NFL Projections · QB Hits

Defense · 2026 forecast · full season (17 games) · ST Model

Passing Rushing Receiving Defense Kicking

StatSacks Solo Tackles Assist Tackles TFL INT Pass Def QB Hits Forced Fumbles

Season2026 2025 2024

Projected leaders · Top 100

2026 P50

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Sack	Solo	Ast	TFL	INT	PD	QBH ↓	FF
1	Aidan Hutchinson	DE	DET	17.2	32	20	17.2	0.6	4.8	39.0	2.4
2	Zach Allen	DT	DEN	6.2	23	27	10.5	0.0	2.1	37.8	0.8
3	Jared Verse	DE	CLE	6.9	28	31	12.4	0.3	2.4	27.5	1.5
4	Myles Garrett	DE	LAR	12.9	34	15	20.7	0.0	1.3	27.4	2.8
5	Micah Parsons	DE	GB	13.1	27	24	11.4	0.0	1.6	27.3	1.4
6	Josh Hines-Allen	DE	JAX	9.0	28	22	14.4	0.0	2.0	25.5	1.0
7	Maxx Crosby	DE	LV	12.2	43	25	25.4	0.0	4.5	25.1	2.5
8	Nik Bonitto	DE	DEN	10.9	26	16	12.0	0.1	2.3	24.0	1.1
9	Will Anderson	DE	HOU	10.4	29	17	15.1	0.0	2.2	23.4	1.6
10	George Karlaftis	DE	KC	8.2	25	21	10.1	0.0	2.4	23.2	1.1
11	Abdul Carter	DE	NYG	5.5	33	23	8.8	0.3	2.4	23.1	1.2
12	Leonard Williams	DT	SEA	6.6	31	29	9.0	0.0	1.8	23.0	0.7
13	T.J. Watt	DE	PIT	8.8	28	27	13.7	0.6	6.5	22.8	2.3
14	Byron Young	DE	LAR	9.3	39	32	11.7	0.3	1.3	22.6	1.4
15	Brian Burns	DE	NYG	11.2	36	29	15.7	0.1	5.3	22.1	1.9
16	Nick Bosa	DE	SF	7.3	26	19	11.8	0.0	1.9	21.9	2.0
17	Jalyx Hunt	DE	PHI	4.2	24	23	7.7	0.5	2.3	21.3	0.8
18	Tuli Tuipulotu	DE	LAC	10.5	32	19	15.6	0.1	3.0	20.5	1.7
19	James Pearce	DE	ATL	10.9	22	13	9.2	0.1	3.5	20.4	1.5
20	Will McDonald	DE	NYJ	7.7	17	12	9.6	0.1	1.4	20.4	0.9
21	Osa Odighizuwa	DT	SF	4.1	19	25	6.8	0.1	0.2	20.3	0.4
22	YaYa Diaby	DE	TB	5.8	30	20	11.0	0.1	1.8	20.1	1.2
23	Gregory Rousseau	DE	BUF	7.9	28	19	9.6	0.1	2.2	19.6	1.5
24	Laiatu Latu	DE	IND	6.8	23	18	9.9	0.0	2.9	19.3	1.0
25	Trey Hendrickson	DE	BAL	10.2	20	16	9.6	0.1	3.2	19.2	1.5
26	Danielle Hunter	DE	HOU	10.5	31	25	15.8	0.0	2.6	19.2	2.3
27	Rashan Gary	DE	DAL	8.0	21	21	7.6	0.0	1.0	18.9	1.3
28	Nick Herbig	DE	PIT	7.0	22	15	7.9	0.1	2.1	18.7	1.7
29	Dre'Mont Jones	DE	NE	4.3	18	23	6.8	0.1	0.7	18.6	0.2
30	Alex Highsmith	DE	PIT	7.2	32	22	10.3	0.2	2.1	18.2	0.4
31	Chris Jones	DT	KC	5.4	18	16	11.1	0.0	1.6	18.1	0.3
32	K'Lavon Chaisson	DE	WAS	7.3	22	15	8.8	0.0	1.1	17.9	0.9
33	Odafe Oweh	DE	WAS	8.3	23	17	8.6	0.1	0.8	17.8	1.2
34	Montez Sweat	DE	CHI	7.0	24	20	10.9	0.1	2.2	17.8	1.7
35	Nnamdi Madubuike	DT	BAL	5.3	20	21	8.4	0.0	0.9	17.6	0.4
36	Jeffery Simmons	DT	TEN	6.6	34	28	13.3	0.0	1.9	17.6	1.2
37	Jonathon Cooper	DE	DEN	8.5	27	26	9.9	0.1	2.4	17.5	0.8
38	Josh Sweat	DE	ARI	7.8	22	15	11.1	0.0	1.7	17.4	1.1
39	Derick Hall	DE	SEA	4.2	20	21	5.0	0.1	1.9	17.4	0.7
40	Travon Walker	DE	JAX	8.7	25	24	10.4	0.0	2.1	17.2	1.1
41	Jonathan Greenard	DE	PHI	8.9	29	20	11.9	0.0	2.7	17.2	0.8
42	Harold Landry	DE	NE	9.1	31	26	11.8	0.1	1.9	17.0	0.4
43	Demarcus Lawrence	DE	SEA	3.6	23	23	7.8	0.0	1.7	16.9	1.3
44	Chase Young	DE	NO	6.8	22	14	7.8	0.0	2.5	16.8	1.5
45	Donovan Ezeiruaku	DE	DAL	4.2	23	19	9.3	0.3	0.8	16.8	1.0
46	Bradley Chubb	DE	BUF	8.8	25	25	9.0	0.0	2.2	16.7	1.7
47	Al-Quadin Muhammad	DE	TB	6.5	16	13	7.6	0.0	0.3	16.5	0.1
48	Austin Booker	DE	CHI	6.5	24	17	7.3	0.0	2.6	16.1	1.0
49	John Franklin-Myers	DT	TEN	4.7	15	18	5.3	0.0	0.7	16.0	0.1
50	DeForest Buckner	DT	IND	6.3	25	30	9.3	0.6	2.9	15.9	0.4
51	Kobie Turner	DT	LAR	6.6	23	26	8.7	0.1	1.9	15.5	0.5
52	Andrew Van Ginkel	DE	MIN	8.3	31	30	11.1	0.8	7.5	15.3	0.1
53	Calijah Kancey	DT	TB	4.9	19	11	9.0	0.0	0.1	14.9	0.2
54	Uchenna Nwosu	DE	SEA	5.4	20	19	6.5	0.0	1.9	14.9	1.1
55	Malcolm Koonce	DE	LV	7.4	20	16	7.7	0.0	0.9	14.8	1.0
56	Dallas Turner	DE	MIN	6.5	26	33	9.5	0.1	2.3	14.8	0.7
57	Mike Green	DE	BAL	3.2	26	29	7.1	0.4	1.7	14.6	1.4
58	Tavius Robinson	DE	BAL	5.2	19	22	5.2	0.1	1.5	14.4	0.7
59	Joseph Ossai	DE	NYJ	5.0	22	20	7.3	0.0	1.5	14.3	1.2
60	Jalen Carter	DT	PHI	4.4	24	18	8.2	0.0	4.8	14.3	0.5
61	Gervon Dexter	DT	CHI	4.0	20	25	4.2	0.0	1.4	14.3	0.1
62	Jaelan Phillips	DE	CAR	5.8	28	25	8.1	0.2	4.5	14.2	0.7
63	Arden Key	DE	IND	6.8	16	16	7.9	0.0	1.4	14.2	0.5
64	Jake Martin	DE	TEN	5.1	16	16	5.0	0.0	1.2	14.2	0.8
65	Lukas Van Ness	DE	GB	3.8	24	15	6.9	0.2	0.3	14.2	0.9
66	Keeanu Benton	DT	PIT	4.8	21	25	6.6	0.1	2.7	14.0	0.5
67	Quinnen Williams	DT	DAL	3.9	23	23	8.2	0.0	0.6	13.5	0.7
68	Calais Campbell	DT	BAL	5.1	23	19	8.3	0.1	2.0	13.4	0.5
69	Dorance Armstrong	DE	WAS	5.7	20	18	6.4	0.0	0.3	13.3	0.8
70	Dayo Odeyingbo	DE	CHI	4.7	16	19	7.4	0.0	0.9	13.3	0.3
71	Khalil Mack	DE	LAC	6.4	23	19	9.5	0.1	3.7	13.2	2.4
72	Kayvon Thibodeaux	DE	NYG	5.2	18	21	7.2	0.2	2.6	12.9	0.9
73	Vita Vea	DT	TB	5.7	20	19	7.9	0.0	1.4	12.6	0.1
74	Ed Oliver	DT	BUF	5.0	19	16	6.6	0.0	0.9	12.5	1.0
75	Moro Ojomo	DT	PHI	4.9	18	21	6.1	0.0	0.9	12.4	0.1
76	Kwity Paye	DE	LV	7.4	21	21	7.2	0.0	1.1	12.3	1.2
77	Derrick Brown	DT	CAR	3.5	31	37	4.9	0.0	5.1	12.3	1.4
78	Charles Omenihu	DE	WAS	5.0	18	14	5.1	0.0	0.8	12.2	0.6
79	Carl Granderson	DE	NO	5.4	32	25	11.5	0.0	1.7	12.1	0.8
80	Samson Ebukam	DE	ATL	5.5	22	15	5.1	0.0	0.7	12.1	1.3
81	Maliek Collins	DT	CLE	3.9	17	17	5.1	0.0	0.5	12.1	0.1
82	Jonathan Allen	DT	CIN	4.2	25	29	6.6	0.0	1.3	12.0	0.9
83	James Houston	DE	DAL	4.5	19	15	5.3	0.1	0.8	11.9	1.0
84	Dexter Lawrence	DT	CIN	4.3	21	21	6.7	0.0	1.8	11.8	0.0
85	Zach Sieler	DT	MIA	7.1	26	26	9.6	0.0	1.9	11.8	0.5
86	Brandon Dorlus	DT	ATL	6.2	15	16	7.9	0.0	0.4	11.6	0.1
87	Bryan Bresee	DT	NO	4.3	17	19	6.3	0.0	3.5	11.5	0.5
88	Dante Fowler	DE	SEA	6.1	16	11	5.5	0.0	1.8	11.4	0.8
89	Byron Murphy	DT	SEA	5.5	26	32	7.0	0.0	0.4	11.2	0.1
90	Nic Scourton	DE	CAR	5.6	30	30	8.7	0.2	2.0	11.0	0.9
91	Nolan Smith	DE	PHI	2.7	23	23	4.5	0.1	1.6	10.7	0.4
92	Myles Murphy	DE	CIN	5.4	25	21	6.1	0.0	1.4	10.7	0.5
93	JT Tuimoloau	DE	IND	2.2	15	17	3.8	0.1	0.9	10.7	0.5
94	Braden Fiske	DT	LAR	4.4	16	21	5.6	0.0	1.5	10.7	0.3
95	Grady Jarrett	DT	CHI	1.7	18	25	4.6	0.0	1.7	10.6	0.1
96	Justin Eboigbe	DT	LAC	4.4	26	16	6.4	0.0	0.7	10.6	0.2
97	Brenton Cox	DE	GB	3.2	15	12	5.5	0.0	0.2	10.5	0.8
98	Levi Onwuzurike	DT	DET	1.4	16	17	3.1	0.0	0.8	10.5	0.1
99	Azeez Ojulari	DE	ATL	3.2	16	23	5.6	0.4	2.0	10.4	0.3
100	Devonte Wyatt	DT	GB	3.7	19	18	7.1	0.0	0.9	10.2	0.3