The collapse of the tight end position in fantasy football leagues continued last season. Just one (Trey McBride) finished in the top 10 in PPR leagues, and the second-best player at tight end, Kyle Pitts Sr., finished 36th with around the same number of points as Stefon Diggs. The good news is that we are seeing an influx of youth, as players such as Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren and Harold Fannin Jr. emerged into startable fantasy assets a season ago. The problem, however, is that the list of players you can depend on to be weekly starters at the position has shrunk like George Costanza after a swim in the pool. In fact, it can be argued that beyond McBride and Brock Bowers, everyone else comes with at least some uncertainty, even players we love like Loveland, Warren and Fannin Jr. Can they duplicate last year’s success?With that said, here are my 2026 fantasy football tight end rankings … now with auction values! I’ll be updating these often throughout the summer, so keep checking back.Note: Auction values are based on a $200 budget.2026 Fantasy Football Tight End RankingsRkPlayerTeamByeAuction1Trey McBrideARI14$482Brock BowersLV13$423Colston LovelandCHI10$214Tyler WarrenIND13$195Tucker KraftGB11$166Harold Fannin Jr.CLE11$157Kyle Pitts Sr.ATL11$158Sam LaPortaDET6$149Travis KelceKC5$1410George KittleSF8$1311Mark AndrewsBAL13$1212Jake FergusonDAL14$913Isaiah LikelyNYG8$814Dalton KincaidBUF7$615Dallas GoedertPHI10$616Juwan JohnsonNO8$517Oronde GadsdenLAC7$518Chig OkonkwoWAS7$319Hunter HenryNE11$320Kenyon SadiqNYJ13$321Brenton StrangeJAC7$222Dalton SchultzHOU8$223T.J. HockensonMIN6$224AJ BarnerSEA11$125Gunnar HelmTEN9$126Greg DulcichMIA6$127Pat FreiermuthPIT9$128Jake TongesSF8$129Terrance FergusonLAR11$130Eli StowersPHI10$131Cade OttonTB10$132Evan EngramDEN10$133David NjokuLAC7$134Colby ParkinsonLAR11$135Mike GesickiCIN6$136Ja'Tavion SandersCAR5$137Mason TaylorNYJ13$138Theo JohnsonNYG8$139Darnell WashingtonPIT9$140Michael MayerLV13$1More Fantasy Football from Sports IllustratedAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow