Fantasy football tight end rankings
28 tight ends, ordered by where real drafts are taking them in PPR scoring.
Updated Aug 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM ET
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What changes in this view
Tight end is the thinnest starting position in fantasy football. A small number of tight ends are used like wide receivers, and everyone after them is a low, flat scorer, which is why drafts either take one early or wait a long time.
This view keeps only tight ends and re-numbers them 1 upward in PPR scoring, where a catch is worth a point and receiving tight ends separate from blocking ones most clearly.
Tight end rankings
- 1. Trey McBrideTE1 · ARI · Tier 1 · bye 14 · 1,017 drafts · avg pick 28.8 overall (12-team)3.5
- 2. Brock BowersTE2 · LV · Tier 1 · bye 13 · 2,435 drafts · avg pick 35.5 overall (12-team)3.12
- 3. Colston LovelandTE3 · CHI · Tier 2 · bye 10 · 1,747 drafts · avg pick 56.5 overall (12-team)5.9
- 4. Tyler WarrenTE4 · IND · Tier 2 · bye 13 · 1,493 drafts · avg pick 64.9 overall (12-team)6.5
- 5. Kyle Pitts Sr.TE5 · ATL · Tier 3 · bye 11 · 383 drafts · avg pick 75.9 overall (12-team)7.4
- 6. Harold Fannin Jr.TE6 · CLE · Tier 3 · bye 11 · 215 drafts · avg pick 78.6 overall (12-team)7.7
- 7. Sam LaPortaTE7 · DET · Tier 4 · bye 6 · 812 drafts · avg pick 96 overall (12-team)8.12
- 8. Tucker KraftTE8 · GB · Tier 4 · bye 11 · 1,352 drafts · avg pick 102 overall (12-team)9.6
- 9. Dallas GoedertTE9 · PHI · Tier 4 · bye 10 · 291 drafts · avg pick 105.3 overall (12-team)9.9
- 10. Travis KelceTE10 · KC · Tier 4 · bye 5 · 325 drafts · avg pick 109 overall (12-team)10.1
- 11. George KittleTE11 · SF · Tier 4 · bye 8 · 802 drafts · avg pick 117.9 overall (12-team)10.10
- 12. Mark AndrewsTE12 · BAL · Tier 5 · bye 13 · 439 drafts · avg pick 128.8 overall (12-team)11.9
- 13. Jake FergusonTE13 · DAL · Tier 5 · bye 14 · 414 drafts · avg pick 133.6 overall (12-team)12.2
- 14. David NjokuTE14 · LAC · Tier 5 · bye 7 · 5 drafts · avg pick 136 overall (12-team)12.4
- 15. Isaiah LikelyTE15 · NYG · Tier 5 · bye 8 · 1,322 drafts · avg pick 136.7 overall (12-team)12.5
- 16. Juwan JohnsonTE16 · NO · Tier 5 · bye 8 · 299 drafts · avg pick 141 overall (12-team)12.9
- 17. Oronde GadsdenTE17 · LAC · Tier 5 · bye 7 · 12 drafts · avg pick 148.3 overall (12-team)13.4
- 18. Dalton KincaidTE18 · BUF · Tier 5 · bye 7 · 338 drafts · avg pick 149.8 overall (12-team)13.6
- 19. Chig OkonkwoTE19 · WAS · Tier 5 · bye 7 · 29 drafts · avg pick 154.6 overall (12-team)13.11
- 20. Hunter HenryTE20 · NE · Tier 5 · bye 11 · 88 drafts · avg pick 156.8 overall (12-team)14.1
- 21. AJ BarnerTE21 · SEA · Tier 5 · bye 11 · 12 drafts · avg pick 160.1 overall (12-team)14.4
- 22. Kenyon SadiqTE22 · NYJ · Tier 5 · bye 13 · 35 drafts · avg pick 162.3 overall (12-team)14.6
- 23. Terrance FergusonTE23 · LAR · Tier 5 · bye 11 · 15 drafts · avg pick 163.1 overall (12-team)14.7
- 24. Brenton StrangeTE24 · JAX · Tier 5 · bye 7 · 97 drafts · avg pick 163.5 overall (12-team)14.8
- 25. Dalton SchultzTE25 · HOU · Tier 5 · bye 8 · 26 drafts · avg pick 163.7 overall (12-team)14.8
- 26. T.J. HockensonTE26 · MIN · Tier 5 · bye 6 · 48 drafts · avg pick 166.9 overall (12-team)14.11
- 27. Greg DulcichTE27 · MIA · Tier 6 · bye 6 · 23 drafts · avg pick 181.7 overall (12-team)16.2
- 28. Pat FreiermuthTE28 · PIT · Tier 6 · bye 9 · 8 drafts · avg pick 186.2 overall (12-team)16.6
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The pick numbers come from consensus average draft position across thousands of live drafts (Fantasy Football Calculator consensus ADP), covering 281 draftable players in total. Nobody here is given an invented projection.