2026 Fantasy Football PPR Draft Rankings: Tight Ends to Win Your League
Tight end is as volatile as ever with injury concerns and question marks across the board, making target reliability, red-zone work, and offensive role the key factors in our latest 2026 rankings.
Our 2026 fantasy football PPR tight end rankings focus on route involvement, quarterback play, red-zone usage, target competition, and offensive fit.
Tight end remains one of the most volatile, top-heavy positions in fantasy football, especially in PPR leagues. Reliable target volume separates the best options from touchdown-dependent streamers, and only a small group of tight ends can consistently function as major pieces of their passing games. Elite options can create a weekly advantage, while the middle of the position requires a closer look at role security and realistic reception volume.
Be sure to check back for updates as news and roles influence fantasy expectations.
2026 Fantasy Football TE Draft Rankings
Rk | Player | Tm | B | Fan | 0.5 | T | R | Rec | A | Rec | 100Y | FL | Ru | Ru |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trey McBride | ARI | 14 | 266.2 | 212.2 | 157 | 108 | 1102 | 10.2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 | Brock Bowers | LV | 13 | 223.7 | 177.7 | 119 | 92 | 957 | 10.4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Tyler Warren | IND | 13 | 217.3 | 172.3 | 120 | 90 | 909 | 10.1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
4 | Colston Loveland | CHI | 10 | 206.4 | 170.4 | 99 | 72 | 857 | 11.9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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5 | Harold Fannin Jr. | CLE | 11 | 202.0 | 160.5 | 119 | 83 | 872 | 10.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
6 | Kyle Pitts | ATL | 11 | 193.6 | 156.6 | 103 | 74 | 836 | 11.3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Travis Kelce | KC | 5 | 193.0 | 152.0 | 115 | 82 | 820 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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8 | Sam LaPorta | DET | 6 | 182.7 | 147.2 | 91 | 71 | 817 | 11.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Tucker Kraft (inj) | GB | 11 | 182.6 | 148.6 | 93 | 68 | 796 | 11.7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Jake Ferguson | DAL | 14 | 177.0 | 143.0 | 93 | 68 | 680 | 10.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Mark Andrews | BAL | 13 | 172.8 | 141.8 | 84 | 62 | 682 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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12 | Dallas Goedert | PHI | 10 | 164.0 | 131.0 | 90.4 | 66 | 680 | 10.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | George Kittle (inj) | SF | 8 | 157.2 | 127.2 | 86 | 60 | 612 | 10.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Juwan Johnson | NO | 8 | 155.9 | 125.4 | 86 | 61 | 659 | 10.8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Dalton Kincaid | BUF | 7 | 155.1 | 126.1 | 77 | 58 | 731 | 12.6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Hunter Henry | NE | 11 | 145.0 | 118.0 | 93 | 54 | 610 | 11.3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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17 | Dalton Schultz | HOU | 8 | 135.7 | 108.2 | 80 | 55 | 567 | 10.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Brenton Strange | JAC | 7 | 132.5 | 107.5 | 68 | 50 | 525 | 10.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Isaiah Likely | NYG | 8 | 132.5 | 107.5 | 72 | 50 | 595 | 11.9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Cade Otton | TB | 10 | 131.9 | 104.4 | 80 | 55 | 539 | 9.8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Pat Freiermuth | PIT | 9 | 130.8 | 106.8 | 61 | 48 | 528 | 11.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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22 | AJ Barner | SEA | 11 | 122.2 | 98.2 | 65 | 48 | 494 | 10.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
23 | Chig Okonkwo | WAS | 7 | 121.4 | 97.4 | 64 | 48 | 494 | 10.3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Gunnar Helm | TEN | 9 | 120.8 | 94.3 | 75 | 53 | 498 | 9.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | T.J. Hockenson | MIN | 6 | 108.6 | 86.6 | 55 | 44 | 466 | 10.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Oronde Gadsden II | LAC | 7 | 107.9 | 90.9 | 50 | 34 | 439 | 12.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Ja’Tavion Sanders | CAR | 5 | 107.6 | 88.1 | 54 | 39 | 386 | 9.9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Colby Parkinson | LAR | 11 | 106.0 | 88.5 | 43 | 35 | 350 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | David Njoku | LAC | 7 | 104.4 | 84.4 | 61 | 40 | 404 | 10.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Kenyon Sadiq ® (inj) | NYJ | 13 | 102.0 | 83.5 | 56 | 37 | 463 | 12.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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31 | Jake Tonges | SF | 8 | 98.0 | 77.5 | 52 | 41 | 390 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Mike Gesicki | CIN | 6 | 95.8 | 77.8 | 48 | 36 | 418 | 11.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Greg Dulcich | MIA | 6 | 95.5 | 76.5 | 54 | 38 | 395 | 10.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Terrance Ferguson | LAR | 11 | 93.1 | 79.6 | 41 | 27 | 421 | 15.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Evan Engram | DEN | 10 | 90.0 | 69.0 | 59 | 42 | 370 | 8.8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Darren Waller | CAR | 5 | 89.3 | 71.3 | 54 | 36 | 353 | 9.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | Cole Kmet | CHI | 10 | 87.3 | 70.8 | 45 | 33 | 363 | 11.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Dawson Knox | BUF | 7 | 78.5 | 65.0 | 40 | 27 | 335 | 12.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
39 | Michael Mayer | LV | 13 | 77.7 | 61.2 | 45 | 33 | 327 | 9.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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40 | Mason Taylor | NYJ | 13 | 72.1 | 56.6 | 40 | 31 | 291 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
41 | Theo Johnson | NYG | 8 | 71.6 | 57.6 | 39 | 28 | 316 | 11.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
42 | Matthew Hibner ® | BAL | 13 | 71.1 | 57.6 | 42 | 27 | 321 | 11.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
43 | Luke Musgrave (inj) | GB | 11 | 68.3 | 54.3 | 38 | 28 | 283 | 10.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
44 | Darnell Washington | PIT | 9 | 66.1 | 54.6 | 37 | 23 | 251 | 10.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
45 | Noah Gray | KC | 5 | 66.0 | 54.0 | 33 | 24 | 240 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
46 | Tyler Higbee | LAR | 11 | 63.8 | 52.8 | 35 | 22 | 238 | 10.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
47 | Erick All Jr. | CIN | 6 | 60.3 | 48.8 | 33 | 23 | 253 | 11.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
48 | Elijah Arroyo | SEA | 11 | 59.9 | 49.4 | 27 | 21 | 269 | 12.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Ja’Tavion Sanders | CAR | 5 | 56.6 | 45.1 | 31.9 | 23 | 216 | 9.4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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50 | Noah Fant | NO | 8 | 55.5 | 43.0 | 36 | 25 | 245 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
51 | Eli Stowers ® | PHI | 10 | 55.0 | 43.5 | 34 | 23 | 260 | 11.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
52 | Seydou Traore ® | MIA | 6 | 54.1 | 42.6 | 26 | 23 | 251 | 10.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
53 | Justin Joly ® | DEN | 10 | 47.6 | 38.1 | 32 | 19 | 226 | 11.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
54 | Josh Oliver | MIN | 6 | 46.2 | 36.2 | 27 | 20 | 202 | 10.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
55 | Eli Raridon ® | NE | 11 | 45.6 | 35.6 | 29 | 20 | 196 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
56 | Daniel Bellinger | TEN | 9 | 44.0 | 34.5 | 26 | 19 | 190 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
57 | Oscar Delp ® | NO | 8 | 42.9 | 33.4 | 22 | 19 | 179 | 9.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
58 | Josh Cuevas ® | BAL | 13 | 42.2 | 34.2 | 20 | 16 | 142 | 8.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
59 | Adam Trautman | DEN | 10 | 40.0 | 31.5 | 25 | 17 | 170 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
60 | Marlin Klein ® | HOU | 8 | 26.3 | 19.3 | 16 | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
61 | Max Klare ® | LAR | 11 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 7 | 6 | 58 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fantasy Football PPR Scoring Format
- 1 point per reception (PPR)
- 0.1 point per rushing/receiving yard
- 6 points per rushing/receiving TD
- -2 points per fumble lost
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