In 2024, dynasty tight end rankings had a blend of youth and win-now veterans filling out the top tiers. Now, there are two tight ends sitting alone at the top while everyone else either gets a veteran or some good old-fashioned hope. 2025 dynasty tight end rankings would be short without including some of the best tight end prospects in this draft, so they’re filled in using projected draft capital and role.
2025 Dynasty Tight End Rankings – Rookies, Veterans, and Tiers
Cornerstone Tight Ends
Brock Bowers
Trey McBride
If we could get some touchdowns for McBride, that would be great. Instead we’ll settle for 1,000 yards and a top role in his offense. Bowers just broke rookie records while catching passes from anyone the Las Vegas Raiders could find, so any concerns about a Sam LaPorta slide year two should be thrown out.
Young and Exciting
Sam LaPorta
T.J. Hockenson
Tyler Warren
Colston Loveland
Warren and Loveland are all but locks to go in the first round this year. In this All-22 film study on Tyler Warren he’s a bulldozer with a fantastic contested catch ability. LaPorta saw his role shrink with the Jameson Williams breakout, but even in a disappointing season he finished as a top ten tight end. Hockenson has two healthy legs now, and sneakily had five or more targets in the last seven games of the season.
Win Now Buys and a Sneaky Young Tight End
Mark Andrews
George Kittle
David Njoku
Tucker Kraft
The demise of Andrews was overblown, and that was a wild month where Isaiah Likely was a top five dynasty tight end. Kittle and Njoku are both YAC freaks who have top-five tight ends in their range of outcomes, but Tucker Kraft could be next. He finished as the TE10 on only 50 receptions. He had more yards than a long list of tight ends with more targets than him (including Kyle Pitts).
Unreasonable Hope and Questionable Longevity or Role
Dalton Kincaid
Kyle Pitts
Travis Kelce
Jonnu Smith
Cade Otton
Pat Freiermuth
Jake Ferguson
If Kincaid or Pitts finally have a top eight-ish season, the fantasy community will implode. Maybe it won’t happen until they’re pushing 30 like Jonnu Smith did. For teams wanting a steady, boring, low-end tight end one or high-end tight end two, Cade Otton and Pat Freiermuth had almost identical points per game last year and are young enough to be useful for a while. Ferguson is the current tight end tied to Dak Prescott, so he’ll be useful until he goes somewhere else and loses that role, or if they upgrade in the draft.
Bounce-backs or Frisky Youths
Cole Kmet
Elijah Arroyo
Evan Engram
Isaiah Likely
Gunnar Helm
Isaiah Likely
Dallas Goedert
Harold Fannin Jr.
Kmet could absolutely rocket ship up these 2025 dynasty tight end rankings by the end of the season, and is a priority buy in most formats. Arroyo, Helm and Fannin are all landing spot dependent, but Arroyo and Fannin have that exciting upside folks love to chase.
Other Tight Ends to Watch for 2025 Dynasty Tight End Rankings
Mason Taylor
Ja’Tavion Sanders
Chig Okonkwo (Runescape Legend)
Ben Sinnott
Hunter Henry
Noah Gray
Zach Ertz
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