2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Projections

Full-season projections for 155 tight ends, in PPR, half PPR and standard scoring, with the stat line behind every total. Updated 8/15

Trey McBride leads our 2026 tight end projections at 256.8 PPR points. The board separates early: 14 points divide TE1 from TE2, so the first few tight ends sit in a tier of their own before Brock Bowers begins the next group. Smaller steps follow after TE2, TE14. It thins quickly after TE12 at 172.8 points, with only 3 tight ends projected within ten percent of that line.

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#	Player	Team	TGT	REC	REC YDS	REC TD	PPR	Half	Standard
1	Trey McBride	ARI	152	108.1	1,061	7.2	256.8	202.7	148.7
2	Brock Bowers	LV	133	93.9	1,017	7.5	242.9	196.0	149.1
3	Colston Loveland	CHI	120	77.1	912	6.8	208.4	169.9	131.3
4	Tyler Warren	IND	119	81.3	858	5.4	202.8	162.1	121.5
5	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	118	78.8	859	5.4	196.7	157.3	117.9
6	Sam LaPorta	DET	104	74.9	848	5.8	194.3	156.8	119.4
7	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	111	75.8	802	5.7	192.3	154.4	116.6
8	Jake Ferguson	DAL	104	79.9	664	6.8	184.1	144.2	104.2
9	Isaiah Likely	NYG	92	66.3	825	6.0	182.4	149.2	116.1
10	Travis Kelce	KC	105	73.0	764	5.2	180.0	143.5	106.9
11	Dallas Goedert	PHI	93	65.9	682	7.1	176.4	143.5	110.5
12	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	84	60.8	755	6.2	172.8	142.4	112.0
13	Tucker Kraft	GB	78	57.9	743	6.4	172.2	143.3	114.3
14	Mark Andrews	BAL	78	57.0	576	8.0	169.6	141.1	112.6
15	Brenton Strange	JAX	87	61.8	702	4.4	158.1	127.2	96.3
16	Hunter Henry	NE	76	54.1	642	5.7	152.3	125.3	98.3
17	Dalton Schultz	HOU	86	61.6	593	3.3	140.5	109.8	79.0
18	George Kittle	SF	73	52.8	600	4.6	140.0	113.6	87.2
19	AJ Barner	SEA	63	48.5	486	5.6	135.0	110.8	86.5
20	Juwan Johnson	NO	76	55.5	637	2.9	134.0	106.3	78.5
21	Cade Otton	TB	80	55.5	555	3.3	130.7	102.9	75.2
22	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	75	55.1	509	3.6	127.4	99.9	72.3
23	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	65	47.6	504	4.3	123.3	99.5	75.7
24	Oronde Gadsden	LAC	64	45.0	610	2.9	121.8	99.3	76.8
25	Chig Okonkwo	WAS	66	46.9	560	3.0	120.6	97.2	73.7
26	Greg Dulcich	MIA	67	48.4	552	2.7	117.8	93.6	69.4
27	Mike Gesicki	CIN	69	47.6	480	3.0	113.5	89.7	66.0
28	Kenyon Sadiq	NYJ	62	43.1	458	4.0	111.4	89.8	68.3
29	Evan Engram	DEN	70	46.5	408	2.6	102.9	79.6	56.4
30	Terrance Ferguson	LAR	51	27.5	456	4.1	97.6	83.8	70.0
31	David Njoku	LAC	53	35.1	345	4.1	94.2	76.7	59.2
32	Gunnar Helm	TEN	49	36.1	327	2.5	83.2	65.2	47.1
33	Darnell Washington	PIT	49	33.1	346	2.1	78.7	62.1	45.6
34	Mason Taylor	NYJ	52	35.4	283	2.1	76.0	58.3	40.5
35	Dawson Knox	BUF	37	27.1	302	2.5	72.0	58.5	44.9
36	Colby Parkinson	LAR	39	26.5	280	2.9	70.9	57.6	44.3
37	Jake Tonges	SF	36	24.2	262	1.9	61.5	49.4	37.3
38	Tyler Higbee	LAR	33	22.6	261	2.0	60.9	49.6	38.3
39	Noah Fant	NO	35	25.2	245	1.2	55.0	42.4	29.8
40	Daniel Bellinger	TEN	29	19.4	227	1.6	51.7	42.0	32.2
41	Tommy Tremble	CAR	30	20.9	192	1.4	48.2	37.7	27.3
42	Josh Oliver	MIN	26	18.0	178	1.9	46.9	37.9	28.9
43	Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	28	21.5	172	1.3	46.5	35.7	25.0
44	Noah Gray	KC	28	18.3	188	1.4	45.2	36.1	26.9
45	Elijah Arroyo	SEA	24	16.8	184	1.2	42.2	33.9	25.4
46	Austin Hooper	ATL	25	17.4	177	1.1	41.3	32.6	23.9
47	Brock Wright	DET	26	16.2	133	1.6	39.1	30.9	22.8
48	Cole Kmet	CHI	27	14.1	139	1.5	37.0	29.9	22.8
49	Michael Mayer	LV	28	17.4	162	0.5	36.4	27.7	19.0
50	Marlin Klein	HOU	26	16.1	154	0.9	35.7	27.7	19.6
51	Theo Johnson	NYG	18	11.4	116	1.2	30.0	24.3	18.6
52	Erick All Jr.	CIN	19	14.4	102	0.9	29.9	22.7	15.5
53	Luke Musgrave	GB	21	13.7	114	0.8	29.7	22.9	16.0
54	Eli Stowers	PHI	16	10.0	97	0.7	26.4	21.4	16.5
55	Eli Raridon	NE	14	10.1	113	0.9	26.1	21.0	15.9
56	Will Kacmarek	MIA	18	11.2	100	0.7	24.7	19.1	13.5
57	Ben Sinnott	WAS	14	8.6	90	1.2	24.2	20.0	15.7
58	Nate Boerkircher	JAX	14	8.3	93	1.0	22.4	18.3	14.1
59	Mitchell Evans	CAR	15	9.3	80	0.7	21.2	16.5	11.9
60	Matt Hibner	BAL	11	7.9	80	0.8	20.9	16.9	13.0
61	Elijah Higgins	ARI	14	8.9	92	0.4	20.1	15.7	11.3
62	Michael Trigg	DAL	12	8.0	82	0.6	20.1	16.1	12.1
63	Luke Schoonmaker	DAL	11	7.6	74	0.6	18.5	14.7	10.9
64	Charlie Kolar	LAC	9	6.1	72	0.7	17.6	14.5	11.5
65	Joe Royer	CLE	11	6.9	62	0.4	15.6	12.1	8.6
66	Davis Allen	LAR	11	6.6	56	0.5	15.5	12.2	8.9
67	Blake Whiteheart	CLE	10	6.7	59	0.3	14.3	11.0	7.6
68	Drew Sample	CIN	9	6.6	48	0.5	14.2	10.9	7.6
69	Oscar Delp	NO	7	4.6	43	0.7	13.0	10.7	8.4
70	James Mitchell	CAR	10	6.3	57	0.2	12.8	9.6	6.5
71	Jack Endries	CIN	8	5.5	44	0.4	12.3	9.6	6.8
72	Max Klare	LAR	8	5.2	50	0.3	12.2	9.6	7.0
73	Rivaldo Fairweather	ARI	8	4.9	52	0.3	12.2	9.7	7.2
74	Teagan Quitoriano	ARI	8	4.9	52	0.3	12.2	9.7	7.2
75	Tanner Hudson	CIN	8	5.4	40	0.4	11.7	9.0	6.3
76	Cam Grandy	CIN	8	5.4	38	0.4	11.6	8.9	6.2
77	Ben Sims	MIA	9	5.3	47	0.3	11.6	9.0	6.3
78	Sam Roush	CHI	8	4.5	44	0.4	11.5	9.3	7.0
79	Durham Smythe	BAL	6	4.6	42	0.3	10.5	8.3	6.0
80	Nick Vannett	SEA	6	3.7	36	0.5	10.3	8.4	6.6
81	Adam Trautman	DEN	6	3.9	40	0.3	9.5	7.6	5.6
82	Jack Stoll	CLE	6	4.3	37	0.2	9.4	7.3	5.2
83	Brevyn Spann-Ford	DAL	5	3.6	36	0.3	9.1	7.2	5.4
84	Cade Stover	HOU	6	3.8	33	0.2	8.8	6.9	5.0
85	Hunter Long	JAX	5	2.8	28	0.5	8.8	7.4	6.0
86	Charlie Woerner	ATL	6	4.3	31	0.1	8.3	6.1	4.0
87	John Michael Gyllenborg	KC	5	3.0	32	0.3	8.0	6.5	4.9
88	CJ Dippre	NE	4	3.0	30	0.3	7.6	6.1	4.6
89	Jared Wiley	KC	5	3.0	28	0.3	7.5	6.0	4.5
90	John Bates	WAS	5	2.9	30	0.3	7.4	5.9	4.4
91	Tyler Conklin	DET	5	3.2	29	0.2	7.3	5.7	4.1
92	Ben Yurosek	MIN	5	3.3	33	0.1	7.1	5.5	3.8
93	Grant Calcaterra	PHI	4	2.9	28	0.2	7.1	5.6	4.2
94	Bauer Sharp	TB	4	2.7	26	0.2	6.8	5.5	4.1
95	Hayden Rucci	SF	4	2.8	26	0.2	6.6	5.2	3.8
96	Devin Culp	TB	4	2.3	23	0.3	6.5	5.4	4.2
97	Nate Adkins	DEN	4	2.4	18	0.4	6.3	5.1	3.9
98	Tip Reiman	ARI	4	2.6	26	0.2	6.3	4.9	3.6
99	Foster Moreau	HOU	4	2.4	25	0.2	6.2	5.0	3.8
100	Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	4	3.2	20	0.1	6.0	4.4	2.8
101	Josh Cuevas	BAL	3	2.3	24	0.2	5.8	4.6	3.5
102	Jackson Hawes	BUF	3	2.2	22	0.2	5.6	4.6	3.5
103	Will Mallory	IND	3	2.1	20	0.1	5.0	4.0	2.9
104	Payne Durham	TB	3	1.9	19	0.2	4.9	4.0	3.0
105	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	3	2.0	19	0.1	4.7	3.7	2.7
106	Keleki Latu	BUF	3	2.1	22	0.1	4.7	3.6	2.6
107	Dallen Bentley	DEN	3	1.7	16	0.1	4.1	3.3	2.4
108	Tanner Koziol	JAX	2	1.5	15	0.1	3.8	3.1	2.4
109	Jaren Kanak	TEN	3	1.6	15	0.1	3.7	2.9	2.2
110	Seydou Traore	MIA	2	1.4	13	0.1	3.3	2.6	1.9
111	Lucas Krull	DEN	2	1.5	12	0.1	3.3	2.6	1.9
112	Ian Thomas	LV	2	1.4	13	0.1	3.0	2.3	1.7
113	Eric Saubert	SEA	2	1.2	12	0.1	3.0	2.4	1.8
114	Justin Joly	DEN	2	1.2	11	0.1	2.8	2.2	1.6
115	Luke Farrell	SF	1	1.0	9	0.1	2.3	1.8	1.3
116	Tanner Conner	NYG	2	1.0	9	0.1	2.3	1.8	1.3
117	Ko Kieft	TB	1	0.9	9	0.1	2.2	1.8	1.3
118	Thomas Fidone II	NYG	2	1.0	8	0.1	2.2	1.7	1.2
119	Kylen Granson	TEN	2	0.9	9	0.0	1.9	1.5	1.0
120	Zaire Mitchell-Paden	NO	1	0.8	7	0.1	1.8	1.5	1.1
121	Brevin Jordan	HOU	2	1.0	7	0.0	1.8	1.3	0.8
122	Drew Ogletree	IND	1	0.7	6	0.0	1.6	1.2	0.9
123	Jaheim Bell	PIT	1	0.7	6	0.0	1.6	1.2	0.9
124	Feleipe Franks	CAR	1	0.6	4	0.0	1.3	1.0	0.7
125	Johnny Mundt	PHI	1	0.5	4	0.0	1.1	0.8	0.6
126	Stone Smartt	PHI	1	0.4	4	0.0	0.8	0.6	0.4
127	Moliki Matavao	NO	1	0.4	3	0.0	0.7	0.5	0.3
128	Drake Dabney	GB	0	0.3	2	0.0	0.6	0.5	0.4
129	Josh Whyle	GB	0	0.3	2	0.0	0.6	0.5	0.3
130	Cameron Latu	PHI	0	0.3	2	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.3
131	Shane Zylstra	BUF	0	0.2	2	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.3
132	Chris Manhertz	NYG	0	0.2	1	0.0	0.4	0.3	0.2
133	Robert Tonyan	PIT	0	0.1	1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
134	Julian Hill	NE	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Jack Westover	NE	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	Colson Yankoff	WAS	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
137	Lawrence Cager	WAS	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
138	Nikola Kalinic	CHI	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
139	E.J. Jenkins	PHI	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
140	Quintin Morris	JAX	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
141	Brayden Willis	SF	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
142	Tanner McLachlan	SF	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
143	Josiah Deguara	SF	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
144	Anthony Firkser	DET	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
145	Zack Kuntz	DAL	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
146	Caleb Lohner	DEN	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
147	Jake Briningstool	KC	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
148	Cole Turner	MIA	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
149	David Martin-Robinson	TEN	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
150	Sean McKeon	IND	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
151	Jelani Woods	NYJ	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
152	Gavin Bartholomew	MIN	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
153	Brenden Bates	CLE	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
154	Carsen Ryan	CLE	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
155	Albert Okwuegbunam	LV	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Full-season totals, not per game. Ranks are within position. A tight end's rank differs between scoring formats, which is why all three are shown.

Common questions

Should I draft a tight end early?

It depends entirely on the shape of the position in a given year. When the top one or two are clear of the field by a wide margin, the advantage is real; when the tier is flat, waiting costs almost nothing. The gaps on this page show which of those years it is.

How many tight ends should I draft?

One in most formats, two if you take a late flyer rather than an early starter. The position is shallow, so the difference between TE12 and TE20 is often small enough that streaming works.

Why are tight end projections lower than other positions?

Tight ends block as well as run routes, so they see fewer targets than receivers on the same offense. A top tight end is valuable relative to his position, not relative to a top receiver.

How many tight ends are projected here?

All 155 tight ends with a meaningful projected role for 2026, ranked by PPR points with the stat line behind each total.

How often is this updated?

Whenever the underlying projections are revised, which is typically every few days through the preseason and after significant news. This page was last updated August 15, 2026.

2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Projections

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