Double-Team Rate: Measuring how often interior defenders face double teams

• Folorunso Fatukasi leads the way: The Texans defender has been double-teamed on 64 of his 89 snaps through five weeks.

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This week, we're presenting a metric called “double-team rate,” which measures how often interior defenders face double teams.

What is double-team rate?

Interior defenders aren’t just responsible for reaching the ball carrier — they also need to absorb blocks to keep their second-level teammates clean. Our double-team rate measures how often a player is double-teamed by calculating the percentage of snaps they face a double team compared to their total snaps.

Double-team rate through five weeks of the 2024 NFL season (min. 50 run-defense snaps)

Name	Team	Run-defense snaps	Run-defense snaps vs. 2 or more blockers	Double-team rate
Folorunso Fatukasi	HST	89	64	71.90%
Nathan Shepherd	NO	73	50	68.50%
Dexter Lawrence	NYG	72	47	65.30%
Bryan Bresee	NO	61	38	62.30%
B.J. Hill	CIN	58	36	62.10%
Quinnen Williams	NYJ	88	53	60.20%
Andrew Billings	CHI	100	59	59.00%
Otito Ogbonnia	LAC	56	32	57.10%
Dalvin Tomlinson	CLV	81	46	56.80%
Zach Carter	CIN	71	40	56.30%
Jay Tufele	CIN	79	44	55.70%
Kenny Clark	GB	89	49	55.10%
Da'Shawn Hand	MIA	90	49	54.40%
Daron Payne	WAS	70	38	54.30%
Eddie Goldman	ATL	65	35	53.80%
Mike Pennel	KC	52	28	53.80%
Maliek Collins	SF	82	44	53.70%
T.J. Slaton	GB	69	37	53.60%
Calais Campbell	MIA	60	32	53.30%
Javon Kinlaw	NYJ	68	36	52.90%
David Onyemata	ATL	103	54	52.40%
D.J. Jones	DEN	71	37	52.10%
Keeanu Benton	PIT	73	38	52.10%
Grover Stewart	IND	115	59	51.30%
Christian Wilkins	LV	88	45	51.10%
Jarran Reed	SEA	91	46	50.50%
John Jenkins	LV	93	47	50.50%
Daniel Ekuale	NE	94	47	50.00%
Adam Butler	LV	88	44	50.00%
Jalen Carter	PHI	76	38	50.00%
Raekwon Davis	IND	70	35	50.00%
Jonathan Allen	WAS	69	34	49.30%
Jonathan Bullard	MIN	61	30	49.20%
Benito Jones	MIA	70	34	48.60%
Nnamdi Madubuike	BLT	60	29	48.30%
Mario Edwards Jr.	HST	56	27	48.20%
Johnathan Hankins	SEA	94	45	47.90%
Harrison Phillips	MIN	69	33	47.80%
DaVon Hamilton	JAX	57	27	47.40%
A'Shawn Robinson	CAR	132	62	47.00%
Leonard Williams	SEA	59	27	45.80%
Gervon Dexter Sr.	CHI	81	37	45.70%
Solomon Thomas	NYJ	66	30	45.50%
Taven Bryan	IND	75	34	45.30%
Ed Oliver	BUF	69	31	44.90%
DeWayne Carter	BUF	58	26	44.80%
Shelby Harris	CLV	85	38	44.70%
Mazi Smith	DAL	86	38	44.20%
Alim McNeill	DET	50	22	44.00%
Jeremiah Pharms Jr.	NE	57	25	43.90%
Roy Lopez	ARZ	96	42	43.80%
Travis Jones	BLT	64	28	43.80%
Osa Odighizuwa	DAL	115	50	43.50%
Shy Tuttle	CAR	69	30	43.50%
Cameron Heyward	PIT	88	38	43.20%
Poona Ford	LAC	63	27	42.90%
Zach Allen	DEN	115	49	42.60%
Jeremiah Ledbetter	JAX	54	23	42.60%
Davon Godchaux	NE	109	46	42.20%
T'Vondre Sweat	TEN	83	35	42.20%
Levi Onwuzurike	DET	55	23	41.80%
Jordan Jackson	DEN	55	23	41.80%
Zach Sieler	MIA	95	39	41.10%
Tershawn Wharton	KC	67	27	40.30%
Bobby Brown III	LA	103	39	37.90%
Larry Ogunjobi	PIT	64	24	37.50%
Dante Stills	ARZ	54	20	37.00%
Malcolm Roach	DEN	65	24	36.90%
Jerry Tillery	MIN	68	25	36.80%
Grady Jarrett	ATL	109	40	36.70%
DaQuan Jones	BUF	89	32	36.00%
Braden Fiske	LA	90	32	35.60%
Jalyn Holmes	NYJ	62	22	35.50%
Milton Williams	PHI	60	21	35.00%
Ta'Quon Graham	ATL	52	18	34.60%
Greg Gaines	TB	61	21	34.40%
Jordan Davis	PHI	67	23	34.30%
Chris Jones	KC	70	24	34.30%
Kobie Turner	LA	120	41	34.20%
Linval Joseph	DAL	53	18	34.00%
LaBryan Ray	CAR	90	30	33.30%
Jeffery Simmons	TEN	60	20	33.30%
Nick Thurman	CAR	77	25	32.50%
Quinton Jefferson	CLV	51	15	29.40%
Neville Gallimore	LA	59	17	28.80%
Rakeem Nunez-Roches	NYG	84	24	28.60%
Bilal Nichols	ARZ	82	23	28.00%
L.J. Collier	ARZ	73	19	26.00%
Roy Robertson-Harris	JAX	55	14	25.50%
Sebastian Joseph-Day	TEN	58	14	24.10%