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Fantasy football IDP draft rankings for the 2021 NFL season and individual defensive players - linebackers (LB), defensive linemen (DL), defensive backs (DB).
Welcome back RotoBallers! Below you will find our staff's updated 2021 fantasy football rankings (top 130) for IDP formats. For those of you who are not familiar with fantasy football IDP leagues, these are formats where individual defensive players (IDP) are drafted by fantasy managers and accrue points for defensive stats like tackles, sacks, interceptions, etc. Our staff ranks include linebackers, defensive line, and defensive backs.
These rankings are being released after the conclusion of the 2021 NFL Draft, and things will of course change as we get closer to the start of the NFL season. Adjustments will be made to all of our staff rankings all offseason long up until Week 1, so check back regularly for any player movements. You can also see our staff's ongoing rankings analysis articles discussing draft values, sleepers, players to target/avoid, the NFL rookies, and analyzing the NFL Draft results.
And of course, be sure to also check out our 2021 fantasy football rankings dashboard and bookmark it! That RotoBaller rankings homepage is loaded up with lots of other great staff rankings - all updated after the NFL Draft - including our early PPR Rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard league rankings, Dynasty League rankings, Superflex rankings, FFPC rankings, and 2021 NFL Rookie rankings. Bookmark those pages, and prepare for all of your drafts.
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Rankings table below last updated on September 5th, 2021.
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | Darius Leonard | LB |
| 1 | 2 | Devin White | LB |
| 1 | 3 | T.J. Watt | LB/DL |
| 1 | 4 | Bobby Wagner | LB |
| 1 | 5 | Budda Baker | DB |
| 1 | 6 | Roquan Smith | LB |
| 2 | 7 | Myles Garrett | DL |
| 2 | 8 | Blake Martinez | LB |
| 2 | 9 | Chase Young | DL |
| 2 | 10 | Nick Bosa | DL |
| 2 | 11 | Jamal Adams | DB |
| 2 | 12 | Zach Cunningham | LB |
| 3 | 13 | Fred Warner | LB |
| 3 | 14 | Joey Bosa | DL |
| 3 | 15 | Aaron Donald | DL |
| 3 | 16 | Danielle Hunter | DL |
| 3 | 17 | Lavonte David | LB |
| 3 | 18 | Landon Collins | DB |
| 3 | 19 | Za'Darius Smith | LB/DL |
| 4 | 20 | Jordan Poyer | DB |
| 4 | 21 | Joe Schobert | LB |
| 4 | 22 | Jeremy Chinn | DB/LB |
| 4 | 23 | Derwin James | DB |
| 4 | 24 | Patrick Queen | LB |
| 4 | 25 | Jayon Brown | LB |
| 4 | 26 | Jabrill Peppers | DB |
| 4 | 27 | Eric Kendricks | LB |
| 4 | 28 | Jessie Bates III | DB |
| 4 | 29 | John Johnson III | DB |
| 4 | 30 | Foyesade Oluokun | LB/DB |
| 5 | 31 | Deion Jones | LB |
| 5 | 32 | Demario Davis | LB |
| 5 | 33 | Tremaine Edmunds | LB |
| 5 | 34 | Khalil Mack | LB/DL |
| 5 | 35 | Antoine Winfield Jr. | DB |
| 5 | 36 | Jordan Hicks | LB |
| 5 | 37 | Devin Bush | LB |
| 5 | 38 | Brian Burns | DL |
| 5 | 39 | Minkah Fitzpatrick | DB |
| 5 | 40 | Isaiah Simmons | LB |
| 5 | 41 | Justin Simmons | DB |
| 5 | 42 | Jamin Davis | LB |
| 5 | 43 | Myles Jack | LB |
| 5 | 44 | Haason Reddick | DL/LB |
| 6 | 45 | Taylor Rapp | DB |
| 6 | 46 | Zaven Collins | LB |
| 6 | 47 | Bradley Chubb | LB/DL |
| 6 | 48 | Cameron Heyward | DL |
| 6 | 49 | Cory Littleton | LB |
| 6 | 50 | Kenneth Murray Jr. | LB |
| 6 | 51 | Harrison Smith | DB |
| 6 | 52 | Jerome Baker | LB |
| 7 | 53 | Rashaan Evans | LB |
| 7 | 54 | Vonn Bell | DB |
| 7 | 55 | Kamren Curl | DB |
| 7 | 56 | Shaquil Barrett | LB/DL |
| 7 | 57 | Chandler Jones | LB/DL |
| 7 | 58 | Jaylon Smith | LB |
| 7 | 59 | Micah Parsons | LB |
| 7 | 60 | Christian Kirksey | LB |
| 7 | 61 | Leighton Vander Esch | LB |
| 7 | 62 | Jason Pierre-Paul | DL/LB |
| 7 | 63 | Khari Willis | DB |
| 7 | 64 | DeForest Buckner | DL |
| 7 | 65 | Matt Milano | LB |
| 7 | 66 | Tyrann Mathieu | DB |
| 7 | 67 | Kwon Alexander | LB |
| 7 | 68 | C.J. Mosley | LB |
| 7 | 69 | Montez Sweat | DL |
| 7 | 70 | Shaq Thompson | LB |
| 7 | 71 | Justin Reid | DB |
| 7 | 72 | Alexander Johnson | LB |
| 8 | 73 | Kevin Byard | DB |
| 8 | 74 | Von Miller | LB/DL |
| 8 | 75 | Harold Landry III | DL/LB |
| 8 | 76 | Jeffery Simmons | DL |
| 8 | 77 | Tracy Walker | DB |
| 8 | 78 | Marlon Humphrey | DB |
| 8 | 79 | Trevon Moehrig | DB |
| 8 | 80 | Daniel Sorensen | DB |
| 8 | 81 | Alex Singleton | LB |
| 8 | 82 | Cameron Jordan | DL |
| 8 | 83 | Terrell Edmunds | DB |
| 8 | 84 | Sam Hubbard | DL |
| 8 | 85 | Yannick Ngakoue | DL |
| 8 | 86 | Quinnen Williams | DL |
| 8 | 87 | Bud Dupree | LB |
| 8 | 88 | Johnathan Abram | DB |
| 8 | 89 | Jordyn Brooks | LB |
| 8 | 90 | Marcus Maye | DB |
| 8 | 91 | Dre Greenlaw | LB |
| 8 | 92 | Zack Baun | LB |
| 8 | 93 | Josh Allen | DL |
| 8 | 94 | Bobby Okereke | LB |
| 8 | 95 | Logan Wilson | LB |
| 9 | 96 | J.J. Watt | DL |
| 9 | 97 | Jarrad Davis | LB |
| 9 | 98 | Kyle Van Noy | DL/LB |
| 9 | 99 | Xavier McKinney | DB |
| 9 | 100 | Carlton Davis | DB |
| 9 | 101 | Demarcus Lawrence | DL |
| 9 | 102 | Anthony Walker | DB |
| 9 | 103 | Micah Hyde | DB |
| 9 | 104 | Rayshawn Jenkins | DB |
| 9 | 105 | Brandon Graham | DL |
| 9 | 106 | K.J. Wright | LB |
| 9 | 107 | Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah | LB |
| 9 | 108 | Darnell Savage Jr. | DB |
| 9 | 109 | Chris Jones | DL |
| 9 | 110 | Trey Flowers | DL |
| 9 | 111 | Stephon Tuitt | DL |
| 9 | 112 | Chuck Clark | DB |
| 9 | 113 | Leonard Williams | DL |
| 9 | 114 | Richie Grant | DB |
| 9 | 115 | Eddie Jackson | DB |
| 9 | 116 | Donovan Wilson | DB |
| 9 | 117 | Danny Trevathan | LB |
| 9 | 118 | Grady Jarrett | DL |
| 9 | 119 | Willie Gay Jr. | LB |
| 9 | 120 | Jamie Collins Sr. | LB |
| 9 | 121 | Micah Kiser | LB |
| 9 | 123 | Benardrick McKinney | LB |
| 9 | 124 | Pete Werner | LB |
| 9 | 125 | Malcolm Jenkins | DB |
| 9 | 126 | Trevon Diggs | LB |
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