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2026 Dynasty TE Rankings

51 tight ends ranked · 1QB and Superflex · updated October 2026

LMD's own dynasty rankings at tight end: a model's view of long-term value, fitted on real multi-season production, with each player's overall standing on both the 1QB and the Superflex board. Not an ADP, not a consensus, and not a market price list.

2026 Dynasty TE Rankings -- rank, player, team, position, age and tier.
#	Pos	Player	Age	Tier	1QB	SF
1	TE	Trey McBrideARI	26	8	19	22
2	TE	Brock BowersLV	23	11	30	37
3	TE	Harold Fannin Jr.CLE	22	11	31	39
4	TE	Tyler WarrenIND	24	13	38	44
5	TE	Colston LovelandCHI	22	13	42	45
6	TE	Kyle Pitts Sr.ATL	25	18	70	70
7	TE	Kenyon SadiqNYJRookie · 1.16	21	23	95	95
8	TE	Oronde Gadsden IILAC	23	23	98	99
9	TE	AJ BarnerSEA	24	27	120	121
10	TE	Sam LaPortaDET	25	27	122	122
11	TE	Jake FergusonDAL	27	28	127	126
12	TE	George KittleSF	32	28	128	127
13	TE	Tucker KraftGB	25	30	136	133
14	TE	Travis KelceKC	36	31	141	137
15	TE	Dalton KincaidBUF	26	32	146	143
16	TE	Dallas GoedertPHI	31	33	149	144
17	TE	Mason TaylorNYJ	22	34	152	148
18	TE	Hunter HenryNE	31	34	153	150
19	TE	Theo JohnsonNYG	25	35	157	157
20	TE	Dalton SchultzHOU	30	37	160	161
21	TE	Gunnar HelmTEN	23	38	164	166
22	TE	Juwan JohnsonNO	29	39	174	170
23	TE	Mark AndrewsBAL	30	40	181	176
24	TE	Chig OkonkwoWAS	26	42	186	186
25	TE	Cade OttonTB	27	42	187	188
26	TE	Eli StowersPHIRookie · 2.22	23	43	196	193
27	TE	Nate BoerkircherJAXRookie · 2.24	24	44	199	202
28	TE	Pat FreiermuthPIT	27	45	206	204
29	TE	Marlin KleinHOURookie · 2.27	23	46	210	212
30	TE	Max KlareLARRookie · 2.29	23	47	214	214
31	TE	Brenton StrangeJAX	25	48	220	221
32	TE	T.J. HockensonMIN	29	50	227	231
33	TE	Sam RoushCHIRookie · 3.05	22	51	231	233
34	TE	Colby ParkinsonLAR	27	52	236	236
35	TE	Terrance FergusonLAR	23	52	239	237
36	TE	Oscar DelpNORookie · 3.09	23	53	242	240
37	TE	Cole KmetCHI	27	54	243	244
38	TE	Mitchell EvansCAR	23	57	249	256
39	TE	Ja'Tavion SandersCAR	23	58	253	257
40	TE	Will KacmarekMIARookie · 3.23	23	60	258	262
41	TE	Michael MayerLV	25	61	261	264
42	TE	David NjokuLAC	30	61	263	267
43	TE	Elijah ArroyoSEA	23	62	265	271
44	TE	Isaiah LikelyNYG	26	62	266	273
45	TE	Zach ErtzPHI	35	63	267	276
46	TE	Evan EngramDEN	31	65	274	282
47	TE	Eli RaridonNERookie · 3.31	22	66	275	284
48	TE	Jackson HawesBUF	25	67	277	287
49	TE	Jonnu SmithGB	31	70	282	289
50	TE	Darnell WashingtonPIT	25	78	293	300
51	TE	Dawson KnoxBUF	29	84	300	307

Order within a position is the same under 1QB and Superflex; the two overall columns show where the position sits on each board. A dash means the player is ranked on one board and not the other.

How these are made

Every rank here is LMD's dynasty model (version 1.2.0). It projects each player's fantasy production over the next 3-season horizon from observed NFL statistics, discounts the later seasons, and prices the result against the replacement level a 1QB or Superflex lineup implies. Rookies are priced from draft capital -- a prior fitted on prior draft classes -- and are marked as such. A player the model cannot separate from the replacement tail carries no rank and is not on the board.

The order within a position is the same under 1QB and Superflex; what the lineup changes is where quarterbacks sit against everybody else, and the tier cuts. The board reads completed seasons (2025, 2024, 2023), so it moves in the offseason and holds through the season rather than updating weekly.

It is not an average draft position, not a consensus of rankers, and not a trade-value price list. No market data entered it. Tiers are cut where the model's values genuinely fall away.

LMD dynasty model 1.2.0, updated October 2026. Statistics from Statistics from nflverse (nflverse-data), CC BY 4.0.

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