Trey McBride Didn't Just Win Tight End in 2025 — He Left the Position in the Dust

Okay, we need to talk about the tight end position, because a lot of fantasy managers are still drafting like it's 2023 and I need to gently pull everyone back to reality. There is a new king. He plays in the desert. And he didn't just win the tight end position in 2025 — he took it out back and left it there.

His name is Trey McBride, he plays for the Arizona Cardinals, and the numbers aren't close enough to call it a debate.

The Season, in One Ugly (for Everyone Else) Line

126 catches. From a tight end. That's not a typo and it's not a product of some garbage-time volume binge on a bad team — Arizona used him like a WR1 who happens to line up in the slot and on the line, and he cashed every single target like he was personally offended by the ones he didn't get.

The Gap Is the Real Story

Here's the number that should actually stop you scrolling. McBride finished with 315.9 PPR points. Kyle Pitts, in 2nd place, finished with 210.8. That's a 105.1-point gap between 1st and 2nd.

Now here's the punchline: the gap between 2nd place and 10th place — Pitts all the way down to Dalton Schultz — is 33.1 points.

McBride's lead over 2nd is more than 3x the entire spread from 2nd to 10th. He's not the best tight end. He's his own tier.

Meanwhile, the "Best Tight End Ever" Discourse

I want to be clear: I'm not here to disrespect Travis Kelce. The résumé speaks for itself and 191.2 points at his position, at this stage of his career, is still a genuinely good season. But "still good" and "still the best" are two different sentences, and only one of them is true right now. He finished 3rd. Not 1st. 3rd.

The Full Top 10, Because You'll Ask

1. 1.Trey McBride ARI315.9
2. 2.Kyle Pitts Sr. ATL210.8
3. 3.Travis Kelce KC191.2
4. 4.Tyler Warren IND188.5
5. 5.Harold Fannin Jr. CLE186.4
6. 6.Jake Ferguson DAL186.1
7. 7.Dallas Goedert PHI185.1
8. 8.Juwan Johnson NO179.9
9. 9.Hunter Henry NE178.8
10. 10.Dalton Schultz HOU177.7

Look at that list again. Seven guys are bunched inside an 11-point window between 4th and 10th place — a real, competitive tier of good-not-great tight ends where the difference is basically noise. And then there's McBride, alone at the top, 105 points clear of anybody who could even pretend to challenge him.

If you're still drafting Kelce in the first two rounds off name recognition, or waiting on a "TE premium" strategy that assumes the position is close this year — it isn't. One guy broke the position. Draft accordingly.

All 2025 regular-season totals verified from official game logs, PPR scoring. check Trey McBride's full 2025 stat line on AiOdds.io. Gamble responsibly, 21+ only.