| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | -1.596 | -4.551 | -3.225 | -1.826 | - | -1.878 | -0.936 | 0.616 |
| 2 |  | -0.935 | -1.770 | -1.527 | -1.309 | - | -1.024 | -0.832 | 0.277 |
| 3 |  | -0.595 | -1.769 | -0.943 | -1.211 | - | 0.492 | -1.682 | -0.266 |
| 4 |  | -0.574 | -1.252 | -1.890 | -0.935 | - | -0.689 | -0.473 | -0.405 |
| 5 |  | -0.512 | 0.585 | -0.114 | -0.256 | - | 0.021 | -0.926 | -0.288 |
Through games played November 3, 2026, Detroit has allowed the fewest field goal EPA in the NFL at -1.596. Buffalo is second at -0.935, Chicago third at -0.595, Minnesota fourth at -0.574 & Atlanta fifth at -0.512. A gap of 0.661 separates Detroit from second place, & 1.831 separate it from the 25th-ranked team.
Only 1.331 separate first from tenth. Miami is sixth at -0.468, the Los Angeles Chargers seventh at -0.437, Denver eighth at -0.372, Las Vegas ninth at -0.335 & New England tenth at -0.265.
A gap of 0.166 separates tenth from 11th, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Washington is 11th at -0.099, the Los Angeles Rams 12th at -0.097, Green Bay 13th at -0.081, Jacksonville 14th at -0.080, Cleveland 15th at -0.052, Seattle 16th at -0.047, Tennessee 17th at -0.002 & Pittsburgh 18th at 0.046.
Eight teams from 11th to 18th sit inside 0.145 of each other. Philadelphia is 19th at 0.078, New Orleans 20th at 0.172, Baltimore 21st at 0.175, the New York Giants 22nd at 0.176, San Francisco 23rd at 0.178, Houston 24th at 0.192 & Dallas 25th at 0.235.
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 32 NFL teams in the 2026 regular season, ranked lowest first. Field goal EPA allowed is the average expected points added given up per opponent field goal attempt a team faces. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
