TIGHT END POWER RANKINGS
The Big Data Football model uses Value Over Replacement to rank players. In our case, Value Over Replacement measures the fantasy point projection of an individual player over the fantasy point projection of the worst possible starter at that position.
But enough nerd talk. If you want to see our work, check out THE MODEL. If you just want to copy the answers, see our Positional Power Rankings below.
| Rank | Player | Team | Tgts | Receptions | Rec Yds | Rec TDs | Fpts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis Kelce | KC | 138.0 | 95.1 | 1,291.1 | 10.1 | 284.5 |
| 2 | Darren Waller | LVR | 144.9 | 103.6 | 1,157.1 | 8.7 | 271.6 |
| 3 | George Kittle | SF | 118.7 | 85.6 | 1,161.2 | 7.0 | 243.6 |
| 4 | T.J. Hockenson | DET | 123.3 | 80.0 | 807.4 | 9.2 | 216.0 |
| 5 | Mark Andrews | BAL | 111.3 | 70.3 | 935.6 | 8.4 | 214.4 |
| 6 | Kyle Pitts | ATL | 109.7 | 71.4 | 850.8 | 5.4 | 188.6 |
| 7 | Mike Gesicki | MIA | 108.2 | 67.7 | 935.1 | 3.9 | 184.6 |
| 8 | Hunter Henry | NE | 86.7 | 57.8 | 616.5 | 7.2 | 162.7 |
| 9 | Austin Hooper | CLE | 93.4 | 62.1 | 590.1 | 5.8 | 155.7 |
| 10 | Noah Fant | DEN | 85.1 | 55.8 | 578.7 | 6.4 | 151.9 |
| 11 | Logan Thomas | WFT | 84.6 | 53.7 | 574.5 | 6.0 | 147.2 |
| 12 | Tyler Higbee | LAR | 73.6 | 47.4 | 671.9 | 5.4 | 146.9 |
| 13 | Cole Kmet | CHI | 86.3 | 61.7 | 604.6 | 4.1 | 146.6 |
| 14 | Robert Tonyan | GB | 71.3 | 51.6 | 583.6 | 6.1 | 146.5 |
| 15 | Jonnu Smith | NE | 90.9 | 58.0 | 596.6 | 4.8 | 146.3 |
| 16 | Irv Smith Jr. | MIN | 80.6 | 51.6 | 600.8 | 5.2 | 143.0 |
| 17 | O.J. Howard | TB | 70.1 | 43.7 | 634.4 | 5.3 | 138.9 |
| 18 | Evan Engram | NYG | 84.8 | 52.7 | 538.7 | 3.2 | 126.1 |
| 19 | Dallas Goedert | PHI | 73.8 | 45.6 | 541.2 | 3.1 | 118.6 |
| 20 | Eric Ebron | PIT | 76.9 | 51.3 | 501.6 | 2.8 | 118.3 |
| 21 | Jared Cook | LAC | 55.3 | 33.2 | 542.3 | 4.7 | 115.3 |
| 22 | Harrison Bryant | CLE | 61.5 | 41.9 | 451.6 | 4.3 | 112.9 |
| 23 | Dalton Schultz | DAL | 62.7 | 45.4 | 459.0 | 3.3 | 111.3 |
| 24 | Dawson Knox | BUF | 64.9 | 41.1 | 474.1 | 3.7 | 110.9 |
| 25 | Drew Sample | CIN | 67.2 | 48.9 | 434.4 | 2.5 | 107.5 |
| 26 | Anthony Firkser | TEN | 72.1 | 46.4 | 461.6 | 2.1 | 104.9 |
| 27 | Blake Jarwin | DAL | 53.0 | 35.9 | 545.3 | 2.3 | 104.0 |
| 28 | Chris Herndon | NYJ | 61.0 | 38.8 | 341.5 | 5.1 | 103.4 |
| 29 | Jordan Akins | HOU | 60.2 | 40.8 | 444.6 | 2.9 | 102.5 |
| 30 | Gerald Everett | SEA | 54.6 | 39.0 | 458.1 | 2.4 | 99.0 |
| 31 | Mo Alie-Cox | IND | 47.8 | 32.7 | 428.4 | 3.6 | 97.0 |
| 32 | Zach Ertz | PHI | 63.0 | 37.2 | 398.8 | 1.4 | 85.5 |
| 33 | Dan Arnold | CAR | 47.5 | 28.1 | 417.3 | 2.3 | 83.7 |
| 34 | Rob Gronkowski | TB | 43.5 | 28.0 | 387.9 | 2.5 | 81.6 |
| 35 | Will Dissly | SEA | 42.8 | 31.4 | 284.2 | 3.3 | 79.7 |
| 36 | Adam Trautman | NO | 44.7 | 33.7 | 318.0 | 1.6 | 75.2 |
| 37 | Tyler Conklin | MIN | 42.6 | 32.1 | 290.5 | 1.0 | 67.5 |
| 38 | James O'Shaughnessy | JAX | 40.7 | 28.1 | 274.7 | 1.7 | 65.7 |
| 39 | Ian Thomas | CAR | 36.3 | 24.3 | 213.7 | 2.2 | 58.5 |
| 40 | Maxx Williams | ARI | 28.9 | 21.8 | 194.7 | 0.9 | 46.4 |
| 41 | Kahale Warring | HOU | 28.3 | 18.2 | 188.8 | 1.0 | 43.4 |
| 42 | Geoff Swaim | TEN | 26.4 | 17.9 | 121.1 | 2.2 | 43.1 |