What is Zone Coverage Rate?
Zone coverage rate is the percentage of a defense’s coverage snaps played in zone coverage. It highlights whether a team leans on pattern-matching and landmark-based drops rather than man-to-man assignments.
Zone Coverage Rate | NFL Advanced Stats
| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 82.3% | 85.3% | 78.1% | 81.2% | - | 84.2% | 79.3% | 71.4% |
| 2 |  | 81.7% | 96.8% | 78.9% | 81.7% | - | 77.5% | 88.0% | 69.2% |
| 3 |  | 80.2% | 82.5% | 78.9% | 79.1% | - | 84.4% | 77.0% | 64.0% |
| 4 |  | 78.9% | 73.1% | 66.2% | 78.4% | - | 76.9% | 80.6% | 81.3% |
| 5 |  | 74.3% | 83.3% | 82.0% | 74.5% | - | 80.0% | 70.3% | 71.4% |
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Which teams have the highest zone coverage rate in the NFL in 2026?
Seattle leads the NFL in zone coverage rate at 82.3%, through games played October 30, 2026. Washington is second at 81.7%, Pittsburgh third at 80.2%, Minnesota fourth at 78.9% & Arizona fifth at 74.3%. Seattle's rate is 0.6 percentage points above second place & 24.2 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 14.7 percentage points separate first from tenth. Buffalo is sixth at 73.7%, Tennessee seventh at 71.8%, Jacksonville eighth at 70.9%, New England ninth at 67.9% & Miami tenth at 67.6%.
Arizona ranks fifth on the season at 74.3% but has led the league in zone coverage rate over the last three weeks at 82.0%. Baltimore is 11th at 67.3%, Tampa Bay 12th at 66.9%, San Francisco 13th at 66.5%, Las Vegas 14th at 65.7%, the Los Angeles Chargers 15th at 65.4%, Philadelphia 16th at 65.4%, New Orleans 17th at 65.1% & Green Bay 18th at 64.2%.
Eight teams sit inside 2.5 percentage points of each other from ninth to 16th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Atlanta is 19th at 63.8%, the New York Jets 20th at 62.5%, Houston 21st at 61.9%, Detroit 22nd at 61.7%, Chicago 23rd at 60.2%, Carolina 24th at 59.7% & the Los Angeles Rams 25th at 58.1%.
How this ranking is measured
These 25 are drawn from 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season. Zone coverage rate is the percentage of a defense’s coverage snaps played in zone coverage. Figures are as of October 30, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
