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)	180	101	79	2	+ 1
2	Brock Bowers (LV)	138	80	58	1	-1
3	Colston Loveland (CHI)	82	52	30	3	-
4	Tyler Warren (IND)	62	42	20	4	-
5	Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)	56	39	17	5	-
6	Sam LaPorta (DET)	46	34	12	8	+ 2
7	George Kittle (SF)	44	33	11	9	+ 2
8	Travis Kelce (KC)	32	27	5	10	+ 2
9	Dallas Goedert (PHI)	30	26	4	12	+ 3
10	Kyle Pitts Sr. (ATL)	22	22	0	7	-3
11	Tucker Kraft (GB)	15	15	0	6	-5
12	Mark Andrews (BAL)	13	13	0	15	+ 3
13	Isaiah Likely (NYG)	2	2	0	11	-2
14	Jake Ferguson (DAL)	0	0	0	14	-
15	Hunter Henry (NE)	0	0	0	17	+ 2
16	Dalton Kincaid (BUF)	0	0	0	13	-3
17	Brenton Strange (JAC)	0	0	0	18	+ 1
18	Juwan Johnson (NO)	0	0	0	16	-2
19	Dalton Schultz (HOU)	0	0	0	21	+ 2
20	T.J. Hockenson (MIN)	0	0	0	19	-1
21	Greg Dulcich (MIA)	0	0	0	25	+ 4
22	Pat Freiermuth (PIT)	0	0	0	28	+ 6
23	Kenyon Sadiq (NYJ)	0	0	0	20	-3
24	Cade Otton (TB)	0	0	0	26	+ 2
25	Chig Okonkwo (WAS)	0	0	0	23	-2
26	Terrance Ferguson (LAR)	0	0	0	22	-4
27	Darren Waller (CAR)	0	0	0	49	+ 22
28	AJ Barner (SEA)	0	0	0	24	-4
29	Mike Gesicki (CIN)	0	0	0	43	+ 14
30	Evan Engram (DEN)	0	0	0	40	+ 10
31	Oronde Gadsden II (LAC)	0	0	0	29	-2
32	David Njoku (LAC)	0	0	0	27	-5
33	Gunnar Helm (TEN)	0	0	0	31	-2
34	Colby Parkinson (LAR)	0	0	0	38	+ 4
35	Mason Taylor (NYJ)	0	0	0	30	-5
36	Michael Mayer (LV)	0	0	0	52	+ 16
37	Dawson Knox (BUF)	0	0	0	35	-2
38	Darnell Washington (PIT)	0	0	0	34	-4
39	Cole Kmet (CHI)	0	0	0	33	-6
40	Theo Johnson (NYG)	0	0	0	39	-1
41	Tyler Higbee (LAR)	0	0	0	41	-
42	Will Kacmarek (MIA)	0	0	0	88	+ 46
43	Noah Fant (NO)	0	0	0	75	+ 32
44	Erick All Jr. (CIN)	0	0	0	71	+ 27
45	Austin Hooper (ATL)	0	0	0	73	+ 28
46	Tommy Tremble (CAR)	0	0	0	55	+ 9
47	Ben Yurosek (MIN)	0	0	0
48	Josh Oliver (MIN)	0	0	0	54	+ 6
49	Brock Wright (DET)	0	0	0	44	-5
50	Adam Trautman (DEN)	0	0	0	56	+ 6
51	Charlie Kolar (LAC)	0	0	0	76	+ 25
52	Jonnu Smith (GB)	0	0	0	51	-1
53	Eli Stowers (PHI)	0	0	0	32	-21
54	Noah Gray (KC)	0	0	0	42	-12
55	Ja'Tavion Sanders (CAR)	0	0	0	47	-8
56	Elijah Arroyo (SEA)	0	0	0	46	-10
57	Elijah Higgins (ARI)	0	0	0	48	-9
58	John Bates (WAS)	0	0	0
59	Luke Schoonmaker (DAL)	0	0	0	45	-14
60	Luke Musgrave (GB)	0	0	0	96	+ 36
61	Daniel Bellinger (TEN)	0	0	0	84	+ 23
62	Nate Boerkircher (JAC)	0	0	0	86	+ 24
63	Mo Alie-Cox (IND)	0	0	0	60	-3
64	Eli Raridon (NE)	0	0	0	65	+ 1
65	Tanner Conner (NE)	0	0	0
66	Drew Sample (CIN)	0	0	0	69	+ 3
67	Jeremy Ruckert (NYJ)	0	0	0
68	Foster Moreau (HOU)	0	0	0
69	Mitchell Evans (CAR)	0	0	0	61	-8
70	Ben Sinnott (WAS)	0	0	0
71	Charlie Woerner (ATL)	0	0	0
72	Davis Allen (LAR)	0	0	0
73	Anthony Firkser (FA)	0	0	0
74	Durham Smythe (BAL)	0	0	0	91	+ 17
75	Cade Stover (HOU)	0	0	0	77	+ 2
76	Marlin Klein (HOU)	0	0	0	68	-8
77	Will Mallory (IND)	0	0	0
78	Jack Endries (CIN)	0	0	0
79	Hunter Long (ARI)	0	0	0
80	Connor Heyward (LV)	0	0	0	90	+ 10
81	Bauer Sharp (TB)	0	0	0
82	Nate Adkins (DEN)	0	0	0	57	-25
83	Dallen Bentley (DEN)	0	0	0
84	Blake Whiteheart (CLE)	0	0	0
85	Jackson Hawes (BUF)	0	0	0	62	-23
86	Max Klare (LAR)	0	0	0	66	-20
87	Payne Durham (TB)	0	0	0
88	Thomas Fidone II (NYG)	0	0	0
89	Drew Ogletree (IND)	0	0	0
90	James Mitchell (DAL)	0	0	0
91	Oscar Delp (NO)	0	0	0	97	+ 6
92	Eric Saubert (SEA)	0	0	0
93	Quintin Morris (JAC)	0	0	0
94	Tanner Hudson (CIN)	0	0	0
95	Keleki Latu (BUF)	0	0	0
96	Seydou Traore (MIA)	0	0	0
97	Jake Tonges (SF)	0	0	0	36	-61
98	Nick Kallerup (SEA)	0	0	0
99	Ian Thomas (LV)	0	0	0
100	Josh Cuevas (BAL)	0	0	0
101	Tanner Koziol (JAC)	0	0	0	81	-20
102	Sam Roush (CHI)	0	0	0	70	-32
103	Jared Wiley (KC)	0	0	0
104	Josh Whyle (GB)	0	0	0
105	Kylen Granson (TEN)	0	0	0
106	Grant Calcaterra (PHI)	0	0	0
107	Ko Kieft (TB)	0	0	0
108	Brevyn Spann-Ford (DAL)	0	0	0	64	-44
109	Chris Manhertz (NYG)	0	0	0
110	Feleipe Franks (CAR)	0	0	0
111	Lucas Krull (DEN)	0	0	0
112	Justin Joly (MIA)	0	0	0	93	-19
113	Julian Hill (NE)	0	0	0
114	Ben Sims (FA)	0	0	0
115	Tip Reiman (ARI)	0	0	0
116	Luke Farrell (SF)	0	0	0
117	Tyler Conklin (DET)	0	0	0
118	John FitzPatrick (CLE)	0	0	0
119	David Martin-Robinson (TEN)	0	0	0
120	Jack Westover (WAS)	0	0	0
121	Johnny Mundt (PHI)	0	0	0
122	Carter Runyon (LV)	0	0	0
123	Carsen Ryan (CLE)	0	0	0
124	Drake Dabney (GB)	0	0	0	50	-74