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RotoBaller's updated fantasy football defense (D/ST) rankings for 2025 fantasy football drafts. These tiered ranks are for NFL team defenses/special teams.
We're really getting into the heart of the fantasy football draft season, and we're here as always to help you crush those drafts. Today we're back with our team's freshly-updated 2025 fantasy football defense (D/ST) rankings to help you make the right D/ST picks during drafts. Even though team defenses are not always high-priority picks for fantasy managers, and will almost always get drafted in the very late rounds, picking the right D/ST for your teams can be the difference between winning and losing a matchup.
Our updated defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, the lead NFL rankings analyst at RotoBaller. Below you will also see recent fantasy football news and NFL headlines for teams defenses, which are accounted for within our updated 2025 draft rankings.
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Defenses Fantasy Football News and Injuries
- Terrell Smith Carted Off With Non-Contact Knee Injury
- Cowboys "Not Considering Trading" Micah Parsons
- Trey Hendrickson to End Holdout and Report
- Sauce Gardner May Cover No. 1 Receivers More Often
- Alex Singleton to Miss 7-8 Days With Broken Thumb
- Travis Hunter Working with Wideouts Early
- Chicago Bears Defense Getting Healthier
- Philadelphia Eagles Defense Forces Two Turnovers Against Browns
- Chargers Defense Dominates in Preseason Win
- Mason Graham Inks Rookie Deal with Browns
- Derrick Brown Week-to-Week
- L'Jarius Sneed Expected Back for the Fall
- Lions Sign Zach Cunningham
- Commanders Sign Carl Davis
- Josh Metellus Signs a Three-Year Extension With Vikings
- Saints Trade Khalen Saunders to Jaguars for Luke Fortner
Updated Fantasy Football Defense (D/ST) Rankings
You can also find our updated Half-PPR rankings, Non-PPR (Standard) rankings, Best Ball rankings, Dynasty League rankings, and more.
| D/ST Tier | D/ST Rank | D/ST Name | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Denver Broncos | DST |
| 1 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 1 | 3 | Baltimore Ravens | DST |
| 1 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 2 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 2 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings | DST |
| 3 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 3 | 8 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 3 | 9 | Los Angeles Chargers | DST |
| 3 | 10 | Houston Texans | DST |
| 4 | 11 | Detroit Lions | DST |
| 4 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 4 | 13 | New York Giants | DST |
| 4 | 14 | Seattle Seahawks | DST |
| 4 | 15 | New York Jets | DST |
| 5 | 16 | Cleveland Browns | DST |
| 5 | 17 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 5 | 18 | New England Patriots | DST |
| 5 | 19 | Chicago Bears | DST |
| 5 | 20 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 5 | 21 | Indianapolis Colts | DST |
| 5 | 22 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 6 | 23 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 6 | 24 | Atlanta Falcons | DST |
| 6 | 25 | Washington Commanders | DST |
| 6 | 26 | Carolina Panthers | DST |
| 6 | 27 | Las Vegas Raiders | DST |
| 7 | 28 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DST |
| 7 | 29 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 7 | 30 | New Orleans Saints | DST |
| 7 | 31 | Miami Dolphins | DST |
| 7 | 32 | Tennessee Titans | DST |
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