Top 10 Fantasy TE Seasons of 2018
Travis Kelce led all fantasy tight ends in 2018 while playing for Kansas City, piling up 295 points across 16 contests and peaking with a 39-point week. Zach Ertz of the Philadelphia Eagles finished second at 280 points, and George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers took third at 257. Kelce's total stands as the clear high-water mark at the position for that year.
The complete 2018 tight end top ten, ranked by fantasy points
Below is the full top ten at tight end for the 2018 season, listed by rank with team, games played, total fantasy points, fantasy points per game, and each player's best single week.
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points Per Game | Best Week | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Travis Kelce | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 295 | 18 | 39 | | 2 | Zach Ertz | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 280 | 18 | | 3 | George Kittle | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 257 | 16 | 34 | | 4 | Eric Ebron | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 222 | 14 | 32 | | 5 | Jared Cook | Las Vegas Raiders | 16 | 194 | 12 | 31 | | 6 | Austin Hooper | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 161 | 10 | 22 | | 7 | Kyle Rudolph | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 151 | 9 | 33 | | 8 | Trey Burton | Chicago Bears | 16 | 145 | 9 | 28 | | 9 | David Njoku | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 144 | 9 | 18 | | 10 | Vance McDonald | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 133 | 8 | 21 |
Where the 2018 tight end board breaks
The 2018 season split into three bands at tight end. Travis Kelce and Zach Ertz formed the top band, and the per-game column shows just how tight that pairing was: both posted 18 fantasy points per game, with Kelce's 295 total ahead of Ertz's 280. George Kittle sat a step below at 257 points and 16 per game, still comfortably clear of the field behind him.
Eric Ebron's 222 points made him the only other tight end to clear 194, and Jared Cook's fifth-place total marks where the true drop-off sits. From Cook at 194 down to Austin Hooper at 161, the totals fall off, and the bottom half of the list clusters tightly: Kyle Rudolph at 151, Trey Burton at 145, and David Njoku at 144 are separated by single digits, with Vance McDonald closing the list at 133.
The best-week column adds a detail the totals hide. Travis Kelce's 39-point week and Zach Ertz's 40-point week stand above everything else on the board, and Ertz's single best game actually edged Kelce's even though Kelce won the season. Kyle Rudolph's 33-point best week is the largest single-game score outside the top four, beating every best week recorded from fifth place down.
How per-game scoring reordered the 2018 list
Ranking the same ten players by fantasy points per game mostly preserves the order, with one exception worth flagging. The per-game column reads 18, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 9, 9, and 8 from first to tenth, so the three-way tie at 9 per game covering Rudolph, Burton, and Njoku leaves their exact order to the totals column.
The 2018 list is also notable for how many names cleared double-digit per-game scoring. Six of the ten tight ends averaged at least 10 fantasy points per game, while the bottom four sat at 9 or 8. For anyone studying the position across years, 2018 shows a top two pushing near the top of the per-game range with a deep bench of usable starters trailing them.
Common questions
Who scored the most fantasy points among tight ends in 2018?
- Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs led all tight ends with 295 fantasy points in 2018, playing 16 games with an average of 18 fantasy points per game. His best single week was 39 points.
Did Zach Ertz or George Kittle finish higher in 2018 fantasy scoring?
- Zach Ertz finished ahead of George Kittle. Ertz scored 280 fantasy points for the Philadelphia Eagles, while Kittle scored 257 for the San Francisco 49ers, though Ertz's edge came with a larger best week: 40 points to Kittle's 34.
Which tight end outside the top three had the strongest 2018 fantasy season?
- Eric Ebron of the Indianapolis Colts was the best of the rest, scoring 222 fantasy points at 14 per game with a best week of 32. That total placed him fourth, well clear of fifth-place Jared Cook's 194.
How many 2018 tight ends averaged double-digit fantasy points per game?
- Six of the ten highest-scoring tight ends of 2018 averaged at least 10 fantasy points per game: Travis Kelce and Zach Ertz at 18, George Kittle at 16, Eric Ebron at 14, Jared Cook at 12, and Austin Hooper at 10.