Fantasy Football Week 2 Defense Rankings

Last updated: January 13, 2026

These fantasy football rankings are refreshed multiple times per day based on projections provided by RotoWire. Use the rankings and projections below to help figure out who to start/sit in your lineup this week.

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Bye	Proj. FP
1.	Detroit Defense	DET	DEF	8	9.9
2.	Arizona Defense	ARI	DEF	8	9.6
3.	Tampa Bay Defense	TB	DEF	9	9.4
4.	Jacksonville Defense	JAX	DEF	8	9.1
5.	Dallas Defense	DAL	DEF	10	8.8
6.	Miami Defense	MIA	DEF	12	8.4
7.	Pittsburgh Defense	PIT	DEF	5	8.0
8.	San Francisco Defense	SF	DEF	14	7.8
9.	LA Chargers Defense	LAC	DEF	12	7.3
10.	Denver Defense	DEN	DEF	12	7.3
11.	Buffalo Defense	BUF	DEF	7	7.1
12.	Houston Defense	HOU	DEF	6	7.1
13.	NY Giants Defense	NYG	DEF	14	7.1
14.	Atlanta Defense	ATL	DEF	5	7.0
15.	Kansas City Defense	KC	DEF	10	6.5
16.	Seattle Defense	SEA	DEF	8	6.5
17.	Baltimore Defense	BAL	DEF	7	6.5
18.	Green Bay Defense	GB	DEF	5	6.5
19.	Las Vegas Defense	LV	DEF	8	6.5
20.	LA Rams Defense	LAR	DEF	8	6.4
21.	Philadelphia Defense	PHI	DEF	9	6.3
22.	Cincinnati Defense	CIN	DEF	10	6.2
23.	Tennessee Defense	TEN	DEF	10	5.8
24.	Carolina Defense	CAR	DEF	14	5.8
25.	New England Defense	NE	DEF	14	5.8
26.	New Orleans Defense	NO	DEF	11	5.4
27.	Indianapolis Defense	IND	DEF	11	5.3
28.	Chicago Defense	CHI	DEF	5	5.1
29.	Cleveland Defense	CLE	DEF	9	4.8
30.	Minnesota Defense	MIN	DEF	6	4.4
31.	NY Jets Defense	NYJ	DEF	9	4.0
32.	Washington Defense	WAS	DEF	12	3.9