Week 10 Advanced Coverage Grade Report: Best defenders in PFF's advanced coverage grade

• D.J. Reed stays on top: The New York Jets cornerback has earned the highest advanced coverage grade in the league through nine weeks.

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It’s never too early to start preparing for next season, and for PFF, that means looking at ways to improve PFF Premium Stats.

One exciting option is to introduce more data. To find out which stats resonate most with you, we’ll be offering select data outside of Premium Stats to see what grabs your interest.

Over recent weeks, we have presented a metric called “Advanced Coverage Grade,” which adds even more context to PFF's traditional coverage grade.

What is Advanced Coverage Grade?

Advanced coverage grade uses machine learning to map the separation allowed on a play to the expected PFF coverage grade the player would have earned had they been targeted. This system also factors in the difficulty of the assignment and situation when making that assessment.

The variables considered for assignment and situation include play position, player assignment within coverage, overall coverage scheme, safety rotation, press coverage, route depth and play action.

Going old school, this is a +/- grading system, though 0 doesn't necessarily represent expected or average results.

Advanced coverage grade through Week 9 of the 2024 NFL season (min. 25 snaps)

Rank	Last Week	Player	Team	Adv. Cov. Grade	Grade Percentile
1	1	D.J. Reed	New York Jets	5.1266	97.39%
2	5	Noah Igbinoghene	Washington Commanders	5.0266	97.30%
3	3	Marlon Humphrey	Baltimore Ravens	4.9955	97.23%
4	2	Christian Benford	Buffalo Bills	4.8303	96.70%
5	4	Trent McDuffie	Kansas City Chiefs	4.6076	96.12%
6	15	Jourdan Lewis	Dallas Cowboys	4.4278	95.63%
7	23	Jalen Ramsey	Miami Dolphins	4.2178	94.99%
8	10	Garrett Williams	Arizona Cardinals	4.0942	94.24%
9	12	Zyon McCollum	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3.9849	93.64%
10	8	Pat Surtain II	Denver Broncos	3.908	93.15%
11	14	Jalen Pitre	Houston Texans	3.8632	92.84%
12	7	Ja'Quan McMillian	Denver Broncos	3.8567	92.82%
13	6	Sauce Gardner	New York Jets	3.8481	92.78%
14	27	Jaycee Horn	Carolina Panthers	3.8028	92.31%
15	17	Jarrian Jones	Jacksonville Jaguars	3.734	91.93%
16	16	Kenny Moore II	Indianapolis Colts	3.6806	91.58%
17	9	Jaylon Johnson	Chicago Bears	3.6225	91.09%
18	#N/A	Cooper DeJean	Philadelphia Eagles	3.4915	90.10%
19	19	Rasul Douglas	Buffalo Bills	3.4135	89.65%
20	13	Jaylon Jones	Indianapolis Colts	3.2891	88.83%
21	30	Mike Hilton	Cincinnati Bengals	3.1403	88.01%
22	26	Carlton Davis III	Detroit Lions	3.0429	87.26%
23	20	Denzel Ward	Cleveland Browns	2.9822	86.75%
24	18	Riley Moss	Denver Broncos	2.9578	86.57%
25	21	Jaylen Watson	Kansas City Chiefs	2.9533	86.48%
26	24	Kristian Fulton	Los Angeles Chargers	2.9169	86.17%
27	25	Jamel Dean	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2.8945	85.84%
28	22	Andru Phillips	New York Giants	2.8322	85.02%
29	54	Tarheeb Still	Los Angeles Chargers	2.8079	84.80%
30	28	Jonathan Jones	New England Patriots	2.791	84.69%
31	29	Tykee Smith	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2.7545	84.42%
32	32	Darius Slay	Philadelphia Eagles	2.744	84.31%
33	38	Deommodore Lenoir	San Francisco 49Ers	2.7329	84.16%
34	34	Joey Porter Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	2.7017	83.78%
35	33	Marshon Lattimore	New Orleans Saints	2.6483	83.07%
36	37	Quinyon Mitchell	Philadelphia Eagles	2.6422	83.03%
37	46	Mike Jackson	Carolina Panthers	2.6379	82.96%
38	70	Dee Alford	Atlanta Falcons	2.6217	82.83%
39	35	Isaac Yiadom	San Francisco 49Ers	2.5903	82.34%
40	31	Jaire Alexander	Green Bay Packers	2.5695	82.05%
41	39	Nate Hobbs	Las Vegas Raiders	2.5686	81.96%
42	48	Marcus Jones	New England Patriots	2.4766	80.92%
43	11	Tariq Woolen	Seattle Seahawks	2.4189	80.17%
44	49	Devon Witherspoon	Seattle Seahawks	2.3774	79.88%
45	47	Mike Hughes	Atlanta Falcons	2.3276	79.42%
46	44	Montaric Brown	Jacksonville Jaguars	2.2815	78.75%
47	41	Amik Robertson	Detroit Lions	2.2785	78.73%
48	43	Christian Gonzalez	New England Patriots	2.1412	77.20%
49	#N/A	Taron Johnson	Buffalo Bills	2.1269	76.93%
50	36	Jarvis Brownlee Jr.	Tennessee Titans	2.1058	76.60%
51	40	DJ Turner II	Cincinnati Bengals	2.0698	76.14%
52	45	Renardo Green	San Francisco 49Ers	2.0412	75.63%
53	42	Derek Stingley Jr.	Houston Texans	1.9306	74.03%
54	52	Byron Murphy Jr.	Minnesota Vikings	1.8859	73.68%
55	53	Troy Hill	Carolina Panthers	1.8436	73.14%
56	#N/A	Darious Williams	Los Angeles Rams	1.8388	73.08%
57	51	Mike Sainristil	Washington Commanders	1.8217	72.83%
58	#N/A	Tyson Campbell	Jacksonville Jaguars	1.7919	72.57%
59	50	Kool-Aid McKinstry	New Orleans Saints	1.7488	72.08%
60	62	Deonte Banks	New York Giants	1.7266	71.88%
61	60	Avonte Maddox	Philadelphia Eagles	1.7148	71.75%
62	55	Charvarius Ward	San Francisco 49Ers	1.6928	71.22%
63	72	Jakorian Bennett	Las Vegas Raiders	1.685	71.13%
64	79	Kendall Fuller	Miami Dolphins	1.6845	71.11%
65	58	A.J. Terrell	Atlanta Falcons	1.6843	71.08%
66	75	Alontae Taylor	New Orleans Saints	1.675	70.91%
67	59	Beanie Bishop Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.6566	70.62%
68	63	Kamari Lassiter	Houston Texans	1.566	69.58%
69	73	Kyler Gordon	Chicago Bears	1.5594	69.42%
70	56	Roger McCreary	Tennessee Titans	1.4984	68.73%
71	64	Jack Jones	Las Vegas Raiders	1.4745	68.47%
72	65	Ronald Darby	Jacksonville Jaguars	1.4015	67.34%
73	76	Keisean Nixon	Green Bay Packers	1.3957	67.23%
74	66	Shaquill Griffin	Minnesota Vikings	1.3719	66.81%
75	69	Tre'Davious White	Los Angeles Rams	1.3251	66.08%
76	71	Dax Hill	Cincinnati Bengals	1.315	65.92%
77	67	Donte Jackson	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.294	65.65%
78	57	Brandon Stephens	Baltimore Ravens	1.2154	64.50%
79	77	Kader Kohou	Miami Dolphins	1.2055	64.35%
80	78	Starling Thomas V	Arizona Cardinals	1.1631	63.66%
81	74	Paulson Adebo	New Orleans Saints	1.1495	63.44%
82	80	Terrion Arnold	Detroit Lions	1.1257	63.20%
83	82	Tre Brown	Seattle Seahawks	1.0489	62.33%
84	61	Samuel Womack III	Indianapolis Colts	1.028	62.02%
85	81	Cor'Dale Flott	New York Giants	0.8733	59.72%
86	84	Stephon Gilmore	Minnesota Vikings	0.8299	59.10%
87	83	Cam Hart	Los Angeles Chargers	0.8248	59.01%
88	85	Nate Wiggins	Baltimore Ravens	0.7855	58.43%
89	90	Greg Newsome II	Cleveland Browns	0.5679	55.51%
90	68	Benjamin St-Juste	Washington Commanders	0.4809	54.60%
91	91	Tyrique Stevenson	Chicago Bears	0.4505	54.18%
92	86	Cobie Durant	Los Angeles Rams	0.4151	53.65%
93	94	Max Melton	Arizona Cardinals	0.1945	50.88%
94	88	Trevon Diggs	Dallas Cowboys	0.1066	48.44%
95	87	Asante Samuel Jr.	Los Angeles Chargers	0.0449	42.83%
96	92	Eric Stokes	Green Bay Packers	0.0101	30.82%
97	89	Cam Taylor-Britt	Cincinnati Bengals	-0.0807	9.59%
98	93	Sean Murphy-Bunting	Arizona Cardinals	-0.3185	5.01%
99	95	L'Jarius Sneed	Tennessee Titans	-0.7997	2.57%
100	96	Martin Emerson Jr.	Cleveland Browns	-1.3752	1.02%