| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 50.7% | 50.0% | 44.6% | 50.0% | - | 51.9% | 49.7% | 34.4% |
| 2 |  | 38.3% | 52.9% | 47.7% | 46.6% | - | 30.3% | 45.5% | 20.6% |
| 3 |  | 35.1% | 55.8% | 41.1% | 39.2% | - | 36.9% | 33.9% | 24.8% |
| 4 |   | 34.3% | 13.3% | 27.5% | 34.1% | - | 38.0% | 29.0% | 30.4% |
| 5 |  | 32.9% | 35.0% | 30.4% | 30.0% | - | 40.5% | 29.3% | 23.1% |
Cleveland ranks first in the NFL in cover 1 rate at 50.7% through games played November 3, 2026. Dallas is second at 38.3%, Cincinnati third at 35.1%, the New York Giants fourth at 34.3% & Indianapolis fifth at 32.9%. Cleveland's rate is 12.4 percentage points above second place & 32.1 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 22.7 percentage points separate first from tenth. Denver is sixth at 32.8%, Atlanta seventh at 31.2%, the Los Angeles Rams eighth at 28.7%, Chicago ninth at 28.3% & Houston tenth at 28.0%.
Dallas ranks second on the season at 38.3% but has led the league in cover 1 rate over the last three weeks at 47.7%. Philadelphia is 11th at 27.7%, San Francisco 12th at 26.6%, the New York Jets 13th at 26.3%, New Orleans 14th at 25.8%, Kansas City 15th at 25.5%, Detroit 16th at 25.1%, Miami 17th at 23.9% & New England 18th at 22.4%.
Eight teams sit inside 3.2 percentage points of each other from eighth to 15th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Tampa Bay is 19th at 21.6%, Carolina 20th at 21.3%, the Los Angeles Chargers 21st at 21.2%, Tennessee 22nd at 20.8%, Jacksonville 23rd at 20.2%, Las Vegas 24th at 18.7% & Buffalo 25th at 18.6%.
Of the 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. Cover 1 rate is the percentage of a defense's coverage snaps played in man coverage underneath one deep safety. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
