NFL Team Third-down defense
2026 season · through Week 7 · highlighting cle and pit · lower is better. G counts completed team games.
32 of 32 teams
| RK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHI Chicago Bears | 7 | 6-2 | NFC · NFC North | 26.1%#1 |
| 2 | SEA Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 4-4 | NFC · NFC West | 28.0%#2 |
| 3 | MIN Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 6-1 | NFC · NFC North | 28.2%#3 |
| 4 | IND Indianapolis Colts | 7 | 2-6 | AFC · AFC South | 30.0%#4 |
| 5 | LA Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 4-4 | NFC · NFC West | 31.0%#5 |
| 6 | LAC Los Angeles Chargers | 6 | 0-7 | AFC · AFC West | 31.1%#6 |
| 7 | PIT Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 6-2 | AFC · AFC North | 34.8%#7 |
| 8 | JAX Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 5-2 | AFC · AFC South | 36.2%#8 |
| 9 | TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC South | 36.4%#9 |
| 10 | NE New England Patriots | 7 | 5-3 | AFC · AFC East | 36.6%#10 |
| 11 | SF San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 6-1 | NFC · NFC West | 37.9%#11 |
| 12 | NYJ New York Jets | 7 | 2-6 | AFC · AFC East | 38.2%#12 |
| 13 | CLE Cleveland Browns | 7 | 5-3 | AFC · AFC North | 39.0%#13 |
| 14 | NYG New York Giants | 7 | 4-2-1 | NFC · NFC East | 39.3%#14 |
| 15 | ARI Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC West | 39.7%#15 |
| 16 | HOU Houston Texans | 7 | 2-5 | AFC · AFC South | 40.4%#16 |
| 17 | TEN Tennessee Titans | 7 | 1-7 | AFC · AFC South | 40.7%#17 |
| 18 | BAL Baltimore Ravens | 7 | 4-4 | AFC · AFC North | 41.3%#18 |
| 19 | PHI Philadelphia Eagles | 6 | 2-6 | NFC · NFC East | 41.7%#19 |
| 20 | KC Kansas City Chiefs | 6 | 5-2 | AFC · AFC West | 41.9%#20 |
| 21 | DEN Denver Broncos | 7 | 6-2 | AFC · AFC West | 42.1%#21 |
| 22 | LV Las Vegas Raiders | 7 | 4-4 | AFC · AFC West | 42.4%#22 |
| 23 | ATL Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC South | 42.4%#23 |
| 24 | GB Green Bay Packers | 7 | 5-3 | NFC · NFC North | 44.1%#24 |
| T-25 | CAR Carolina Panthers | 6 | 3-4 | NFC · NFC South | 44.4%T-25 |
| T-25 | WAS Washington Commanders | 6 | 2-4-1 | NFC · NFC East | 44.4%T-25 |
| 27 | BUF Buffalo Bills | 6 | 6-1 | AFC · AFC East | 45.0%#27 |
| 28 | DET Detroit Lions | 6 | 5-2 | NFC · NFC North | 47.7%#28 |
| 29 | NO New Orleans Saints | 7 | 2-5 | NFC · NFC South | 47.8%#29 |
| 30 | CIN Cincinnati Bengals | 6 | 5-2 | AFC · AFC North | 48.1%#30 |
| 31 | MIA Miami Dolphins | 6 | 1-6 | AFC · AFC East | 52.1%#31 |
| 32 | DAL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC East | 52.9%#32 |
Data: nflverse; NFL data belong to their respective owners. Values aggregated from completed team games only; unavailable values are shown as Unavailable, never as zero.