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)	197	102	95	1	-
2	Brock Bowers (LV)	153	80	73	2	-
3	Colston Loveland (CHI)	109	58	51	3	-
4	Tyler Warren (IND)	89	48	41	4	-
5	Kyle Pitts Sr. (ATL)	77	42	35	8	+ 3
6	Sam LaPorta (DET)	63	35	28	7	+ 1
7	Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)	63	35	28	6	-1
8	Dallas Goedert (PHI)	57	32	25	14	+ 6
9	Travis Kelce (KC)	45	26	19	10	+ 1
10	Tucker Kraft (GB)	31	19	12	5	-5
11	Isaiah Likely (NYG)	29	18	11	13	+ 2
12	Jake Ferguson (DAL)	21	14	7	12	-
13	George Kittle (SF)	11	9	2	11	-2
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	Mike Gesicki (CIN)	0	0	0	34	+ 6
29	Evan Engram (DEN)	0	0	0	37	+ 8
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	56	+ 17
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	Erick All Jr. (CIN)	0	0	0
45	Eli Stowers (PHI)	0	0	0	32	-13
46	Austin Hooper (ATL)	0	0	0
47	Cole Kmet (CHI)	0	0	0	59	+ 12
48	Josh Oliver (MIN)	0	0	0
49	Brock Wright (DET)	0	0	0
50	Daniel Bellinger (TEN)	0	0	0	44	-6
51	Charlie Kolar (LAC)	0	0	0	46	-5
52	Ben Sims (MIA)	0	0	0
53	Adam Trautman (DEN)	0	0	0
54	Luke Musgrave (GB)	0	0	0	36	-18
55	Noah Gray (KC)	0	0	0	57	+ 2
56	Eli Raridon (NE)	0	0	0	54	-2
57	Jake Tonges (SF)	0	0	0	33	-24
58	Elijah Higgins (ARI)	0	0	0
59	Marlin Klein (HOU)	0	0	0
60	Elijah Arroyo (SEA)	0	0	0	47	-13
61	John Bates (WAS)	0	0	0
62	Davis Allen (LAR)	0	0	0
63	Jeremy Ruckert (NYJ)	0	0	0
64	Drew Sample (CIN)	0	0	0
65	Nate Boerkircher (JAC)	0	0	0
66	Connor Heyward (LV)	0	0	0
67	Mitchell Evans (CAR)	0	0	0
68	Nick Vannett (LAR)	0	0	0
69	Cade Stover (HOU)	0	0	0
70	Grant Calcaterra (PHI)	0	0	0
71	Ben Sinnott (WAS)	0	0	0	50	-21
72	Nate Adkins (DEN)	0	0	0
73	Jack Endries (CIN)	0	0	0
74	Jackson Hawes (BUF)	0	0	0
75	Luke Schoonmaker (DAL)	0	0	0
76	Charlie Woerner (ATL)	0	0	0
77	Will Mallory (IND)	0	0	0
78	Justin Joly (DEN)	0	0	0	55	-23
79	Tanner Hudson (CIN)	0	0	0
80	Cam Grandy (CIN)	0	0	0
81	Rivaldo Fairweather (ARI)	0	0	0
82	Zaire Mitchell-Paden (NO)	0	0	0
83	Foster Moreau (HOU)	0	0	0
84	Bauer Sharp (TB)	0	0	0
85	Tanner McLachlan (FA)	0	0	0
86	Mo Alie-Cox (IND)	0	0	0
87	Jared Wiley (KC)	0	0	0
88	Donald Parham Jr. (FA)	0	0	0
89	Thomas Fidone II (NYG)	0	0	0
90	Darren Waller (FA)	0	0	0	48	-42
91	Jaren Kanak (TEN)	0	0	0
92	Zack Kuntz (FA)	0	0	0
93	Josh Whyle (GB)	0	0	0
94	Durham Smythe (BAL)	0	0	0
95	Devin Culp (TB)	0	0	0
96	Payne Durham (TB)	0	0	0
97	Max Klare (LAR)	0	0	0	60	-37
98	Brevyn Spann-Ford (DAL)	0	0	0
99	Sam Roush (CHI)	0	0	0	42	-57
100	Lucas Krull (DEN)	0	0	0
101	Tip Reiman (ARI)	0	0	0
102	Ian Thomas (LV)	0	0	0
103	Blake Whiteheart (CLE)	0	0	0
104	Hunter Long (JAC)	0	0	0
105	Luke Farrell (SF)	0	0	0
106	Eric Saubert (SEA)	0	0	0
107	Drew Ogletree (IND)	0	0	0
108	Oscar Delp (NO)	0	0	0	53	-55
109	Josh Cuevas (BAL)	0	0	0
110	Tyler Conklin (DET)	0	0	0
111	CJ Dippre (NE)	0	0	0
112	Tanner Koziol (JAC)	0	0	0
113	Joe Royer (CLE)	0	0	0
114	Riley Nowakowski (PIT)	0	0	0
115	Chris Manhertz (NYG)	0	0	0