Fantasy Football Consistency Rankings: Tight ends

This ranking considers tight ends that started at least 10 games in 2024. Fantasy points were derived using one point per 10 yards rushed or received, six-point touchdowns rushed, and one-point receptions. Given that the position supplies around only 10 players of any fantasy note, there aren’t a lot of surprises here.

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Tight End Consistency

Tight ends	10-pt %	Gms	10 Pts	20 Pts	5-rec	50-yd	TD
Trey McBride	81%	16	13	5	12	12	3
George Kittle	80%	15	12	6	9	11	7
Brock Bowers	71%	17	12	4	11	12	5
Jonnu Smith	71%	17	12	6	10	8	7
Mark Andrews	65%	17	11	1	4	7	10
Dallas Goedert	60%	10	6	1	3	4	2
Sam LaPorta	56%	16	9	0	5	7	6
Travis Kelce	56%	16	9	4	10	8	3
Evan Engram	56%	9	5	1	6	1	1
David Njoku	55%	11	6	2	8	5	4
Cade Otton	54%	13	7	2	6	5	3
Pat Freiermuth	53%	17	9	1	4	6	7
Zach Ertz	53%	17	9	1	6	4	6
Hunter Henry	50%	16	8	0	7	5	2
Tucker Kraft	47%	17	8	1	2	6	6
Tyler Conklin	47%	15	7	1	4	4	4
Kyle Pitts	41%	17	7	1	2	6	3
Mike Gesicki	40%	15	6	1	6	6	1
T.J. Hockenson	40%	10	4	0	4	4	0
Brenton Strange	36%	14	5	0	2	4	2
Jake Ferguson	36%	14	5	0	6	3	0
Isaiah Likely	33%	15	5	1	2	2	5
Juwan Johnson	33%	15	5	0	4	3	3

Using 10 fantasy points as the mark to match is low considering the other fantasy positions — like four catches for 60 yards or just two catches for 20 yards and one touchdown — Trey McBride, George Kittle, Brock Bowers, and Jonnu Smith were the top tight ends. Bowers and Smith were surprises, while Sam LaPorta, T.J. Hockenson, Travis Kelce and David Njoku were disappointments.

Those top four tight ends offered an advantage for the position, but it was a year of transition for tight ends who were highly productive and those who fell back. Already marginally advantageous compared to wide receivers, the position isn’t even a lock for the top player anymore.

20-pt games		5-rec games		TD games		50-yd games
George Kittle	6	Trey McBride	12	Mark Andrews	10	Trey McBride	12
Jonnu Smith	6	Brock Bowers	11	George Kittle	7	Brock Bowers	12
Trey McBride	5	Jonnu Smith	10	Jonnu Smith	7	George Kittle	11
Brock Bowers	4	Travis Kelce	10	Pat Freiermuth	7	Jonnu Smith	8
Travis Kelce	4	George Kittle	9	Sam LaPorta	6	Travis Kelce	8
David Njoku	2	David Njoku	8	Zach Ertz	6	Mark Andrews	7
Cade Otton	2	Hunter Henry	7	Tucker Kraft	6	Sam LaPorta	7
Cole Kmet	2

George Kittle topped the number of 20-point games for the last two seasons, doing at least marginally better at staying healthy, but Jonnu Smith had his magical, career season at the age of 29 – a rarity. Brock Bowers shows well in all of the metrics, sort of like Sam LaPorta in 2023 (but not this year).

The fact that there has been significant transitions from bad to good or from good to bad only makes the position riskier. Outside of Kittle, Bowers, and McBride, the rest of the tight ends are likely to fall deeper in drafts this season.