Use the tier break—not only the next name.
Defense scoring is matchup-sensitive; combine season quality with the current opponent and remain willing to stream.
Defense/ST rankings that price role, range, and replacement value.
Pressure production, takeaways, defensive touchdowns, stability, and current team context drive the defense rankings.
FULL RANKINGS
Full-PPR median projection · Stats through Week 5 · Updated Oct 152026 DST rankings
DST RKPLAYEROVRLEVELPROJ.RANGECONF.
DST1MIN DefenseMIN · 14.9 expected games#264LEVEL 613498–17063%
DST2LV DefenseLV · 14.9 expected games#266LEVEL 611080–13963%
DST3SEA DefenseSEA · 14.9 expected games#267LEVEL 610778–13563%
DST4DEN DefenseDEN · 14.9 expected games#268LEVEL 610577–13363%
DST5CAR DefenseCAR · 14.7 expected games#273LEVEL 69972–12760%
DST6CIN DefenseCIN · 14.9 expected games#274LEVEL 69771–12364%
DST7PIT DefensePIT · 14.9 expected games#275LEVEL 69771–12363%
DST8GB DefenseGB · 14.9 expected games#276LEVEL 69670–12163%
DST9HOU DefenseHOU · 14.9 expected games#279LEVEL 69066–11464%
DST10NYG DefenseNYG · 14.9 expected games#280LEVEL 69066–11463%
DST11DET DefenseDET · 14.9 expected games#281LEVEL 68865–11264%
DST12WAS DefenseWAS · 14.9 expected games#283LEVEL 68764–11064%
DST13NYJ DefenseNYJ · 14.9 expected games#285LEVEL 68764–10964%
DST14CLE DefenseCLE · 14.9 expected games#288LEVEL 68462–10764%
DST15LAC DefenseLAC · 14.9 expected games#293LEVEL 68160–10363%
DST16ARI DefenseARI · 14.9 expected games#294LEVEL 68059–10164%
DST17JAX DefenseJAX · 14.9 expected games#298LEVEL 67756–9764%
DST18TB DefenseTB · 14.9 expected games#299LEVEL 67756–9764%
DST19CHI DefenseCHI · 14.9 expected games#300LEVEL 67656–9764%
DST20SF DefenseSF · 14.9 expected games#303LEVEL 67555–9563%
DST21BAL DefenseBAL · 14.9 expected games#305LEVEL 67153–9065%
DST22NE DefenseNE · 14.9 expected games#308LEVEL 66951–8765%
DST23BUF DefenseBUF · 14.9 expected games#310LEVEL 66850–8665%
DST24NO DefenseNO · 14.9 expected games#312LEVEL 66648–8364%
DST25ATL DefenseATL · 14.9 expected games#314LEVEL 66346–7965%
DST26KC DefenseKC · 14.7 expected games#315LEVEL 66346–7963%
DST27LA DefenseLA · 14.9 expected games#318LEVEL 65440–6865%
DST28TEN DefenseTEN · 14.9 expected games#319LEVEL 64231–5464%
DST29PHI DefensePHI · 14.9 expected games#320LEVEL 64231–5265%
DST30IND DefenseIND · 14.9 expected games#321LEVEL 64131–5265%
DST31MIA DefenseMIA · 14.9 expected games#323LEVEL 63526–4565%
DST32DAL DefenseDAL · 14.9 expected games#324LEVEL 62620–3365%
Projection and positional value are separate.
The median estimates scoring. Lineup Level, confidence, projection range, and value over replacement describe how much that production helps your lineup.
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