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NFL team defense stat rankings for the 2021 regular season.

The higher the ranking, the stronger the team.

Each column below can be sorted in either ascending or descending order.


NFL Team Defense Stat Rankings

Tm DVOA Pass DVOA Run DVOA Adjusted Line Yards Adjusted Sack Rate EPA Pass EPA Run EPA Total Yards Pass Yards Rush Yards Points
ARI 6 5 6 17 15 6 6 3 11 7 20 9
ATL 30 29 29 29 32 28 29 19 26 18 27 29
BAL 28 30 4 1 30 27 27 4 25 32 1 19
BUF 1 1 11 4 7 1 1 11 1 1 13 1
CAR 15 18 15 7 3 7 13 9 2 4 18 21
CHI 13 12 24 20 1 22 20 26 6 3 23 22
CIN 19 24 13 9 19 11 10 14 18 26 5 17
CLE 11 7 23 14 13 19 15 28 5 5 12 13
DAL 2 2 16 13 12 3 2 20 19 20 16 7
DEN 20 20 21 24 18 14 17 18 8 8 15 3
DET 29 27 31 30 31 30 30 25 29 24 28 31
GB 22 15 28 26 20 18 14 30 9 10 11 14
HOU 23 22 22 25 23 26 25 23 31 23 31 27
IND 8 17 3 15 25 13 19 8 16 19 10 10
JAX 31 31 18 23 27 31 31 21 20 17 24 28
KC 24 23 20 27 26 23 22 17 27 27 21 8
LAC 26 19 30 28 17 24 21 31 23 12 30 30
LAR 5 6 5 6 8 9 12 6 17 22 6 15
LV 17 21 10 11 24 25 26 7 14 13 19 26
MIA 10 9 17 16 4 8 7 22 15 16 14 16
MIN 16 13 25 32 9 12 8 29 30 28 26 24
NE 4 3 9 22 14 4 4 15 4 2 22 2
NO 3 4 1 3 6 2 3 1 7 14 4 4
NYG 18 14 32 31 21 21 16 32 21 15 25 23
NYJ 32 32 26 21 22 32 32 24 32 30 29 32
PHI 25 25 19 18 28 17 18 16 10 11 9 18
PIT 14 8 27 19 2 16 11 27 24 9 32 20
SEA 21 26 7 8 29 20 24 10 3 6 7 11
SF 7 16 2 2 5 15 23 2 28 31 17 12
TB 9 10 12 5 16 5 5 5 13 21 3 5
TEN 12 11 14 10 10 10 9 13 12 25 2 6
WAS 27 28 8 12 11 29 28 12 22 29 8 25


NFL Team Offense Stat Rankings

Legend:

DVOA – Defense-adjusted Value Over Average metric per Football Outsiders.
EPA – Expected Points Added metric per Ben Baldwin.