Minnesota Vikings — NET: Safety md (Off − Def), 2026

Value0
Rank#20 of 32
League average0
Rank in 2025#21 of 32

Minnesota Vikings — every stat for 2026, ranked →

What Safety md (Off − Def) is

Safeties scored minus safeties conceded. As rare as scoring gets, both ways.

Higher is better. It is shown per game, so a team's number does not depend on games played. Source: P.

Through Week 6 of 2026, the Raiders lead at 0.20; the league average is 0.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader

LV · 0.20

League average

Best to worst

0.40

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

LV · 0.20

League laggard

LAC · -0.20

League average

Spread (max − min)

0.40

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	LV	0.20	0.20	100%
2	ARI	0	0	96.8%
3	ATL	0	0	93.5%
4	BAL	0	0	90.3%
5	BUF	0	0	87.1%
6	CAR	0	0	83.9%
7	CHI	0	0	80.6%
8	CIN	0	0	77.4%
9	CLE	0	0	74.2%
10	DAL	0	0	71%
11	DEN	0	0	67.7%
12	DET	0	0	64.5%
13	GB	0	0	61.3%
14	HOU	0	0	58.1%
15	IND	0	0	54.8%
16	JAX	0	0	51.6%
17	KC	0	0	48.4%
18	LAR	0	0	45.2%
19	MIA	0	0	41.9%
20	MIN	0	0	38.7%
21	NE	0	0	35.5%
22	NO	0	0	32.3%
23	NYG	0	0	29%
24	NYJ	0	0	25.8%
25	PHI	0	0	22.6%
26	PIT	0	0	19.4%
27	SF	0	0	16.1%
28	SEA	0	0	12.9%
29	TB	0	0	9.7%
30	TEN	0	0	6.5%
31	WAS	0	0	3.2%
32	LAC	-0.20	-0.20	0%

Does Safety md (Off − Def) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 793–785–37 ATS (50.3%) across 2020–2025, #244 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (144–110, 56.7%); its worst 2024 (124–139, 47.1%).

For picks, this is noise. One stat is not a recipe — the algorithms combine many.

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	144–110–2	56.7%
2021	272	131–139–2	48.5%
2022	271	129–135–7	48.9%
2023	272	128–130–14	49.6%
2024	272	124–139–9	47.1%
2025	272	137–132–3	50.9%

Safety md (Off − Def) in 2026 vs 2025

Raiders lead at 0.20 — they ranked #19 last year. Chargers are last at -0.20 — #3 last year.

The league average is 0, the same as last year.

Biggest riser: Raiders, #19 → #1. Biggest faller: Chargers, #3 → #32.

Spread between first and last: 0.40; 30 teams are within 0.05 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

LV · +0.20

Biggest faller

LAC · −0.26

Most consistent

ATL · 0

League trend 2026 vs 2025

▼ 0.00

Rank	Team	2026	2025	Δ
1	LV	0.20	0	+0.20
2	KC	0	-0.12	+0.12
3	CIN	0	-0.06	+0.06
4	CLE	0	-0.06	+0.06
5	DEN	0	-0.06	+0.06
6	IND	0	-0.06	+0.06
7	PHI	0	-0.06	+0.06
8	SF	0	-0.06	+0.06
9	ATL	0	0	0
10	BAL	0	0	0
11	BUF	0	0	0
12	CAR	0	0	0
13	CHI	0	0	0
14	DAL	0	0	0
15	DET	0	0	0
16	GB	0	0	0
17	HOU	0	0	0
18	LAR	0	0	0
19	MIA	0	0	0
20	MIN	0	0	0
21	NO	0	0	0
22	NYG	0	0	0
23	PIT	0	0	0
24	SEA	0	0	0
25	ARI	0	0.06	−0.06
26	JAX	0	0.06	−0.06
27	NE	0	0.06	−0.06
28	NYJ	0	0.06	−0.06
29	TB	0	0.06	−0.06
30	TEN	0	0.06	−0.06
31	WAS	0	0.06	−0.06
32	LAC	-0.20	0.06	−0.26

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

LV · 0.04

Multi-year laggard

MIA · -0.04

Biggest improver

ARI · +0.02/yr

Biggest decliner

SEA · −0.02/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	LV	0.04	+0.02	0	0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0.20
2	TB	0.03	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
3	NYJ	0.03	+0.00	0	0	0.06	0.12	-0.06	0.06	0
4	SEA	0.02	−0.02	0.19	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
5	IND	0.02	−0.02	0.13	0.06	0	0	0	-0.06	0
6	GB	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
7	LAR	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0
8	NO	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
9	PIT	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
10	WAS	0.02	−0.00	0.06	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
11	TEN	0.02	+0.02	-0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
12	BUF	0.01	+0.00	0	-0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
13	DET	0.01	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0
14	ATL	0.01	−0.01	0	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
15	NE	0.01	+0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
16	CHI	0.00	−0.01	0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
17	CAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	CIN	0	−0.00	0	0	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0
19	ARI	0.00	+0.02	-0.06	-0.12	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
20	DEN	0.00	+0.01	-0.13	0	0.06	0	0.12	-0.06	0
21	HOU	-0.01	+0.01	-0.13	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
22	BAL	-0.02	−0.02	0.13	0	0	-0.12	-0.12	0	0
23	CLE	-0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	-0.06	0
24	NYG	-0.02	+0.01	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0	0	0
25	JAX	-0.02	+0.02	-0.13	0	0	0	-0.06	0.06	0
26	DAL	-0.02	+0.02	-0.19	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
27	LAC	-0.02	−0.02	0	0	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	-0.20
28	SF	-0.03	+0.00	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	0	-0.06	0
29	KC	-0.03	−0.00	-0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0
30	MIN	-0.03	+0.00	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
31	PHI	-0.03	+0.01	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	0
32	MIA	-0.04	+0.01	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0	0

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
LV	0	0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0.20
ARI	-0.06	-0.12	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
ATL	0	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
BAL	0.13	0	0	-0.12	-0.12	0	0
BUF	0	-0.06	0.06	0	0.06	0	0
CAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHI	0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
CIN	0	0	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0
CLE	0.06	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	-0.06	0
DAL	-0.19	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
DEN	-0.13	0	0.06	0	0.12	-0.06	0
DET	0.06	0	0	0.06	-0.06	0	0
GB	0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0	0
HOU	-0.13	0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	0
IND	0.13	0.06	0	0	0	-0.06	0
JAX	-0.13	0	0	0	-0.06	0.06	0
KC	-0.06	0	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0
LAR	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0	0
MIA	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	-0.12	0	0
MIN	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
NE	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
NO	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0	0
NYG	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0	0	0
NYJ	0	0	0.06	0.12	-0.06	0.06	0
PHI	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0	-0.06	0
PIT	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
SF	0	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	0	-0.06	0
SEA	0.19	0.06	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
TB	0.06	0	0	0	0.06	0.06	0
TEN	-0.06	0	0	0	0.12	0.06	0
WAS	0.06	0	0	0	0	0.06	0
LAC	0	0	0.06	0	-0.06	0.06	-0.20

Safety md (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Jaguars (0.13), 2019 Panthers (0.13), 2020 Seahawks (0.19), 2021 Falcons (0.06), 2022 Bills (0.06), 2023 Jets (0.12), 2024 Cardinals (0.12), 2025 Cardinals (0.06), 2026 Raiders (0.20).

Cardinals have led this stat 2 of 9 seasons.

The best season on record is Raiders 2026 at 0.20; the worst Chargers 2026 at -0.20.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

About this stat

Stat ID: net_safety_md
Side: net
Family: NET (Off − Def)
Data source: P only
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Stat-page only: this stat is not available in the Algorithm Builder.