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2026 Fantasy TE Rankings (PPR)

LineupBeat's current PPR draft rankings, generated from the same player projections used throughout the site.

Updated August 24, 2026 · PPR · 12-team, one-QB

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2026 Fantasy TE Rankings (PPR)
RK	TIER	PLAYER	TEAM	POS RK	PROJ PTS
Tier 1Clear top of the board.
1	T1	Trey McBride	ARI	TE1	256.8
2	T1	Brock Bowers	LV	TE2	242.9
3	T1	Colston Loveland	CHI	TE3	208.4
Tier 2
4	T2	Tyler Warren	IND	TE4	202.8
5	T2	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	TE5	196.7
6	T2	Sam LaPorta	DET	TE6	194.3
7	T2	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	TE7	192.3
8	T2	Jake Ferguson	DAL	TE8	184.1
Tier 3
9	T3	Isaiah Likely	NYG	TE9	182.4
10	T3	Travis Kelce	KC	TE10	180.0
11	T3	Dallas Goedert	PHI	TE11	176.4
12	T3	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	TE12	172.8
13	T3	Tucker Kraft	GB	TE13	172.2
14	T3	Mark Andrews	BAL	TE14	169.6
Tier 4
15	T4	George Kittle	SF	TE15	169.5
16	T4	Brenton Strange	JAX	TE16	158.1
17	T4	Hunter Henry	NE	TE17	152.3
18	T4	Dalton Schultz	HOU	TE18	140.5
19	T4	AJ Barner	SEA	TE19	135.0
20	T4	Juwan Johnson	NO	TE20	134.0
21	T4	Cade Otton	TB	TE21	130.7
22	T4	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	TE22	127.4
23	T4	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	TE23	123.3
24	T4	Oronde Gadsden	LAC	TE24	121.8
Tier 5
25	T5	Chig Okonkwo	WAS	TE25	120.6
26	T5	Greg Dulcich	MIA	TE26	117.8
27	T5	Mike Gesicki	CIN	TE27	113.5
28	T5	Kenyon Sadiq	NYJ	TE28	111.4
29	T5	Evan Engram	DEN	TE29	102.9
30	T5	Terrance Ferguson	LAR	TE30	97.6
31	T5	David Njoku	LAC	TE31	94.2
32	T5	Gunnar Helm	TEN	TE32	83.2
33	T5	Darnell Washington	PIT	TE33	78.7
34	T5	Mason Taylor	NYJ	TE34	76.0
35	T5	Dawson Knox	BUF	TE35	72.0
36	T5	Colby Parkinson	LAR	TE36	70.9
37	T5	Tyler Higbee	LAR	TE37	60.9
38	T5	Noah Fant	NO	TE38	55.0
39	T5	Daniel Bellinger	TEN	TE39	51.7
40	T5	Tommy Tremble	CAR	TE40	48.2
41	T5	Josh Oliver	MIN	TE41	46.9
42	T5	Ja'Tavion Sanders	CAR	TE42	46.5
43	T5	Jake Tonges	SF	TE43	46.2
44	T5	Noah Gray	KC	TE44	45.2
45	T5	Elijah Arroyo	SEA	TE45	42.2
46	T5	Austin Hooper	ATL	TE46	41.3
47	T5	Brock Wright	DET	TE47	39.1
48	T5	Cole Kmet	CHI	TE48	37.0
49	T5	Michael Mayer	LV	TE49	36.4
50	T5	Marlin Klein	HOU	TE50	35.7
51	T5	Theo Johnson	NYG	TE51	30.0
52	T5	Erick All Jr.	CIN	TE52	29.9
53	T5	Luke Musgrave	GB	TE53	29.7
54	T5	Eli Stowers	PHI	TE54	26.4
55	T5	Eli Raridon	NE	TE55	26.1
56	T5	Will Kacmarek	MIA	TE56	24.7
57	T5	Ben Sinnott	WAS	TE57	24.2
58	T5	Nate Boerkircher	JAX	TE58	22.4
59	T5	Mitchell Evans	CAR	TE59	21.2
60	T5	Matt Hibner	BAL	TE60	20.9
61	T5	Elijah Higgins	ARI	TE61	20.1
62	T5	Michael Trigg	DAL	TE62	20.1
63	T5	Luke Schoonmaker	DAL	TE63	18.5
64	T5	Charlie Kolar	LAC	TE64	17.6
65	T5	Joe Royer	CLE	TE65	15.6
66	T5	Davis Allen	LAR	TE66	15.5
67	T5	Blake Whiteheart	CLE	TE67	14.3
68	T5	Drew Sample	CIN	TE68	14.2
69	T5	Oscar Delp	NO	TE69	13.0
70	T5	James Mitchell	CAR	TE70	12.8
71	T5	Jack Endries	CIN	TE71	12.3
72	T5	Max Klare	LAR	TE72	12.2
73	T5	Rivaldo Fairweather	ARI	TE73	12.2
74	T5	Teagan Quitoriano	ARI	TE74	12.2
75	T5	Tanner Hudson	CIN	TE75	11.7
76	T5	Ben Sims	MIA	TE76	11.6
77	T5	Cam Grandy	CIN	TE77	11.6
78	T5	Sam Roush	CHI	TE78	11.5
79	T5	Durham Smythe	BAL	TE79	10.5
80	T5	Nick Vannett	SEA	TE80	10.3
81	T5	Adam Trautman	DEN	TE81	9.5
82	T5	Jack Stoll	CLE	TE82	9.4
83	T5	Brevyn Spann-Ford	DAL	TE83	9.1
84	T5	Cade Stover	HOU	TE84	8.8
85	T5	Hunter Long	JAX	TE85	8.8
86	T5	Charlie Woerner	ATL	TE86	8.3
87	T5	John Michael Gyllenborg	KC	TE87	8.0
88	T5	CJ Dippre	NE	TE88	7.6
89	T5	Jared Wiley	KC	TE89	7.5
90	T5	John Bates	WAS	TE90	7.4
91	T5	Tyler Conklin	DET	TE91	7.3
92	T5	Ben Yurosek	MIN	TE92	7.1
93	T5	Grant Calcaterra	PHI	TE93	7.1
94	T5	Bauer Sharp	TB	TE94	6.8
95	T5	Hayden Rucci	SF	TE95	6.6
96	T5	Devin Culp	TB	TE96	6.5
97	T5	Nate Adkins	DEN	TE97	6.3
98	T5	Tip Reiman	ARI	TE98	6.3
99	T5	Foster Moreau	HOU	TE99	6.2
100	T5	Jeremy Ruckert	NYJ	TE100	6.0
101	T5	Josh Cuevas	BAL	TE101	5.8
102	T5	Jackson Hawes	BUF	TE102	5.6
103	T5	Will Mallory	IND	TE103	5.0
104	T5	Payne Durham	TB	TE104	4.9
105	T5	Keleki Latu	BUF	TE105	4.7
106	T5	Mo Alie-Cox	IND	TE106	4.7
107	T5	Dallen Bentley	DEN	TE107	4.1
108	T5	Tanner Koziol	JAX	TE108	3.8
109	T5	Jaren Kanak	TEN	TE109	3.7
110	T5	Lucas Krull	DEN	TE110	3.3
111	T5	Seydou Traore	MIA	TE111	3.3
112	T5	Eric Saubert	SEA	TE112	3.0
113	T5	Ian Thomas	LV	TE113	3.0
114	T5	Justin Joly	DEN	TE114	2.8
115	T5	Luke Farrell	SF	TE115	2.3
116	T5	Tanner Conner	NYG	TE116	2.3
117	T5	Ko Kieft	TB	TE117	2.2
118	T5	Thomas Fidone II	NYG	TE118	2.2
119	T5	Kylen Granson	TEN	TE119	1.9
120	T5	Brevin Jordan	HOU	TE120	1.8
121	T5	Zaire Mitchell-Paden	NO	TE121	1.8
122	T5	Drew Ogletree	IND	TE122	1.6
123	T5	Jaheim Bell	PIT	TE123	1.6
124	T5	Feleipe Franks	CAR	TE124	1.3
125	T5	Johnny Mundt	PHI	TE125	1.1
126	T5	Stone Smartt	PHI	TE126	0.8
127	T5	Moliki Matavao	NO	TE127	0.7
128	T5	Cameron Latu	PHI	TE128	0.6
129	T5	Drake Dabney	GB	TE129	0.6
130	T5	Josh Whyle	GB	TE130	0.6
131	T5	Shane Zylstra	BUF	TE131	0.5
132	T5	Chris Manhertz	NYG	TE132	0.4
133	T5	Robert Tonyan	PIT	TE133	0.1
134	T5	Albert Okwuegbunam	LV	TE134	0.0
135	T5	Anthony Firkser	DET	TE135	0.0
136	T5	Brayden Willis	SF	TE136	0.0
137	T5	Brenden Bates	CLE	TE137	0.0
138	T5	Caleb Lohner	DEN	TE138	0.0
139	T5	Carsen Ryan	CLE	TE139	0.0
140	T5	Cole Turner	MIA	TE140	0.0
141	T5	Colson Yankoff	WAS	TE141	0.0
142	T5	David Martin-Robinson	TEN	TE142	0.0
143	T5	E.J. Jenkins	PHI	TE143	0.0
144	T5	Gavin Bartholomew	MIN	TE144	0.0
145	T5	Jack Westover	NE	TE145	0.0
146	T5	Jake Briningstool	KC	TE146	0.0
147	T5	Jelani Woods	NYJ	TE147	0.0
148	T5	Josiah Deguara	SF	TE148	0.0
149	T5	Julian Hill	NE	TE149	0.0
150	T5	Lawrence Cager	WAS	TE150	0.0
151	T5	Nikola Kalinic	CHI	TE151	0.0
152	T5	Quintin Morris	JAX	TE152	0.0
153	T5	Sean McKeon	IND	TE153	0.0
154	T5	Tanner McLachlan	SF	TE154	0.0
155	T5	Zack Kuntz	DAL	TE155	0.0

How These PPR Rankings Work

LineupBeat ranks players from its full-season statistical projections, then compares each player with the expected replacement option at his position. This board uses PPR scoring in a 12-team, one-quarterback league.

Replacement levels are QB13, RB37, WR49 and TE13. Ranking score is projected points above that replacement level. This lets positions share one overall board without pretending raw quarterback points and running back points carry identical draft value.

These pages use the same projection workbook as the projection pages. No separate private ranking list or copied scoring source can drift away from the published projections.

Lineup Beat PPR Decisions

Bijan Robinson leads Jahmyr Gibbs on projected combined opportunity in an otherwise near-even PPR projection.
Ja'Marr Chase leads Puka Nacua because his projection carries more targets, receptions and receiving touchdowns.
Ashton Jeanty's feature-role upside is recognized without changing his published statistical projection.
Christian McCaffrey receives a durability discount without changing his published statistical projection.
Malik Nabers closes the PPR wide-receiver top 10 after returning to full-contact practice; Lineup Beat expects a Week 1-ready featured role.

Comparison rankings were used as a research checklist only. No outside rank, tier, ADP or strength-of-schedule value is imported into this board.

Common questions

What does PPR mean in fantasy football?

PPR awards one point for every reception, increasing the value of high-volume receivers, pass-catching running backs and tight ends.

How are LineupBeat PPR rankings calculated?

The rankings start with LineupBeat's full-season PPR projections and compare each player with replacement value at his position.

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