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Who is the best tight end in fantasy football? For years, Travis Kelce stood alone at the position, and tight end was widely considered one of the weakest positions in fantasy beneath him. As we enter the 2026 season, we’re in a new era at the position.
As our 2026 dynasty TE rankings will highlight, the position has never been deeper, nor has it had this much exciting, young talent. If you have any of the six best tight ends for dynasty, you should be set at the position for years to come.
Will Brock Bowers ever replicate his historic rookie season, when he pulled down 112 receptions for 1,194 receiving yards and 5 touchdowns? Probably not, as the volume of targets in 2024 (153) is extraordinarily rare for a tight end, and the Las Vegas Raiders‘ receiving corps will get better in the years to come. With that said, Bowers has averaged 6.1 receptions and 64.6 receiving yards per game through his first two seasons, and those numbers project out to 100-plus receptions and nearly 1,000 receiving yards per season. Bowers is the best route runner and YAC threat at the position, and now that Fernando Mendoza is his quarterback, he should be the consensus TE1 for the next few years.
Bowers and Trey McBride are in their own tier within the 2026 dynasty TE rankings. The Arizona Cardinals‘ star has been the focal point of their offense in the last two seasons, drawing 316 total targets while averaging 118.5 receptions and 1,192.5 receiving yards per season in that span. He also took another step forward in 2025, finding the end zone 11 times after recording just 6 touchdowns in his first 49 games. We do suspect that Marvin Harrison Jr., Jeremiyah Love, and Michael Wilson will eat more into McBride’s target share moving forward, but the elite ball skills the 6-foot-4 tight end brings to the table make him a fantasy superstar for the foreseeable future.
The 2025 NFL Draft blessed us with three of the best tight ends in fantasy football. Tyler Warren, the 14th overall pick by the Indianapolis Colts, immediately earned Pro Bowl honors after snagging 76 receptions for 817 receiving yards and 5 total touchdowns in his rookie season. It’s also worth noting that he averaged 4.8 receptions and 57 receiving yards per game with Daniel Jones under center (Weeks 1–13). Jones is the Colts’ long-term quarterback, and for a tight end who had 42 first downs with 125 yards after contact in his first taste of the NFL, that can only mean more great things are coming.
There’s certainly a case to be made for Colston Loveland to be placed third in our dynasty TE rankings. Our issue is that he’s in an offense that will probably be in the top 10 in rushing rate moving forward, and...
