NFL by position · 2026 regular season

Safeties: top 50, 2026

The top 50 safeties, ranked by tackles, through Week 6, plus 13 of the 14 Week 7 games. Tap a column to re-sort.

By Taurean Matador · Updated Monday, October 26

Safeties


1	Evan Williams GB	7	488	100.0	60	36	24	2.0	1.0	4	6	2	17	0	1
2	Dane Belton NYJ	7	468	100.0	55	28	27	1.0	1.0	1	3	0	0	0	0
3	Brandon Jones DEN	7	507	98.8	51	30	21	2.0	0.0	1	5	2	31	0	1
4	Quentin Lake LAR	7	455	100.0	49	32	17	0.0	0.0	0	9	2	0	1	0
5	Kyle Hamilton BAL	7	425	96.6	48	33	15	7.0	0.0	1	4	1	2	1	0
6	Jeremy Chinn LV	7	473	100.0	46	34	12	1.0	1.0	2	1	0	0	2	2
7	Dillon Thieneman CHI	7	363	97.6	46	24	22	2.0	1.5	3	5	1	0	0	0
8	Amani Hooker TEN	6	421	85.9	45	28	17	1.0	0.0	0	3	2	92	0	0
9	Jonas Sanker NO	7	329	69.4	44	30	14	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	1
10	Budda Baker ARI	7	428	99.3	44	25	19	4.0	3.5	5	4	1	15	0	0
11	Xavier Watts ATL	7	483	98.2	44	25	19	1.0	0.5	1	2	1	17	2	0
12	Reed Blankenship HOU	6	340	72.8	44	24	20	1.0	0.0	1	3	1	0	0	0
13	Ji'Ayir Brown SF	7	456	96.8	44	23	21	1.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
14	Jaquan Brisker PIT	7	437	99.8	44	21	23	0.0	0.0	1	3	1	10	0	0
15	Caleb Downs DAL	6	398	98.0	43	26	17	0.0	1.0	2	1	0	0	2	0
16	Cole Bishop BUF	6	430	98.4	43	24	19	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
17	Kevin Winston Jr. TEN	5	341	69.6	43	24	19	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Jalen Ramsey PIT	7	437	99.8	42	24	18	5.0	2.0	2	2	0	0	1	0
19	Ronnie Hickman Jr. CLE	7	458	99.3	41	19	22	0.0	1.0	1	2	1	-2	0	2
20	Jeremy Reaves WSH	6	358	90.9	40	23	17	0.0	0.0	0	3	0	0	0	0
21	Chuck Clark DET	6	373	83.8	40	22	18	1.0	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	0
22	Tykee Smith TB	7	423	97.0	40	20	20	3.0	0.0	4	2	1	0	1	0
23	Malaki Starks BAL	7	432	98.2	39	23	16	3.0	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	1
24	Jessie Bates ATL	7	472	95.9	39	19	20	0.0	0.0	0	4	1	0	2	1
25	Cooper DeJean PHI	6	426	99.1	38	22	16	3.0	0.0	1	5	1	25	0	0
26	Jordan Battle CIN	6	383	97.5	37	24	13	1.0	0.0	0	4	3	18	0	0
27	Justin Reid NO	7	444	93.7	37	24	13	1.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Josh Metellus MIN	6	354	99.4	37	21	16	0.0	0.5	1	3	0	0	0	0
29	Javon Bullard GB	7	354	72.5	37	18	19	4.0	0.0	0	7	0	0	0	0
30	A.J. Haulcy IND	7	350	81.2	36	19	17	0.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
31	Julian Blackmon NO	7	474	100.0	36	19	17	0.0	0.0	0	2	2	23	0	0
32	Minkah Fitzpatrick NYJ	5	300	64.1	36	19	17	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	27	0	1
33	Kam Curl LAR	7	418	91.9	33	19	14	3.0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
34	Kevin Byard NE	7	415	96.1	33	16	17	0.0	0.0	1	2	0	0	0	0
35	Michael Taaffe MIA	6	346	92.5	33	15	18	0.0	0.0	0	2	2	2	1	0
36	Dante Trader Jr. MIA	6	287	76.7	33	14	19	0.0	0.0	0	3	1	14	0	0
37	Craig Woodson NE	6	336	77.8	31	18	13	0.0	0.0	0	3	1	0	0	1
38	Xavier McKinney GB	7	480	98.4	31	18	13	1.0	1.0	2	3	3	8	0	0
39	Kamren Kinchens LAR	5	235	51.6	31	16	15	0.0	0.5	1	2	0	0	0	0
40	Grant Delpit CLE	7	403	87.4	30	21	9	1.0	1.0	3	4	1	0	0	0
41	Calen Bullock HOU	7	455	97.4	30	20	10	1.0	0.0	0	4	1	0	0	0
42	Jevon Holland NYG	6	380	86.2	30	19	11	1.0	0.0	0	5	3	0	2	1
43	Antonio Johnson JAX	6	324	85.9	30	18	12	2.0	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	0
44	Jaylinn Hawkins BAL	6	315	71.6	30	17	13	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	Treydan Stukes LV	6	362	76.5	30	17	13	0.0	0.0	0	2	1	0	0	0
46	Andrew Mukuba PHI	6	429	99.8	30	14	16	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	21	0	0
47	Jaden Hicks KC	6	281	68.5	29	14	15	1.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
48	Malik Mustapha SF	7	246	52.2	28	16	12	0.0	0.0	1	3	0	0	0	1
49	Cam Lewis CHI	6	271	72.8	27	20	7	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
50	Nick Emmanwori SEA	6	268	61.8	27	20	7	3.0	2.0	7	1	0	0	0	0

Tackles include special teams. Team is the player's team in his latest game. Raiders are marked.

How these are built

Box-score numbers from the NFL's play-by-play, with snap counts from Pro Football Reference, both via nflverse. Players are filed at the same position as on the PFF page, so an edge rusher is anyone who rushes from the line and a linebacker plays off the ball. G is games played.

Updated Friday, Monday and Tuesday mornings through the season, after the Thursday, Sunday and Monday games.

Sources: nflverse (NFL play-by-play stats, Pro Football Reference snap counts) · ESPN scoreboards.

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