12-team Half-PPR · 36 players · 4 tiers

Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings 2026 — Half-PPR

These are RotoAlpha's 12-team Half-PPR tight end rankings, where tiers group players with similar Draft Value surplus above replacement level — Tier 1 being the most valuable and Tier 4 the least.

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Tier 1 (ranks 1–2)

2 players · ranks 1–2 · Draft Value +44.1 to +30.4

Trey McBride (TE1, 163.9 pts, +44.1 Draft Value) and Brock Bowers (TE2, 150.2 pts, +30.4) are the only two tight ends projecting well above replacement level by a wide margin. The cliff below this tier is 19.2 Draft Value points — the largest gap on this entire page — meaning leaving Tier 1 empty carries a cost no other tier-skip comes close to matching. Prioritize one of these two accordingly.

#	Player	Overall	Team	Proj	Draft Value
1	Trey McBride	#30	ARI	163.9	+44.1
2	Brock Bowers	#39	LV	150.2	+30.4

↓ 19.2 Draft Value points to Tier 2

Tier 2 (ranks 3–4)

2 players · ranks 3–4 · Draft Value +11.2 to +10.3

Colston Loveland (TE3, 131.0 pts, +11.2) and Harold Fannin (TE4, 130.1 pts, +10.3) sit just 0.9 Draft Value points apart — a nearly interchangeable pair. The gap below this tier is only 1.5 points, so the penalty for sliding past it is modest; if both are gone, Tyler Warren in Tier 3 is a close fallback.

#	Player	Overall	Team	Proj	Draft Value
3	Colston Loveland	#56	CHI	131.0	+11.2
4	Harold Fannin	#59	CLE	130.1	+10.3

↓ 1.5 Draft Value points to Tier 3

Tier 3 (rank 5)

1 player · ranks 5–5 · Draft Value +8.8 to +8.8

Tyler Warren stands alone here at TE5 (128.6 pts, +8.8 Draft Value). As a single-member tier its internal spread is exactly 0.0 — by definition the tightest spread on this page. The 8.8-point gap below him is meaningful: once Warren is off the list, every remaining tight end projects at or below replacement level.

#	Player	Overall	Team	Proj	Draft Value
5	Tyler Warren	#61	IND	128.6	+8.8

↓ 8.8 Draft Value points to Tier 4

Tier 4 (ranks 6–36)

31 players · ranks 6–36 · Draft Value +0.0 to -71.8

All 31 remaining tight ends carry a Draft Value of +0.0 or lower, meaning none project above replacement level in this format. Kyle Pitts (TE6, 119.7 pts, +0.0) sits at the top of this tier right at the replacement threshold, while the tier stretches 71.8 Draft Value points down to Gunnar Helm (TE36, 48.0 pts, -71.8). With no surplus available here, drafters who land a Tier 1–3 tight end gain a structural edge that cannot be recovered from this pool.

#	Player	Overall	Team	Proj	Draft Value
6	Kyle Pitts	#76	ATL	119.7	+0.0
7	Travis Kelce	#85	KC	115.2	-4.5
8	Oronde Gadsden	#91	LAC	112.6	-7.1
9	Sam LaPorta	#93	DET	112.2	-7.6
10	Tucker Kraft	#97	GB	110.5	-9.2
11	George Kittle	#100	SF	109.2	-10.6
12	Dallas Goedert	#104	PHI	107.9	-11.9
13	Kenyon Sadiq	#119	NYJ	103.1	-16.6
14	Mark Andrews	#131	BAL	98.4	-21.3
15	Jake Ferguson	#133	DAL	96.1	-23.7
16	Hunter Henry	#144	NE	92.1	-27.6
17	Dalton Kincaid	#152	BUF	89.8	-29.9
18	Isaiah Likely	#157	NYG	88.1	-31.6
19	Juwan Johnson	#159	NO	87.5	-32.3
20	Dalton Schultz	#162	HOU	86.4	-33.4
21	T.J. Hockenson	#164	MIN	85.7	-34.1
22	Brenton Strange	#176	JAX	81.6	-38.2
23	David Njoku	#186	LAC	77.9	-41.8
24	Cade Otton	#191	TB	77.2	-42.5
25	Evan Engram	#204	DEN	71.2	-48.5
26	Pat Freiermuth	#212	PIT	69.5	-50.2
27	Mason Taylor	#222	NYJ	65.4	-54.3
28	Mike Gesicki	#227	CIN	63.2	-56.5
29	AJ Barner	#229	SEA	61.4	-58.3
30	Chig Okonkwo	#232	WAS	59.3	-60.4
31	Cole Kmet	#239	CHI	57.5	-62.2
32	Darren Waller	#245	CAR	56.5	-63.2
33	Theo Johnson	#255	NYG	52.0	-67.7
34	Colby Parkinson	#263	LAR	50.1	-69.7
35	Nate Boerkircher	#266	JAX	48.2	-71.6
36	Gunnar Helm	#267	TEN	48.0	-71.8

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