S Grades

85 qualified safeties · composite of coverage quality (passer rating allowed, target rate, PBU rate) and tackling (tackles/snap, missed tackle rate, backfield disruption) (data 2018+) (see methodology)

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						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Kerby Joseph	DET	84.9	100	1,085	39.1	4.0	27.91	0.071	6.1	0.09	77	9	0
2	Derwin James	LAC	80.1	99	984	75.5	5.8	12.28	0.090	3.3	1.58	89	1	0
3	Xavier McKinney	GB	79.3	98	1,067	65.0	3.9	26.19	0.078	3.5	0.28	83	8	0
4	Brian Branch	DET	78.7	96	917	73.7	9.2	19.05	0.112	8.8	0.98	103	4	1
5	Calen Bullock	HOU	78.6	95	977	39.5	3.5	32.35	0.055	11.5	0.00	54	5	0
6	Amani Hooker	TEN	76.1	94	850	60.1	4.7	22.50	0.078	8.3	0.47	66	5	2
7	Malik Mustapha	SF	73.6	93	756	44.4	2.6	25.00	0.091	10.4	0.26	69	1	0
8	Ar'Darius Washington	BAL	69.5	92	727	78.1	7.0	15.69	0.084	6.2	0.83	61	2	1
9	Brandon Jones	DEN	68.8	91	975	77.7	7.1	14.49	0.114	6.7	0.21	111	3	1
10	Camryn Bynum	MIN	67.8	89	1,032	77.6	5.0	19.23	0.085	7.4	0.19	88	3	0
11	DeShon Elliott	PIT	67.7	88	823	86.4	6.9	10.53	0.117	3.0	0.61	96	1	2
12	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	66.0	87	1,044	84.4	5.6	15.52	0.096	8.3	0.57	100	1	2
13	Marcus Maye	LAC	65.7	86	405	61.5	4.9	15.00	0.096	7.1	0.25	39	1	0
14	C.J. Gardner-Johnson	PHI	63.6	85	908	89.0	4.1	32.43	0.061	9.8	0.22	55	6	1
15	Tre'von Moehrig	LV	63.6	84	1,101	91.3	5.1	17.86	0.088	7.6	0.54	97	2	0
16	Jessie Bates	ATL	63.5	82	1,095	89.1	4.7	19.61	0.089	7.5	0.27	98	4	4
17	Julian Love	SEA	62.6	81	1,079	88.1	5.8	19.05	0.093	9.1	0.28	100	3	2
18	Quan Martin	WAS	60.6	80	943	75.3	3.0	10.71	0.085	8.0	0.21	80	1	3
19	Christian Izien	TB	60.5	79	697	73.0	7.7	5.56	0.102	10.1	0.57	71	1	1
20	Ji'Ayir Brown	SF	59.0	78	886	80.7	5.5	12.24	0.080	9.0	0.34	71	1	0
21	Tyler Nubin	NYG	58.5	76	790	91.7	4.3	2.94	0.115	5.2	0.51	91	0	1
22	Evan Williams	GB	58.0	75	474	82.1	5.3	12.00	0.099	7.8	0.21	47	1	1
23	Malik Hooker	DAL	57.6	74	1,063	84.2	3.5	13.51	0.068	7.7	0.28	72	2	0
24	Dane Belton	NYG	57.5	73	459	99.7	7.2	18.18	0.120	8.3	0.44	55	1	1
25	Taylor Rapp	BUF	57.2	72	778	109.2	4.1	18.75	0.096	2.6	0.26	75	2	1
26	Justin Simmons	ATL	56.8	71	1,017	81.9	3.6	18.92	0.057	10.8	0.20	58	2	0
27	Reed Blankenship	PHI	56.6	69	821	72.5	4.9	15.00	0.090	14.9	0.00	74	4	0
28	Ugo Amadi	NO	56.4	68	527	98.1	13.7	9.72	0.116	7.6	1.52	61	0	0
29	Will Harris	NO	56.3	67	861	79.4	5.1	11.36	0.079	11.7	0.35	68	1	0
30	Jimmie Ward	HOU	56.3	66	461	101.0	8.5	10.26	0.098	4.3	1.08	45	2	0
31	Jordan Howden	NO	55.9	65	552	92.2	2.9	12.50	0.083	4.2	0.18	46	2	0
32	Harrison Smith	MIN	54.3	64	1,011	90.9	6.4	15.38	0.076	10.5	0.40	77	3	0
33	Jordan Battle	CIN	54.2	62	463	96.0	5.6	11.54	0.119	8.3	0.22	55	1	0
34	Bryan Cook	KC	54.1	61	974	91.9	4.5	11.36	0.079	4.9	0.10	77	2	0
35	Josh Metellus	MIN	53.6	60	991	90.4	7.4	6.85	0.093	3.2	0.20	92	2	1
36	Demani Richardson	CAR	53.4	59	401	89.0	7.0	7.14	0.122	9.3	0.25	49	1	0
37	Justin Reid	KC	50.3	58	974	111.6	5.3	17.31	0.083	6.9	0.51	81	2	0
38	Tyrann Mathieu	NO	50.2	56	1,016	76.4	3.5	19.44	0.060	19.7	0.10	61	3	2
39	Kamren Kinchens	LA	49.9	55	514	105.4	6.4	18.18	0.105	10.0	0.19	54	4	1
40	Jevon Holland	MIA	49.3	54	854	91.3	5.3	8.89	0.071	9.0	0.35	61	0	1
41	Damar Hamlin	BUF	49.0	53	874	105.8	4.1	13.89	0.090	8.1	0.23	79	2	0
42	Xavier Woods	CAR	48.8	52	1,218	102.2	4.2	11.76	0.094	8.1	0.16	114	3	0
43	Tony Adams	NYJ	48.4	51	766	102.2	5.7	13.64	0.099	11.6	0.39	76	1	0
44	Nick Cross	IND	48.4	49	1,155	109.9	5.1	8.47	0.115	8.3	0.61	133	3	1
45	Kevin Byard	CHI	47.8	48	1,056	119.0	5.0	13.21	0.114	8.4	0.66	120	1	1
46	Jalen Pitre	HOU	47.0	47	660	97.1	8.3	14.55	0.091	18.9	0.91	60	1	1
47	Chamarri Conner	KC	46.4	46	573	94.4	10.3	6.78	0.127	16.1	0.87	73	2	1
48	Quentin Lake	LA	46.0	45	1,070	102.0	5.3	8.77	0.093	8.3	0.28	100	0	0
49	Jonathan Owens	CHI	45.6	44	429	127.1	3.5	13.33	0.103	8.3	0.23	44	1	1
50	Kam Curl	LA	45.0	42	981	119.8	3.7	25.00	0.076	10.7	0.20	75	0	2
51	Ronnie Hickman Jr.	CLE	44.8	41	463	105.7	5.0	4.35	0.097	8.2	0.22	45	0	0
52	Eric Murray	HOU	44.7	40	856	103.7	6.5	17.86	0.083	14.5	0.35	71	1	0
53	Tykee Smith	TB	43.5	39	612	100.8	10.5	10.94	0.082	10.7	0.65	50	2	3
54	Rodney McLeod Jr.	CLE	43.4	38	568	100.5	6.3	13.89	0.060	12.8	0.35	34	0	0
55	Donovan Wilson	DAL	43.0	36	1,010	130.9	3.6	13.89	0.076	9.4	1.04	77	1	2
56	Geno Stone	CIN	42.7	35	1,103	97.0	3.0	18.18	0.071	16.1	0.00	78	4	0
57	Jordan Whitehead	TB	41.5	34	732	125.5	4.6	8.82	0.098	4.0	0.27	72	0	0
58	Chuck Clark	NYJ	41.5	33	709	118.0	3.9	7.14	0.094	8.2	0.28	67	0	1
59	Jeremy Chinn	WAS	40.9	32	1,021	131.2	5.2	9.43	0.105	6.1	0.88	107	1	1
60	Andre Cisco	JAX	40.4	31	979	110.9	5.2	13.73	0.067	7.0	0.10	66	1	0
61	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	39.7	29	529	136.5	4.3	13.04	0.108	13.6	0.76	57	0	0
62	Vonn Bell	CIN	39.2	28	708	110.3	3.5	8.00	0.071	10.7	0.14	50	1	1
63	Rayshawn Jenkins	SEA	38.4	27	550	114.2	5.3	0.00	0.093	12.1	0.73	51	0	0
64	Jalen Thompson	ARI	37.6	26	944	121.9	4.7	6.82	0.093	6.4	0.32	88	0	0
65	Julian Blackmon	IND	37.3	25	1,083	103.2	3.3	11.11	0.070	15.6	0.14	76	3	0
66	Brandon Stephens	BAL	37.0	24	1,047	106.1	9.7	9.80	0.066	6.8	0.43	69	0	0
67	Darnell Savage	JAX	37.0	22	764	118.3	5.4	14.63	0.063	9.4	0.26	48	1	0
68	Minkah Fitzpatrick	PIT	36.9	21	1,083	123.8	4.2	8.70	0.081	3.3	0.09	88	1	1
69	Budda Baker	ARI	36.7	20	1,067	133.3	6.7	6.94	0.143	10.0	1.12	153	0	1
70	Jordan Poyer	MIA	36.3	19	964	110.5	5.1	6.12	0.100	9.4	0.00	96	0	0
71	Daryl Worley	TEN	36.2	18	459	125.6	4.8	9.09	0.107	12.5	0.00	49	1	1
72	Juan Thornhill	CLE	35.0	16	401	141.7	6.2	12.00	0.117	9.6	0.25	47	0	0
73	Grant Delpit	CLE	34.5	15	979	134.0	5.0	2.04	0.105	5.5	0.82	103	0	0
74	Quandre Diggs	TEN	34.1	14	419	132.8	4.5	0.00	0.086	5.3	0.00	36	0	0
75	Cam Lewis	BUF	33.8	13	595	102.7	10.3	6.56	0.101	15.5	0.34	60	1	0
76	Jaylinn Hawkins	NE	33.7	12	612	132.5	3.3	5.00	0.067	12.8	0.49	41	0	0
77	Jordan Fuller	CAR	32.9	11	575	151.0	2.6	6.67	0.092	10.2	0.00	53	0	1
78	Antonio Johnson	JAX	32.6	9	684	113.6	7.5	3.92	0.095	8.5	0.15	65	0	0
79	Javon Bullard	GB	29.4	8	786	121.2	6.7	1.89	0.109	9.5	0.25	86	0	0
80	Alohi Gilman	LAC	29.2	7	655	132.4	4.6	13.33	0.066	15.7	0.31	43	1	0
81	Kyle Dugger	NE	29.1	6	759	137.4	6.1	8.70	0.100	16.5	1.19	76	0	1
82	Isaiah Pola-Mao	LV	28.6	5	954	137.7	4.5	11.63	0.091	11.2	0.31	87	0	2
83	Jason Pinnock	NYG	28.4	4	978	143.7	3.4	3.03	0.081	10.2	0.72	79	0	0
84	P.J. Locke	DEN	27.6	2	1,000	125.8	5.4	3.70	0.068	6.8	0.40	68	0	1
85	Marcus Williams	BAL	25.0	1	601	148.4	4.0	8.33	0.042	7.4	0.17	25	0	0

Low-volume safeties (20)

Fewer than 400 defensive snaps. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Jaden Hicks	KC	73.6	93	330	67.2	4.8	31.25	0.085	0.0	0.91	28	3	0
2	Ashtyn Davis	NYJ	72.6	92	261	66.3	7.7	10.00	0.126	8.3	1.92	33	2	0
3	Jaquan Brisker	CHI	72.0	92	294	64.6	4.1	16.67	0.126	7.5	1.36	37	1	1
4	Jabrill Peppers	NE	68.4	89	372	51.2	3.8	14.29	0.091	5.6	0.54	34	1	1
5	Israel Mukuamu	DAL	68.1	89	200	33.0	6.0	16.67	0.095	0.0	0.00	19	2	0
6	Jaylen McCollough	LA	67.7	87	335	68.5	7.5	16.00	0.122	2.4	0.00	41	4	0
7	Dadrion Taylor-Demerson	ARI	67.3	87	258	96.0	7.8	25.00	0.136	5.4	1.16	35	0	1
8	Dell Pettus	NE	63.0	81	341	81.5	4.1	14.29	0.088	0.0	0.59	30	0	0
9	Andrew Wingard	JAX	60.5	78	215	54.9	4.2	33.33	0.065	6.7	0.00	14	0	0
10	Devon Key	DEN	55.2	64	251	115.5	4.4	0.00	0.131	2.9	0.80	33	0	0
11	Mike Brown	TEN	53.1	58	386	110.4	3.9	6.67	0.124	2.0	0.00	48	0	0
12	Tristin McCollum	PHI	52.1	58	250	92.7	6.4	12.50	0.128	11.1	0.00	32	0	0
13	Elijah Hicks	CHI	51.9	58	356	109.5	3.9	14.29	0.101	2.7	0.00	36	0	0
14	Damontae Kazee	PIT	50.5	58	289	112.8	4.8	14.29	0.107	3.1	0.00	31	1	0
15	Talanoa Hufanga	SF	45.4	42	308	118.6	4.2	0.00	0.114	12.5	0.65	35	0	0
16	Percy Butler	WAS	44.6	39	399	137.5	4.0	6.25	0.115	6.1	0.50	46	0	0
17	Tony Jefferson	LAC	43.6	39	224	125.3	6.3	0.00	0.121	6.9	0.45	27	0	0
18	Nick Scott	CAR	33.3	11	325	131.9	5.2	11.76	0.089	17.1	0.00	29	0	0
19	Eddie Jackson	LAC	30.3	8	381	132.2	6.6	4.00	0.076	9.4	0.26	29	0	0
20	Kaevon Merriweather	TB	30.1	8	259	132.4	6.9	5.56	0.062	20.0	0.39	16	0	0