2026 Fantasy Football TE Rankings (Standard)

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1Trey McBrideTEARI20.6The TE1 overall and elite-tier target share machine faces a QB situation downgrade that keeps the ceiling from matching last year's 252-point finish.
2Tucker KraftTEGB75.4Kraft projects 98 targets and a 20.5% target share as the Packers' top option, but a slipping QB situation tier makes the ceiling narrower than the TE2 price tag suggests.
3Brock BowersTELV18.2The TE3 rank undersells a 24.1% target share and 97th-percentile target rate, but a tier-7 pass offense and near-zero TD projection create a real ceiling problem.
4Tyler WarrenTEIND56.2Warren projects 129 targets and a 23.9% target share at age 22, but the market has him priced as a top-60 pick while we see a TE5.
5George KittleTESF104.4Kittle's 2026 projected target share drops to 13.3% as a deep receiving corps arrives, and the market is already slightly ahead of us.
6Harold Fannin Jr.TECLE83.8A 22-year-old TE4 projecting 107 targets in a bottom-tier passing offense, the market is roughly 13 picks too high on him.
7Kyle PittsTEATL83.2Market prices Pitts as a TE2, but a bottom-tier pass offense and a projected TD rate near zero make that ADP a trap.
8Travis KelceTEKC110.2The market is 42 picks too eager on a 34-year-old TE1 whose projection already dips below his 2025 actual output.
9Colston LovelandTECHI38.0Loveland profiles as a TE1 by efficiency metrics but the market is pricing him roughly two rounds ahead of where we sit, making him an overpay at his current ADP.
10Oronde Gadsden IITELAC142.2A 22-year-old TE2 beating the TE1 on the depth chart by projected points, available roughly 25 picks after where the model prices him.
11Sam LaPortaTEDET86.8LaPorta scores as a TE1 in a tier-1 passing offense, but the market is pricing him nearly 30 picks ahead of where the model lands.
12Dallas GoedertTEPHI121.0Goedert's 175-point 2025 finish is unlikely to repeat; a thinner target tree and tier-4 pass offense project him at 126 points with the market already pricing him 35 picks too early.
13Mark AndrewsTEBAL123.4The market is roughly two rounds ahead of where we sit on Andrews, and a tier-4 pass offense in 2026 explains most of that gap.
14Dalton SchultzTEHOU170.4Nearly 100 projected targets in a thin Houston passing tree make Schultz a quietly reliable TE1 option at a discount of roughly 30 picks.
15Jake FergusonTEDAL118.4A tier-1 passing offense at his back, Ferguson's 15.7% projected target share in 2026 still can't justify paying 28 picks above our number.
16Juwan JohnsonTENO145.0Johnson finished as a TE1 in 2025 but the model sees a target-share dip and a tier-6 pass offense working against a repeat.
17Kenyon SadiqTENYJ154.2A bottom-tier Jets offense, a shrinking projected target share, and near-zero TD rate make Sadiq a TE24 who costs like a TE16.
18Dalton KincaidTEBUF113.0Target share dropping from 15.2% to 12.4% with D.J. Moore now in the building makes Kincaid a TE10 you're buying at a TE8 price.
19Brenton StrangeTEJAX145.0Strange projects as a TE14 at virtually exact ADP, making him a hold-steady pick with a shrinking target share and almost no spike-week upside.
20Hunter HenryTENE149.8A tier-1 passing offense with a crowded target tree and a shrinking 13.7% projected share makes Henry a market-price TE2 with limited upside.
21Cade OttonTETB189.4Buccaneers TE at 18% target share. Tier-5 pass-O with Mayfield. Within-team rank #1; .13 spike — streaming TE2 with TD-dependent ceiling.
22Pat FreiermuthTEPIT198.0A tier-5 pass offense and a shrinking 12.1% target share make Freiermuth a TE2 floor play with almost no ceiling to speak of.
23Chig OkonkwoTEWAS140.2A tier-5 passing offense, near-zero TD projection, and 35 picks of ADP premium make Okonkwo a TE20 you should avoid at his current price.
24T.J. HockensonTEMIN160.2NA
25AJ BarnerTESEA183.0Barner's 87th-percentile separation keeps him relevant, but a shrinking target share and a tier-5 QB situation make him a speculative TE2 at best.
26Colby ParkinsonTELAR222.6NA
27Greg DulcichTEMIA181.2NA
28David NjokuTELAC197.0NA
29Michael MayerTELV278.4NA
30Evan EngramTEDEN241.8NA
31Jake TongesTESF233.0NA
32Cole KmetTECHI312.0NA
33Tyler HigbeeTELAR353.5NA
34Isaiah LikelyTENYG113.2NA
35Mike GesickiTECIN245.8NA
36Tommy TrembleTECAR348.0NA
37Darnell WashingtonTEPIT280.3NA
38Theo JohnsonTENYG268.8Johnson is going nearly 100 picks after his ADP-implied value in a NYG offense that just upgraded from tier-6 to tier-5, making him a late-round TE1 worth targeting aggressively.
39Dawson KnoxTEBUF306.7NA
40Mason TaylorTENYJ277.0NA
41Noah GrayTEKC350.0NA
42Gunnar HelmTETEN185.4NA
43Luke MusgraveTEGB316.0NA
44Ja'Tavion SandersTECAR298.0NA
45Eli StowersTEPHI213.6NA
46Max KlareTELAR324.5NA
47Terrance FergusonTELAR207.0NA
48Marlin KleinTEHOU351.0NA
49Elijah ArroyoTESEA306.7NA
50Nate BoerkircherTEJAX354.0NA
51Elijah HigginsTEARI369.0NA
52Davis AllenTELAR322.0NA
53Tanner HudsonTECINNA
54Noah FantTENO337.0NA
55Eli RaridonTENE307.0NA
56Sam RoushTECHI316.5NA
57Oscar DelpTENO321.5NA
58Brock WrightTEDETNA
59Will KacmarekTEMIA366.0NA
60Kylen GransonTETENNA
61Jeremy RuckertTENYJNA
62Matthew HibnerTEBAL349.0NA
63Jack EndriesTECIN368.0NA
64Tanner KoziolTEJAX314.0NA
65Bauer SharpTETBNA
66Justin JolyTEDEN304.0NA
67Dallen BentleyTEDEN428.0NA
68Seydou TraoreTEMIANA
69Riley NowakowskiTEPITNA
70Joe RoyerTECLE367.0NA
71Carsen RyanTECLENA
72Jaren KanakTETENNA
73Albert OkwuegbunamTELVNA
74Stone SmarttTEPHI407.0NA
75Josh CuevasTEBALNA
76Shane ZylstraTEBUFNA
77Max BredesonTEMINNA
78Harrison BryantTESEANA