Tight end can be a tough position to draft for even the best fantasy football manager. There simply aren’t as many of them to go around as there are wide receivers and running backs, and of those players, only a handful stand to make a real, consistent impact on your score each week.
Want to make sure you secure a truly game-changing tight end for your team? We’ve stacked up this year’s available options at the position in fantasy drafts. Here’s our top 10 fantasy football TEs for 2025, plus a full ranking of all fantasy tight ends available this season.
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Top Fantasy Football Tight Ends in 2025
Here are the top 10 tight ends available in this year’s fantasy football drafts, plus the full fantasy TE rankings by ADP (average draft position) in 2025.
This is a consensus ranking and may differ based on your league’s specific format and scoring rules. Points are based on standard scoring.
1. Brock Bowers – Las Vegas Raiders (Tier 1, ADP 20)
2024: 150.7 points, 112 receptions, 1,194 receiving yards, 5 receiving TDs
Brock Bowers generated a lot of hype ahead of the 2024 season and boy, did he live up to it. He was a fantasy monster during his rookie season with the Raiders, and he’s squarely at the top of the fantasy tight end rankings this year after that remarkable campaign.
Despite not being a wide receiver, he once again projects as the Raiders’ top passing target for incoming QB Geno Smith.
Bowers is one of only two tight ends — and sometimes the only tight end, in 12-player leagues — going in the second round this year, the other being Trey McBride. After that, there’s a bit of a cliff, with other notable TEs starting to go in the sixth through eighth rounds. Unless you took him in a keeper league last year, you’d better plan on using your first round or high-to-mid second round pick to scoop him up.
2. Trey McBride – Arizona Cardinals (Tier 2, ADP 27)
2024: 138.8 points, 111 receptions, 1,146 receiving yards, 2 receiving TDs
Trey McBride was another breakout in 2024, and he’s just a few ADP behind Bowers. He led the league in targets among tight ends, though he had trouble finding the endzone in red zone situations. Nonetheless, he’s expected to see plenty of utilization in 2025, making him one of three tight ends that are worth taking in early rounds before the position hits a bit of a cliff.
3. George Kittle – San Francisco 49ers (Tier 2, ADP 32)
2024: 158.6 points, 78 receptions, 1,106 receiving yards, 8 receiving TDs
George Kittle has always been a solid option at fantasy tight end and posted his best-ever season in 2024, but he’s got even more upside in 2025 due to the state of the 49ers offense.
Deebo Samuel is off to the Washington Commanders, while Brandon Aiyuk and Ricky Pearsall are sidelined with injury. On top of that, there are lingering question marks around RB Christian McCaffrey’s durability. All of that means Kittle is almost certain to be one of Brock Purdy’s top targets and rounds out our Tier 1 for fantasy football tight ends.
4. Sam LaPorta – Detroit Lions (Tier 3, ADP 55)
2024: 114.6 points, 60 receptions, 726 receiving yards, 7 receiving TDs
Remember that tight end cliff we mentioned? Here’s where it starts. LaPorta had a breakout rookie year with the Lions, quickly establishing himself as a top tight end for fantasy. The team had confidence in him to feel comfortable sending T.J Hockenson off to Minnesota, and their bet certainly paid off.
However, LaPorta operates on one of the league’s most stacked offenses, which has seen his target share begin to erode. That, plus Ben Johnson leaving for Chicago, raises some question marks around his usage and volume and has seen his ADP slip a bit. Regardless, he’s still one of the safest bets at tight end for 2025.
5. T.J. Hockenson – Minnesota Vikings (Tier 3, ADP 67)
2024: 45.5 points, 41 receptions, 455 receiving yards, 0 receiving TDs
Speaking of T.J. Hockenson, there’s a lot more going in his favor this season than last. He’s healthy and back in action after recovering from his 2023 ACL tear, and he’ll be catching from a new QB in J.J. McCarthy, who will start for the team after missing 2024 due to injury.
There are also questions around the possibility of receiver Jordan Addison facing a suspension due to some legal trouble, which could lift Hockenson’s target share way up. Hockenson is much safer bet heading into 2025 than the stash option he was in 2024.
6. Travis Kelce – Kansas City Chiefs (Tier 3, ADP 70)
2024: 98.4 points, 97 receptions, 823 receiving yards, 3 receiving TDs
Once the undisputed king of fantasy tight ends, Travis Kelce is easily one of the most recognized faces in the NFL. His chemistry with Patrick Mahomes has been a key factor in their Super Bowl dominance over the last half decade, and he was a first-rounder for multiple fantasy seasons.
Those days are gone, though. While Kelce is still reliable as a fantasy tight end, the 36-year-old is going far later than he used to due to his drop in productivity, especially during the 2024 season. He’s also got more competition for targets from ascendant players like Rashee Rice and Xavier Worthy, and Hollywood Brown was extended for another year.
All that said, tight end is a tough position to draft, and Kelce remains a serviceable weapon in the later rounds.
7. Mark Andrews – Baltimore Ravens (Tier 4, ADP 72)
2024: 133.8 points, 55 receptions, 673 receiving yards, 11 receiving TDs
Mark Andrews is in a position similar to Kelce’s. He was once a chart-topper of the tight end rankings, but injuries and decreased production has seen him drop into the mid rounds. He, too, is over 30, showing signs of decline and facing competition for volume from Isaiah Likely.
Still, he posted the highest number of touchdowns among tight ends in 2024 and was the only one to post double digits in that statistic. He’s a bit touchdown-dependent at this point in his career, but he’s a fine pick in the later rounds.
8. Evan Engram – Denver Broncos (Tier 4, ADP 86)
2024: 42.5 points, 47 receptions, 365 receiving yards, 1 receiving TD
Evan Engram has a fresh start in Denver after being cut by the Jaguars in the offseason, and he’s projecting as the number two target for Bo Nix, behind Courtland Sutton. That alone makes him a good option for a late-round tight end, but his injury history is always a dark cloud over his potential.
9. David Njoku – Cleveland Browns (Tier 4, ADP 87)
2024: 84.5 points, 64 receptions, 505 receiving yards, 4 receiving TDs
Njoku has been a reliable option for managers who opt to oca tight end towards the end of the draft, and he’s likely to see some decent volume considering the state of Cleveland’s offense. The only truly viable receiver they have is Jerry Jeudy, and the team’s quarterback situation is still up in the air
It seems likely that Joe Flacco will get the start, though, which bodes well for Njoku from a fantasy perspective.
10. Tyler Warren – Indianapolis Colts (Tier 4, ADP 91)
Rookie
Indianapolis’s first round tight end Tyler Warren is starting his career in a tough spot, with a sub-par QB room and surrounded by loads of offensive talent (Michael Pittman Jr, Jonathan Taylor, Josh Downs). But that doesn’t mean he isn’t still a solid option at tight end if you miss out on the top three to five at the position. He isn’t going that much later than Travis Kelce, Mark Andrews or Evan Engram, and if he emerges as one of Daniel Jones or Anthony Richardson’s favored targets, he could end up with some serious upside.
Still, there’s enough risk with his situation to warrant waiting to stream him off the waiver wire if there are better players available where he lands in your draft.
Other Top Fantasy Football TEs in 2025
Here are a few more tight ends to consider:
11. Tucker Kraft – Green Bay Packers
12. Colston Loveland – Chicago Bears
13. Dalton Kincaid – Buffalo Bills
14. Dallas Goedert – Philadelphia Eagles
15. Jake Ferguson – Dallas Cowboys
2025 Fantasy Football Tight End Rankings
Here’s the complete ranking of top fantasy football tight ends for the 2025 draft season.
ADP calculations based on average ADP per player in points per reception (PPR) leagues across CBS Fantasy, ESPN Fantasy, Yahoo! Fantasy, Sleeper and Underdog Fantasy platforms. Data provided by 4for4.
This is a consensus ranking and may differ based on your league’s specific format and scoring rules. Round denotes which round the player is being drafted in for 10- and 12-team leagues.
| Rank | Player | Team | ADP | ADP +/- vs. Prior Week | Round (10 Team) | Round (12-Team) |
| 1 | Brock Bowers | LV | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Trey McBride | ARI | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | George Kittle | SF | 32 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Sam LaPorta | DET | 55 | -2 | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | T.J. Hockenson | MIN | 67 | -2 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Travis Kelce | KC | 70 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Mark Andrews | BAL | 72 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | Evan Engram | DEN | 86 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | David Njoku | CLE | 87 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | Tyler Warren | IND | 91 | 3 | 10 | 8 |
| 11 | Tucker Kraft | GB | 101 | 0 | 11 | 9 |
| 12 | Colston Loveland | CHI | 116 | 4 | 12 | 10 |
| 13 | Dalton Kincaid | BUF | 120 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
| 14 | Dallas Goedert | PHI | 124 | -2 | 13 | 11 |
| 15 | Jake Ferguson | DAL | 127 | 1 | 13 | 11 |
| 16 | Kyle Pitts | ATL | 129 | 24 | 13 | 11 |
| 17 | Zach Ertz | WAS | 159 | -2 | 16 | 14 |
| 18 | Jonnu Smith | PIT | 160 | -5 | 16 | 14 |
| 19 | Hunter Henry | NE | 162 | -3 | 17 | 14 |
| 20 | Brenton Strange | JAX | 175 | 5 | 18 | 15 |
| 21 | Isaiah Likely | BAL | 177 | -2 | 18 | 15 |
| 22 | Darren Waller | MIA | 178 | 10 | 18 | 15 |
| 23 | Pat Freiermuth | PIT | 189 | 8 | 19 | 16 |
| 24 | Chigoziem Okonkwo | TEN | 192 | -16 | 20 | 16 |
| 25 | Mason Taylor | NYJ | 198 | 3 | 20 | 17 |
| 26 | Cade Otton | TB | 199 | -5 | 20 | 17 |
| 27 | Ja’Tavion Sanders | CAR | 205 | 3 | 21 | 18 |
| 28 | Theo Johnson | NYG | 206 | 3 | 21 | 18 |
| 29 | Elijah Arroyo | SEA | 209 | -5 | 21 | 18 |
| 30 | Dalton Schultz | HOU | 210 | -21 | 21 | 18 |
| 31 | Mike Gesicki | CIN | 214 | -24 | 22 | 18 |
| 32 | Juwan Johnson | NO | 231 | 14 | 24 | 20 |
| 33 | Cole Kmet | CHI | 233 | 18 | 24 | 20 |
| 34 | Noah Gray | KC | 247 | 2 | 25 | 21 |
| 35 | Harold Fannin | CLE | 266 | 11 | 27 | 23 |
| 36 | Tyler Higbee | LAR | 272 | -22 | 28 | 23 |
| 37 | Terrance Ferguson | LAR | 293 | -9 | 30 | 25 |
| 38 | Tyler Conklin | LAC | 296 | -37 | 30 | 25 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Brock Bowers, Trey McBride and George Kittle are the best tight end options for fantasy football in 2025.
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