who is the best run defense in the nfl

James Cook III has the most carries this season, with 249 rush attempts.

Interpreted as:
Who is the best run defense in the NFL this regular season?
NAMEATTSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1James Cook III
J. Cook III
249
2025
BUF BUF
13
1,308
5.3
100.6
8
267
29
31
9.2
20.5
1
2Jonathan Taylor
J. Taylor
247
2025
IND IND
13
1,356
5.5
104.3
16
304
35
40
8.7
23.4
2
3Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
237
2025
SF SF
13
849
3.6
65.3
8
806
85
107
9.5
62.0
5
4Derrick Henry
D. Henry
222
2025
BAL BAL
13
1,025
4.6
78.8
10
150
15
20
10.0
11.5
0
5Javonte Williams
J. Williams
215
2025
DAL DAL
13
1,022
4.8
78.6
9
128
33
46
3.9
9.8
2
6Bijan Robinson
B. Robinson
215
2025
ATL ATL
13
1,081
5.0
83.2
5
602
56
70
10.8
46.3
2
7Quinshon Judkins
Q. Judkins
210
2025
CLE CLE
12
784
3.7
65.3
7
146
18
26
8.1
12.2
0
8Josh Jacobs
J. Jacobs
206
2025
GB GB
12
817
4.0
68.1
12
251
31
38
8.1
20.9
0
9Travis Etienne Jr.
T. Etienne Jr.
201
2025
JAX JAX
13
917
4.6
70.5
7
181
26
39
7.0
13.9
2
10Breece Hall
B. Hall
201
2025
NYJ NYJ
13
877
4.4
67.5
3
309
30
40
10.3
23.8
1
11Saquon Barkley
S. Barkley
198
2025
PHI PHI
12
740
3.7
61.7
4
259
35
43
7.4
21.6
2
12Kyren Williams
K. Williams
196
2025
LAR LAR
13
952
4.9
73.2
8
197
26
35
7.6
15.2
3
13De'Von Achane
D. Achane
193
2025
MIA MIA
13
1,126
5.8
86.6
7
383
55
73
7.0
29.5
4
14Rico Dowdle
R. Dowdle
192
2025
CAR CAR
13
929
4.8
71.5
5
254
29
36
8.8
19.5
1
15Ashton Jeanty
A. Jeanty
191
2025
LV LV
13
665
3.5
51.2
4
259
45
58
5.8
19.9
4
16Jahmyr Gibbs
J. Gibbs
187
2025
DET DET
13
1,062
5.7
81.7
13
474
58
66
8.2
36.5
3
17Tony Pollard
T. Pollard
175
2025
TEN TEN
13
743
4.2
57.2
4
171
27
34
6.3
13.2
0
18D'Andre Swift
D. Swift
173
2025
CHI CHI
12
837
4.8
69.8
5
256
28
40
9.1
21.3
1
19Chase Brown
C. Brown
172
2025
CIN CIN
13
727
4.2
55.9
3
299
51
68
5.9
23.0
2
20Kenneth Walker III
K. Walker III
170
2025
SEA SEA
13
762
4.5
58.6
4
174
21
26
8.3
13.4
0
21Woody Marks
W. Marks
160
2025
HOU HOU
13
554
3.5
42.6
2
196
20
30
9.8
15.1
3
22Jaylen Warren
J. Warren
159
2025
PIT PIT
12
652
4.1
54.3
4
277
30
35
9.2
23.1
2
23J.K. Dobbins
J.K. Dobbins
153
2025
DEN DEN
10
772
5.0
77.2
4
37
11
14
3.4
3.7
0
24Kareem Hunt
K. Hunt
142
2025
KC KC
13
545
3.8
41.9
8
114
14
19
8.1
8.8
1
25Kyle Monangai
K. Monangai
135
2025
CHI CHI
13
648
4.8
49.8
5
97
11
19
8.8
7.5
0
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RUSH YDS/G

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
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Dolphins Dolphins
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0
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Jets Jets
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Schedule
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Sun
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@
NE NE
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CLE CLE
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4:25 PM
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1/4
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Last Game
CIN Bengals

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34

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39

BUF Bills

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
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7
0
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
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1
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1
.731
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4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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6
0
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Panthers Panthers
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6
0
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NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
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3
0
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Seahawks Seahawks
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NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
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Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
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SEA SEA
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Mon
12/8
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
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Thu
12/11
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TB TB
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CHI CHI
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