
#170 Jalyx Hunt DE 10 175.00 167
#171 Reed Blankenship S 8 176.00 207
#172 Travon Walker DE 7 178.00 312
#173 Kaleb Elarms-Orr LB 7 179.00 310
#174 Christian Elliss LB 11 180.00 220
#175 Jermaine Johnson DE 9 181.00 271
#176 Bradley Chubb LB 7 184.00 207
#177 Will McDonald DE 13 185.00 226
#178 Andrew Mukuba S 10 186.00 311
#179 Donovan Ezeiruaku DE 14 187.00 268
#180 Alohi Gilman S 5 188.00 270
#181 Christian Gonzalez CB 11 189.00 132
#182 Jaishawn Barham LB 14 190.00 227
#183 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren S 11 191.00 134
#184 Mansoor Delane CB 5 192.00 142
#185 Caleb Banks DT 6 193.00 136
#186 ED Oliver DT 7 194.00 274
#187 Daron Bland CB 14 196.00 267
#188 Christian Harris LB 11 197.00 211
#189 Chris Jones DT 5 198.00 227
#190 Derrick Barnes LB 6 199.00 206
#191 Tommy Togiai DT 8 200.00 134
#192 Tatum Bethune LB 8 201.00 206
#193 Malachi Lawrence DE 14 202.00 165
#194 Denzel Perryman LB 7 203.00 206
#195 Nick Herbig DE 9 205.00 159
#196 Austin Booker LB 10 206.00 212
#197 Carl Granderson DE 8 207.00 204
#198 Coby Bryant S 10 208.00 223
#199 Jalen Ramsey CB 9 210.00 403
#200 Zach Sieler DT 6 211.00 209
#201 Michael Jackson CB 5 212.00 142
#202 Odafe Oweh DE 7 213.00 208
#203 Andrew Wingard S 14 214.00 199
#204 Jack Sanborn LB 10 215.00 202
#205 Malcolm Rodriguez LB 6 216.00 198
#206 Ronnie Hickman S 11 217.00 398
#207 Danny Stutsman LB 8 218.00 228
#208 Nick Scott S 5 219.00 400
#209 Geno Stone S 7 220.00 197
#210 Evan Williams S 11 221.00 265
#211 Boye Mafe DE 6 222.00 201
#212 Daxton Hill CB 6 223.00 225
#213 Nahshon Wright CB 13 224.00 161
#214 Nnamdi Madubuike DT 13 225.00 271
#215 Cameron Jordan DE 8 226.00 211
#216 D'Angelo Ponds CB 13 228.00 204
#217 Khalil Mack LB 7 229.00 204
#218 Nate Wiggins CB 13 230.00 134
#219 Keeanu Benton DT 9 231.00 112
#220 Dru Phillips CB 8 232.00 209
#221 Dorian Williams LB 7 233.00 115
#222 Trenton Simpson LB 13 235.00 205
#223 Derrick Moore DE 6 236.00 110
#224 Antonio Johnson S 7 237.00 213
#225 Isaiah McDuffie LB 11 239.00 203
#226 Trent McDuffie CB 11 240.00 222
#227 K'Lavon Chaisson DE 7 241.00 205
#228 Aaron Donald DT . 242.00 117
#229 Keisean Nixon CB 11 243.00 118
#230 Jonathon Cooper DE 10 244.00 116
#231 Uchenna Nwosu LB 11 245.00 214
#232 Jonas Sanker S 8 246.00 116
#233 Peter Woods DT 5 247.00 137
#234 Isaiah Pola-Mao S 13 249.00 207
#235 Jeffrey Bassa LB 5 250.00 214
#236 Quan Martin S 7 251.00 212
#237 Upton Stout CB 8 252.00 118
#238 Keldric Faulk DE 9 253.00 111
#239 Braden Fiske DT 11 254.00 213
#240 Mike Green DE 13 255.00 140
#241 Calijah Kancey DT 10 256.00 220
#242 Omar Speights LB 11 257.00 210
#243 Bryan Cook S 6 258.00 198
#244 Dane Belton S 13 259.00 116