| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 6.2% | 14.7% | 5.5% | 7.5% | - | 3.5% | 11.5% | 2.7% |
| 2 |  | 4.6% | 7.9% | 3.7% | 2.2% | - | 0.0% | 7.9% | 0.9% |
| 3 |  | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 2.9% | - | 4.1% | 2.7% | 2.7% |
| 4 |  | 3.1% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 2.0% | - | 3.6% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| 5 |  | 3.0% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 3.8% | - | 2.1% | 4.3% | 2.1% |
Jacksonville leads the NFL in cover 9 rate at 6.2%, through games played November 3, 2026. New England is second at 4.6%, the Los Angeles Chargers third at 3.4%, Tennessee fourth at 3.1% & Denver fifth at 3.0%. Jacksonville's rate is 1.6 percentage points above second place & 4.9 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 3.7 percentage points separate first from tenth. Baltimore is sixth at 2.8%, Buffalo seventh at 2.8%, San Francisco eighth at 2.7%, Cincinnati ninth at 2.6% & the Los Angeles Rams tenth at 2.5%.
Three tenths of a percentage point separate 16th from 17th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Cleveland is 11th at 2.5%, Miami 12th at 2.4%, New Orleans 13th at 2.4%, Carolina 14th at 2.4%, Detroit 15th at 2.2%, Las Vegas 16th at 2.2%, Seattle 17th at 1.9% & Tampa Bay 18th at 1.7%.
Nine teams sit inside four tenths of a percentage point from sixth to 14th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. The New York Giants are 19th at 1.7%, Atlanta 20th at 1.6%, Arizona 21st at 1.6%, Chicago 22nd at 1.6%, Washington 23rd at 1.5%, Philadelphia 24th at 1.4% & Pittsburgh 25th at 1.3%.
These 25 are drawn from 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season. Cover 9 rate is the percentage of a defense's coverage snaps played in a three-deep match structure, where defenders pattern-match receivers into their zones rather than dropping to fixed landmarks. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
