NFL Value Over Last Starter (VOLS) Rankings

2026 Tight End Projections

What is Value Over Last Starter (VOLS) Rankings?
VOLS measures the difference in fantasy points between every player and the worst player at the same position who will end up as a fantasy starter. Anyone with a VOLS of 0 is a player that would typically be on fantasy benches. Check out our Value-Based Drafting Guide for more VORP info.

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