Week 7 Advanced Coverage Grade Report: Best defenders in PFF's advanced coverage grade

• D.J. Reed remains at the top: The New York Jets cornerback has earned the highest advanced coverage grade in the league through six 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 6 of the 2024 NFL season (min. 25 snaps)

Rank	Last-Week Rank	Player	Team	Advanced Cov. Grade	Advanced Cov. Grade Percentile
1	1	D.J. Reed	New York Jets	5.713	98.72%
2	4	Marlon Humphrey	Baltimore Ravens	4.601	96.20%
3	2	Christian Benford	Buffalo Bills	4.571	96.06%
4	3	Trent McDuffie	Kansas City Chiefs	4.077	94.40%
5	6	Zyon McCollum	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3.836	92.73%
6	8	Pat Surtain II	Denver Broncos	3.753	92.22%
7	5	Jourdan Lewis	Dallas Cowboys	3.596	91.25%
8	9	Riley Moss	Denver Broncos	3.547	90.87%
9	7	Jaylon Johnson	Chicago Bears	3.545	90.82%
10	21	Sauce Gardner	New York Jets	3.496	90.55%
11	#N/A	Jarvis Brownlee Jr.	Tennessee Titans	3.379	89.74%
12	25	Derek Stingley Jr.	Houston Texans	3.315	89.36%
13	14	Garrett Williams	Arizona Cardinals	3.242	88.89%
14	37	Carlton Davis III	Detroit Lions	3.176	88.48%
15	12	Noah Igbinoghene	Washington Commanders	3.161	88.30%
16	16	Jamel Dean	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3.111	87.90%
17	18	Kenny Moore II	Indiana polis Colts	3.093	87.67%
18	11	Ja'Quan McMillian	Denver Broncos	3.08	87.65%
19	22	Kristian Fulton	Los Angeles Chargers	2.912	86.16%
20	15	Tariq Woolen	Seattle Seahawks	2.911	86.14%
21	20	Jalen Ramsey	Miami Dolphins	2.81	85.17%
22	26	Tykee Smith	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2.793	85.04%
23	31	Isaac Yiadom	San Francisco 49Ers	2.763	84.81%
24	#N/A	Andru Phillips	New York Giants	2.662	83.35%
25	10	Jalen Pitre	Houston Texans	2.659	83.33%
26	30	Samuel Womack III	Indiana polis Colts	2.652	83.24%
27	27	Brandon Stephens	Baltimore Ravens	2.569	82.52%
28	24	Jarrian Jones	Jacksonville Jaguars	2.562	82.43%
29	34	Montaric Brown	Jacksonville Jaguars	2.561	82.41%
30	38	Quinyon Mitchell	Philadelphia Eagles	2.464	81.39%
31	13	Amik Robertson	Detroit Lions	2.461	81.30%
32	46	Jaire Alexander	Green Bay Packers	2.449	81.15%
33	19	Denzel Ward	Cleveland Browns	2.447	81.10%
34	43	Mike Jackson	Carolina Panthers	2.394	80.31%
35	48	Rasul Douglas	Buffalo Bills	2.383	80.11%
36	52	Jaycee Horn	Carolina Panthers	2.371	80.02%
37	28	Jaylen Watson	Kansas City Chiefs	2.366	79.98%
38	41	Mike Hilton	Cincinnati Bengals	2.35	79.84%
39	35	Marshon Lattimore	New Orleans Saints	2.308	79.53%
40	17	Jonathan Jones	New England Patriots	2.268	78.90%
41	39	Darius Slay	Philadelphia Eagles	2.217	78.34%
42	23	Deommodore Lenoir	San Francisco 49Ers	2.16	77.50%
43	42	Deonte Banks	New York Giants	2.122	76.94%
44	50	Jaylon Jones	Indiana polis Colts	2.117	76.90%
45	32	Nate Hobbs	Las Vegas Raiders	2.025	75.59%
46	44	Christian Gonzalez	New England Patriots	1.99	75.16%
47	36	Kool-Aid McKinstry	New Orleans Saints	1.989	75.14%
48	40	Marcus Jones	New England Patriots	1.977	74.96%
49	57	Roger McCreary	Tennessee Titans	1.921	74.26%
50	53	Troy Hill	Carolina Panthers	1.918	74.24%
51	45	Alontae Taylor	New Orleans Saints	1.854	73.36%
52	56	Donte Jackson	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.819	73.03%
53	47	Avonte Maddox	Philadelphia Eagles	1.785	72.58%
54	61	Mike Hughes	Atlanta Falcons	1.766	72.42%
55	29	Joey Porter Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.724	71.86%
56	66	Jack Jones	Las Vegas Raiders	1.688	71.47%
57	71	Devon Witherspoon	Seattle Seahawks	1.553	69.88%
58	78	Mike Sainristil	Washington Commanders	1.497	69.07%
59	51	Kyler Gordon	Chicago Bears	1.466	68.64%
60	54	Stephon Gilmore	Minnesota Vikings	1.441	68.30%
61	70	Keisean Nixon	Green Bay Packers	1.418	68.05%
62	55	Dax Hill	Cincinnati Bengals	1.382	67.63%
63	63	Byron Murphy Jr.	Minnesota Vikings	1.356	67.33%
64	58	Tre'Davious White	Los Angeles Rams	1.319	66.70%
65	49	Ronald Darby	Jacksonville Jaguars	1.316	66.66%
66	60	Shaquill Griffin	Minnesota Vikings	1.306	66.55%
67	77	DJ Turner II	Cincinnati Bengals	1.265	65.92%
68	65	Paulson Adebo	New Orleans Saints	1.201	64.84%
69	75	Jakorian Bennett	Las Vegas Raiders	1.187	64.70%
70	73	Beanie Bishop Jr.	Pittsburgh Steelers	1.157	64.25%
71	67	A.J. Terrell	Atlanta Falcons	1.14	64.07%
72	59	Benjamin St-Juste	Washington Commanders	1.123	63.85%
73	79	Starling Thomas V	Arizona Cardinals	1.082	63.24%
74	68	Kamari Lassiter	Houston Texans	1.065	63.04%
75	64	Cor'Dale Flott	New York Giants	1.032	62.70%
76	76	Tre Brown	Seattle Seahawks	0.967	61.73%
77	69	Kendall Fuller	Miami Dolphins	0.966	61.69%
78	#N/A	Amani Oruwariye	Dallas Cowboys	0.955	61.44%
79	72	Charvarius Ward	San Francisco 49Ers	0.913	60.67%
80	74	Quentin Lake	Los Angeles Rams	0.844	59.57%
81	82	Dee Alford	Atlanta Falcons	0.781	58.72%
82	62	Greg Newsome II	Cleveland Browns	0.533	55.77%
83	81	Kader Kohou	Miami Dolphins	0.425	54.47%
84	84	Terrion Arnold	Detroit Lions	0.353	53.66%
85	86	Asante Samuel Jr.	Los Angeles Chargers	0.224	51.83%
86	80	Trevon Diggs	Dallas Cowboys	0.189	51.32%
87	88	Tyrique Stevenson	Chicago Bears	0.182	51.20%
88	92	Sean Murphy-Bunting	Arizona Cardinals	-0.187	6.16%
89	89	Caelen Carson	Dallas Cowboys	-0.276	5.15%
90	90	Eric Stokes	Green Bay Packers	-0.343	4.79%
91	93	Cobie Durant	Los Angeles Rams	-0.5	3.85%
92	94	Cam Taylor-Britt	Cincinnati Bengals	-0.556	3.51%
93	91	Nate Wiggins	Baltimore Ravens	-0.702	2.88%
94	85	L'Jarius Sneed	Tennessee Titans	-0.781	2.56%
95	95	Martin Emerson Jr.	Cleveland Browns	-1.253	1.21%