NFL Value-Based Drafting (VBD) Rankings

2026 Tight End Projections

What is Value-Based Drafting (VBD) Rankings?
Value-based drafting (VBD) is a strategy that assigns a value to every player by comparing that player's fantasy points to the fantasy points of a baseline player at the same position. A high VBD means a player offers strong incremental value at his position and is therefore valuable overall in fantasy. Check out our Value-Based Drafting Guide for more VBD insight.

Rank	Player	VBD	VORP	VOLS	ADP	vs ADP
1	Trey McBride (ARI)	177	102	75	1	-
2	Brock Bowers (LV)	133	80	53	2	-
3	Colston Loveland (CHI)	89	58	31	3	-
4	Tyler Warren (IND)	71	49	22	4	-
5	Kyle Pitts Sr. (ATL)	57	42	15	8	+ 3
6	George Kittle (SF)	43	35	8	11	+ 5
7	Sam LaPorta (DET)	43	35	8	7	-
8	Dallas Goedert (PHI)	37	32	5	14	+ 6
9	Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)	35	31	4	6	-3
10	Travis Kelce (KC)	27	27	0	10	-
11	Tucker Kraft (GB)	19	19	0	5	-6
12	Isaiah Likely (NYG)	18	18	0	13	+ 1
13	Jake Ferguson (DAL)	14	14	0	12	-1
14	Dalton Kincaid (BUF)	7	7	0	9	-5
15	Mark Andrews (BAL)	5	5	0	15	-
16	Brenton Strange (JAC)	2	2	0	20	+ 4
17	Juwan Johnson (NO)	0	0	0	17	-
18	Hunter Henry (NE)	0	0	0	21	+ 3
19	Dalton Schultz (HOU)	0	0	0	23	+ 4
20	Kenyon Sadiq (NYJ)	0	0	0	19	-1
21	T.J. Hockenson (MIN)	0	0	0	22	+ 1
22	Cade Otton (TB)	0	0	0	27	+ 5
23	Pat Freiermuth (PIT)	0	0	0	26	+ 3
24	Greg Dulcich (MIA)	0	0	0	29	+ 5
25	Oronde Gadsden II (LAC)	0	0	0	16	-9
26	Chig Okonkwo (WAS)	0	0	0	18	-8
27	AJ Barner (SEA)	0	0	0	25	-2
28	Evan Engram (DEN)	0	0	0	37	+ 9
29	Mike Gesicki (CIN)	0	0	0	34	+ 5
30	Terrance Ferguson (LAR)	0	0	0	31	+ 1
31	Gunnar Helm (TEN)	0	0	0	24	-7
32	David Njoku (LAC)	0	0	0	28	-4
33	Colby Parkinson (LAR)	0	0	0	30	-3
34	Mason Taylor (NYJ)	0	0	0	43	+ 9
35	Michael Mayer (LV)	0	0	0	39	+ 4
36	Theo Johnson (NYG)	0	0	0	41	+ 5
37	Dawson Knox (BUF)	0	0	0	51	+ 14
38	Darnell Washington (PIT)	0	0	0	49	+ 11
39	Tyler Higbee (LAR)	0	0	0	55	+ 16
40	Ja'Tavion Sanders (CAR)	0	0	0	45	+ 5
41	Noah Fant (NO)	0	0	0
42	Tommy Tremble (CAR)	0	0	0	40	-2
43	Will Kacmarek (MIA)	0	0	0
44	Elijah Arroyo (SEA)	0	0	0	47	+ 3
45	Erick All Jr. (CIN)	0	0	0
46	Josh Oliver (MIN)	0	0	0
47	Cole Kmet (CHI)	0	0	0	60	+ 13
48	Austin Hooper (ATL)	0	0	0
49	Eli Stowers (PHI)	0	0	0	32	-17
50	Daniel Bellinger (TEN)	0	0	0	44	-6
51	Brock Wright (DET)	0	0	0
52	Charlie Kolar (LAC)	0	0	0	48	-4
53	Ben Sims (MIA)	0	0	0
54	Adam Trautman (DEN)	0	0	0
55	Luke Musgrave (GB)	0	0	0	36	-19
56	Noah Gray (KC)	0	0	0	57	+ 1
57	Eli Raridon (NE)	0	0	0	54	-3
58	Elijah Higgins (ARI)	0	0	0
59	Davis Allen (LAR)	0	0	0
60	Marlin Klein (HOU)	0	0	0
61	John Bates (WAS)	0	0	0
62	Jeremy Ruckert (NYJ)	0	0	0
63	Drew Sample (CIN)	0	0	0
64	Nate Boerkircher (JAC)	0	0	0
65	Connor Heyward (LV)	0	0	0
66	Mitchell Evans (CAR)	0	0	0
67	Cade Stover (HOU)	0	0	0
68	Nick Vannett (LAR)	0	0	0
69	Grant Calcaterra (PHI)	0	0	0
70	Ben Sinnott (WAS)	0	0	0	50	-20
71	Nate Adkins (DEN)	0	0	0
72	Charlie Woerner (ATL)	0	0	0
73	Luke Schoonmaker (DAL)	0	0	0
74	Jack Endries (CIN)	0	0	0
75	Jake Tonges (SF)	0	0	0	33	-42
76	Jackson Hawes (BUF)	0	0	0
77	Will Mallory (IND)	0	0	0
78	Hayden Rucci (SF)	0	0	0
79	Teagan Quitoriano (ARI)	0	0	0
80	Travis Vokolek (FA)	0	0	0
81	Rivaldo Fairweather (ARI)	0	0	0
82	Justin Joly (DEN)	0	0	0	56	-26
83	Tanner Hudson (CIN)	0	0	0
84	Foster Moreau (HOU)	0	0	0
85	Zaire Mitchell-Paden (NO)	0	0	0
86	Jared Wiley (KC)	0	0	0
87	Mo Alie-Cox (IND)	0	0	0
88	Jaheim Bell (PIT)	0	0	0
89	Drake Dabney (GB)	0	0	0
90	Zack Kuntz (FA)	0	0	0
91	Josh Whyle (GB)	0	0	0
92	John FitzPatrick (FA)	0	0	0
93	Durham Smythe (BAL)	0	0	0
94	Devin Culp (TB)	0	0	0
95	Payne Durham (TB)	0	0	0
96	Max Klare (LAR)	0	0	0	59	-37
97	Oscar Delp (NO)	0	0	0	53	-44
98	Brevyn Spann-Ford (DAL)	0	0	0
99	Tip Reiman (ARI)	0	0	0
100	Tanner Koziol (JAC)	0	0	0
101	Sam Roush (CHI)	0	0	0	42	-59
102	Lucas Krull (DEN)	0	0	0
103	Hunter Long (JAC)	0	0	0
104	Blake Whiteheart (CLE)	0	0	0
105	Cole Turner (MIA)	0	0	0
106	Luke Farrell (SF)	0	0	0
107	CJ Dippre (NE)	0	0	0
108	Josh Cuevas (BAL)	0	0	0
109	Tyler Conklin (DET)	0	0	0
110	Eric Saubert (SEA)	0	0	0
111	Drew Ogletree (IND)	0	0	0
112	Ian Thomas (LV)	0	0	0
113	Joe Royer (CLE)	0	0	0
114	Riley Nowakowski (PIT)	0	0	0
115	Chris Manhertz (NYG)	0	0	0