Fantasy Football Week 3 PPR Defense Rankings

Last updated: January 24, 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.	Dallas Defense	DAL	DEF	10	10.6
2.	Minnesota Defense	MIN	DEF	6	10.2
3.	Atlanta Defense	ATL	DEF	5	9.9
4.	Jacksonville Defense	JAX	DEF	8	9.9
5.	Kansas City Defense	KC	DEF	10	8.6
6.	Pittsburgh Defense	PIT	DEF	5	8.5
7.	New Orleans Defense	NO	DEF	11	8.3
8.	Las Vegas Defense	LV	DEF	8	8.0
9.	Chicago Defense	CHI	DEF	5	7.9
10.	Tennessee Defense	TEN	DEF	10	7.8
11.	Washington Defense	WAS	DEF	12	7.8
12.	Seattle Defense	SEA	DEF	8	7.6
13.	Cincinnati Defense	CIN	DEF	10	7.6
14.	Tampa Bay Defense	TB	DEF	9	7.5
15.	NY Jets Defense	NYJ	DEF	9	7.3
16.	Denver Defense	DEN	DEF	12	7.2
17.	New England Defense	NE	DEF	14	6.9
18.	NY Giants Defense	NYG	DEF	14	6.9
19.	Green Bay Defense	GB	DEF	5	6.9
20.	LA Rams Defense	LAR	DEF	8	6.5
21.	Houston Defense	HOU	DEF	6	6.5
22.	Buffalo Defense	BUF	DEF	7	6.4
23.	San Francisco Defense	SF	DEF	14	6.4
24.	Indianapolis Defense	IND	DEF	11	6.4
25.	Philadelphia Defense	PHI	DEF	9	6.1
26.	Baltimore Defense	BAL	DEF	7	5.9
27.	Arizona Defense	ARI	DEF	8	5.8
28.	LA Chargers Defense	LAC	DEF	12	5.8
29.	Detroit Defense	DET	DEF	8	4.9
30.	Cleveland Defense	CLE	DEF	9	4.5
31.	Carolina Defense	CAR	DEF	14	4.2
32.	Miami Defense	MIA	DEF	12	4.1