S Grades

Provisional · Through week 6

83 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	Julian Love	SEA	96.9	100	308	13.5	4.2	46.15	0.075	0.0	0.65	23	2	0
2	Evan Williams	GB	95.8	99	420	42.9	6.0	20.00	0.121	1.9	0.71	51	2	0
3	Jevon Holland	NYG	89.5	98	380	37.3	5.0	26.32	0.079	9.1	0.26	30	3	2
4	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	89.2	96	375	67.7	6.4	16.67	0.117	4.3	1.60	44	1	1
5	Dillon Thieneman	CHI	89.1	95	309	64.6	6.5	25.00	0.123	5.0	0.97	38	1	0
6	Talanoa Hufanga	DEN	88.2	94	321	16.1	4.7	20.00	0.069	21.4	1.25	22	2	1
7	Dane Belton	NYJ	87.3	93	403	56.7	4.7	15.79	0.114	2.1	0.50	46	0	0
8	Tony Adams	TEN	85.2	92	167	42.4	5.4	11.11	0.144	0.0	1.20	24	0	0
9	Dante Trader Jr.	MIA	81.4	90	241	41.7	3.3	37.50	0.108	7.1	0.00	26	1	0
10	Grant Delpit	CLE	80.3	89	345	50.1	7.2	12.00	0.070	4.0	0.58	24	1	0
11	Malik Mustapha	SF	80.1	88	179	39.6	5.0	33.33	0.112	9.1	0.00	20	0	0
12	Minkah Fitzpatrick	NYJ	79.2	87	235	50.9	4.7	18.18	0.111	0.0	0.00	26	1	0
13	Emmanuel McNeil-Warren	CLE	78.9	86	163	79.2	4.9	37.50	0.147	4.0	0.61	24	0	0
14	Marques Sigle	SF	78.5	84	237	39.6	3.0	0.00	0.110	0.0	0.84	26	0	0
15	Chuck Clark	DET	76.1	83	318	53.6	6.9	4.55	0.110	5.4	0.63	35	1	1
16	Javon Bullard	GB	76.1	82	317	81.0	10.1	18.75	0.110	2.8	0.95	35	0	0
17	Quentin Lake	LA	75.2	81	387	70.6	9.3	22.22	0.109	10.6	0.00	42	2	1
18	Andrew Wingard	ARI	72.2	80	182	66.7	4.4	12.50	0.126	11.5	1.65	23	1	1
19	Andre Cisco	NYJ	71.0	78	173	74.2	7.5	7.69	0.127	4.3	1.73	22	0	1
20	Nick Emmanwori	SEA	69.4	77	215	82.5	4.7	10.00	0.107	11.5	2.33	23	0	0
21	Harrison Smith	MIN	68.7	76	140	52.8	7.9	27.27	0.050	0.0	0.00	7	0	0
22	Jaquan Brisker	PIT	68.3	75	380	51.6	8.4	9.38	0.108	14.6	0.00	41	1	0
23	Amani Hooker	TEN	68.0	73	351	74.4	6.0	14.29	0.114	7.0	0.28	40	2	0
24	Ji'Ayir Brown	SF	67.1	72	388	75.9	3.6	14.29	0.101	4.9	0.26	39	0	0
25	Xavier McKinney	GB	64.2	71	412	68.6	3.6	20.00	0.051	8.7	0.49	21	3	0
26	Budda Baker	ARI	62.0	70	369	111.2	6.8	16.00	0.114	4.5	2.03	42	1	0
27	Christian Izien	DET	60.9	69	163	102.8	10.4	5.88	0.153	3.8	3.07	25	0	0
28	Rodney Thomas	SEA	60.8	67	261	62.2	5.4	21.43	0.046	7.7	0.00	12	0	0
29	Jordan Battle	CIN	60.7	66	325	62.1	7.1	17.39	0.098	17.9	0.00	32	3	0
30	Kevin Winston Jr.	TEN	59.8	65	271	75.9	2.6	0.00	0.107	0.0	0.00	29	0	1
31	Lathan Ransom	CAR	59.2	64	157	60.4	7.0	18.18	0.121	17.4	0.00	19	0	0
32	Jalen Pitre	HOU	56.2	63	305	88.2	5.9	22.22	0.079	7.7	0.33	24	0	0
33	Elijah Molden	LAC	55.5	61	180	94.8	4.4	0.00	0.128	0.0	0.56	23	0	0
34	Calen Bullock	HOU	54.2	60	391	72.8	7.4	13.79	0.066	10.3	0.26	26	1	0
35	Malik Hooker	DAL	50.5	59	159	95.6	5.7	22.22	0.101	5.9	0.00	16	0	0
36	Ifeatu Melifonwu	TB	50.4	58	141	42.7	2.8	0.00	0.064	10.0	0.00	9	0	0
37	Quan Martin	WAS	50.2	57	274	88.8	4.0	0.00	0.095	0.0	0.36	26	0	0
38	Genesis Smith	LAC	48.7	55	202	97.1	7.4	26.67	0.079	5.9	0.00	16	2	0
39	Antoine Winfield Jr.	TB	47.1	54	234	91.4	3.0	0.00	0.103	4.0	0.00	24	0	1
40	Jalen Thompson	DAL	46.7	53	167	97.9	2.4	0.00	0.102	5.6	0.00	17	0	0
41	Kam Curl	LA	46.5	52	351	87.3	3.1	18.18	0.083	17.1	0.57	29	0	0
42	Tre'von Moehrig	CAR	46.2	51	339	66.8	5.0	0.00	0.062	12.5	0.74	21	0	0
43	Antonio Johnson	JAX	45.3	49	324	102.6	4.6	6.67	0.093	3.2	0.77	30	0	0
44	Tyler Nubin	NYG	45.2	48	206	81.5	8.7	16.67	0.092	13.6	0.00	19	0	0
45	Markquese Bell	DAL	45.2	47	194	157.9	2.6	20.00	0.124	0.0	0.00	24	0	0
46	Sydney Brown	ATL	43.6	46	146	120.8	6.8	10.00	0.171	7.4	0.68	25	0	1
47	Nick Scott	CAR	41.5	45	211	77.8	8.1	5.88	0.081	5.6	0.00	17	0	0
48	Theo Jackson	MIN	41.2	43	191	158.3	1.6	33.33	0.063	0.0	0.00	12	0	0
49	Brandon Jones	DEN	39.9	42	426	87.3	4.7	20.00	0.101	20.4	0.23	43	2	0
50	Tony Jefferson	LAC	39.8	41	255	114.6	5.1	15.38	0.094	4.0	0.39	24	0	0
51	Michael Taaffe	MIA	39.5	40	287	90.8	5.9	5.88	0.105	6.3	0.00	30	1	1
52	Nick Cross	WAS	37.0	39	164	145.8	3.7	0.00	0.079	7.1	1.83	13	0	0
53	Xavier Watts	ATL	36.0	37	420	88.5	5.7	8.33	0.088	11.9	0.36	37	1	1
54	Bryan Cook	CIN	34.4	36	222	80.3	4.1	0.00	0.077	15.0	0.00	17	0	1
55	Jaden Hicks	KC	34.3	35	253	100.9	5.5	7.14	0.099	10.7	0.40	25	0	0
56	Derwin James	LAC	33.8	34	193	101.7	5.7	9.09	0.109	12.5	0.00	21	0	0
57	Josh Metellus	MIN	32.7	33	295	102.8	8.1	12.50	0.102	6.3	0.17	30	0	0
58	Alohi Gilman	KC	32.3	31	298	101.4	4.0	8.33	0.064	5.0	0.00	19	0	0
59	Jonas Sanker	NO	31.8	30	283	97.2	9.9	3.57	0.124	2.8	0.35	35	0	0
60	Damar Hamlin	BUF	30.7	29	151	118.8	6.6	0.00	0.119	0.0	0.00	18	0	0
61	Kamren Kinchens	LA	30.0	28	179	158.3	4.5	12.50	0.145	7.1	0.28	26	0	0
62	Zakee Wheatley	CAR	29.8	27	178	129.9	6.2	18.18	0.101	5.3	0.00	18	0	1
63	A.J. Haulcy	IND	29.3	25	291	98.7	7.6	9.09	0.093	6.9	0.00	27	0	0
64	Camryn Bynum	IND	29.2	24	371	97.2	4.6	11.76	0.065	11.1	0.00	24	1	0
65	Craig Woodson	NE	27.9	23	267	109.0	6.7	11.11	0.086	4.2	0.00	23	1	0
66	Kevin Byard	NE	27.9	22	350	104.9	4.6	12.50	0.074	10.3	0.00	26	0	0
67	Jeremy Reaves	WAS	27.7	20	358	136.8	4.7	17.65	0.112	2.4	0.00	40	0	0
68	Julian Blackmon	NO	26.7	19	410	104.9	3.9	12.50	0.073	11.8	0.00	30	2	0
69	Treydan Stukes	LV	26.5	18	290	105.3	6.2	11.11	0.090	10.3	0.00	26	1	0
70	Tykee Smith	TB	26.2	17	372	99.6	8.1	3.33	0.089	5.7	0.81	33	0	1
71	Jeremy Chinn	LV	26.0	16	401	130.1	3.5	7.14	0.097	7.1	0.50	39	0	2
72	Reed Blankenship	HOU	25.6	14	340	109.8	9.7	9.09	0.129	4.3	0.29	44	1	0
73	Cole Bishop	BUF	25.0	13	430	99.4	6.5	7.14	0.100	8.5	0.00	43	0	0
74	Cam Lewis	CHI	24.7	12	217	133.8	4.1	0.00	0.101	4.3	0.00	22	0	0
75	Caleb Downs	DAL	21.5	11	398	125.2	4.5	5.56	0.108	6.5	0.25	43	0	2
76	C.J. Gardner-Johnson	BUF	20.8	10	394	93.0	5.3	9.52	0.066	18.8	0.00	26	1	0
77	Eric Murray	JAX	18.0	8	253	134.5	2.8	0.00	0.063	15.8	0.00	16	0	0
78	Jessie Bates	ATL	14.7	7	408	133.3	4.7	10.53	0.074	3.2	0.00	30	0	1
79	Jaylinn Hawkins	BAL	14.5	6	315	125.5	5.7	0.00	0.095	3.2	0.00	30	0	0
80	Ronnie Hickman Jr.	CLE	12.3	5	395	119.8	5.3	9.52	0.078	16.2	0.25	31	1	0
81	Malaki Starks	BAL	11.9	4	379	158.3	4.0	6.67	0.095	12.2	1.06	36	0	0
82	Andrew Mukuba	PHI	11.7	2	429	125.8	3.0	7.69	0.070	18.9	0.00	30	1	0
83	Justin Reid	NO	5.2	1	410	119.8	6.8	0.00	0.080	15.4	0.24	33	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. While the season is in progress, thresholds are pro-rated to games played.

						FORMULA						CONTEXT
Rank
1	Robert Spears-Jennings	PIT	89.7	98	123	0.0	8.1	20.00	0.146	5.3	0.00	18	1	0
2	Zayne Anderson	MIA	59.5	64	97	84.0	6.2	16.67	0.103	0.0	1.03	10	0	0
3	Chamarri Conner	KC	50.0	55	131	104.2	3.8	20.00	0.076	16.7	1.53	10	0	0
4	Hunter Wohler	IND	49.8	55	75	140.3	4.0	0.00	0.187	0.0	0.00	14	0	0
5	Christian Roland-Wallace	KC	45.3	48	75	100.7	8.0	0.00	0.107	0.0	1.33	8	0	0
6	R.J. Mickens	LAC	43.9	46	125	87.5	3.2	0.00	0.088	8.3	0.00	11	0	0
7	Jaylen McCollough	LA	43.1	45	130	118.8	3.1	0.00	0.100	0.0	0.00	13	0	0
8	Rayshawn Jenkins	PIT	42.0	45	126	81.9	4.8	0.00	0.127	15.8	0.00	16	0	0
9	Jason Pinnock	NYG	39.8	41	107	127.1	3.7	25.00	0.047	16.7	0.93	5	0	1
10	Ty Okada	SEA	35.2	36	115	140.6	3.5	0.00	0.078	10.0	0.87	9	0	0
11	Ar'Darius Washington	NYG	31.8	29	76	99.5	10.5	0.00	0.145	15.4	0.00	11	0	0
12	AJ Finley	SEA	31.5	29	71	136.5	5.6	0.00	0.070	0.0	0.00	5	0	0
13	Jaylen Reed	NE	29.7	25	111	127.8	5.4	16.67	0.063	12.5	0.00	7	0	0
14	Xavier Woods	CHI	26.1	16	116	153.5	5.2	0.00	0.103	0.0	0.00	12	0	0
15	Thomas Harper	DET	24.8	12	87	145.8	9.2	25.00	0.057	0.0	0.00	5	0	0
16	Marcus Epps	PHI	22.9	11	119	118.8	5.9	0.00	0.118	22.2	0.00	14	0	0
17	Avonte Maddox	DET	22.8	11	112	139.2	9.8	18.18	0.089	0.0	0.00	10	0	0
18	Isaiah Pola-Mao	LV	21.8	11	112	158.3	6.3	0.00	0.134	6.3	0.00	15	0	0
19	Rayuan Lane III	JAX	18.2	8	120	140.7	9.2	9.09	0.133	11.1	0.00	16	0	0
20	Wydett Williams Jr.	ARI	17.6	7	101	141.4	6.9	14.29	0.069	30.0	0.00	7	0	0