Fantasy Football Defense Rankings (2025)

Last updated: August 26, 2025

These fantasy football rankings are refreshed live every day based on average draft position data generated by the fantasy football mock drafts. Use the rankings and projections below to help you win your fantasy football draft.

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