The Most Consistent Fantasy Tight End of 2021
Mark Andrews of the Baltimore Ravens was the most consistent tight end of 2021, scoring 297 fantasy points over 17 games for 17 points per game, the best rate and best total at the position that year. Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs was the only other tight end within reach at 263 points, also across 17 games. On week-to-week scoring volume, Andrews was the clear standard.
Who Was the Most Consistent Tight End in 2021?
Consistency at tight end in 2021 meant two things at once, and Mark Andrews delivered both: the highest season total at the position and the highest points-per-game figure among the leaders. His 297 fantasy points came over 17 games, and his 17 points per game topped Travis Kelce's 15. Nobody else at the position reached either number.
Kelce matched Andrews game for game with 17 appearances and posted the single best week of any tight end that year at 41, but his 263-point season landed second. The gap between those two and the field is where the 2021 position truly breaks: George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers, playing 15 games, finished at 198 points.
The Full 2021 Tight End Scoring Table
Every figure below comes from the recorded season totals, listed in order of fantasy points scored.
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points per game | Best week | | 1 | Mark Andrews | Baltimore Ravens | 17 | 297 | 17 | 38 | | 2 | Travis Kelce | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 263 | 15 | 41 | | 3 | George Kittle | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 198 | 13 | 40 | | 4 | Dalton Schultz | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 207 | 12 | 26 | | 5 | Dawson Knox | Buffalo Bills | 15 | 162 | 11 | 21 | | 6 | Zach Ertz | Arizona Cardinals / Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 181 | 11 | 29 | | 7 | Kyle Pitts | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 177 | 10 | 27 | | 8 | T.J. Hockenson | Detroit Lions | 14 | 143 | 10 | 24 | | 9 | Taysom Hill | New Orleans Saints | 12 | 122 | 10 | 26 | | 10 | Rob Gronkowski | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 171 | 10 | 29 |
One quirk of this table is worth flagging: the rank order and the points order disagree in the middle. Dalton Schultz sits fourth on the board with 207 points, more than Kittle's 198 in third, because the ranking follows the recorded season order. Zach Ertz, who played for the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles that year, also finished sixth in rank with 181 points, above Kyle Pitts at 177.
Where Consistency Showed Up Beyond the Top Two
Below Andrews and Kelce, the per-game column bunches tightly, and that is the heart of the consistency question. Kittle at 13, Schultz at 12, Knox at 11 and Ertz at 11 form a near-continuous band, meaning managers who missed the top two were choosing among players whose weekly output differed by a point or so per game in the season records.
The best-week column tells you who spiked. Kelce's 41 was the position's largest single game, with Andrews at 38 and Kittle at 40 close behind. But spike weeks are not consistency: Taysom Hill of the New Orleans Saints reached 26 in his best week yet played only 12 games, and Rob Gronkowski of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers managed 17 games and a 29-point best week but just 10 points per game, leaving him tenth in the recorded order despite more points than three players ranked above him.
Games played separated the durable from the rest. Andrews, Kelce, Schultz, Ertz, Pitts and Gronkowski all logged 17 games, while Kittle and Knox logged 15, Hockenson 14 and Hill 12. For a question about dependability, that availability column matters as much as any scoring figure, and it reinforces the verdict: Andrews paired full availability with the position's best scoring rate.
How the 2021 Records Answer the Consistency Question
If consistency is scoring volume every week, the season records point to Andrews alone: the most points, the best per-game number, and a full 17-game slate. If consistency means never leaving your lineup, six of the ten tight ends here played every game, but only Andrews and Kelce combined that availability with a per-game figure above 12. Either way, the 2021 answer lands on the Baltimore Ravens tight end.
Common questions
Who scored the most fantasy points at tight end in 2021?
- Mark Andrews of the Baltimore Ravens, with 297 fantasy points over 17 games, ahead of Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs at 263.
Was Mark Andrews or Travis Kelce more consistent in 2021?
- Both played 17 games, but Andrews scored 17 points per game to Kelce's 15, and his 297 points led the position. Kelce owned the bigger single week at 41 against Andrews' 38, yet the season records favor Andrews week over week.
Which tight end had the highest points per game in 2021?
- Mark Andrews at 17 points per game. Travis Kelce was next among the leaders at 15, with George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers at 13 in 15 games.
Did any tight end besides Andrews and Kelce stand out in 2021?
- Dalton Schultz of the Dallas Cowboys quietly gave managers 207 points over 17 games at 12 per game, while Dawson Knox of the Buffalo Bills reached 162 points in 15 games. Neither approached the per-game rate of the top two.
Which 2021 tight ends played a full 17-game season?
- Andrews, Kelce, Schultz, Zach Ertz, Kyle Pitts and Rob Gronkowski all appeared in 17 games. George Kittle and Dawson Knox played 15, T.J. Hockenson of the Detroit Lions played 14, and Taysom Hill played 12.