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)	158	86	72	1	-
2	Brock Bowers (LV)	138	76	62	2	-
3	Colston Loveland (CHI)	68	41	27	3	-
4	Tyler Warren (IND)	54	34	20	4	-
5	Kyle Pitts Sr. (ATL)	42	28	14	6	+ 1
6	Harold Fannin Jr. (CLE)	28	21	7	5	-1
7	Sam LaPorta (DET)	16	15	1	8	+ 1
8	Travis Kelce (KC)	14	14	0	10	+ 2
9	Dallas Goedert (PHI)	11	11	0	13	+ 4
10	Tucker Kraft (GB)	7	7	0	7	-3
11	George Kittle (SF)	3	3	0	9	-2
12	Jake Ferguson (DAL)	0	0	0	11	-1
13	Isaiah Likely (NYG)	0	0	0	12	-1
14	Mark Andrews (BAL)	0	0	0	15	+ 1
15	Dalton Kincaid (BUF)	0	0	0	14	-1
16	Hunter Henry (NE)	0	0	0	21	+ 5
17	Juwan Johnson (NO)	0	0	0	16	-1
18	Brenton Strange (JAC)	0	0	0	17	-1
19	Dalton Schultz (HOU)	0	0	0	23	+ 4
20	T.J. Hockenson (MIN)	0	0	0	20	-
21	Pat Freiermuth (PIT)	0	0	0	28	+ 7
22	Greg Dulcich (MIA)	0	0	0	27	+ 5
23	Kenyon Sadiq (NYJ)	0	0	0	19	-4
24	Cade Otton (TB)	0	0	0	25	+ 1
25	AJ Barner (SEA)	0	0	0	24	-1
26	Chig Okonkwo (WAS)	0	0	0	22	-4
27	Oronde Gadsden II (LAC)	0	0	0	18	-9
28	Evan Engram (DEN)	0	0	0	42	+ 14
29	Terrance Ferguson (LAR)	0	0	0	29	-
30	Mike Gesicki (CIN)	0	0	0	39	+ 9
31	Gunnar Helm (TEN)	0	0	0	30	-1
32	Mason Taylor (NYJ)	0	0	0	34	+ 2
33	Colby Parkinson (LAR)	0	0	0	33	-
34	David Njoku (LAC)	0	0	0	26	-8
35	Michael Mayer (LV)	0	0	0	50	+ 15
36	Dawson Knox (BUF)	0	0	0	37	+ 1
37	Theo Johnson (NYG)	0	0	0	38	+ 1
38	Darnell Washington (PIT)	0	0	0	35	-3
39	Tyler Higbee (LAR)	0	0	0	40	+ 1
40	Ja'Tavion Sanders (CAR)	0	0	0
41	Cole Kmet (CHI)	0	0	0	36	-5
42	Noah Fant (NO)	0	0	0
43	Tommy Tremble (CAR)	0	0	0	47	+ 4
44	Will Kacmarek (MIA)	0	0	0
45	Erick All Jr. (CIN)	0	0	0	57	+ 12
46	Austin Hooper (ATL)	0	0	0
47	Charlie Kolar (LAC)	0	0	0
48	Eli Stowers (PHI)	0	0	0	32	-16
49	Josh Oliver (MIN)	0	0	0	49	-
50	Daniel Bellinger (TEN)	0	0	0
51	Brock Wright (DET)	0	0	0	43	-8
52	Noah Gray (KC)	0	0	0	48	-4
53	Luke Musgrave (GB)	0	0	0	46	-7
54	Elijah Arroyo (SEA)	0	0	0	41	-13
55	Jake Tonges (SF)	0	0	0	31	-24
56	Adam Trautman (DEN)	0	0	0	61	+ 5
57	Eli Raridon (NE)	0	0	0	52	-5
58	Ben Sims (MIA)	0	0	0
59	Elijah Higgins (ARI)	0	0	0	55	-4
60	Davis Allen (LAR)	0	0	0
61	Marlin Klein (HOU)	0	0	0
62	John Bates (WAS)	0	0	0
63	Jeremy Ruckert (NYJ)	0	0	0	62	-1
64	Mitchell Evans (CAR)	0	0	0	60	-4
65	Nate Boerkircher (JAC)	0	0	0
66	Connor Heyward (LV)	0	0	0
67	Drew Sample (CIN)	0	0	0
68	Cade Stover (HOU)	0	0	0
69	Nick Vannett (SEA)	0	0	0
70	Nate Adkins (DEN)	0	0	0
71	Ben Sinnott (WAS)	0	0	0
72	Jackson Hawes (BUF)	0	0	0	54	-18
73	Jack Endries (CIN)	0	0	0
74	Luke Schoonmaker (DAL)	0	0	0	51	-23
75	Charlie Woerner (ATL)	0	0	0
76	Will Mallory (IND)	0	0	0
77	Hayden Rucci (SF)	0	0	0
78	Grant Calcaterra (PHI)	0	0	0
79	Teagan Quitoriano (ARI)	0	0	0
80	Rivaldo Fairweather (ARI)	0	0	0
81	Tanner Hudson (CIN)	0	0	0
82	Foster Moreau (HOU)	0	0	0
83	Zaire Mitchell-Paden (NO)	0	0	0
84	Mo Alie-Cox (IND)	0	0	0
85	Jaheim Bell (PIT)	0	0	0
86	Donald Parham Jr. (FA)	0	0	0
87	Zach Ertz (FA)	0	0	0
88	Zack Kuntz (FA)	0	0	0
89	John FitzPatrick (FA)	0	0	0
90	Durham Smythe (BAL)	0	0	0
91	Payne Durham (TB)	0	0	0
92	Max Klare (LAR)	0	0	0	44	-48
93	Joe Royer (CLE)	0	0	0	63	-30
94	Justin Joly (DEN)	0	0	0
95	Sam Roush (CHI)	0	0	0	59	-36
96	Tip Reiman (ARI)	0	0	0
97	Devin Culp (TB)	0	0	0
98	Ian Thomas (LV)	0	0	0
99	Jack Stoll (CLE)	0	0	0
100	Josh Cuevas (BAL)	0	0	0
101	Hunter Long (JAC)	0	0	0
102	Chris Manhertz (NYG)	0	0	0
103	Lucas Krull (DEN)	0	0	0
104	Luke Farrell (SF)	0	0	0
105	Brevyn Spann-Ford (DAL)	0	0	0	58	-47
106	Ko Kieft (TB)	0	0	0
107	CJ Dippre (NE)	0	0	0
108	Tanner Koziol (JAC)	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	Oscar Delp (NO)	0	0	0	56	-56
113	Johnny Mundt (PHI)	0	0	0