2026 season · Defensive Blitz Rate

Washington Commanders blitz rate, 2026

46.6%

2nd of 32 in the NFL

League median
28.6%
Sample
On 116 dropbacks faced through Week 3

How often do the Commanders blitz?

The Commanders have sent five or more pass rushers on 46.6% of the dropbacks they faced through Week 3, 2nd in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the blitz rate and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Washington Commanders blitz rate after each week of 2026
ThroughBlitz%Rank
Week 139.4%6th
Week 243.5%4th
Week 346.6%2nd

Last season

Up from 26.6% in 2025, which ranked 17th of 32.

From the Commanders weekly

Third and nine at the Washington thirty-four, one fifty-five left, Washington up thirty-three to thirty-one and Seattle holding all three of its timeouts. Rachaad White went around right end for nineteen yards to the Seattle forty-seven — eight and a half points of win probability, the model's read on each team's chance of winning at that moment, and the only Washington run of the day to gain ten yards or more. Seattle spent its timeouts. On third and seven at the Seattle forty-four with one thirty-six left, Marcus Mariota ran around right end for nine, and Washington knelt. The Commanders beat the Seahawks thirty-three to thirty-one at home for their first win of the season, never trailed, and by the win probability model never dropped below fifty-one percent. They did it with two hundred sixty total yards, the fifth-fewest of the twenty-eight teams that have played so far this week, and the sixth-most points.

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Which defenses blitz the most in 2026?

Minnesota Vikings (72.9%), Washington Commanders (46.6%), then Tampa Bay Buccaneers (46.2%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Defensive Blitz Rate board.

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