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Fantasy football IDP draft rankings for the 2022 NFL season and individual defensive players - linebackers (LB), defensive linemen (DL), defensive backs (DB).
Welcome RotoBallers to more fantasy football rankings! In this article you'll see our NFL team's updated 2022 fantasy football IDP rankings (top 125) for IDP formats. For anyone who may not be familiar with fantasy football IDP leagues, this type of league format requires that individual defensive players (IDP) get drafted by fantasy football managers. Linebackers, defensive linemen, and defensive backs all rack up fantasy points for their defensive stats including tackles, sacks, interceptions, touchdowns, etc.
Now let's get to the good stuff. Two of RotoBaller's lead fantasy football analysts - Pierre Camus and Chris Gregory - have put together their individual 2022 IDP rankings, which we have aggregated into a consensus ranking. These IDP rankings have been put together after the NFL Draft, so they will contain the 2022 NFL rookie class. The IDP rankings will be tweaked all throughout the preseason, so make sure check back regularly for updates.
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IDP Fantasy Football Rankings
Rankings table below last updated on July 12th, 2022. Don't play in IDP leagues? You can also find our updated Best Ball rankings, PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Non-PPR (Standard) rankings, Dynasty League rankings and 2022 NFL Rookie rankings.
| Tier | Rank | Player Name | Pos |
| 1 | 1 | T.J. Watt | LB/DL |
| 1 | 2 | Roquan Smith | LB |
| 1 | 3 | Darius Leonard | LB |
| 1 | 4 | Devin White | LB |
| 1 | 5 | Derwin James | DB |
| 1 | 6 | Micah Parsons | LB |
| 2 | 7 | Jordyn Brooks | LB |
| 2 | 8 | Bobby Wagner | LB |
| 2 | 9 | Myles Garrett | DL |
| 2 | 10 | Nick Bosa | DL |
| 2 | 11 | Eric Kendricks | LB |
| 2 | 12 | De'Vondre Campbell | LB |
| 3 | 13 | Blake Martinez | LB |
| 3 | 14 | Logan Wilson | LB |
| 3 | 15 | Jamal Adams | DB |
| 3 | 16 | Jeremy Chinn | DB/LB |
| 3 | 17 | Jordan Poyer | DB |
| 3 | 18 | Aaron Donald | DL |
| 3 | 19 | Fred Warner | LB |
| 4 | 20 | C.J. Mosley | LB |
| 4 | 21 | Budda Baker | DB |
| 4 | 22 | Deion Jones | LB |
| 4 | 23 | Joey Bosa | DL |
| 4 | 24 | Kenny Moore II | DB |
| 4 | 25 | Antoine Winfield Jr. | DB |
| 4 | 26 | Danielle Hunter | DL |
| 4 | 27 | Foyesade Oluokun | LB/DB |
| 4 | 28 | Isaiah Simmons | LB |
| 4 | 29 | Harrison Smith | DB |
| 4 | 30 | Kyle Hamilton | DB |
| 5 | 31 | Minkah Fitzpatrick | DB |
| 5 | 32 | Cole Holcomb | LB |
| 5 | 33 | Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah | LB |
| 5 | 34 | Denzel Perryman | LB |
| 5 | 35 | Demario Davis | LB |
| 5 | 36 | Jessie Bates III | DB |
| 5 | 37 | Chase Young | DL |
| 5 | 38 | Jevon Holland | DB |
| 5 | 39 | Vonn Bell | DB |
| 5 | 40 | Haason Reddick | DL/LB |
| 5 | 41 | Justin Simmons | DB |
| 5 | 42 | Trey Hendrickson | DL |
| 5 | 43 | Zach Cunningham | LB |
| 5 | 44 | Trevon Diggs | LB |
| 6 | 45 | Johnathan Abram | DB |
| 6 | 46 | Jeffery Simmons | DL |
| 6 | 47 | Shaq Thompson | LB |
| 6 | 48 | Bobby Okereke | LB |
| 6 | 49 | Nakobe Dean | LB |
| 6 | 50 | Brian Burns | DL |
| 6 | 51 | Kamren Curl | DB |
| 6 | 52 | Alex Singleton | LB |
| 7 | 53 | Micah Hyde | DB |
| 7 | 54 | Cameron Heyward | DL |
| 7 | 55 | Lavonte David | LB |
| 7 | 56 | Demarcus Lawrence | DL |
| 7 | 57 | Jerome Baker | LB |
| 7 | 58 | Maxx Crosby | DL |
| 7 | 59 | Nick Bolton | LB |
| 7 | 60 | Kevin Byard | DB |
| 7 | 61 | Taylor Rapp | DB |
| 7 | 62 | Kyle Dugger | DB |
| 7 | 63 | Za'Darius Smith | LB/DL |
| 7 | 64 | Jaelen Phillips | DL/LB |
| 7 | 65 | Andre Cisco | DB |
| 7 | 66 | Shaquil Barrett | LB/DL |
| 7 | 67 | Jordan Hicks | LB |
| 7 | 68 | Azeez Ojulari | DL/LB |
| 7 | 69 | Zaven Collins | LB |
| 7 | 70 | Jamin Davis | LB |
| 7 | 71 | Devin Lloyd | LB |
| 7 | 72 | T.J. Edwards | LB |
| 8 | 73 | Tracy Walker III | DB |
| 8 | 74 | Jalen Thompson | DB |
| 8 | 75 | Chandler Jones | LB/DL |
| 8 | 76 | Cody Barton | LB |
| 8 | 77 | Jayron Kearse | DB |
| 8 | 78 | Rashan Gary | DL/LB |
| 8 | 79 | Cameron Jordan | DL |
| 8 | 80 | Tremaine Edmunds | LB |
| 8 | 81 | Marcus Davenport | DL |
| 8 | 82 | Josh Allen | DL |
| 8 | 83 | Myles Jack | LB |
| 8 | 84 | Devin Bush | LB |
| 8 | 85 | Logan Ryan | DB |
| 8 | 86 | Kyzir White | LB |
| 8 | 87 | Patrick Queen | LB |
| 8 | 88 | Shaq Barrett | LB |
| 8 | 89 | Chris Jones | DL |
| 8 | 90 | Robert Quinn | DL |
| 8 | 91 | Xavier McKinney | DB |
| 8 | 92 | Khalil Mack | LB/DL |
| 8 | 93 | Quincy Williams | LB |
| 8 | 94 | DeForest Buckner | DL |
| 8 | 95 | Marlon Humphrey | DB |
| 9 | 96 | Leonard Williams | DL |
| 9 | 97 | Carlton Davis | DB |
| 9 | 98 | Tyrann Mathieu | DB |
| 9 | 99 | Christian Kirksey | LB |
| 9 | 100 | Matt Milano | LB |
| 9 | 101 | Harold Landry III | DL/LB |
| 9 | 102 | Marcus Maye | DB |
| 9 | 103 | Aiden Hutchinson | DL |
| 9 | 104 | Christian Wilkins | DL |
| 9 | 105 | Kamu Grugier-Hill | LB |
| 9 | 106 | Anthony Walker | DB |
| 9 | 107 | Jalen Pitre | DB |
| 9 | 108 | Jayon Brown | LB |
| 9 | 109 | Jonathan Allen | DL |
| 9 | 110 | Troy Andersen | LB |
| 9 | 111 | Jermaine Johnson II | DL |
| 9 | 112 | Justin Reid | DB |
| 9 | 113 | Brandon Jones | DB |
| 9 | 114 | Dre Greenlaw | LB |
| 9 | 115 | Leonard Floyd | LB |
| 9 | 116 | Jordan Whitehead | DB |
| 9 | 117 | Lewis Cine | DB |
| 10 | 118 | A.J. Terrell | DB |
| 10 | 119 | Terrell Edmunds | DB |
| 10 | 120 | John Johnson III | DB |
| 10 | 121 | Ernest Jones | LB |
| 10 | 122 | Joe Tryon-Shoyinka | DL/LB |
| 10 | 123 | Jordan Fuller | DB |
| 10 | 124 | Germaine Pratt | LB |
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