What are week 3 fantasy football rankings?

Week 3 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.

Week 3 TE Rankings (PPR)

Week 3 TE rankings from the FantasyPros expert consensus for PPR scoring — consensus rank plus each player's best and worst expert rank.

Week 3 · 2026 season · Consensus updated September 28, 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	1.0	1	1	±0.0	100%
2	Dalton Kincaid start/sit →	TE	BUF	7	2.2	2	4	±0.5	96%
3	Brock Bowers start/sit →	TE	LV	13	4.0	2	10	±1.8	100%
4	Travis Kelce start/sit →	TE	KC	5	4.6	3	10	±1.5	95%
5	Sam LaPorta start/sit →	TE	DET	6	5.3	3	9	±1.7	98%
6	Dalton Schultz start/sit →	TE	HOU	8	5.7	4	8	±1.0	75%
7	George Kittle start/sit →	TE	SF	8	7.3	3	11	±1.6	96%
8	Tucker Kraft start/sit →	TE	GB	11	8.1	3	11	±2.0	95%
9	Tyler Warren start/sit →	TE	IND	13	8.2	4	10	±1.5	99%
10	Mark Andrews start/sit →	TE	BAL	13	10.5	7	20	±2.5	86%
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11	Isaiah Likely start/sit →	TE	NYG	8	11.5	8	15	±1.7	90%
12	Juwan Johnson start/sit →	TE	NO	8	12.4	8	17	±1.9	59%
13	Terrance Ferguson start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	13.3	10	24	±3.1	38%
14	Harold Fannin Jr.start/sit →	TE	CLE	11	14.5	9	19	±1.8	90%
15	Colston Loveland start/sit →	TE	CHI	10	16.6	13	19	±1.8	95%
16	Pat Freiermuth start/sit →	TE	PIT	9	16.7	12	22	±2.3	21%
17	Oronde Gadsden II start/sit →	TE	LAC	7	16.9	11	22	±2.2	28%
18	Hunter Henry start/sit →	TE	NE	11	17.8	13	25	±3.1	58%
19	Kyle Pitts Sr.start/sit →	TE	ATL	11	17.9	13	20	±2.4	87%
20	Jake Ferguson start/sit →	TE	DAL	14	18.6	7	24	±2.8	82%
21	T.J. Hockenson start/sit →	TE	MIN	6	20.8	15	27	±2.0	45%
22	Brenton Strange start/sit →	TE	JAX	7	22.6	20	26	±1.6	34%
23	Kenyon Sadiq start/sit →	TE	NYJ	13	21.2	13	26	±3.4	34%
24	Darren Waller start/sit →	TE	CAR	5	25.0	21	27	±1.7	19%
25	AJ Barner start/sit →	TE	SEA	11	25.0	20	32	±2.5	14%
26	Cade Otton start/sit →	TE	TB	10	25.9	23	30	±2.2	7%
27	Mike Gesicki start/sit →	TE	CIN	6	27.5	24	31	±1.4	9%
28	Evan Engram start/sit →	TE	DEN	10	27.5	24	35	±1.9	5%
29	Greg Dulcich start/sit →	TE	MIA	6	30.2	24	33	±1.8	7%
30	Michael Mayer start/sit →	TE	LV	13	30.3	27	38	±2.2	10%
31	Colby Parkinson start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	31.2	24	55	±4.6	4%
32	Gunnar Helm start/sit →	TE	TEN	9	30.0	23	33	±2.2	4%
33	Darnell Washington start/sit →	TE	PIT	9	34.2	32	40	±1.8	2%
34	Tyler Higbee start/sit →	TE	LAR	11	41.8	33	78	±10.3	2%
35	Zach Ertz start/sit →	TE	PHI	—	33.7	24	55	±6.2	—
36	Dawson Knox start/sit →	TE	BUF	7	37.6	33	48	±3.7	2%
37	Tommy Tremble start/sit →	TE	CAR	—	37.4	33	45	±3.0	—
38	Cole Kmet start/sit →	TE	CHI	10	38.5	35	44	±2.0	2%
39	Noah Fant start/sit →	TE	NO	8	36.8	34	43	±2.3	1%
40	Jonnu Smith start/sit →	TE	GB	—	43.0	28	56	±6.1	—
41	Noah Gray start/sit →	TE	KC	—	42.2	35	70	±7.4	—
42	Ben Sinnott start/sit →	TE	WAS	—	44.4	38	65	±5.5	—
43	Josh Oliver start/sit →	TE	MIN	—	43.2	38	52	±4.1	—
44	Elijah Arroyo start/sit →	TE	SEA	—	46.0	42	55	±2.8	—
45	Theo Johnson start/sit →	TE	NYG	8	43.5	37	48	±3.0	2%
46	Drew Sample start/sit →	TE	CIN	—	46.4	43	53	±3.8	—
47	Foster Moreau start/sit →	TE	HOU	—	48.7	44	61	±3.6	—
48	Erick All Jr.start/sit →	TE	CIN	—	50.7	43	59	±5.8	—
49	Jeremy Ruckert start/sit →	TE	NYJ	—	46.6	33	61	±7.5	—
50	Mitchell Evans start/sit →	TE	CAR	—	50.5	46	57	±3.2	—
51	Adam Trautman start/sit →	TE	DEN	—	52.2	46	64	±4.8	—
52	Johnny Mundt start/sit →	TE	PHI	—	51.2	39	60	±5.4	—
53	John Bates start/sit →	TE	WAS	—	54.3	39	67	±6.8	—
54	Durham Smythe start/sit →	TE	BAL	—	54.3	50	71	±5.5	—
55	Matt Hibner start/sit →	TE	BAL	—	54.5	40	62	±6.7	—
56	Daniel Bellinger start/sit →	TE	TEN	—	58.4	49	69	±5.8	—
57	Blake Whiteheart start/sit →	TE	CLE	—	54.9	50	59	±2.9	—
58	Austin Hooper start/sit →	TE	ATL	—	55.4	42	70	±9.4	—
59	Davis Allen start/sit →	TE	LAR	—	60.0	52	78	±6.7	—
60	Colson Yankoff	TE	WAS	—	59.2	51	66	±3.9	—
61	Will Kacmarek start/sit →	TE	MIA	—	62.9	47	86	±8.5	—
62	Marlin Klein start/sit →	TE	HOU	—	63.9	44	89	±10.1	—
63	Brevyn Spann-Ford start/sit →	TE	DAL	—	61.1	54	68	±4.0	—
64	Luke Farrell start/sit →	TE	SF	—	53.9	36	80	±12.2	—
65	Luke Schoonmaker start/sit →	TE	DAL	—	65.8	54	82	±6.7	—
66	Nate Boerkircher start/sit →	TE	JAX	—	63.6	55	73	±5.1	—
67	Jackson Hawes start/sit →	TE	BUF	—	68.3	61	78	±4.7	—
68	Brock Wright start/sit →	TE	DET	—	65.0	57	71	±4.5	—
69	Nate Adkins start/sit →	TE	DEN	—	71.5	62	87	±6.3	—
70	Elijah Higgins start/sit →	TE	ARI	—	72.0	59	82	±7.5	—
71	Sam Roush start/sit →	TE	CHI	—	73.6	60	105	±11.7	—
72	Cade Stover start/sit →	TE	HOU	—	74.4	67	110	±11.5	—
73	Drew Ogletree start/sit →	TE	IND	—	75.7	72	81	±2.8	—
74	Oscar Delp start/sit →	TE	NO	—	76.8	64	93	±7.7	—
75	Quintin Morris start/sit →	TE	JAX	—	75.4	68	90	±5.5	—
76	Mo Alie-Cox start/sit →	TE	IND	—	75.4	71	84	±4.0	—
77	E.J. Jenkins	TE	PHI	—	76.0	71	83	±3.3	—
78	Hayden Rucci	TE	LAC	—	76.3	60	102	±11.5	—
79	Cameron Latu	TE	NE	—	79.6	73	88	±5.1	—
80	Jelani Woods start/sit →	TE	NYJ	—	77.7	66	86	±4.9	—
81	Charlie Woerner start/sit →	TE	ATL	—	69.1	65	75	±4.0	—
82	Ian Thomas start/sit →	TE	LV	—	83.0	65	97	±8.9	—
83	Jake Briningstool	TE	KC	—	85.4	70	94	±6.6	—
84	Hunter Long start/sit →	TE	ARI	—	79.1	74	82	±2.3	—
85	Eric Saubert start/sit →	TE	SEA	—	83.1	75	91	±4.3	—
86	Patrick Herbert	TE	LAC	—	86.7	73	96	±6.0	—
87	Chris Manhertz start/sit →	TE	NYG	—	86.0	83	94	±3.5	—
88	Tanner Hudson start/sit →	TE	CIN	—	90.4	85	96	±4.2	—
89	Brayden Willis	TE	SF	—	89.5	83	95	±4.7	—
90	Josh Cuevas start/sit →	TE	BAL	—	90.0	81	96	±5.4	—
91	Connor Heyward start/sit →	TE	LV	—	84.8	81	87	±2.4	—
92	Josh Whyle start/sit →	TE	GB	—	72.8	33	90	±23.5	—
93	Carsen Ryan start/sit →	TE	CLE	—	92.9	82	111	±8.5	—
94	David Martin-Robinson start/sit →	TE	TEN	—	95.6	92	100	±3.0	—
95	Payne Durham start/sit →	TE	TB	—	95.8	89	104	±5.6	—
96	Seydou Traore start/sit →	TE	MIA	—	96.0	90	104	±5.1	—
97	Brady Russell	TE	SEA	—	94.4	86	103	±6.4	—
98	Robert Tonyan	TE	PIT	—	96.6	92	109	±5.1	—
99	Keleki Latu start/sit →	TE	BUF	—	97.6	94	103	±3.5	—
100	Bauer Sharp start/sit →	TE	TB	—	98.0	93	107	±4.0	—
101	Riley Nowakowski start/sit →	TE	PIT	—	94.4	92	98	±2.9	—
102	Max Klare start/sit →	TE	LAR	—	101.8	89	117	±7.6	—
103	Gavin Bartholomew	TE	MIN	—	101.1	90	114	±6.5	—
104	Feleipe Franks start/sit →	TE	CAR	—	103.0	100	108	±3.0	—
105	Mark Redman	TE	GB	—	82.5	81	84	±1.5	—
106	Ko Kieft start/sit →	TE	TB	—	105.7	102	108	±2.3	—
107	Tanner Koziol start/sit →	TE	JAX	—	104.6	95	116	±6.9	—
108	Justin Joly start/sit →	TE	MIA	—	104.8	97	115	±5.8	—
109	Nick Kallerup start/sit →	TE	SEA	—	104.6	101	110	±3.7	—
110	Tanner Arkin	TE	NE	—	106.2	106	107	±0.4	—
111	Chris Myarick	TE	LV	—	107.0	105	109	±1.4	—
112	Nick Muse	TE	ATL	—	102.5	93	112	±9.5	—

Expert consensus and ownership data via FantasyPros

Week 3: 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.

#34Tyler HigbeeTE · LARbest #33 · worst #78 · ±10.3
#35Zach ErtzTE · PHIbest #24 · worst #55 · ±6.2
#40Jonnu SmithTE · GBbest #28 · worst #56 · ±6.1
#31Colby ParkinsonTE · LARbest #24 · worst #55 · ±4.6
#36Dawson KnoxTE · BUFbest #33 · worst #48 · ±3.7

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What are week 3 fantasy football rankings?: Week 3 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.