| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 36.1% | 21.4% | 25.0% | 29.5% | - | 39.1% | 33.3% | 40.6% |
| 2 |  | 36.4% | 50.0% | 37.7% | 41.2% | - | 42.2% | 25.7% | 37.2% |
| 3 |  | 36.6% | 35.7% | 38.8% | 39.2% | - | 33.9% | 42.1% | 38.9% |
| 4 |  | 36.7% | 45.5% | 40.0% | 35.9% | - | 35.3% | 37.5% | 42.3% |
| 5 |  | 37.4% | 45.8% | 37.3% | 34.3% | - | 37.4% | 37.5% | 39.3% |
Pittsburgh has the lowest defensive success rate (rush) in the NFL at 36.1%, through games played November 3, 2026. Seattle is second at 36.4%, Tampa Bay third at 36.6%, Kansas City fourth at 36.7% & Jacksonville fifth at 37.4%. Three tenths of a percentage point separate Pittsburgh from second place, & 8.1 percentage points separate it from the 25th-ranked team.
Only 3.8 percentage points separate first from tenth. Minnesota is sixth at 38.5%, Chicago seventh at 38.7%, New England eighth at 38.9%, the Los Angeles Rams ninth at 39.2% & Cincinnati tenth at 39.9%.
A gap of 1.1 percentage points separates fifth from sixth, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Denver is 11th at 39.9%, Detroit 12th at 40.8%, Tennessee 13th at 41.1%, Arizona 14th at 41.2%, Baltimore 15th at 41.5%, the Los Angeles Chargers 16th at 41.8%, Atlanta 17th at 42.5% & Dallas 18th at 42.8%.
The last seven teams in the ranking sit inside 1.1 percentage points of each other. Buffalo is 19th at 43.1%, Houston 20th at 43.2%, Green Bay 21st at 43.2%, San Francisco 22nd at 43.4%, the New York Giants 23rd at 43.6%, Carolina 24th at 44.0% & the New York Jets 25th at 44.2%.
These 25 are drawn from 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season, ranked lowest first. Defensive success rate on rushing plays is the percentage of carries 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.
