NFL Advanced Stats Leaders — Pressure, Coverage, After Contact

Defense QB Pressure After Contact

Coverage

Fewest Yards / Target Allowed

YD/TGT

Coverage efficiency — yards surrendered per target. The stat that separates a lockdown corner from a name.

#	Player	Team	Pos	YD/TGT
1	Zack Baun	PHI	—	4.59
2	Jourdan Lewis	JAX	—	4.63
3	Edgerrin Cooper	GB	—	4.78
4	Tre'Davious White	BUF	—	4.85
5	Omar Speights	LA	—	4.92
6	Joey Porter Jr.	PIT	—	4.93
7	Carlton Davis	NE	—	5.01
8	Patrick Surtain II	DEN	—	5.04
9	Dee Winters	SF	—	5.10
10	Devin White	LV	—	5.28
11	Kyle Hamilton	BAL	—	5.29
12	Azeez Al-Shaair	HOU	—	5.36
13	Kaden Elliss	ATL	—	5.39
14	Alex Anzalone	DET	—	5.44
15	Ja'Quan McMillian	DEN	—	5.55

Lowest Completion % Allowed

COMP%

How often the pass got there when this defender was the nearest man in coverage.

#	Player	Team	Pos	COMP%
1	Derek Stingley Jr.	HOU	—	41.7%
2	Quinyon Mitchell	PHI	—	45.5%
3	Jaycee Horn	CAR	—	47.8%
4	Joey Porter Jr.	PIT	—

Pass Rush

Most QB Pressures

PRESS

Total quarterback pressures — the disruption box scores never credit.

#	Player	Team	Pos	PRESS
1	Zach Allen	DEN	—	54
2	Myles Garrett	CLE	—	53
3	Aidan Hutchinson	DET	—	50
4	DeMarcus Lawrence	SEA	—

Most Sacks

SACKS

Sacks charged by PFR's film charting.

#	Player	Team	Pos	SACKS
1	Myles Garrett	CLE	—	23.0
2	Danielle Hunter	HOU	—	18.0
3	Brian Burns	NYG	—	16.5
4	Will Anderson	HOU	—

Tackling

Lowest Missed-Tackle %

MISS%

Sure tackling — missed tackles as a share of tackle attempts. Lower is a closer.

#	Player	Team	Pos	MISS%
1	Dre'Mont Jones	BAL	—	0.0%
2	Dane Belton	NYG	—	1.7%
3	Dre Greenlaw	DEN	—	1.9%
4	Jaylen Watson	KC

What These Mean

GLOSSARY

These come from Pro Football Reference's film charting — analysts re-watching every snap and crediting pressures, broken tackles, and coverage by hand. It's the closest the public gets to All-22 film study in a spreadsheet. Charted, not modeled: no expected values, just what the tape showed.

QB Pressures: Plays where a pass rusher beat his block and disrupted the quarterback — a hurry, a hit, or a sack. The truest measure of a rusher's impact, well beyond the sack column.
Sacks: Quarterback takedowns behind the line on a pass attempt, as charged by PFR's film review. Charted independently of the official scorer, so totals can differ slightly from the box score.
Yards per Target Allowed: Receiving yards surrendered divided by passes thrown at the receiver this defender was covering. The cleanest read on coverage — a low number means the throw rarely paid off.
Completion % Allowed: Share of targets into this defender's coverage that were caught. Lower means tighter coverage, or a defender quarterbacks simply avoid.
Missed-Tackle %: Missed tackles as a share of all tackle attempts (made plus missed). A closer's stat — the lower it is, the more often the ball carrier goes down on first contact.
Yards After Contact (YAC): Rushing yards gained after the first defender makes contact. Pure physicality and balance — yards the blocking didn't give him.

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