Week 4 Defense Rankings 2026 (Updated)

By Draft Sharks Team @DraftSharks Reviewed By Jared Smola Sep 15, 2026 at 2:55am

Week 4 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.

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2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus ProjCons Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling ProjCeil Proj	3D Proj
1	BAL 1	TEN	37.7%	13	7.7	6.3	8.3	12.9	9.1
2	CHI 2	NYJ	39%	10	7.1	4.1	7.8	12.5	8.6
3	PIT 3	@CLE	90.1%	9	6.7	6.0	8.1	10.5	8.3
4	MIN 4	MIA	29.3%	6	6.6	5.6	7.4	12.2	8.2
5	NYG 5	ARI	27.3%	8	6.4	4.6	7.4	11.5	8.0
6	KC 6	@LVR	82.3%	5	6.5	4.6	7.2	10.3	7.7
7	HOU 7	DAL	-38.5%	8	6.3	5.5	6.9	10.7	7.5
8	ARI 8	@NYG	15.7%	14	6.1	5.3	6.2	11.8	7.3
9	DEN 9	@SF	-32.8%	10	6.0	5.7	6.5	10.4	7.2
10	DET 10	@CAR	18.1%	6	5.6	5.6	6.7	9.4	7.0
11	BUF 11	NE	-16%	7	6.0	5.8	6.4	10.0	7.0
12	SEA 12	LAC	33.2%	11	5.2	4.7	6.7	8.3	6.7
13	NE 13	@BUF	-39.5%	11	5.5	4.7	6.0	10.2	6.7
14	GB 14	@TB	-14.4%	11	5.3	5.6	6.0	9.8	6.6
15	ATL 15	@NO	47%	11	5.5	4.8	5.8	10.2	6.6
16	IND 16	@WAS	4.3%	13	5.0	4.7	5.8	9.3	6.3
17	JAC 17	@CIN	42.8%	7	4.6	4.6	6.2	7.3	6.1
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18	LAR 18	@PHI	-21.7%	11	5.1	5.8	5.7	8.4	6.1
19	CLE 19	PIT	-17.5%	11	4.9	3.8	5.5	8.8	6.0
20	LAC 20	@SEA	-21.6%	7	4.7	5.5	5.8	7.4	5.9
21	WAS 21	IND	-37.7%	7	4.9	3.8	5.2	9.1	5.9
22	SF 22	DEN	-27.5%	8	4.7	5.2	5.1	8.8	5.8
23	NO 23	ATL	5.8%	8	4.9	5.3	5.0	9.3	5.8
24	CAR 24	DET	-40.3%	5	4.9	4.2	5.0	9.0	5.8
25	PHI 25	LAR	-56.2%	10	4.4	4.7	5.6	7.2	5.7