S Grades

81 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	Antonio Johnson	JAX	78.8	100	659	49.9	7.0	19.57	0.088	4.9	0.61	58	5	0
2	Derwin James	LAC	77.5	99	893	58.6	5.4	14.58	0.104	7.9	0.90	93	3	1
3	Xavier McKinney	GB	76.4	98	1,053	66.3	3.7	25.64	0.100	4.5	0.09	105	2	1
4	Brian Branch	DET	74.5	96	747	87.1	4.7	25.71	0.098	2.7	1.00	73	0	1
5	Julian Love	SEA	74.4	95	458	41.6	4.1	31.58	0.072	5.7	0.44	33	1	0
6	Cole Bishop	BUF	73.3	94	895	65.6	4.8	16.28	0.094	6.7	0.67	84	3	0
7	Dadrion Taylor-Demerson	ARI	72.9	93	452	54.3	5.8	23.08	0.128	6.5	0.00	58	2	0
8	Jalen Pitre	HOU	71.0	91	751	58.7	7.9	20.34	0.096	13.3	0.40	72	4	0
9	Tony Jefferson	LAC	70.6	90	490	62.3	4.5	31.82	0.114	11.1	0.20	56	4	0
10	Dane Belton	NYG	68.8	89	705	101.1	5.7	12.50	0.170	1.6	0.71	120	1	3
11	Jaylinn Hawkins	NE	66.2	88	838	71.2	4.2	17.14	0.085	9.0	0.54	71	4	1
12	Camryn Bynum	IND	65.6	86	1,104	77.6	3.6	20.00	0.071	6.0	0.36	78	4	1
13	Quentin Lake	LA	65.5	85	634	83.0	7.4	21.28	0.093	3.3	0.47	59	1	1
14	Evan Williams	GB	65.4	84	903	83.3	4.1	13.51	0.109	4.9	0.44	98	3	0
15	Tre'von Moehrig	CAR	63.9	83	990	90.0	5.7	3.57	0.099	5.8	1.72	98	1	0
16	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	63.8	81	1,003	94.4	5.1	17.65	0.105	7.1	0.80	105	0	2
17	Tykee Smith	TB	62.6	80	893	105.9	5.9	24.53	0.111	8.3	0.90	99	1	0
18	Jevon Holland	NYG	61.8	79	833	71.0	4.2	14.29	0.076	3.1	0.00	63	1	0
19	Brandon Jones	DEN	61.5	78	871	67.1	5.3	15.22	0.088	10.5	0.06	77	1	0
20	Coby Bryant	SEA	60.8	77	977	54.0	4.0	17.95	0.066	22.0	0.41	64	4	1
21	Jessie Bates	ATL	60.0	75	1,092	75.2	4.3	12.77	0.089	7.6	0.09	97	3	1
22	Jeremy Reaves	WAS	59.2	74	708	92.9	5.8	17.07	0.123	13.0	0.85	87	1	0
23	Nick Emmanwori	SEA	58.5	73	768	99.6	8.6	16.67	0.104	9.1	1.37	80	1	0
24	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	58.5	72	1,038	92.5	5.4	14.29	0.090	4.1	0.48	93	2	1
25	Ronnie Hickman Jr.	CLE	58.0	70	1,039	78.7	4.6	14.58	0.099	10.4	0.10	103	2	0
26	Tony Adams	NYJ	57.8	69	468	87.7	5.1	20.83	0.103	15.8	0.85	48	0	0
27	Calen Bullock	HOU	57.2	68	992	72.6	6.1	16.39	0.064	8.7	0.00	63	4	1
28	Talanoa Hufanga	DEN	56.5	67	1,083	103.4	5.4	18.97	0.098	8.6	0.74	106	0	1
29	Minkah Fitzpatrick	MIA	56.1	65	845	91.0	5.1	13.95	0.095	9.1	0.59	80	1	1
30	Kyle Dugger	PIT	55.9	64	743	88.8	4.8	13.89	0.079	4.8	0.40	59	2	0
31	Andrew Wingard	JAX	55.9	63	961	80.5	6.6	14.29	0.085	9.9	0.31	82	1	0
32	Jordan Poyer	BUF	55.4	62	428	115.5	4.2	16.67	0.164	9.1	0.35	70	1	0
33	Xavier Watts	ATL	54.6	60	1,094	89.7	5.1	19.64	0.086	8.7	0.00	94	5	0
34	Kam Curl	LA	53.8	59	1,112	89.5	5.8	7.81	0.106	5.6	0.36	118	2	1
35	Jaylen McCollough	LA	53.3	58	510	78.3	9.2	8.51	0.098	10.7	0.78	50	0	0
36	Chamarri Conner	KC	52.6	57	1,021	89.5	5.4	3.64	0.113	7.3	0.59	115	1	2
37	Jordan Battle	CIN	52.1	56	1,047	87.9	4.5	12.77	0.117	13.4	0.19	123	4	2
38	Eric Murray	JAX	51.9	54	602	107.0	4.5	22.22	0.086	8.8	0.50	52	1	1
39	Kevin Byard	CHI	51.7	53	1,071	103.5	4.2	17.78	0.084	7.2	0.37	90	7	0
40	Ty Okada	SEA	50.8	52	742	101.7	6.1	13.33	0.086	4.5	0.61	64	1	0
41	Thomas Harper	DET	49.8	51	483	111.8	3.7	27.78	0.077	7.5	0.21	37	1	1
42	Grant Delpit	CLE	49.4	49	1,012	92.8	5.6	7.02	0.085	7.5	0.69	86	1	2
43	Josh Metellus	MIN	49.4	48	868	95.0	5.4	12.77	0.097	7.7	0.17	84	2	0
44	Reed Blankenship	PHI	49.3	47	1,008	92.8	3.0	13.33	0.082	9.8	0.10	83	1	1
45	Jaden Hicks	KC	49.0	46	445	96.6	4.9	18.18	0.094	10.6	0.11	42	0	0
46	Jonas Sanker	NO	48.3	44	978	101.3	3.5	17.65	0.081	11.2	0.31	79	2	0
47	Ji'Ayir Brown	SF	48.1	43	801	102.4	5.4	13.95	0.094	6.3	0.25	75	2	1
48	Justin Reid	NO	46.3	42	833	102.6	4.9	14.63	0.086	8.9	0.30	72	1	0
49	Theo Jackson	MIN	46.0	41	530	131.5	2.6	7.14	0.087	9.8	0.94	46	0	1
50	Harrison Smith	MIN	45.9	40	793	116.8	4.3	29.41	0.068	14.3	0.50	54	2	1
51	Budda Baker	ARI	45.4	38	1,042	99.8	5.9	8.20	0.112	9.3	0.43	117	1	0
52	Malaki Starks	BAL	45.3	37	1,065	94.0	4.0	9.30	0.078	7.8	0.09	83	2	0
53	Jalen Thompson	ARI	45.2	36	980	102.1	6.1	10.00	0.095	5.1	0.31	93	0	1
54	Nick Cross	IND	42.8	35	1,111	99.0	6.7	6.76	0.106	10.6	0.68	118	1	1
55	Elijah Molden	LAC	42.8	33	540	98.7	4.1	4.55	0.094	8.9	0.00	51	1	0
56	Malachi Moore	NYJ	42.4	32	950	106.1	4.7	6.67	0.106	8.2	0.32	101	0	1
57	Javon Bullard	GB	42.0	31	724	99.2	7.6	5.45	0.112	5.8	0.28	81	0	0
58	Xavier Woods	TEN	41.4	30	526	82.4	6.1	9.38	0.074	18.8	0.19	39	2	0
59	Kamren Kinchens	LA	40.9	28	842	111.8	5.1	13.95	0.097	6.8	0.00	82	2	0
60	Will Harris	WAS	40.4	27	560	117.1	3.6	15.00	0.068	11.6	0.36	38	0	1
61	Malik Mustapha	SF	40.2	26	698	113.5	4.9	8.82	0.106	10.8	0.43	74	1	0
62	Alohi Gilman	BAL	38.6	25	1,026	116.2	4.6	19.15	0.087	11.0	0.10	89	0	1
63	Dante Trader Jr.	MIA	38.4	23	419	128.2	4.5	5.26	0.129	8.5	0.00	54	0	1
64	Andrew Mukuba	PHI	38.3	22	672	113.0	3.7	12.00	0.064	12.2	0.37	43	2	0
65	Andre Cisco	NYJ	35.4	21	499	130.2	3.2	6.25	0.080	11.1	0.20	40	0	0
66	Jaquan Brisker	CHI	35.2	20	1,072	130.7	4.2	17.78	0.085	7.1	0.19	91	1	0
67	Donovan Wilson	DAL	34.0	19	921	119.4	3.5	15.63	0.077	16.5	0.33	71	2	1
68	Tyler Nubin	NYG	33.3	17	811	132.2	4.6	5.41	0.094	9.5	0.86	76	0	0
69	Bryan Cook	KC	32.9	16	857	127.9	6.0	11.76	0.098	3.4	0.12	84	0	0
70	Malik Hooker	DAL	32.9	15	594	132.4	4.2	4.00	0.082	5.8	0.34	49	0	0
71	Geno Stone	CIN	32.0	14	1,014	113.6	4.2	9.30	0.102	19.5	0.59	103	2	0
72	Ashtyn Davis	MIA	31.7	12	714	112.2	5.2	10.81	0.088	19.2	0.42	63	1	1
73	Ifeatu Melifonwu	MIA	31.4	11	547	130.4	4.8	3.85	0.095	10.3	0.37	52	1	0
74	Jeremy Chinn	LV	31.1	10	996	124.8	5.2	3.85	0.115	8.0	0.40	115	0	2
75	Nick Scott	CAR	29.5	9	1,035	117.0	5.4	5.36	0.106	8.3	0.00	110	1	0
76	Craig Woodson	NE	27.8	7	950	133.3	4.6	6.82	0.082	7.1	0.42	78	0	0
77	Jason Pinnock	SF	27.2	6	494	138.0	4.9	0.00	0.083	6.8	0.20	41	0	0
78	Chuck Clark	PIT	26.3	5	437	151.3	7.1	9.68	0.112	7.5	0.46	49	0	1
79	Isaiah Pola-Mao	LV	22.8	4	1,080	120.7	5.3	7.02	0.084	15.7	0.28	91	2	0
80	Amani Hooker	TEN	21.5	2	919	144.0	6.6	13.11	0.088	9.0	0.44	81	0	0
81	Quan Martin	WAS	16.9	1	927	153.3	5.3	6.12	0.107	9.2	0.11	99	0	1

Low-volume safeties (23)

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

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	DeShon Elliott	PIT	70.2	89	281	46.2	6.8	10.53	0.135	7.3	0.71	38	1	1
2	Lathan Ransom	CAR	68.9	89	336	76.9	5.4	11.11	0.152	3.8	0.89	51	1	1
3	R.J. Mickens	LAC	63.5	80	328	25.4	3.4	18.18	0.088	12.1	0.00	29	2	0
4	Rayshawn Jenkins	CLE	62.6	80	277	64.0	5.4	6.67	0.162	6.3	0.00	45	1	1
5	Markquese Bell	DAL	53.7	58	356	112.8	3.9	21.43	0.112	4.8	0.28	40	1	1
6	Isaiah Oliver	NYJ	53.5	58	322	99.8	7.8	12.00	0.171	5.2	0.00	55	0	0
7	Jay Ward	MIN	53.2	57	248	92.6	2.8	0.00	0.109	6.9	0.40	27	0	0
8	Sydney Brown	PHI	52.5	56	249	111.1	2.4	0.00	0.137	5.6	0.00	34	0	0
9	Jordan Howden	NO	52.3	56	261	80.9	4.2	0.00	0.111	9.4	0.38	29	0	0
10	Avonte Maddox	DET	50.8	52	342	101.9	5.8	20.00	0.094	5.9	0.29	32	1	1
11	Marcus Epps	PHI	48.7	44	250	118.8	2.8	0.00	0.084	0.0	0.40	21	0	0
12	Cam Lewis	BUF	48.5	44	373	82.5	11.0	9.76	0.115	8.5	0.27	43	0	2
13	Kerby Joseph	DET	44.1	35	316	99.4	4.4	28.57	0.057	18.2	0.00	18	3	0
14	Juanyeh Thomas	DAL	43.2	35	266	156.3	1.1	0.00	0.098	16.1	0.00	26	0	0
15	M.J. Stewart	HOU	41.4	30	228	102.8	7.5	11.76	0.110	13.8	0.00	25	0	1
16	Taylor Rapp	BUF	39.9	25	343	86.3	2.9	0.00	0.076	21.2	0.00	26	0	0
17	Myles Bryant	HOU	39.2	25	343	105.5	6.4	0.00	0.117	11.1	0.29	40	0	0
18	Juan Thornhill	JAX	36.7	21	316	137.0	5.4	5.88	0.120	9.5	0.32	38	0	0
19	Kevin Winston Jr.	TEN	35.4	21	313	158.3	7.7	8.33	0.102	0.0	1.60	32	0	0
20	Lonnie Johnson	LV	33.5	17	321	111.6	5.3	11.76	0.078	21.9	0.00	25	0	0
21	Quandre Diggs	SEA	33.0	16	329	148.4	4.0	7.69	0.088	9.4	0.00	29	0	0
22	Darnell Savage	BUF	27.7	6	266	126.0	7.5	10.00	0.068	18.2	0.00	18	0	1
23	Marques Sigle	SF	26.3	4	387	149.6	7.8	6.67	0.134	7.1	0.26	52	0	0