| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 17.2 | 17.0 | 18.7 | 17.2 | - | 15.7 | 19.5 | 12.2 |
| 2 |  | 16.8 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 16.8 | - | 14.5 | 18.3 | 12.8 |
| 3 |  | 16.7 | 15.0 | 19.3 | 18.0 | - | 14.7 | 18.7 | 12.2 |
| 4 |  | 15.8 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 16.0 | - | 16.7 | 15.0 | 11.5 |
| 4 |  | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.0 | - | 16.0 | 15.7 | 10.3 |
| 6 |  | 14.8 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 14.8 | - | 14.0 | 15.3 | 11.1 |
| 7 |  | 14.7 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 16.4 | - | 16.0 | 13.3 | 12.3 |
| 7 |  | 14.7 | 22.0 | 14.3 | 14.8 | - | 17.7 | 11.7 | 15.1 |
| 9 |  | 13.4 | 15.0 | 12.7 | 13.4 | - | 12.5 | 14.0 | 11.0 |
| 9 |  | 13.4 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 13.4 | - | 14.5 | 12.7 | 7.5 |
| 11 |  | 13.2 | 24.0 | 17.0 | 13.4 | - | 14.0 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| 11 |  | 13.2 | 24.0 | 16.7 | 14.0 | - | 14.3 | 11.0 | 9.1 |
| 11 |  | 13.2 | 9.0 | 14.7 | 13.4 | - | 15.7 | 10.7 | 15.0 |
| 14 |  | 13.0 | 9.0 | 14.0 | 12.2 | - | 13.5 | 12.0 | 12.4 |
| 15 |  | 12.8 | 21.0 | 11.7 | 12.8 | - | 13.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 |
| 16 |  | 12.7 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 13.8 | - | 13.0 | 12.3 | 12.7 |
| 17 |  | 12.3 | 14.0 | 12.7 | 12.6 | - | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.1 |
| 18 |  | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | - | 13.0 | 10.7 | 13.0 |
| 19 |  | 11.5 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 12.4 | - | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.9 |
| 20 |  | 11.3 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 10.6 | - | 12.0 | 10.7 | 12.1 |
| 21 |   | 10.8 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 11.2 | - | 11.3 | 10.0 | 13.1 |
| 22 |  | 10.7 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 10.6 | - | 10.0 | 11.3 | 11.9 |
| 23 |  | 10.6 | - | 10.3 | 10.6 | - | 14.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 |
| 24 |   | 10.5 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 10.6 | - | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.9 |
| 25 |  | 9.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 9.4 | - | 9.0 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| 26 |  | 9.2 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.8 | - | 7.0 | 10.3 | 9.9 |
| 27 |  | 9.0 | 14.0 | 10.3 | 9.6 | - | 6.7 | 11.3 | 12.7 |
| 28 |  | 8.5 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 8.2 | - | 12.5 | 6.5 | 8.9 |
| 29 |  | 8.4 | - | 5.7 | 8.4 | - | 7.5 | 9.7 | 11.0 |
| 30 |  | 8.0 | 11.0 | 8.3 | 9.0 | - | 6.7 | 9.3 | 11.0 |
| 31 |  | 7.7 | 1.0 | 6.7 | 7.2 | - | 6.0 | 9.3 | 12.8 |
| 32 |  | 7.4 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 7.4 | - | 9.0 | 6.3 | 10.0 |
Kansas City leads the NFL in defensive QB pressures at 17.2, through games played October 24, 2026. Detroit is second at 16.8 & Atlanta third at 16.7. Buffalo & Las Vegas are tied for fourth at 15.8. Kansas City's total is 0.4 pressures above second place & 7.9 pressures above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 3.8 pressures separate first from tenth. Minnesota is sixth at 14.8. Cleveland & Denver are tied for seventh at 14.7 and Cincinnati & Carolina tied for ninth at 13.4.
Four separate ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one team. Green Bay, San Francisco & Seattle are tied 11th at 13.2. Jacksonville is 14th at 13.0, Tampa Bay 15th at 12.8, Dallas 16th at 12.7, Baltimore 17th at 12.3 & Philadelphia 18th at 11.8.
Eight teams sit inside 0.7 pressures of each other from ninth to 16th, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Houston is 19th at 11.5, Washington 20th at 11.3, the Los Angeles Rams 21st at 10.8, the Los Angeles Chargers 22nd at 10.7, New England 23rd at 10.6, the New York Giants 24th at 10.5 & New Orleans 25th at 9.3.
These 25 are drawn from 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season. Defensive QB pressures counts the pass plays on which a team's defense put the opposing quarterback under pressure. Raw pressure counts track pass rush volume: comparing them against defensive QB dropbacks (via pressure rate) shows whether a defense's total comes from winning rushes or simply from facing heavy passing volume. Figures are as of October 24, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
