| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarrian Jones |  | CB | 0.44 | 0.61 | 0.49 | 0.47 | - | 0.35 | 0.55 |
| 2 | DaRon Bland |  | CB | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.30 | 0.47 | - | 0.41 | 0.43 |
| 3 | Riq Woolen |  | CB | 0.42 | 0.71 | 0.55 | 0.51 | - | 0.35 | 0.55 |
| 4 | Brandon Cisse |  | CB | 0.39 | - | 0.33 | 0.31 | - | 0.37 | 0.41 |
| 5 | Derek Stingley Jr. |  | CB | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.26 | - | 0.52 | 0.17 |
The top player in perimeter (outside) FP/Route allowed is Jarrian Jones of Jacksonville, at 0.44 through games played October 30, 2026. DaRon Bland of Dallas ranks second at 0.42, with Riq Woolen of Philadelphia third at 0.42. Jones's total puts him 0.02 clear of second place & 0.23 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Keisean Nixon of Green Bay is the highest-ranked defensive back on the board at 0.29, 15th overall. Brandon Cisse of Green Bay ranks fourth at 0.39, with Derek Stingley Jr. of Houston fifth at 0.36, Mike Hughes of Atlanta sixth at 0.35, Kamari Lassiter of Houston seventh at 0.35, Josh Jobe of Seattle eighth at 0.34, Marlon Humphrey of Baltimore ninth at 0.34 & Brandon Stephens of the New York Jets tenth at 0.33.
Riq Woolen of Philadelphia ranks third on the season at 0.42 but has led the league in perimeter (outside) FP/Route allowed over the last three weeks at 0.55. Quincy Riley of New Orleans ranks 11th at 0.32, with Jacob Parrish of Tampa Bay 12th at 0.31, Asante Samuel Jr. of Pittsburgh 13th at 0.29, Riley Moss of Denver 14th at 0.29, Keisean Nixon of Green Bay 15th at 0.29, Azareye'h Thomas of the New York Jets 16th at 0.28 & Jaylon Johnson of Chicago 17th at 0.26.
Nine players sit inside 0.05 of each other from 17th to 25th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Nate Wiggins of Baltimore ranks 18th at 0.25, with Tyson Campbell of Cleveland 19th at 0.25, C.J. Henderson of Atlanta 20th at 0.24, Renardo Green of San Francisco 21st at 0.23, Quinyon Mitchell of Philadelphia 22nd at 0.22, Denzel Ward of Cleveland 23rd at 0.21, D.J. Reed of Detroit 24th at 0.21 & Kool-Aid McKinstry of New Orleans 25th at 0.21. Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Green Bay, Houston, New Orleans, Philadelphia & the New York Jets are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Twenty-four of the 25 are cornerbacks; the only defensive back is Nixon 15th.
29 NFL players are ranked for the 2026 regular season. The top 25 appear above. A minimum of 153 routes is applied. Perimeter FP/Route allowed is the half-PPR fantasy points surrendered by a defender divided by the perimeter routes he covered. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
