What are week 1 fantasy football rankings?

Week 1 rankings order players by expected fantasy points in this week's games only — matchup, injury status and role all count, season-long value does not. They are the board to check before you set a lineup.

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Every row shows the consensus rank plus the highest and lowest rank any contributing FantasyPros expert gave the player this week. A wide gap means the experts disagree — usually an injury question, a new role, or a matchup they read differently.

Should I start the higher-ranked player?

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Week 1 TE Rankings (Half PPR)

Week 1 TE rankings from the FantasyPros expert consensus for Half PPR scoring — consensus rank plus each player's best and worst expert rank.

Week 1 · 2026 season · Consensus updated September 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM EDT

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#	Player	Pos	Team	Bye	Consensus	Best	Worst	Split	Rostered
1	Trey McBride start/sit →	TE	ARI	14	1.6	1	3	±0.6	100%
2	Colston Loveland start/sit →	TE	CHI	10	2.7	1	9	±1.3	100%
3	Tyler Warren start/sit →	TE	IND	13	3.7	2	8	±0.8	99%
4	Kyle Pitts Sr.start/sit →	TE	ATL	11	5.5	2	11	±1.5	97%
5	Sam LaPorta start/sit →	TE	DET	6	5.9	2	14	±2.0	97%
6	Tucker Kraft start/sit →	TE	GB	11	6.6	2	15	±2.0	95%
7	Harold Fannin Jr.start/sit →	TE	CLE	11	7.9	4	15	±1.9	97%
8	Dallas Goedert start/sit →	TE	PHI	10	8.4	4	14	±1.8	88%
9	Juwan Johnson start/sit →	TE	NO	8	10.0	5	17	±2.3	52%
10	Travis Kelce start/sit →	TE	KC	5	10.7	4	18	±2.2	93%
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11	Isaiah Likely start/sit →	TE	NYG	8	11.9	6	39	±4.3	85%
12	Mark Andrews start/sit →	TE	BAL	13	13.3	5	21	±2.4	83%
13	Dalton Kincaid start/sit →	TE	BUF	7	14.1	8	21	±2.1	87%
14	Jake Ferguson start/sit →	TE	DAL	14	14.5	9	22	±2.2	84%
15	Dalton Schultz start/sit →	TE	HOU	8	16.7	9	24	±2.6	32%
16	Hunter Henry start/sit →	TE	NE	11	17.6	9	26	±2.4	59%
17	Brenton Strange start/sit →	TE	JAX	7	18.0	14	24	±1.9	36%
18	George Kittle start/sit →	TE	SF	8	15.5	6	31	±4.1	95%
19	T.J. Hockenson start/sit →	TE	MIN	6	21.1	13	29	±2.7	41%
20	AJ Barner start/sit →	TE	SEA	11	21.8	16	30	±2.2	17%
21	Chig Okonkwo start/sit →	TE	WAS	7	22.8	16	35	±2.9	27%
22	Cade Otton start/sit →	TE	TB	10	22.0	14	36	±3.1	7%
23	Greg Dulcich start/sit →	TE	MIA	6	23.9	17	32	±2.7	9%
24	Terrance Ferguson start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	25.6	15	119	±9.8	23%
25	Gunnar Helm start/sit →	TE	TEN	9	27.4	21	46	±3.1	6%
26	Pat Freiermuth start/sit →	TE	PIT	9	26.0	18	32	±2.2	10%
27	Colby Parkinson start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	29.7	19	39	±3.3	4%
28	Evan Engram start/sit →	TE	DEN	10	29.5	19	42	±2.6	4%
29	Oronde Gadsden II start/sit →	TE	LAC	7	29.8	18	51	±4.9	19%
30	Kenyon Sadiq start/sit →	TE	NYJ	13	31.6	24	56	±4.4	34%
31	David Njoku start/sit →	TE	LAC	7	31.8	21	56	±3.8	9%
32	Darren Waller start/sit →	TE	CAR	5	33.0	21	62	±5.7	5%
33	Jake Tonges start/sit →	TE	SF	8	34.7	22	61	±5.2	2%
34	Mike Gesicki start/sit →	TE	CIN	6	32.5	23	48	±3.4	2%
35	Michael Mayer start/sit →	TE	LV	13	23.2	9	88	±12.4	2%
36	Darnell Washington start/sit →	TE	PIT	9	36.1	30	55	±3.7	3%
37	Theo Johnson start/sit →	TE	NYG	8	37.1	21	44	±3.9	2%
38	Charlie Kolar start/sit →	TE	LAC	7	37.3	25	95	±10.1	1%
39	Mason Taylor start/sit →	TE	NYJ	13	36.1	26	43	±4.1	3%
40	Elijah Arroyo start/sit →	TE	SEA	11	41.3	28	53	±4.6	1%
41	Cole Kmet start/sit →	TE	CHI	10	39.7	32	57	±4.0	2%
42	Tyler Higbee start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	42.6	33	54	±4.2	2%
43	Noah Gray start/sit →	TE	KC	5	46.6	37	54	±4.3	1%
44	Dawson Knox start/sit →	TE	BUF	7	42.9	33	56	±4.9	2%
45	Erick All Jr.start/sit →	TE	CIN	6	45.0	34	63	±6.1	1%
46	Noah Fant start/sit →	TE	NO	8	47.5	34	65	±7.0	1%
47	Daniel Bellinger start/sit →	TE	TEN	9	50.1	40	60	±5.5	3%
48	Eli Stowers start/sit →	TE	PHI	10	54.4	35	96	±13.3	4%
49	Eli Raridon start/sit →	TE	NE	11	52.1	35	118	±14.8	2%
50	Ja'Tavion Sanders start/sit →	TE	CAR	5	52.9	38	118	±15.7	1%
51	Oscar Delp start/sit →	TE	NO	8	56.8	36	78	±9.4	1%
52	Austin Hooper start/sit →	TE	ATL	—	49.9	39	59	±4.5	—
53	Elijah Higgins start/sit →	TE	ARI	14	55.6	46	92	±10.5	1%
54	Josh Oliver start/sit →	TE	MIN	—	53.4	47	63	±4.9	—
55	Tommy Tremble start/sit →	TE	CAR	5	54.4	40	90	±10.8	1%
56	Jonnu Smith start/sit →	TE	GB	11	51.8	36	60	±5.2	1%
57	Matt Hibner start/sit →	TE	BAL	13	59.0	42	103	±16.6	1%
58	Drew Sample start/sit →	TE	CIN	—	61.0	47	96	±11.1	—
59	Will Kacmarek start/sit →	TE	MIA	—	61.7	45	87	±11.5	—
60	Mitchell Evans start/sit →	TE	CAR	5	66.1	53	93	±10.4	1%
61	Brock Wright start/sit →	TE	DET	—	56.8	40	70	±6.9	—
62	Foster Moreau start/sit →	TE	HOU	—	63.8	53	107	±12.5	—
63	Adam Trautman start/sit →	TE	DEN	—	59.6	50	72	±6.8	—
64	Nate Boerkircher start/sit →	TE	JAX	7	61.8	43	76	±9.0	1%
65	Marlin Klein start/sit →	TE	HOU	8	70.1	40	99	±18.0	1%
66	Durham Smythe start/sit →	TE	BAL	—	68.4	50	95	±10.9	—
67	Luke Schoonmaker start/sit →	TE	DAL	—	63.9	56	75	±4.8	—
68	John Bates start/sit →	TE	WAS	7	70.5	56	99	±13.7	1%
69	Ben Sinnott start/sit →	TE	WAS	7	70.8	55	98	±12.2	1%
70	Jackson Hawes start/sit →	TE	BUF	—	69.1	62	91	±6.5	—
71	Tanner Koziol start/sit →	TE	JAX	—	74.1	53	112	±16.3	—
72	Mo Alie-Cox start/sit →	TE	IND	—	66.4	58	87	±7.5	—
73	Josh Whyle start/sit →	TE	GB	—	82.4	61	105	±14.1	—
74	Davis Allen start/sit →	TE	LAR	—	69.7	58	89	±8.3	—
75	Jack Endries start/sit →	TE	CIN	6	79.8	52	113	±19.1	2%
76	Cade Stover start/sit →	TE	HOU	—	76.9	53	102	±12.5	—
77	Jeremy Ruckert start/sit →	TE	NYJ	—	77.3	61	98	±10.2	—
78	Hunter Long start/sit →	TE	ARI	—	74.3	54	101	±13.9	—
79	Payne Durham start/sit →	TE	TB	—	81.0	65	94	±8.1	—
80	Brevyn Spann-Ford start/sit →	TE	DAL	—	78.3	58	98	±10.2	—
81	Max Klare start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	84.9	48	116	±19.7	2%
82	Johnny Mundt start/sit →	TE	PHI	—	81.7	58	101	±13.1	—
83	Justin Joly start/sit →	TE	MIA	6	77.3	51	111	±19.7	1%
84	Nate Adkins start/sit →	TE	DEN	—	82.9	69	103	±12.5	—
85	Blake Whiteheart start/sit →	TE	CLE	—	78.5	68	91	±6.6	—
86	Sam Roush start/sit →	TE	CHI	10	78.7	54	102	±12.8	1%
87	Carsen Ryan start/sit →	TE	CLE	—	84.5	74	91	±5.2	—
88	Drew Ogletree start/sit →	TE	IND	—	86.1	74	97	±8.6	—
89	Luke Farrell start/sit →	TE	SF	—	87.4	81	97	±5.0	—
90	Charlie Woerner start/sit →	TE	ATL	—	93.3	68	107	±10.9	—
91	Jared Wiley start/sit →	TE	KC	—	93.7	69	111	±10.0	—
92	Seydou Traore start/sit →	TE	MIA	—	94.1	74	117	±12.0	—
93	Eric Saubert start/sit →	TE	SEA	—	90.4	79	98	±6.2	—
94	Kylen Granson start/sit →	TE	TEN	—	91.2	79	108	±8.4	—
95	Ian Thomas start/sit →	TE	LV	—	87.4	64	114	±16.6	—
96	Josh Cuevas start/sit →	TE	BAL	—	76.5	62	90	±8.1	—
97	Robert Tonyan start/sit →	TE	PIT	—	94.2	78	111	±7.8	—
98	Chris Manhertz start/sit →	TE	NYG	—	103.6	89	116	±7.6	—
99	Tyler Conklin start/sit →	TE	DET	—	91.4	76	104	±8.6	—
100	Cameron Latu start/sit →	TE	NE	—	102.1	81	116	±10.8	—
101	Dallen Bentley start/sit →	TE	DEN	—	98.8	81	116	±10.8	—
102	Ko Kieft start/sit →	TE	TB	—	103.9	91	123	±10.9	—
103	David Martin-Robinson start/sit →	TE	TEN	—	100.4	92	110	±6.5	—
104	E.J. Jenkins start/sit →	TE	PHI	—	104.8	85	120	±9.2	—
105	Tanner Arkin start/sit →	TE	NE	—	106.0	92	116	±7.0	—
106	Bauer Sharp start/sit →	TE	TB	—	97.8	67	117	±16.9	—
107	Mark Redman start/sit →	TE	GB	—	103.2	87	115	±7.6	—
108	Colson Yankoff start/sit →	TE	WAS	—	103.4	91	109	±4.8	—
109	Thomas Fidone II start/sit →	TE	NYG	—	107.9	99	121	±7.4	—
110	Nick Kallerup start/sit →	TE	SEA	—	108.6	95	122	±8.3	—
111	Brevin Jordan start/sit →	TE	HOU	—	96.7	82	117	±13.4	—
112	Jake Briningstool start/sit →	TE	KC	—	108.9	85	120	±10.0	—
113	Quintin Morris start/sit →	TE	JAX	—	98.8	80	106	±8.9	—
114	Ben Yurosek start/sit →	TE	MIN	—	99.5	95	107	±3.6	—
115	Gavin Bartholomew start/sit →	TE	MIN	—	102.2	83	118	±13.2	—
116	Jelani Woods start/sit →	TE	NYJ	13	110.7	106	119	±5.3	4%
117	Carter Runyon start/sit →	TE	LV	—	81.3	70	87	±8.0	—
118	Keleki Latu start/sit →	TE	BUF	—	113.7	109	118	±3.5	—
119	Connor Heyward start/sit →	TE	LV	—	62.5	24	101	±38.5	—
120	Feleipe Franks start/sit →	TE	CAR	—	110.4	72	124	±19.4	—
121	Tanner Hudson start/sit →	TE	CIN	—	100.3	47	139	±39.0	—
122	Brady Russell	TE	SEA	—	120.8	98	152	±19.7	—
123	Brayden Willis start/sit →	TE	SF	—	118.7	105	132	±11.0	—
124	Stone Smartt start/sit →	TE	NO	—	108.0	93	123	±15.0	—
125	Michael Trigg start/sit →	TE	DAL	—	108.0	94	122	±14.0	—
126	Joel Wilson start/sit →	TE	TEN	—	114.0	104	124	±10.0	—
127	Joshua Simon start/sit →	TE	FA	—	116.5	108	125	±8.5	—
128	Ty Pezza start/sit →	TE	BAL	—	119.0	112	126	±7.0	—
129	Chris Myarick start/sit →	TE	LV	—	122.0	117	127	±5.0	—
130	Lake McRee start/sit →	TE	PIT	—	126.5	125	128	±1.5	—
131	Patrick Herbert start/sit →	TE	LAC	—	127.5	126	129	±1.5	—
132	Evan Svoboda start/sit →	TE	LAC	—	128.5	127	130	±1.5	—
133	Jack Westover start/sit →	TE	WAS	—	129.5	128	131	±1.5	—
134	Tre Watson start/sit →	TE	MIA	—	130.5	129	132	±1.5	—
135	Thomas Gordon start/sit →	TE	DET	—	131.5	130	133	±1.5	—
136	Khalil Dinkins start/sit →	TE	SF	—	132.5	131	134	±1.5	—
137	Teagan Quitoriano start/sit →	TE	ARI	—	134.5	133	136	±1.5	—
138	Messiah Swinson start/sit →	TE	CLE	—	135.0	135	135	±0.0	—
139	Hayden Rucci start/sit →	TE	JAX	—	135.5	134	137	±1.5	—
140	CJ Dippre start/sit →	TE	TB	—	137.5	136	139	±1.5	—
141	Cam Grandy	TE	MIN	—	137.5	137	138	±0.5	—

Expert consensus and ownership data via FantasyPros

Week 1: where the experts split

The widest expert disagreements near the top of the board — the players one analyst has as a must-start and another has on the bench.

#35Michael MayerTE · LVbest #9 · worst #88 · ±12.4
#38Charlie KolarTE · LACbest #25 · worst #95 · ±10.1
#24Terrance FergusonTE · LARbest #15 · worst #119 · ±9.8
#32Darren WallerTE · CARbest #21 · worst #62 · ±5.7
#33Jake TongesTE · SFbest #22 · worst #61 · ±5.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are week 1 fantasy football rankings?: Week 1 rankings order players by expected fantasy points in this week's games only — matchup, injury status and role all count, season-long value does not. They are the board to check before you set a lineup.
What does the best / worst rank mean?: Every row shows the consensus rank plus the highest and lowest rank any contributing FantasyPros expert gave the player this week. A wide gap means the experts disagree — usually an injury question, a new role, or a matchup they read differently.
Should I start the higher-ranked player?: Usually, but rankings are league-agnostic. Scoring settings, your other options at the position and your opponent all matter. Connect your league to LeagueLogs — it's free — and the AI chat that knows your league answers start/sit questions against your actual roster.