Fantasy Football DEF Rankings

Our 2026 Fantasy Football Rankings and Top 250 Cheatsheet include Average Draft Positionand Consensus Rankings to help you in your fantasy drafts. Projections are calibrated using multiple years of statisitical perfromance, as well as Strength of Schedule,and Offensive Line Rankings

2026 Player Rankings Top 30 DEF -Updated September 4, 2026

Rank		Position	Bye Week	Prjctd Avg Pts Allowed	Prjctd Sacks+Int +Fmbl Recv	Prjctd Defensive TDs	Average Draft Position	Consensus Draft Position
# 1	Houston Texans	DEF	8	22	110	7	118	156
# 2	Seattle Seahawks	DEF	11	22	109	7	128	172
# 3	Denver Broncos	DEF	10	22	109	7	127	177
# 4	Los Angeles Rams	DEF	11	26	97	6	126	178
# 5	Philadelphia Eagles	DEF	10	27	93	6	151	198
# 6	Pittsburgh Steelers	DEF	9	27	92	6	181	222
# 7	Los Angeles Chargers	DEF	7	28	90	6	187	209
# 8	Jacksonville Jaguars	DEF	7	28	90	5	191	221
# 9	New England Patriots	DEF	11	28	89	5	161	229
# 10	Buffalo Bills	DEF	7	28	89	5	202	255
# 11	Minnesota Vikings	DEF	6	28	89	5	170	203
# 12	Detroit Lions	DEF	6	28	89	5	195	279
# 13	New Orleans Saints	DEF	8	28	89	5	-	333
# 14	Chicago Bears	DEF	10	28	88	5	216	320
# 15	Cleveland Browns	DEF	11	28	88	5	241	287
# 16	New York Giants	DEF	8	28	88	5	235	330
# 17	Baltimore Ravens	DEF	13	28	88	5	188	210
# 18	Green Bay Packers	DEF	11	29	87	5	211	253
# 19	Kansas City Chiefs	DEF	5	29	87	5	226	256
# 20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DEF	10	29	86	5	340	353
# 21	Atlanta Falcons	DEF	11	29	86	5	326	336
# 22	San Francisco 49ers	DEF	8	30	84	5	214	313
# 23	Carolina Panthers	DEF	5	30	84	5	-	398
# 24	Indianapolis Colts	DEF	13	30	83	5	-	337
# 25	Tennessee Titans	DEF	9	31	78	5	-	378
# 26	Washington Commanders	DEF	7	32	78	5	-	427
# 27	New York Jets	DEF	13	33	72	4	-	372
# 28	Dallas Cowboys	DEF	14	34	70	4	221	374
# 29	Miami Dolphins	DEF	6	34	70	4	-	432
# 30	Cincinnati Bengals	DEF	6	34	69	4	-	428
# 31	Las Vegas Raiders	DEF	13	35	66	4	-	420
# 32	Arizona Cardinals	DEF	14	35	65	4	-	414