| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 35.9% | 62.5% | 35.1% | 33.7% | - | 38.4% | 32.2% | 30.6% |
| 2 |  | 32.0% | 39.0% | 36.0% | 30.5% | - | 25.3% | 36.1% | 33.9% |
| 3 |  | 31.7% | 15.2% | 18.5% | 31.5% | - | 37.9% | 25.8% | 40.1% |
| 4 |  | 29.7% | 32.7% | 29.9% | 32.7% | - | 29.1% | 30.4% | 28.9% |
| 5 |  | 29.2% | 18.2% | 23.5% | 23.6% | - | 28.1% | 30.8% | 28.3% |
The highest cover 3 rate in the NFL belongs to Tampa Bay at 35.9%, as of November 3, 2026. Carolina is second at 32.0%, New Orleans third at 31.7%, Pittsburgh fourth at 29.7% & Detroit fifth at 29.2%. Tampa Bay's rate is 3.9 percentage points above second place & 18.3 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 9.7 percentage points separate first from tenth. Washington is sixth at 28.3%, Seattle seventh at 26.7%, Buffalo eighth at 26.7%, Atlanta ninth at 26.3% & San Francisco tenth at 26.2%.
Carolina ranks second on the season at 32.0% but has led the league in cover 3 rate over the last three weeks at 36.0%. Philadelphia is 11th at 24.9%, Baltimore 12th at 24.9%, Minnesota 13th at 24.1%, Las Vegas 14th at 23.8%, the Los Angeles Chargers 15th at 23.6%, New England 16th at 23.5%, Jacksonville 17th at 22.2% & Houston 18th at 22.0%.
Eight teams sit inside 2.8 percentage points of each other from ninth to 16th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Miami is 19th at 21.5%, Green Bay 20th at 21.0%, Kansas City 21st at 20.4%, Tennessee 22nd at 20.1%, Chicago 23rd at 19.7%, Indianapolis 24th at 18.3% & Denver 25th at 17.6%.
32 NFL teams are ranked for the 2026 regular season. The top 25 appear above. Cover 3 rate is the percentage of a defense's coverage snaps played with the deep field split into thirds between two corners and a single high safety. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
