21 Personnel Rate | NFL Advanced Stats

Rank
1	34.1%	33.8%	25.9%	31.9%	-	40.8%	26.1%	37.4%
2	28.8%	30.0%	24.2%	28.5%	-	27.7%	29.6%	14.5%
3	27.4%	23.1%	25.4%	27.2%	-	23.6%	31.0%	29.6%
4	15.1%	16.9%	15.2%	15.6%	-	15.3%	14.9%	0.6%
5	14.4%	15.9%	10.2%	8.3%	-	13.6%	15.5%	15.1%

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What is 21 Personnel Rate?

21 personnel means two running backs, one tight end and two receivers -- most often a fullback alongside the back, which is why a fullback counts as a running back in this grouping. 21 personnel rate is the share of a team's charted scrimmage snaps played from it. Only a handful of offenses use it meaningfully, so the interesting read is usually which ones, and whether a defense answers it with a heavier box than the pass personnel on the field deserves. Rates across the published groupings do not sum to 100%, because snaps in groupings without their own page are counted but not shown.

Which teams have the highest 21 personnel rate in the NFL in 2026?

San Francisco ranks first in the NFL in 21 personnel rate at 34.1% through games played November 3, 2026. The Los Angeles Chargers are second at 28.8%, Miami third at 27.4%, the New York Giants fourth at 15.1% & Seattle fifth at 14.4%. San Francisco's rate is 5.3 percentage points above second place & 33.9 percentage points above the 25th-ranked team.

Only 27.8 percentage points separate first from tenth. Las Vegas is sixth at 14.2%, Minnesota seventh at 12.5%, New England eighth at 9.6%, Cleveland ninth at 6.3% & Dallas tenth at 6.3%.

A gap of 3.3 percentage points separates eighth from ninth, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Pittsburgh is 11th at 5.0%, Denver 12th at 4.8%, Cincinnati 13th at 4.7%, Tampa Bay 14th at 3.5%, Detroit 15th at 2.9%, Arizona 16th at 1.7%, New Orleans 17th at 1.5% & Kansas City 18th at 1.4%.

The last seven teams in the ranking sit inside nine tenths of a percentage point. Buffalo is 19th at 1.1%, Washington 20th at 0.9%, the New York Jets 21st at 0.8%, Tennessee 22nd at 0.6%, Atlanta 23rd at 0.4%, Jacksonville 24th at 0.2% & Carolina 25th at 0.2%.

How this ranking is measured

Of the 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. 21 personnel means two running backs, one tight end and two receivers -- most often a fullback alongside the back, which is why a fullback counts as a running back in this grouping. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.