Week 11 Advanced Coverage Grade Report: Best defenders in PFF's advanced coverage grade

• Marlon Humphrey takes the top spot: The Baltimore Ravens cornerback has earned the highest advanced coverage grade in the league through 10 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 10 of the 2024 NFL season (min. 25 snaps)

Rk	Last-week rk	Player	Team	Adv. Cov. Grade	Grade Percentile
1	3	Marlon Humphrey	Baltimore Ravens	5.450	98.19%
2	1	D.J. Reed	New York Jets	4.934	97.04%
3	4	Christian Benford	Buffalo Bills	4.911	96.95%
4	2	Noah Igbinoghene	Washington Commanders	4.721	96.44%
5	10	Pat Surtain II	Denver Broncos	4.604	96.11%
6	8	Garrett Williams	Arizona Cardinals	4.503	95.85%
7	6	Jourdan Lewis	Dallas Cowboys	4.401	95.43%
8	7	Jalen Ramsey	Miami Dolphins	4.299	95.07%
9	12	Ja'Quan McMillian	Denver Broncos	4.117	94.41%
10	5	Trent McDuffie	Kansas City Chiefs	4.117	94.39%
11	11	Jalen Pitre	Houston Texans	4.114	94.36%
12	16	Kenny Moore II	Indianapolis Colts	3.952	93.59%
13	17	Jaylon Johnson	Chicago Bears	3.887	92.97%
14	13	Sauce Gardner	New York Jets	3.874	92.84%
15	18	Cooper DeJean	Philadelphia Eagles	3.633	91.16%
16	22	Carlton Davis III	Detroit Lions	3.621	91.07%
17	14	Jaycee Horn	Carolina Panthers	3.524	90.36%
18	15	Jarrian Jones	Jacksonville Jaguars	3.469	90.01%
19	21	Mike Hilton	Cincinnati Bengals	3.429	89.77%
20	28	Andru Phillips	New York Giants	3.404	89.66%
21	24	Riley Moss	Denver Broncos	3.381	89.41%
22	9	Zyon McCollum	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3.291	88.97%
23	36	Quinyon Mitchell	Philadelphia Eagles	3.210	88.55%
24	49	Taron Johnson	Buffalo Bills	3.105	87.87%
25	42	Marcus Jones	New England Patriots	3.102	87.82%
26	25	Jaylen Watson	Kansas City Chiefs	3.097	87.80%
27	37	Mike Jackson	Carolina Panthers	3.073	87.58%
28	33	Deommodore Lenoir	San Francisco 49ers	3.057	87.40%
29	19	Rasul Douglas	Buffalo Bills	3.038	87.18%
30	23	Denzel Ward	Cleveland Browns	2.967	86.56%
31	30	Jonathan Jones	New England Patriots	2.958	86.50%
32	31	Tykee Smith	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2.943	86.34%
33	26	Kristian Fulton	Los Angeles Chargers	2.917	86.10%
34	29	Tarheeb Still	Los Angeles Chargers	2.869	85.50%
35	20	Jaylon Jones	Indianapolis Colts	2.866	85.48%
36	32	Darius Slay	Philadelphia Eagles	2.844	85.26%
37	27	Jamel Dean	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2.844	85.24%
38	38	Dee Alford	Atlanta Falcons	2.819	84.97%
39	48	Christian Gonzalez	New England Patriots	2.769	84.57%
40	35	Marshon Lattimore	New Orleans Saints	2.745	84.13%
41	34	Joey Porter Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	2.729	84.02%
42	39	Isaac Yiadom	San Francisco 49Ers	2.621	83.03%
43	41	Nate Hobbs	Las Vegas Raiders	2.600	82.83%
44	40	Jaire Alexander	Green Bay Packers	2.578	82.48%
45	58	Tyson Campbell	Jacksonville Jaguars	2.516	81.66%
46	43	Tariq Woolen	Seattle Seahawks	2.516	81.61%
47	50	Jarvis Brownlee Jr.	Tennessee Titans	2.489	81.30%
48	47	Amik Robertson	Detroit Lions	2.474	81.10%
49	44	Devon Witherspoon	Seattle Seahawks	2.361	79.85%
50	53	Derek Stingley Jr.	Houston Texans	2.345	79.71%
51	46	Montaric Brown	Jacksonville Jaguars	2.344	79.67%
52	52	Renardo Green	San Francisco 49Ers	2.303	79.07%
53	54	Byron Murphy Jr.	Minnesota Vikings	2.302	79.03%
54	#N/A	Darrell Baker Jr.	Tennessee Titans	2.207	78.08%
55	57	Mike Sainristil	Washington Commanders	2.089	76.38%
56	45	Mike Hughes	Atlanta Falcons	2.016	75.34%
57	68	Kamari Lassiter	Houston Texans	1.980	74.85%
58	69	Kyler Gordon	Chicago Bears	1.967	74.63%
59	55	Troy Hill	Carolina Panthers	1.961	74.56%
60	51	DJ Turner II	Cincinnati Bengals	1.905	73.90%
61	65	A.J. Terrell	Atlanta Falcons	1.899	73.75%
62	59	Kool-Aid McKinstry	New Orleans Saints	1.883	73.46%
63	60	Deonte Banks	New York Giants	1.845	73.02%
64	72	Ronald Darby	Jacksonville Jaguars	1.788	72.46%
65	63	Jakorian Bennett	Las Vegas Raiders	1.779	72.38%
66	62	Charvarius Ward	San Francisco 49ers	1.759	72.18%
67	61	Avonte Maddox	Philadelphia Eagles	1.747	72.11%
68	84	Samuel Womack III	Indianapolis Colts	1.733	71.91%
69	79	Kader Kohou	Miami Dolphins	1.673	71.18%
70	56	Darious Williams	Los Angeles Rams	1.657	71.01%
71	70	Roger McCreary	Tennessee Titans	1.629	70.67%
72	67	Beanie Bishop Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.580	69.79%
73	73	Keisean Nixon	Green Bay Packers	1.552	69.41%
74	85	Cor'Dale Flott	New York Giants	1.529	69.13%
75	71	Jack Jones	Las Vegas Raiders	1.493	68.53%
76	80	Starling Thomas V	Arizona Cardinals	1.487	68.44%
77	78	Brandon Stephens	Baltimore Ravens	1.453	67.96%
78	74	Shaquill Griffin	Minnesota Vikings	1.441	67.76%
79	76	Dax Hill	Cincinnati Bengals	1.413	67.18%
80	64	Kendall Fuller	Miami Dolphins	1.412	67.14%
81	82	Terrion Arnold	Detroit Lions	1.233	64.66%
82	66	Alontae Taylor	New Orleans Saints	1.226	64.60%
83	81	Paulson Adebo	New Orleans Saints	1.197	63.93%
84	83	Tre Brown	Seattle Seahawks	1.057	62.41%
85	88	Nate Wiggins	Baltimore Ravens	1.011	61.86%
86	87	Cam Hart	Los Angeles Chargers	0.974	61.26%
87	94	Trevon Diggs	Dallas Cowboys	0.908	60.31%
88	86	Stephon Gilmore	Minnesota Vikings	0.727	57.81%
89	89	Greg Newsome II	Cleveland Browns	0.688	57.17%
90	90	Benjamin St-Juste	Washington Commanders	0.656	56.73%
91	77	Donte Jackson	Pittsburgh Steelers	0.635	56.55%
92	93	Max Melton	Arizona Cardinals	0.433	54.28%
93	91	Tyrique Stevenson	Chicago Bears	0.371	53.61%
94	92	Cobie Durant	Los Angeles Rams	0.169	50.41%
95	96	Eric Stokes	Green Bay Packers	0.114	48.75%
96	98	Sean Murphy-Bunting	Arizona Cardinals	-0.223	5.75%
97	97	Cam Taylor-Britt	Cincinnati Bengals	-0.265	5.37%
98	99	L'Jarius Sneed	Tennessee Titans	-0.703	2.85%
99	#N/A	Caelen Carson	Dallas Cowboys	-1.207	1.33%
100	100	Martin Emerson Jr.	Cleveland Browns	-1.421	0.93%