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 at the position.
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Tier 1 (ranks 1–2)
Trey McBride (TE1, 156.1 pts, +36.1) and Brock Bowers (TE2, 155.3 pts, +35.4) are separated by just 0.7 Draft Value points — effectively interchangeable at the top. The cliff below them is the largest on this page: a 21.1-point gap to Tier 2. Miss both of these players and you are paying a steep, measurable price for the rest of your draft.
| # | Player | Overall | Team | Proj | Draft Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trey McBride | #33 | ARI | 156.1 | +36.1 |
| 2 | Brock Bowers | #34 | LV | 155.3 | +35.4 |
Tier 2 (ranks 3–4)
Harold Fannin (TE3, 134.3 pts) and Colston Loveland (TE4, 132.4 pts) sit 21.1 points below Tier 1 but only 1.8 points apart from each other — either one delivers comparable value. The gap below this tier is just 2.5 Draft Value points, meaning Tyler Warren in Tier 3 is close enough that waiting one more pick costs very little.
| # | Player | Overall | Team | Proj | Draft Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Harold Fannin | #54 | CLE | 134.3 | +14.3 |
| 4 | Colston Loveland | #58 | CHI | 132.4 | +12.5 |
Tier 3 (rank 5)
Tyler Warren stands alone at TE5 (129.9 pts, +10.0 Draft Value), and with an internal spread of exactly 0.0 this is the tightest tier on the page. The 10.0-point gap below him to Tier 4 is meaningful: once Warren is gone, the position drops to replacement-level territory and the surplus disappears entirely.
| # | Player | Overall | Team | Proj | Draft Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Tyler Warren | #60 | IND | 129.9 | +10.0 |
Tier 4 (ranks 6–36)
All 31 remaining tight ends live here, spanning a 71.3-point internal spread from George Kittle (TE6, +0.0) down to Nate Boerkircher (TE36, -71.3) — the top of this tier is at replacement level and it only gets worse from there. With no gap below, there is no further cliff to fear, but there is also no meaningful surplus to chase: the difference between TE6 and TE20 is already 31.9 Draft Value points. If Tiers 1–3 are gone, target the top of this group early and move on — the position is effectively a wash past the first few names.
| # | Player | Overall | Team | Proj | Draft Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | George Kittle | #76 | SF | 119.9 | +0.0 |
| 7 | Kyle Pitts | #83 | ATL | 116.1 | -3.9 |
| 8 | Travis Kelce | #91 | KC | 113.5 | -6.4 |
| 9 | Sam LaPorta | #94 | DET | 112.6 | -7.3 |
| 10 | Tucker Kraft | #96 | GB | 111.7 | -8.3 |
| 11 | Kenyon Sadiq | #114 | NYJ | 104.9 | -15.0 |
| 12 | Dallas Goedert | #117 | PHI | 103.5 | -16.4 |
| 13 | Oronde Gadsden | #127 | LAC | 98.8 | -21.2 |
| 14 | Mark Andrews | #129 | BAL | 97.6 | -22.3 |
| 15 | Jake Ferguson | #131 | DAL | 96.6 | -23.4 |
| 16 | Dalton Kincaid | #142 | BUF | 92.7 | -27.2 |
| 17 | Hunter Henry | #146 | NE | 92.1 | -27.9 |
| 18 | Dalton Schultz | #148 | HOU | 91.2 | -28.7 |
| 19 | T.J. Hockenson | #151 | MIN | 90.5 | -29.4 |
| 20 | Isaiah Likely | #158 | NYG | 88.0 | -31.9 |
| 21 | Juwan Johnson | #162 | NO | 86.9 | -33.0 |
| 22 | Brenton Strange | #169 | JAX | 83.9 | -36.0 |
| 23 | Chig Okonkwo | #181 | WAS | 80.4 | -39.5 |
| 24 | Cade Otton | #197 | TB | 76.9 | -43.1 |
| 25 | David Njoku | #199 | LAC | 75.6 | -44.4 |
| 26 | Mason Taylor | #200 | NYJ | 75.4 | -44.5 |
| 27 | Evan Engram | #204 | DEN | 74.5 | -45.4 |
| 28 | Terrance Ferguson | #209 | LAR | 71.6 | -48.3 |
| 29 | Pat Freiermuth | #220 | PIT | 68.4 | -51.5 |
| 30 | Mike Gesicki | #225 | CIN | 66.0 | -54.0 |
| 31 | AJ Barner | #230 | SEA | 63.8 | -56.1 |
| 32 | Jonnu Smith | #238 | GB | 61.0 | -58.9 |
| 33 | Darren Waller | #250 | CAR | 57.3 | -62.7 |
| 34 | Cole Kmet | #252 | CHI | 56.7 | -63.2 |
| 35 | Theo Johnson | #258 | NYG | 54.8 | -65.1 |
| 36 | Nate Boerkircher | #271 | JAX | 48.6 | -71.3 |
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