| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 36.1% | 48.3% | 43.2% | 36.4% | - | 39.6% | 33.8% | 38.7% |
| 2 |  | 40.1% | 36.0% | 35.2% | 38.0% | - | 38.5% | 41.4% | 42.2% |
| 3 |  | 40.1% | 30.0% | 41.4% | 41.7% | - | 36.3% | 44.6% | 37.1% |
| 4 |  | 40.9% | 51.2% | 39.6% | 40.3% | - | 43.0% | 38.0% | 35.7% |
| 5 |  | 41.0% | 54.3% | 41.8% | 40.7% | - | 44.3% | 34.8% | 41.2% |
Through games played November 3, 2026, Minnesota has the lowest defensive success rate (pass) in the NFL at 36.1%. Cleveland is second at 40.1%, Houston third at 40.1%, Denver fourth at 40.9% & Seattle fifth at 41.0%. Four percentage points separate Minnesota from second place, & 10.6 percentage points separate it from the 25th-ranked team.
Only 6.7 percentage points separate first from tenth. Tampa Bay is sixth at 41.1%, Chicago seventh at 41.1%, the Los Angeles Rams eighth at 41.6%, Indianapolis ninth at 42.0% & the New York Giants tenth at 42.8%.
Tampa Bay ranks sixth on the season at 41.1% but has the league's lowest defensive success rate (pass) over the last three weeks at 33.9%. Kansas City is 11th at 43.3%, Green Bay 12th at 43.8%, San Francisco 13th at 44.4%, Philadelphia 14th at 44.6%, Arizona 15th at 44.6%, Atlanta 16th at 44.6%, Washington 17th at 45.0% & Carolina 18th at 45.1%.
Eight teams sit inside seven tenths of a percentage point from 13th to 20th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Pittsburgh is 19th at 45.1%, Jacksonville 20th at 45.1%, the Los Angeles Chargers 21st at 45.7%, New England 22nd at 46.4%, Cincinnati 23rd at 46.6%, Baltimore 24th at 46.6% & the New York Jets 25th at 46.7%.
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 32 NFL teams in the 2026 regular season, ranked lowest first. Defensive success rate on pass plays is the percentage of dropbacks a defense faces on which the offense generates positive expected points added. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
