Fantasy football team defense rankings
21 team defenses, ordered by where drafters are taking them in PPR scoring.
Updated Sep 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM ET
PPR DST: drafters are taking LA Rams Defense first on the board, ahead of the other 20 team defenses ranked here. No sportsbook has posted a player market for these team defenses yet, so the market column is empty on purpose.
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What changes in this view
A team defense scores for sacks, takeaways, return touchdowns and for holding the other side down, which makes it the least predictable slot on a fantasy roster. Almost every defense is drafted in the last two rounds, so the useful question is not which is best but which is still there.
This view keeps only team defenses and re-numbers them 1 upward in the order drafters are taking them. When the pool below is shallow, it is because the draft market has not published defenses yet, and we would rather show you that than rank sixteen names we invented.
What the market prices for these team defenses
No sportsbook has posted a season or game market for these team defenses yet, which is normal in draft season. We will not fill that gap with a projection: when the prices go up, the numbers appear here on their own.
Heads up: this view currently has only 21 players with real consensus draft data, well under the 50 we require before we treat a board as complete. Very few drafts in this format have happened yet upstream, and we will not pad the list with numbers borrowed from another format. The page is left open so you can see exactly what does exist, and it fills in as the drafts come in.
Team defense rankings
- 1. LA Rams DefenseDEF1 · LAR · Tier 1 · bye 11 · 709 draftsno draft data
- 2. Houston DefenseDEF2 · HOU · Tier 1 · bye 8 · 640 draftsno draft data
- 3. Philadelphia DefenseDEF3 · PHI · Tier 2 · bye 10 · 293 draftsno draft data
- 4. LA Chargers DefenseDEF4 · LAC · Tier 2 · bye 7 · 243 draftsno draft data
- 5. Pittsburgh DefenseDEF5 · PIT · Tier 2 · bye 9 · 233 draftsno draft data
- 6. Jacksonville DefenseDEF6 · JAX · Tier 2 · bye 7 · 212 draftsno draft data
- 7. Denver DefenseDEF7 · DEN · Tier 2 · bye 10 · 211 draftsno draft data
- 8. New England DefenseDEF8 · NE · Tier 2 · bye 11 · 150 draftsno draft data
- 9. Seattle DefenseDEF9 · SEA · Tier 2 · bye 11 · 142 draftsno draft data
- 10. Baltimore DefenseDEF10 · BAL · Tier 3 · bye 13 · 89 draftsno draft data
- 11. Detroit DefenseDEF11 · DET · Tier 3 · bye 6 · 88 draftsno draft data
- 12. Minnesota DefenseDEF12 · MIN · Tier 3 · bye 6 · 86 draftsno draft data
- 13. Buffalo DefenseDEF13 · BUF · Tier 3 · bye 7 · 69 draftsno draft data
- 14. Cleveland DefenseDEF14 · CLE · Tier 3 · bye 11 · 45 draftsno draft data
- 15. Atlanta DefenseDEF15 · ATL · Tier 4 · bye 11 · 13 draftsno draft data
- 16. Dallas DefenseDEF16 · DAL · Tier 4 · bye 14 · 12 draftsno draft data
- 17. San Francisco DefenseDEF17 · SF · Tier 4 · bye 8 · 9 draftsno draft data
- 18. Green Bay DefenseDEF18 · GB · Tier 4 · bye 11 · 7 draftsno draft data
- 19. New Orleans DefenseDEF19 · NO · Tier 4 · bye 8 · 5 draftsno draft data
- 20. Chicago DefenseDEF20 · CHI · Tier 4 · bye 10 · 5 draftsno draft data
- 21. Tampa Bay DefenseDEF21 · TB · Tier 4 · bye 10 · 5 draftsno draft data
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