NFL Defense vs RB: What Every Defense Allows to Running backs
Through Week 8 of the 2026 regular season, the defenses that have allowed the most rushing yards per game to running backs are Las Vegas Raiders (129.5), New Orleans Saints (120.4), Philadelphia Eagles (116.1), and the fewest are Jacksonville Jaguars (57.7), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (67.8), Pittsburgh Steelers (70.0).
Through Week 8 of the 2026 regular season. 32 defenses, 7 to 8 games each (242 team-games). Rank 1 allowed the most per game. GP is the games behind each row.
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| GP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Raiders | 8 | 129.5 1st | 33.5 14th | 3.8 24th | 163.0 1st |
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 120.4 2nd | 37.7 8th | 4.7 14th | 158.1 2nd |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 8 | 116.1 3rd | 18.6 29th | 3.2 29th | 134.8 10th |
| Cleveland Browns | 8 | 115.9 4th | 17.5 32nd | 3.5 25th | 133.4 11th |
| Carolina Panthers | 7 | 115.6 5th | 27.9 23rd | 4.6 15th | 143.4 6th |
| Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 115.5 6th | 29.0 22nd | 4.2 17th | 144.5 5th |
| Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 110.2 7th | 32.6 16th | 5.0 8th | 142.9 7th |
| Los Angeles Chargers | 7 | 107.7 8th | 22.4 26th | 3.4 28th | 130.1 13th |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 105.9 9th | 36.7 9th | 5.0 10th | 142.6 8th |
| New York Jets | 8 | 104.8 10th | 26.9 24th | 3.4 27th | 131.6 12th |
| Indianapolis Colts | 8 | 103.4 11th | 42.9 4th | 3.4 26th | 146.2 3rd |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 103.0 12th | 18.4 30th | 3.1 32nd | 121.4 19th |
| New York Giants | 7 | 101.6 13th | 20.6 28th | 3.1 30th | 122.1 18th |
| Tennessee Titans | 8 | 99.9 14th | 35.0 11th | 4.1 19th | 134.9 9th |
| Denver Broncos | 8 | 99.8 15th | 44.9 3rd | 5.0 9th | 144.6 4th |
| Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 99.4 16th | 30.0 20th | 3.1 31st | 129.4 14th |
| Green Bay Packers | 8 | 93.5 17th | 33.6 13th | 4.8 12th | 127.1 16th |
| Houston Texans | 7 | 90.7 18th | 20.9 27th | 4.7 13th | 111.6 24th |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7 | 85.7 19th | 29.9 21st | 3.9 22nd | 115.6 22nd |
| New England Patriots | 8 | 82.2 20th | 31.0 18th | 3.9 23rd | 113.2 23rd |
| Baltimore Ravens | 8 | 81.8 21st | 17.8 31st | 4.2 18th | 99.5 30th |
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 81.4 22nd | 39.4 6th | 5.6 3rd | 120.9 20th |
| Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 81.1 23rd | 41.6 5th | 5.4 4th | 122.8 17th |
| San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 78.6 24th | 50.6 1st | 7.0 1st | 129.1 15th |
| Washington Commanders | 7 | 75.7 25th | 34.7 12th | 5.0 7th | 110.4 25th |
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 74.9 26th | 24.1 25th | 4.0 20th | 99.0 31st |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8 | 72.9 27th | 30.5 19th | 5.1 5th | 103.4 28th |
| Chicago Bears | 8 | 72.0 28th | 32.6 17th | 3.9 21st | 104.6 27th |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 70.9 29th | 39.1 7th | 4.4 16th | 110.0 26th |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 70.0 30th | 46.9 2nd | 5.8 2nd | 116.9 21st |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 67.8 31st | 32.8 15th | 4.9 11th | 100.5 29th |
| Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 57.7 32nd | 36.0 10th | 5.1 6th | 93.7 32nd |
What the ranking means
Each figure is the average a defense allowed per game to all the players at a position group, added together: a rank of 1 means it allowed the most. It is raw, not adjusted for the offenses faced, game script or injuries, and the early weeks rest on a handful of games. It is context to read beside a player’s own game log, not a pick, and it says nothing about tonight.
Teal rank: among the 8 defenses that allowed the most. Amber rank: among the 8 that allowed the fewest. The number is the rank; colour is only a second cue.
Stats via nflverse (CC BY 4.0), modified: regular-season player stats summed by position group against each defense.