NFL Defense Leaders as Favorites

2026-2027 Season

Rk	Player	GP	SOLO	AST	COMB	SACK	TFL	INT	PD	FF	FR
26	Jaishawn BarhamJ. BarhamDAL	2	7	6	13	0.0	2	0	0	1	0
T27	Del'Shawn PhillipsD. PhillipsLAC	2	6	6	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T27	Payton WilsonP. WilsonPIT	1	4	8	12	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
T29	Cam LewisC. LewisCHI	2	8	3	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T29	Daiyan HenleyD. HenleyLAC	2	2	9	11	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
T31	Leonard WilliamsL. WilliamsSEA	2	7	3	10	2.0	3	0	0	0	0
T31	D.J. Reed Jr.D.J. Reed Jr.DET	1	7	3	10	0.0	0	0	1	0	0
T31	Devin Bush Jr.D. Bush Jr.CHI	2	5	5	10	0.0	1	0	1	0	1
T31	Amani HookerA. HookerTEN	1	6	4	10	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
T31	Troy DyeT. DyeLAC	2	6	4	10	0.5	1	0	0	0	0
T31	James LynchJ. LynchCHI	2	4	6	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T31	Quentin LakeQ. LakeLAR	1	7	3	10	0.0	0	1	3	0	0
T31	Trenton SimpsonT. SimpsonBAL	2	8	2	10	0.0	3	0	0	0	0
T31	Nate WigginsN. WigginsBAL	2	6	4	10	0.0	0	0	1	0	0
T31	Cam HartC. HartLAC	2	8	2	10	0.0	0	1	3	0	0
T31	Malaki StarksM. StarksBAL	2	5	5	10	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
T31	Kevin Winston Jr.K. Winston Jr.TEN	1	4	6	10	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T43	Tony Jefferson IIT. Jefferson IILAC	2	4	5	9	0.0	0	0	1	0	0
T43	Julian LoveJ. LoveSEA	2	7	2	9	0.0	2	2	3	0	0
T43	Marcus EppsM. EppsPHI	2	6	3	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T43	C.J. Gardner-JohnsonC.J. Gardner-JohnsonBUF	2	7	2	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T43	Jordan DavisJ. DavisPHI	2	4	5	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
T43	Ventrell MillerV. MillerJAC	1	6	3	9	1.0	2	0	0	1	0
T49	Marlon HumphreyM. HumphreyBAL	2	7	1	8	0.0	0	0	2	1	1
T49	Dalvin TomlinsonD. TomlinsonLAC	2	0	8	8	0.5	0	0	0	0	0

About this leaderboard

Compare NFL defensive production in games where each player's team was favored during the 2026 season. This leaderboard isolates combined tackles in the favorite role and includes solo tackles, assists, sacks, tackles for loss, interceptions, and forced fumbles. Use the split to examine historical defensive workload when teams were expected to win. It does not guarantee future results.