John Bates Fantasy: Stats, Projections & Clutch Score

John Bates is a 28-year-old tight end for the Washington Commanders. In the 2025 season John Bates scored 27 PPR fantasy points, the TE66 at the position, an average of 1.8 per game across 15 games. Heading into 2026, John Bates carries an expert consensus rank of #385 (TE52) and a 2026 projection of 32 PPR points. Our Clutch Score projects 1.7 fantasy points in Week 1 at PHI (a hard matchup), ranking John Bates as the TE50 this week.

Draft outlook

2026 expert consensus, projections & ADP (PPR) · bye week 7.

Expert rank

#385

TE52 · Tier 14

Proj points

31.8

Full season

Proj / game

1.9

Over 17 games

Market & consensus

How the experts and the market see this player.

Expert range

#268–431

Split / polarizing

Disagreement

±49.0

Rank std dev

Rostered

1%

Avg across leagues

Handcuff

The next man up who’d inherit the workload if John Bates misses time, worth stashing on your bench.

TEBen SinnottWAS · TE64 · ECR #40531proj

Strength of schedule

How tough this player's 2026 slate is for a TE, by the fantasy points each opponent's defense allowed to the position last season.

2026 vs TE#27 of 32EasyOpponents allowed 12.4 pts/gm to TEs in 2025

Week by week Easy Medium Hardopponent · pts allowed/gm

Wk 1

@PHI

10.5

Wk 2

@DAL

11.5

Wk 3

SEA

13.1

Wk 4

IND

12.6

Wk 5

NYG

10.9

Wk 6

@SF

15.5

Wk 7

BYE

Wk 8

PHI

10.5

Wk 9

LAR

12.4

Wk 10

@NYG

10.9

Wk 11

CIN

17.8

Wk 12

@ARI

17.3

Wk 13

@TEN

13.2

Wk 14

HOU

10.8

Wk 15

ATL

8.7

Wk 16

@MIN

9.9

Wk 17

@JAX

14.3

Wk 18

DAL

11.5

Usage & opportunity

Volume drives fantasy scoring: snaps, touches, and red-zone looks.

Snap share

50%

Of team offense

Targets

16

Pass targets

Red-zone

2

Carries + targets

Consistency

How reliable this player has been week to week (PPR).

Ceiling

9.3

Best week

Floor

0.0

Worst week

Avg / game

1.8

Boom rate

0%

Games ≥ 20 pts

Bust rate

100%

Games ≤ 10 pts

Game log · 2025 season

Fantasy points by week (PPR)Best: 9.3 · Wk 18

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Wk	Opp	FPTS	Stat line
1	vs NYG	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
2	@ GB	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
5	@ LAC	1.9	1 rec · 9 yd · 0 TD
6	vs CHI	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
7	@ DAL	1.5	1 rec · 5 yd · 0 TD
8	@ KC	3.2	1 rec · 22 yd · 0 TD
9	vs SEA	4.0	2 rec · 20 yd · 0 TD
10	vs DET	1.6	1 rec · 6 yd · 0 TD
11	@ MIA	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
13	vs DEN	2.9	2 rec · 9 yd · 0 TD
14	@ MIN	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
15	@ NYG	2.9	1 rec · 19 yd · 0 TD
16	vs PHI	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
17	vs DAL	0.0	0 rec · 0 yd · 0 TD
18	@ PHI	9.3	2 rec · 13 yd · 1 TD

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