2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings For Seasonal Leagues

Updated ranks: QB | RB | WR | TE | DEF | K | Top 200 | Rookies | Mock draft

The collapse of the tight end position in fantasy football leagues continued last season. Just one (Trey McBride) finished in the top 10 in PPR leagues, and the second-best player at tight end, Kyle Pitts Sr., finished 36th with around the same number of points as Stefon Diggs. The good news is that we are seeing an influx of youth, as players such as Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren and Harold Fannin Jr. emerged into startable fantasy assets a season ago.

The problem, however, is that the list of players you can depend on to be weekly starters at the position has shrunk like George Costanza after a swim in the pool. In fact, it can be argued that beyond McBride and Brock Bowers, everyone else comes with at least some uncertainty, even players we love like Loveland, Warren and Fannin Jr. Can they duplicate last year’s success?

With that said, here are my 2026 fantasy football tight end rankings … now with auction values! I’ll be updating these often throughout the summer, so keep checking back.

Note: Auction values are based on a $200 budget.

2026 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings

Rk	Player	Team	Bye	Auction
1	Trey McBride	ARI	14	$48
2	Brock Bowers	LV	13	$42
3	Colston Loveland	CHI	10	$21
4	Tyler Warren	IND	13	$19
5	Tucker Kraft	GB	11	$16
6	Harold Fannin Jr.	CLE	11	$15
7	George Kittle	SF	8	$15
8	Kyle Pitts Sr.	ATL	11	$14
9	Sam LaPorta	DET	6	$12
10	Travis Kelce	KC	5	$10
11	Jake Ferguson	DAL	14	$8
12	Dalton Kincaid	BUF	7	$8
13	Isaiah Likely	NYG	8	$7
14	Dallas Goedert	PHI	10	$7
15	Mark Andrews	BAL	13	$6
16	Juwan Johnson	NO	8	$5
17	Chig Okonkwo	WAS	7	$5
18	Hunter Henry	NE	11	$4
19	Dalton Schultz	HOU	8	$4
20	Brenton Strange	JAC	7	$4
21	Terrance Ferguson	LAR	11	$3
22	Kenyon Sadiq	NYJ	13	$3
23	T.J. Hockenson	MIN	6	$2
24	AJ Barner	SEA	11	$2
25	Greg Dulcich	MIA	6	$2
26	Darren Waller	CAR	5	$2
27	Pat Freiermuth	PIT	9	$2
28	Gunnar Helm	TEN	9	$1
29	Cade Otton	TB	10	$1
30	Elijah Arroyo	SEA	11	$1
31	Evan Engram	DEN	10	$1
32	Colby Parkinson	LAR	11	$1
33	Charlie Kolar	LAC	7	$1
34	Mason Taylor	NYJ	13	$1
35	Mike Gesicki	CIN	6	$1
36	Michael Mayer	LV	13	$1
37	Oronde Gadsden	LAC	7	$1
38	Jake Tonges	SF	8	$1
39	David Njoku	LAC	7	$1
40	Theo Johnson	NYG	8	$1

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