NFL Defense vs Position: Stats Allowed to Every Position

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What every NFL defense allows to each position this season, softest first: the top rows are the matchups players at that position like most, the bottom rows the toughest. Each team links to its page. Updated November 9, 2026.

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Defense vs quarterbacks

#	Defense	Pass yards allowed	Pass TDs allowed	Rush yards allowed
1	Detroit Lions	276.5 32nd	2.3 32nd	19.1 24th
2	Tennessee Titans	272.8 31st	1.4 11th	17.1 21st
3	Atlanta Falcons	271.4 30th	1.8 22nd	4.9 1st
4	Buffalo Bills	269.0 29th	2.1 30th	13.7 14th
5	Houston Texans	257.0 28th	1.5 16th	7.4 3rd
6	New Orleans Saints	255.6 27th	1.6 21st	19.0 23rd
7	Washington Commanders	254.3 26th	2.0 28th	20.3 28th
8	New England Patriots	250.7 25th	1.6 19th	9.4 5th
9	Denver Broncos	249.9 24th	1.6 18th	19.9 26th
10	Las Vegas Raiders	248.7 23rd	2.2 31st	15.7 18th
11	Cincinnati Bengals	248.6 22nd	1.1 6th	30.8 32nd
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	242.0 21st	0.9 3rd	13.0 12th
13	Baltimore Ravens	241.9 20th	1.3 8th	16.6 19th
14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	239.4 19th	1.5 17th	11.3 7th
15	Philadelphia Eagles	238.9 18th	1.4 14th	16.6 20th
16	Indianapolis Colts	238.3 17th	1.8 25th	19.9 27th
17	Dallas Cowboys	237.0 16th	1.8 24th	26.9 30th
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	236.8 15th	1.0 4th	12.6 10th
19	Chicago Bears	235.6 14th	1.4 12th	12.9 11th
20	Green Bay Packers	231.9 13th	1.4 13th	12.0 9th
21	Arizona Cardinals	230.7 12th	2.1 29th	19.2 25th
22	Los Angeles Chargers	230.6 11th	1.6 20th	10.9 6th
23	Miami Dolphins	223.3 10th	2.0 27th	7.4 4th
24	San Francisco 49ers	222.9 9th	1.4 10th	5.3 2nd
25	Carolina Panthers	221.8 8th	1.5 15th	18.3 22nd
26	Kansas City Chiefs	220.5 7th	0.9 2nd	15.4 16th
27	Cleveland Browns	220.2 6th	1.3 9th	13.3 13th
28	New York Jets	212.1 5th	1.8 26th	15.4 17th
29	Los Angeles Rams	207.7 4th	1.2 7th	23.9 29th
30	New York Giants	189.3 3rd	1.8 23rd	29.5 31st
31	Minnesota Vikings	180.1 2nd	0.6 1st	11.6 8th
32	Seattle Seahawks	168.8 1st	1.0 5th	14.7 15th

A game, to opposing quarterbacks, softest first. Small numbers are ranks of 32: 1st allows the fewest. Tap a column to sort.

Defense vs running backs

#	Defense	Rush yards allowed	Rush TDs allowed	Rec yards allowed
1	Las Vegas Raiders	132.1 32nd	1.0 29th	31.9 14th
2	Cleveland Browns	115.1 31st	0.8 20th	18.0 3rd
3	New Orleans Saints	113.4 30th	1.4 32nd	36.6 24th
4	Dallas Cowboys	112.8 29th	1.0 27th	27.4 9th
5	Indianapolis Colts	111.7 28th	0.9 24th	40.7 26th
6	Carolina Panthers	110.5 27th	1.4 31st	28.8 11th
7	New York Jets	110.3 26th	0.8 21st	28.4 10th
8	Philadelphia Eagles	108.9 25th	0.7 15th	17.4 2nd
9	Los Angeles Chargers	105.5 24th	1.0 28th	21.5 6th
10	Miami Dolphins	103.6 23rd	0.5 7th	36.4 23rd
11	Minnesota Vikings	103.0 22nd	0.6 12th	18.4 4th
12	Tennessee Titans	99.9 21st	0.8 18th	35.0 21st
13	Arizona Cardinals	99.6 20th	0.6 9th	33.7 19th
14	Denver Broncos	98.2 19th	0.6 11th	44.9 30th
15	Houston Texans	94.8 18th	0.8 17th	23.3 7th
16	Green Bay Packers	93.2 17th	1.2 30th	35.0 20th
17	New York Giants	92.4 16th	0.5 8th	20.5 5th
18	Cincinnati Bengals	88.4 15th	0.8 16th	32.3 15th
19	Atlanta Falcons	84.0 14th	0.9 23rd	36.3 22nd
20	New England Patriots	83.7 13th	0.7 14th	28.8 12th
21	Baltimore Ravens	81.6 12th	1.0 25th	17.2 1st
22	Buffalo Bills	81.4 11th	1.0 26th	44.4 29th
23	Washington Commanders	79.1 10th	0.8 19th	33.6 18th
24	Los Angeles Rams	77.0 9th	0.2 1st	45.0 31st
25	Chicago Bears	76.6 8th	0.6 10th	38.8 25th
26	Kansas City Chiefs	73.3 7th	0.6 13th	42.5 27th
27	Detroit Lions	72.3 6th	0.5 5th	29.0 13th
28	San Francisco 49ers	71.5 5th	0.3 2nd	43.6 28th
29	Pittsburgh Steelers	70.0 4th	0.4 3rd	46.9 32nd
30	Seattle Seahawks	69.9 3rd	0.8 22nd	27.1 8th
31	Jacksonville Jaguars	68.3 2nd	0.5 6th	32.6 17th
32	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	63.8 1st	0.4 4th	32.4 16th

A game, to opposing running backs, softest first. Small numbers are ranks of 32: 1st allows the fewest. Tap a column to sort.

Defense vs wide receivers

#	Defense	Rec yards allowed	Receptions allowed	Rec TDs allowed
1	Tennessee Titans	194.9 32nd	15.3 32nd	0.9 17th
2	Houston Texans	187.5 31st	13.0 27th	1.1 26th
3	Philadelphia Eagles	178.6 30th	12.7 25th	1.1 25th
4	Atlanta Falcons	178.4 29th	14.3 31st	0.9 14th
5	New England Patriots	175.2 28th	12.9 26th	1.3 30th
6	Jacksonville Jaguars	174.5 27th	12.5 24th	0.5 2nd
7	Baltimore Ravens	172.4 26th	12.2 21st	0.7 8th
8	Detroit Lions	165.3 25th	13.4 29th	0.8 10th
9	Las Vegas Raiders	160.8 24th	10.2 9th	1.2 29th
10	Dallas Cowboys	159.3 23rd	11.7 18th	1.0 20th
11	Los Angeles Chargers	157.9 22nd	11.5 17th	1.4 31st
12	Green Bay Packers	155.9 21st	13.8 30th	1.0 21st
13	Buffalo Bills	154.0 20th	12.0 19th	1.6 32nd
14	New Orleans Saints	153.9 19th	10.9 15th	0.9 15th
15	Washington Commanders	153.6 18th	13.3 28th	1.0 24th
16	Chicago Bears	147.4 17th	9.2 1st	0.9 18th
17	Arizona Cardinals	146.3 16th	10.0 7th	1.2 28th
18	Indianapolis Colts	146.0 15th	9.8 5th	0.8 13th
19	Carolina Panthers	145.6 14th	12.4 23rd	0.8 9th
20	Cleveland Browns	144.4 13th	10.9 16th	0.8 12th
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	143.1 12th	12.3 22nd	0.9 16th
22	Pittsburgh Steelers	138.5 11th	12.0 20th	0.5 3rd
23	Cincinnati Bengals	135.8 10th	10.8 14th	1.0 19th
24	Denver Broncos	129.6 9th	10.7 13th	0.6 4th
25	Miami Dolphins	123.9 8th	9.6 4th	0.6 7th
26	New York Giants	123.4 7th	10.6 12th	1.1 27th
27	Minnesota Vikings	122.7 6th	10.0 8th	0.6 6th
28	San Francisco 49ers	122.6 5th	10.3 10th	0.8 11th
29	New York Jets	121.6 4th	10.3 11th	1.0 23rd
30	Los Angeles Rams	116.4 3rd	9.2 2nd	1.0 22nd
31	Kansas City Chiefs	113.1 2nd	9.9 6th	0.3 1st
32	Seattle Seahawks	99.6 1st	9.4 3rd	0.6 5th

A game, to opposing wide receivers, softest first. Small numbers are ranks of 32: 1st allows the fewest. Tap a column to sort.

Defense vs tight ends

#	Defense	Rec yards allowed	Receptions allowed	Rec TDs allowed
1	Detroit Lions	88.0 32nd	8.0 32nd	1.4 32nd
2	Cincinnati Bengals	80.6 31st	6.6 29th	0.1 3rd
3	Denver Broncos	75.4 30th	7.2 31st	0.8 28th
4	Buffalo Bills	70.6 29th	6.1 24th	0.1 6th
5	Washington Commanders	68.8 28th	6.1 23rd	1.0 31st
6	New Orleans Saints	65.1 27th	5.9 22nd	0.6 23rd
7	Kansas City Chiefs	64.9 26th	6.6 30th	0.6 22nd
8	Miami Dolphins	64.4 25th	6.5 26th	0.8 27th
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	63.9 24th	5.8 21st	0.6 24th
10	New York Jets	62.1 23rd	5.6 18th	0.3 13th
11	Cleveland Browns	57.8 22nd	5.2 15th	0.6 20th
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	57.0 21st	5.0 13th	0.3 11th
13	Atlanta Falcons	56.8 20th	6.3 25th	0.5 17th
14	San Francisco 49ers	56.6 19th	6.5 27th	0.4 15th
15	Las Vegas Raiders	56.0 18th	6.6 28th	0.9 30th
16	Baltimore Ravens	52.2 17th	4.6 7th	0.7 26th
17	Los Angeles Chargers	51.1 16th	4.1 3rd	0.1 5th
18	Arizona Cardinals	50.7 15th	5.1 14th	0.7 25th
19	Indianapolis Colts	50.2 14th	4.7 9th	0.8 29th
20	Dallas Cowboys	50.2 13th	5.4 17th	0.4 16th
21	Chicago Bears	49.3 12th	4.4 6th	0.3 12th
22	Carolina Panthers	47.4 10th	5.0 12th	0.6 21st
23	Los Angeles Rams	47.4 11th	5.2 16th	0.1 2nd
24	New England Patriots	46.7 9th	4.9 11th	0.2 8th
25	Houston Texans	46.3 8th	4.6 8th	0.1 4th
26	New York Giants	45.4 7th	5.8 20th	0.3 10th
27	Tennessee Titans	42.9 5th	4.8 10th	0.5 19th
28	Philadelphia Eagles	42.9 6th	4.2 5th	0.3 14th
29	Seattle Seahawks	42.1 4th	5.6 19th	0.2 9th
30	Green Bay Packers	41.0 3rd	4.2 4th	0.2 7th
31	Minnesota Vikings	39.0 2nd	3.1 1st	0.0 1st
32	Jacksonville Jaguars	31.3 1st	4.0 2nd	0.5 18th

A game, to opposing tight ends, softest first. Small numbers are ranks of 32: 1st allows the fewest. Tap a column to sort.

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