Week 16 Defense Rankings 2026 (Updated)

By Draft Sharks Team @DraftSharks Reviewed By Jared Smola Nov 5, 2026 at 12:10am

Week 16 Defense Rankings are ready for you. If you're streaming defenses this week, or just need to make a tough starting DEF decision, check out the rankings.

2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus ProjCons Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling ProjCeil Proj	3D Proj
1	NO 1	ARI	9.4%	8	8.6	6.0	8.8	16.3	10.3
2	BAL 2	CLE	37.6%	13	7.9	4.1	8.5	15.8	9.9
3	MIN 3	WAS	0.5%	6	7.9	5.3	8.6	14.2	9.6
4	DET 4	NYG	74.3%	6	6.5	5.9	7.7	10.8	8.1
5	LVR 5	TEN	46.6%	13	6.6	4.1	7.3	11.2	7.9
6	NE 6	@NYJ	5.7%	11	6.4	4.8	7.4	10.4	7.8
7	ATL 7	TB	6.1%	11	6.5	4.8	6.8	11.9	7.8
8	CLE 8	@BAL	29.8%	11	6.3	5.0	7.1	10.3	7.6
9	PIT 9	CAR	27.4%	9	5.7	6.0	6.9	9.0	7.1
10	ARI 10	@NO	5.5%	14	5.9	4.4	6.0	11.4	7.1
11	LAC 11	@MIA	16%	7	5.5	4.8	6.8	8.6	6.9
12	HOU 12	@PHI	13%	8	5.8	6.7	6.3	9.8	6.9
13	KC 13	SF	-47.2%	5	5.7	5.9	6.3	9.0	6.7
14	SF 14	@KC	-42.2%	8	5.5	5.2	5.9	10.1	6.7
15	SEA 15	LAR	8.6%	11	5.1	6.3	6.6	8.2	6.6
16	TB 16	@ATL	47.2%	10	5.3	4.3	6.0	9.6	6.6
17	TEN 17	@LVR	-54.9%	9	4.9	3.8	6.4	8.1	6.4
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18	NYG 18	@DET	-57.2%	8	4.9	5.0	5.6	8.7	6.1
19	MIA 19	LAC	116.1%	6	5.1	4.0	5.5	9.1	6.1
20	CAR 20	@PIT	5.8%	5	5.2	4.2	5.3	9.5	6.1
21	BUF 21	@DEN	-46.1%	7	5.1	5.1	5.5	8.6	6.0
22	DEN 22	BUF	-52.4%	10	5.0	6.3	5.4	8.6	6.0
23	CIN 23	@IND	37.1%	6	4.8	5.2	5.4	8.8	6.0
24	PHI 24	HOU	-36.3%	10	4.5	5.4	5.8	7.4	5.9
25	JAC 25	@DAL	-55.6%	7	4.4	6.0	5.9	6.9	5.8