| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 69.5% | 65.2% | 67.4% | 67.9% | - | 74.4% | 65.5% | 66.4% |
| 2 |  | 63.6% | 61.3% | 61.0% | 63.8% | - | 64.3% | 62.9% | 61.5% |
| 3 |  | 61.8% | 78.3% | 60.4% | 55.5% | - | 63.5% | 59.3% | 52.1% |
| 4 |  | 60.3% | 61.7% | 64.2% | 63.6% | - | 53.8% | 66.2% | 53.0% |
| 5 |  | 60.0% | 64.3% | 61.3% | 57.5% | - | 60.4% | 59.5% | 59.2% |
Through games played November 3, 2026, Cleveland has the highest single high rate in the NFL at 69.5%. New Orleans is second at 63.6%, Tampa Bay third at 61.8%, Dallas fourth at 60.3% & Detroit fifth at 60.0%. Cleveland's rate is 5.9 percentage points above second place & 23.7 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 12.2 percentage points separate first from tenth. Atlanta is sixth at 59.6%, Philadelphia seventh at 58.1%, Cincinnati eighth at 57.9%, San Francisco ninth at 57.4% & Indianapolis tenth at 57.3%.
A gap of 2.6 percentage points separates 13th from 14th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Carolina is 11th at 57.2%, Denver 12th at 55.5%, the New York Giants 13th at 54.5%, Houston 14th at 51.9%, New England 15th at 51.4%, Chicago 16th at 51.0%, Kansas City 17th at 50.6% & the Los Angeles Chargers 18th at 49.7%.
Eight teams sit inside 3.1 percentage points of each other from fourth to 11th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Buffalo is 19th at 49.0%, Miami 20th at 48.4%, Jacksonville 21st at 48.0%, Las Vegas 22nd at 47.5%, Pittsburgh 23rd at 46.0%, the New York Jets 24th at 45.9% & the Los Angeles Rams 25th at 45.8%.
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 32 NFL teams in the 2026 regular season. Single high rate is the percentage of a defense's classified coverage snaps played with one deep safety, the family that includes Cover 1 and Cover 3. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
