Week 15 of the 2011 fantasy football season is here, which means while some have called it a year after a disappointing season while others have either begun or are continuing a playoff run that they hope will conclude with an Individual Defensive Players (IDP) Championship. To help you prepare for another week's action here's a look at my Top 30 defensive linemen, linebackers and defensive backs for Week 15 of the 2011 season in IDP leagues. These rankings are based on Default IDP Manor Scoring, which awards one point for solo tackles, ½ point for assisted tackles; two points each for fumbles forced and recovered; four points for interceptions, sacks and safeties; six points for defensive touchdowns; and one point for passes defensed. It's a balanced scoring system, so if your IDP league is especially tackle-heavy or big play-heavy some players may move up (or down) a few spots. DEFENSIVE LINEMEN 1.) Jason Pierre-Paul, New York Giants vs. Washington 2.) Terrell Suggs, Baltimore at San Diego 3.) Jared Allen, Minnesota vs. New Orleans 4.) Trent Cole, Philadelphia vs. New York Jets 5.) Julius Peppers, Chicago vs. Seattle 6.) Andre Carter, New England at Denver 7.) Chris Clemons, Seattle at Chicago 8.) Justin Smith, San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh 9.) Kyle Vanden Bosch, Detroit at Oakland 10.) Elvis Dumervil, Denver vs. New England 11.) Jason Babin, Philadelphia vs. New York Jets 12.) Will Smith, New Orleans at Minnesota 13.) Charles Johnson, Carolina at Houston 14.) Cliff Avril, Detroit at Oakland 15.) Robert Mathis, Indianapolis vs. Tennessee 16.) Darnell Dockett, Arizona vs. Cleveland 17.) Jeremy Mincey, Jacksonville at Atlanta 18.) Haloti Ngata, Baltimore at San Diego 19.) Chris Long, St. Louis vs. Cincinnati 20.) Israel Idonije, Chicago vs. Seattle 21.) Jabaal Sheard, Cleveland at Arizona 22.) Ndamukong Suh, Detroit at Oakland 23.) Calais Campbell, Arizona vs. Cleveland 24.) J.J. Watt, Houston vs. Carolina 25.) Greg Hardy, Carolina at Houston 26.) Justin Tuck, New York Giants vs. Washington 27.) Ray Edwards, Atlanta vs. Jacksonville 28.) Lamarr Houston, Oakland vs. Detroit 29.) Michael Johnson, Cincinnati at St. Louis 30.) Desmond Bryant, Oakland vs. Detroit LINEBACKERS 1.) D'Qwell Jackson, Cleveland at Arizona 2.) Paul Posluszny, Jacksonville at Atlanta 3.) London Fletcher, Washington at New York Giants 4.) Ray Lewis, Baltimore at San Diego 5.) Curtis Lofton, Atlanta vs. Jacksonville 6.) James Laurinaitis, St. Louis vs. Cincinnati 7.) Derrick Johnson, Kansas City vs. Green Bay 8.) Daryl Washington, Arizona vs. Cleveland 9.) Nick Barnett, Buffalo vs. Miami 10.) Navorro Bowman, San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh 11.) Sean Lee, Dallas at Tampa Bay 12.) Brian Urlacher, Chicago vs. Seattle 13.) Patrick Willis, San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh 14.) Pat Angerer, Indianapolis vs. Tennessee 15.) Karlos Dansby, Miami at Buffalo 16.) Sean Weatherspoon, Atlanta vs. Jacksonville 17.) D.J. Smith, Green Bay at Kansas City 18.) D.J. Williams, Denver vs. New England 19.) Jerod Mayo, New England at Denver 20.) James Anderson, Carolina at Houston 21.) Stephen Tulloch, Detroit at Oakland 22.) David Hawthorne, Seattle at Chicago 23.) David Harris, New York Jets at Philadelphia 24.) Perry Riley, Washington at New York Giants 25.) DeMarcus Ware, Dallas at Tampa Bay 26.) Chad Greenway, Minnesota vs. New Orleans 27.) Colin McCarthy, Tennessee at Indianapolis 28.) Rey Maualuga, Cincinnati at St. Louis 29.) Donald Butler, San Diego vs. Baltimore 30.) Von Miller, Denver vs. New England DEFENSIVE BACKS 1.) Tyvon Branch, Oakland vs. Detroit 2.) Antoine Bethea, Indianapolis vs. Tennessee 3.) Darian Stewart, St. Louis vs. Cincinnati 4.) Charles Godfrey, Carolina at Houston 5.) Roman Harper, New Orleans at Minnesota 6.) George Wilson, Buffalo vs. Miami 7.) Yeremiah Bell, Miami at Buffalo 8.) Charles Woodson, Green Bay at Kansas City 9.) Kam Chancellor, Seattle at Chicago 10.) Antrel Rolle, New York Giants vs. Washington 11.) Kurt Coleman, Philadelphia vs. New York Jets 12.) Amari Spievey, Detroit at Oakland 13.) Sean Jones, Tampa Bay vs. Dallas 14.) Troy Polamalu, Pittsburgh at San Francisco 15.) Morgan Burnett, Green Bay at Kansas City 16.) Dawan Landry, Jacksonville at Atlanta 17.) Eric Weddle, San Diego vs. Baltimore 18.) Bernard Pollard, Baltimore at San Diego 19.) Danieal Manning, Houston vs. Carolina 20.) Brandon Flowers, Kansas City vs. Green Bay 21.) Craig Steltz, Chicago vs. Seattle 22.) Steve Gregory, San Diego vs. Baltimore 23.) Jairus Byrd, Buffalo vs. Miami 24.) Quintin Mikell, St. Louis vs. Cincinnati 25.) Charles Tillman, Chicago vs. Seattle 26.) DeAngelo Hall, Washington at New York Giants 27.) Donte Whitner, San Francisco vs. Pittsburgh 28.) Jason McCourty, Tennessee at Indianapolis 29.) Chris Harris, Detroit at Oakland 30.) Chris Hope, Tennessee at Indianapolis Have a question about a particular player? Check out the Fantasy Sharks IDP Forum or email me at askgary@fantasysharks.com. I'll do my best to help.