Fantasy Football Defense Rankings 2026 (DST)

Updated on Sun, 8 Feb 2026

Check out our 2025 Defense Rankings.

This list of NFL team defenses provides a comprehensive overview of all units for the upcoming season. The rankings are based on an analysis of various factors such as defensive talent, past production, coaching, and overall scheme fit.

We also display a 3D Value for each unit.

3D Values show ultimate fantasy value based on several factors, including:

Our award-winning projections
Your specific scoring rules/lineup requirements

The Defense Rankings below are updated in real-time throughout the NFL offseason, based on the latest player news, trades, coaching changes, depth chart changes, and more.

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RK	Player	Games	ADP	Bye	SOS	Injury Risk	Floor Proj	Consensus Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling Proj	3D Value


Tier 1
1	Jahmyr Gibbs J Gibbs DET RB1	17	0	8	-	70%	238	244	287	333	100
Tier 1
2	Puka Nacua P Nacua LAR WR1	17	0	8	-	83%	196	172	233	315	96
3	Bijan Robinson B Robinson ATL RB2	17	0	5	-	39%	242	255	278	328	96
4	Jonathan Taylor J Taylor IND RB3	17	0	11	-	83%	238	231	265	333	91

Tier 1
5	Ernest Jones E Jones SEA LB1	17	0	8	-	0%	104	139	125	175	61
6	Fred Warner F Warner SF LB2	17	0	14	-	0%	125	149	125	125	60
7	Nick Bolton N Bolton KC LB3	17	0	10	-	35%	123	146	123	123	60
8	Bobby Okereke B Okereke NYG LB4	17	0	14	-	0%	103	144	121	182	59

9	Bobby Wagner B Wagner WAS LB5	17	0	12	-	12%	102	144	120	149	59
10	Daiyan Henley D Henley LAC LB6	17	0	12	-	0%	117	83	117	117	58
Tier 1
11	Josh Allen J Allen BUF QB1	17	0	7	-	22%	325	366	373	441	47
Tier 1
12	Trey McBride T McBride ARI TE1	17	0	8	-	53%	149	136	162	189	47

13	Brock Bowers B Bowers LVR TE2	17	0	8	-	75%	144	143	151	192	44

14	Drake Maye D Maye NE QB2	17	0	14	-	65%	301	289	350	427	35
Tier 1
15	Chamarri Conner C Conner KC DB1	17	0	10	-	0%	123	0	123	123	34
16	Lamar Jackson L Jackson BAL QB3	17	0	7	-	45%	298	365	342	438	34
Tier 1
17	Brian Burns B Burns NYG DL1	17	0	14	-	0%	76	78	94	113	33
18	Will Anderson Jr. W Anderson Jr. HOU DL2	17	0	6	-	28%	71	88	89	112	29
19	Jalen Hurts J Hurts PHI QB4	17	0	9	-	43%	295	357	339	428	29

20	Antoine Winfield Jr. A Winfield Jr. TB DB2	17	0	9	-	0%	86	125	114	153	28
21	Joe Burrow J Burrow CIN QB5	17	0	10	-	26%	297	338	337	425	28
22	Jayden Daniels J Daniels WAS QB6	17	0	12	-	71%	286	361	329	431	26

Tier 1
23	Brandon Aubrey B Aubrey DAL K1	17	0	10	-	6%	153	159	167	192	13

24	Cameron Dicker C Dicker LAC K2	17	0	12	-	6%	137	158	160	171	11

Tier 2
25	James Cook J Cook BUF RB4	17	0	7	-	73%	234	196	255	318	84

Fantasy Football Defense Rankings 2026 (DST)

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