Don’t enter your fantasy football drafts without a good set of rankings. While rankings aren’t everything, you need that baseline to help you navigate key decisions throughout your draft. Here are our fantasy WR rankings, including a couple of highlighted players worth further discussion.
Ranking the Top Fantasy Tight Ends
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1) Travis Kelce | Kansas City Chiefs
2) Mark Andrews | Baltimore Ravens
3) Sam LaPorta | Detroit Lions
4) Trey McBride | Arizona Cardinals
5) George Kittle | San Francisco 49ers
6) Dalton Kincaid | Buffalo Bills
7) Kyle Pitts | Atlanta Falcons
8) Evan Engram | Jacksonville Jaguars
9) David Njoku | Cleveland Browns
10) Jake Ferguson | Dallas Cowboys
11) Dallas Goedert | Philadelphia Eagles
12) Brock Bowers | Las Vegas Raiders
13) Pat Freiermuth | Pittsburgh Steelers
14) Cole Kmet | Chicago Bears
15) Dalton Schultz | Houston Texans
16) T.J. Hockenson | Minnesota Vikings
17) Jonnu Smith | Miami Dolphins
18) Luke Musgrave | Green Bay Packers
19) Hunter Henry | New England Patriots
20) Taysom Hill | New Orleans Saints
21) Chigoziem Okonkwo | Tennessee Titans
22) Tucker Kraft | Green Bay Packers
23) Juwan Johnson | New Orleans Saints
24) Cade Otton | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
25) Gerald Everett | Chicago Bears
26) Tyler Conklin | New York Jets
27) Colby Parkinson | Los Angeles Rams
28) Zach Ertz | Washington Commanders
29) Ja’Tavion Sanders | Carolina Panthers
30) Isaiah Likely | Baltimore Ravens
31) Hayden Hurst | Los Angeles Chargers
32) Noah Fant | Seattle Seahawks
33) Tyler Higbee | Los Angeles Rams
34) Ben Sinnott | Washington Commanders
35) Theo Johnson | New York Giants
Who Are the Best Tight Ends To Draft in Fantasy?
Sam LaPorta, Detroit Lions
There’s a chance ranking Sam LaPorta at TE3 ends up being too low. After all, he just posted the greatest fantasy season by a rookie tight end in NFL history.
LaPorta caught 86 passes for 889 yards and 10 touchdowns. At 6’3″ and 245 pounds, LaPorta is going to remain a top end-zone target for QB Jared Goff for years to come.
One of the most important factors in tight end fantasy value is whether he is his team’s No. 1 or No. 2 target. We prefer No. 1, but there are usually only 2-3 of those guys every season. No. 2 is fine.
LaPorta is the unquestioned second option in the Detroit Lions passing attack behind alpha WR Amon-Ra St. Brown. He already earned a 21.1% target share as a rookie. That could tick up a few percentage points as he naturally improves.
There’s value in having an elite tight end. LaPorta qualifies as elite. If you want to take him over Travis Kelce or Mark Andrews, by all means, go for it.
Trey McBride, Arizona Cardinals
There are a lot of similarities between Trey McBride and LaPorta. Last year, McBride benefited from being the No. 1 option in his offense. This year, he falls to No. 2 behind Marvin Harrison Jr. Given the depth behind Harrison, though, we can confidently project McBride to be second on this team in targets.
From Week 8 through the remainder of the season, McBride averaged 15.0 fantasy points per game and was the overall TE4 during that timeframe. That impressive stretch also included four games of 20+ fantasy points. Not many tight ends even have the potential to provide one game over 20.
Despite the early season lack of usage, McBride led all tight ends with a 26.1% targets-per-route-run rate and was second with 2.03 yards per route run. It should also be no coincidence that he averaged 14.8 points per game with Kyler Murray against 7.0 without him.
McBride likely won’t be quite as prolific sharing a field with Harrison. However, he could very well improve his efficiency with all the attention Harrison is likely to command, allowing McBride to maintain his level of production for fantasy. A player still improving, McBride also qualifies as an elite difference-making TE.