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2026 Fantasy Football TE Rankings (Half-PPR)

Updated October 11, 2026

Every skill player, ranked by our model. Half-PPR scoring.
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1Trey McBrideTEARI30.0The best volume TE in football projects for 143.8 targets and a 25.6% target share, but a tier-5 pass offense and QB uncertainty cap the upside.
2Tucker KraftTEGB61.6Kraft's 96th-percentile EPA and elite YAC numbers are real, but a partial 2025 season and a wide 77-to-224 point range make the TE2 price tag a genuine debate.
3Brock BowersTELV21.1Elite volume at TE with 112 projected targets, but a tier-8 pass offense and bottom-tier QB room make every single one of those targets harder to earn.
4Harold Fannin Jr.TECLE73.4A 21-year-old TE with 110 projected targets and a 96th-percentile target share is worth serious attention even in a tier-6 pass offense.
5George KittleTESF79.9A tier-1 pass offense and 98th-percentile efficiency make Kittle's ceiling real, but a shrinking target share and 11-game 2025 season complicate the floor math.
6Tyler WarrenTEIND48.2A 23-year-old TE1 projecting 116 targets and a 21.7% target share in a thin passing tree that has nowhere else to go.
7Sam LaPortaTEDET66.1After a partial 2025 season, LaPorta returns to a tier-1 passing offense with 70 projected targets and elite efficiency marks, but a shrinking 13.1% target share caps his ceiling at 195.
8Dallas GoedertTEPHI110.2Goedert projects for a target-share bump to 19.2% in a reshuffled Philadelphia passing tree, but a 74.7 floor and tier-4 pass offense demand realistic ceiling expectations.
9Colston LovelandTECHI39.5A 21-year-old rookie TE1 who finished 2025 at 136 fantasy points on 14.6% target share, but ADP treats him like a top-40 pick in a tier-6 QB situation.
10Mark AndrewsTEBAL124.4Andrews projects for 84 targets and a 17.3% share in 2026, but a 17.6% spike rate and thin separation metrics make him a volatile TE2 bet at his ADP.
11Kyle PittsTEATL74.9Elite target volume at 20.3% projected share, but a tier-6 pass offense and near-zero TD projection make Pitts a floor-heavy, ceiling-capped TE8.
12Travis KelceTEKC102.6At 36 with shrinking target share and a 69-point floor, Kelce's age curve is now the story, not the dynasty.
13Dalton KincaidTEBUF99.2A tier-1 passing offense and 97th-percentile EPA back a TE1 whose 12.5% target share sits behind a crowded, expensive receiver room.
14Dalton SchultzTEHOU148.6Elite route efficiency at 94th percentile EPA, but a tier-5 passing offense and 16.5% projected target share keep the ceiling honest.
15Jake FergusonTEDAL132.9Ferguson held a 15.4% target share in 2025 but faces a crowded passing tree and a TD projection that is nearly zero.
16Hunter HenryTENE145.5Drake Maye's ascending offense now carries A.J. Brown and Romeo Doubs, which squeezes Henry's 14.5% projected target share and puts his 148.8-point 2025 finish at real risk of regression.
17Oronde Gadsden IITELAC158.1Chargers rookie TE at 16% target share. Tier-4 pass-O with Herbert. Within-team rank #1, elite 9.1 YPR; sleeper streaming option if role solidifies early.
18Brenton StrangeTEJAX153.5Strange projects 68 targets as Jacksonville's TE1 in a tier-3 passing offense, but a 7.7% spike rate and narrow floor make him a volatile streamer, not a cornerstone.
19Juwan JohnsonTENO133.4Elite efficiency grades meet a tier-7 pass offense and a shrinking 12.9% projected target share, making Johnson a TD-dependent dart throw at TE.
20Evan EngramTEDEN
21Cade OttonTETB158.3Otton projects 82 targets at a 15.3% share in a pass offense that just upgraded from tier-5 to tier-3, but a 13.3% spike rate and thin TD projection cap his ceiling.
22Pat FreiermuthTEPIT160.6A 10% target share and a tier-6 pass offense kept Freiermuth at a modest 93.1 points in 2025, and the 2026 setup isn't much cleaner.
23David NjokuTELAC159.4A new home lifts Njoku's projected target share from 10.9% to 14.6%, but an 8th-percentile EPA mark and a 40-point floor make the upside hard to trust.
24Colby ParkinsonTELAR160.0Parkinson's 12.2% projected target share is the ceiling in a crowded TE room with a falling pass offense tier and a 13.3% spike rate that rarely delivers.
25Chig OkonkwoTEWAS153.8Washington's new tight end. Last season he ran up 79 targets, 56 catches, 560 yards and 2 scores over 17 games, but he has to win the role again in a new offense.
26Isaiah LikelyTENYG111.7Likely lands in New York as the TE1 on a bottom-tier passing offense, with 71 projected targets but almost no spike history to justify the current ADP.
27Cole KmetTECHI
28AJ BarnerTESEA157.6Barner's 90th-percentile EPA and elite separation grade are real, but a tier-4 pass offense and a TD projection near zero make the ceiling math brutal.
29Michael MayerTELV
30T.J. HockensonTEMIN156.9
31Darren WallerTECAR159.6
32Kenyon SadiqTENYJ156.9Jets rookie TE pick 1.16. Tier-8 (projected) offense; immediate role projection but a brutal QB/pass tier limits realistic weekly relevance to dynasty-only.
33Mason TaylorTENYJA 21-year-old TE1 with 73 projected targets in a tier-8 passing offense, Taylor's ceiling is capped hard but his floor is already rising off a partial 2025 season.
34Greg DulcichTEMIA162.4
35Mike GesickiTECIN
36Theo JohnsonTENYGGiants TE at 14% target share. Tier-6 pass-O with Dart rookie context. Within-team rank #1, projected alpha TE but offensive cap is severe.
37Noah GrayTEKC
38Jonnu SmithTEGB
39Tyler HigbeeTELAR
40Tommy TrembleTECAR
41Gunnar HelmTETEN160.6
42Brock WrightTEDET
43Dawson KnoxTEBUF
44Brevyn Spann-FordTEDAL
45Davis AllenTELAR
46Tyler ConklinTEDET
47Darnell WashingtonTEPIT
48Luke SchoonmakerTEDAL
49Sam RoushTECHI
50Nate BoerkircherTEJAX
51Josh OliverTEMIN
52Jackson HawesTEBUF
53Drew SampleTECIN
54Eli StowersTEPHI
55Noah FantTENO
56Mo Alie-CoxTEIND
57Austin HooperTEATL
58Brevin JordanTEHOU
59Charlie KolarTELAC
60Feleipe FranksTECAR
61Tanner HudsonTECIN
62Adam TrautmanTEDEN
63Elijah ArroyoTESEA
64Will KacmarekTEMIA
65Jack EndriesTECIN
66Daniel BellingerTETEN
67Hunter LongTEARI
68Foster MoreauTEHOU
69Matthew HibnerTEBAL
70Luke MusgraveTEGB
71Elijah HigginsTEARI
72Jeremy RuckertTENYJ
73Julian HillTENE
74Ja'Tavion SandersTECAR
75Charlie WoernerTEATL
76Joe RoyerTECLE
77Cade StoverTEHOU
78Carsen RyanTECLE
79Kylen GransonTETEN
80Max BredesonTEMIN
81Seydou TraoreTEMIA
82Cole TurnerTEMIA
83Max KlareTELAR
84Marlin KleinTEHOU
85Eli RaridonTENE
86Josh CuevasTEBAL
87Oscar DelpTENO
88Tanner KoziolTEJAX
89Bauer SharpTETB
90Terrance FergusonTELAR152.3
91Keleki LatuTEBUF
92Luke FarrellTESF
93Durham SmytheTEBAL
94Brayden WillisTESF
95Mitchell EvansTECAR
96Andrew OgletreeTEIND
97Josh WhyleTEGB
98Ben SinnottTEWAS
99Moliki MatavaoTENO
100David Martin-RobinsonTETEN
101Justin JolyTEDEN
102Quintin MorrisTEJAX
103Payne DurhamTETB
104John BatesTEWAS
105Colson YankoffTEWAS
106Ben YurosekTEMIN
107Jared WileyTEKC
108Tip ReimanTEARI
109Nick KallerupTESEA
110Will MalloryTEIND
111Blake WhiteheartTECLE
112Johnny MundtTEPHI
113Grant CalcaterraTEPHI
114Connor HeywardTELV
115Robert TonyanTEPIT
116Nate AdkinsTEDEN
117Carter RunyonTELV
118Chris ManhertzTENYG
119Jelani WoodsTENYJ
120Ian ThomasTELV
121Dallen BentleyTEDEN
122Eric SaubertTESEA
123Riley NowakowskiTEPIT
124Jaren KanakTETEN