NFL Team Third-down defense
2026 season · through Week 8 · highlighting det and mia · lower is better. G counts completed team games.
32 of 32 teams
| RK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHI Chicago Bears | 8 | 6-2 | NFC · NFC North | 23.8%#1 |
| 2 | MIN Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 6-1 | NFC · NFC North | 29.7%#2 |
| 3 | SEA Seattle Seahawks | 8 | 4-4 | NFC · NFC West | 30.6%#3 |
| 4 | LAC Los Angeles Chargers | 7 | 0-7 | AFC · AFC West | 30.6%#4 |
| 5 | TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC South | 32.0%#5 |
| 6 | LA Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 4-4 | NFC · NFC West | 32.4%#6 |
| 7 | IND Indianapolis Colts | 8 | 2-6 | AFC · AFC South | 32.6%#7 |
| 8 | PIT Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 6-2 | AFC · AFC North | 34.3%#8 |
| 9 | JAX Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 5-2 | AFC · AFC South | 35.0%#9 |
| 10 | SF San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 6-1 | NFC · NFC West | 37.9%#10 |
| 11 | NE New England Patriots | 8 | 5-3 | AFC · AFC East | 38.5%#11 |
| 12 | CLE Cleveland Browns | 8 | 5-3 | AFC · AFC North | 38.7%#12 |
| 13 | KC Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 5-2 | AFC · AFC West | 39.2%#13 |
| 14 | NYG New York Giants | 7 | 4-2-1 | NFC · NFC East | 39.3%#14 |
| 15 | ARI Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC West | 39.4%#15 |
| 16 | BAL Baltimore Ravens | 8 | 4-4 | AFC · AFC North | 39.6%#16 |
| 17 | HOU Houston Texans | 7 | 2-5 | AFC · AFC South | 40.4%#17 |
| 18 | NYJ New York Jets | 8 | 2-6 | AFC · AFC East | 41.0%#18 |
| 19 | ATL Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC South | 41.1%#19 |
| 20 | PHI Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 2-6 | NFC · NFC East | 41.4%#20 |
| 21 | GB Green Bay Packers | 8 | 5-3 | NFC · NFC North | 41.4%#21 |
| 22 | LV Las Vegas Raiders | 8 | 4-4 | AFC · AFC West | 41.7%#22 |
| 23 | BUF Buffalo Bills | 7 | 6-1 | AFC · AFC East | 41.9%#23 |
| 24 | DEN Denver Broncos | 8 | 6-2 | AFC · AFC West | 42.1%#24 |
| 25 | WAS Washington Commanders | 7 | 2-4-1 | NFC · NFC East | 42.7%#25 |
| 26 | TEN Tennessee Titans | 8 | 1-7 | AFC · AFC South | 43.6%#26 |
| 27 | DET Detroit Lions | 7 | 5-2 | NFC · NFC North | 45.8%#27 |
| 28 | CAR Carolina Panthers | 7 | 3-4 | NFC · NFC South | 46.4%#28 |
| 29 | CIN Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 5-2 | AFC · AFC North | 47.3%#29 |
| 30 | NO New Orleans Saints | 7 | 2-5 | NFC · NFC South | 47.8%#30 |
| 31 | MIA Miami Dolphins | 7 | 1-6 | AFC · AFC East | 50.6%#31 |
| 32 | DAL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 3-5 | NFC · NFC East | 51.4%#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.