Fantasy: Defensive Line Rankings (IDP)
In what will be an ongoing process, PFF Fantasy’s IDP experts (Jeff Ratcliffe, Ross Miles and Kevin Greenstein) will be maintaining rankings for defensive players in three separate categories (Defensive Linemen, Linebackers, and Defensive Backs) based upon our IDP Scoring System.
Rank Player Team Jeff Ross Kevin Composite
1 Trent Cole PHI 1 2 1 1.33
2 Justin Tuck NYG 2 1 2 1.67
3 Jared Allen MIN 3 3 7 4.33
4 Julius Peppers CHI 5 5 3 4.33
5 Ndamukong Suh DET 6 4 4 4.67
6 Charles Johnson CAR 7 6 5 6.00
7 Robert Mathis IND 8 9 6 7.67
8 Jason Babin PHI 14 10 8 10.67
9 Justin Smith SF 15 8 10 11.00
10 Calais Campbell ARI 9 13 13 11.67
11 Chris Long STL 16 11 9 12.00
12 Matt Shaughnessy OAK 11 7 19 12.33
13 Kyle Williams BUF 13 15 11 13.00
14 John Abraham ATL 20 16 12 16.00
15 Jason Pierre-Paul NYG 10 14 25 16.33
16 Elvis Dumervil DEN 12 20 17 16.33
17 Dwight Freeney IND 25 12 14 17.00
18 Carlos Dunlap CIN 19 21 15 18.33
19 Ray Edwards ATL 24 17 16 19.00
20 Terrell Suggs BAL 4 18 36 19.33
21 Haloti Ngata BAL 22 24 20 22.00
22 Chris Clemons SEA 26 19 28 24.33
23 Kyle Vanden Bosch DET 31 22 22 25.00
24 Mathias Kiwanuka NYG 18 23 34 25.00
25 Israel Idonije CHI 29 26 26 27.00
26 Cliff Avril DET 27 35 21 27.67
27 Osi Umenyiora NYG 41 25 18 28.00
28 Gerald McCoy TB 23 29 32 28.00
29 Darnell Dockett ARI 37 27 24 29.33
30 Robert Ayers DEN 28 30 30 29.33
31 Kendall Langford MIA 32 31 27 30.00
32 Brian Robison MIN 17 36 38 30.33
33 Jason Jones TEN 21 32 42 31.67
34 Richard Seymour OAK 36 37 23 32.00
35 Lamarr Houston OAK 35 34 31 33.33
36 Tommy Kelly OAK 40 28 40 36.00
37 Glenn Dorsey KC 44 33 37 38.00
38 Vince Wilfork NE 39 44 33 38.67
39 Will Smith NO 30 60 29 39.67
40 Michael Johnson CIN 38 40 43 40.33
41 Jay Ratliff DAL 51 38 39 42.67
42 B.J. Raji GB 52 41 35 42.67
43 Aaron Kampman JAX 33 49 47 43.00
44 Antonio Garay SD 42 39 55 45.33
45 Kroy Biermann ATL 45 50 46 47.00
46 Marcell Dareus BUF 49 47 48 48.00
47 Robert Quinn STL 56 45 45 48.67
48 Derrick Morgan TEN 34 48 64 48.67
49 Ahtyba Rubin CLE 47 43 58 49.33
50 Jabaal Sheard CLV 48 51 54 51.00
51 Tyson Alualu JAX 53 53 51 52.33
52 Sedrick Ellis NO 54 56 50 53.33
53 Alex Brown NO 78 42 41 53.67
54 Da'Quan Bowers TB 77 52 44 57.67
55 Jonathan Babineaux ATL 60 54 59 57.67
56 Adrian Clayborn TB 50 71 53 58.00
57 Sione Pouha NYJ 59 58 61 59.33
58 Cameron Jordan NO 43 80 56 59.67
59 Barry Cofield WAS 67 65 49 60.33
60 JJ Watt HOU 57 68 57 60.67
61 James Hall STL 55 63 65 61.00
62 Tyson Jackson KC 46 76 62 61.33
63 Dan Williams ARI 64 62 67 64.33
64 Jacob Ford TEN 100 46 52 66.00
65 Fred Robbins STL 63 55 80 66.00
66 Brett Keisel PIT 69 59 77 68.33
67 Albert Haynesworth NE 72 73 63 69.33
68 Aubrayo Franklin NO 70 61 81 70.67
69 Dwan Edwards BUF 74 66 72 70.67
70 Mike DeVito NYJ 58 74 84 72.00
71 Nick Fairley DET 100 57 60 72.33
72 Ryan Pickett GB 65 83 69 72.33
73 Andre Carter NE 100 77 70 73.50
74 Paul Soliai MIA 62 82 78 74.00
75 Cory Redding BAL 93 67 66 75.33
76 Juqua Parker PHI 100 64 68 77.33
77 Jared Odrick MIA 61 84 87 77.33
78 Kevin Williams MIN 96 69 73 79.33
79 Kelly Gregg KC 85 72 83 80.00
80 Jeremy Mincey JAX 75 81 85 80.33
81 Darryl Tapp PHI 76 79 88 81.00
82 Tony Brown TEN 88 70 86 81.33
83 Shaun Ellis NE 92 75 82 83.00
84 Adam Carriker WAS 80 95 79 84.67
85 Brandon Mebane SEA 81 88 89 86.00
86 Mike Patterson PHI 84 100 75 86.33
87 Terrance Knighton JAX 87 87 91 88.33
88 Chris Canty NYG 66 100 100 88.67
89 Wallace Gilberry KC 82 85 100 89.00
90 Amobi Okoye CHI 100 94 74 89.33
91 Marcus Spears DAL 68 100 100 89.33
92 Muhammad Wilkerson NYJ 86 90 93 89.67
93 Cameron Heyward PIT 100 93 76 89.67
94 Phil Taylor CLE 94 86 90 90.00
95 Alex Carrington BUF 100 100 71 90.33
96 Broderick Bunkley DEN 71 100 100 90.33
97 Antonio Dixon PHI 73 100 100 91.00
98 Jason Taylor NYJ 100 78 100 92.67
99 Ty Warren NE 79 99 100 92.67
100 Everette Brown CAR 97 91 92 93.33