John Bates

TEWASBye 7

TE68Maniacs rank, #383 overall
216.0ADP, pick 18.12
1.4'26 PPG, 3 games
0 of 3'26 spike weeks
1.5'25 PPG, TE77 finish

Stat Maniac

Through Week 5 of 2026, John Bates is averaging 1.4 half-PPR points per game on 2.5 xFP (1st percentile among TEs), 1.1 points per game below expectation. Bates has played 44% of offensive snaps (3rd percentile) with -0.31 EPA per target (9th percentile).

2026 season, through Week 5, 3 games, TE74 in total points. Percentiles against the top 36 TEs by points with 4+ games.

  1. Core
  2. Points per game01.4
  3. xFP per game02.5
  4. EPA per target9-0.31
  5. Scoring
  6. Spike-week rate90%
  7. Ceiling week02.1
  8. Floor week141.0
  9. Opportunity
  10. Snap share344%
  11. Target share36.0%
  12. Air-yards share00.9%
  13. aDOT01.6
  14. xTD per game30.11
  15. Efficiency
  16. Points over expected9-1.1
  17. 20+ yard catch rate90.0%

Closest seasons since 2012

  1. 95%2013 Bear Pascoe: TE63 that season (1.2 PPG), no qualifying season the next year.
  2. 95%2023 Chris Manhertz: TE98 that season (0.4 PPG), TE83 the next year (1.2 PPG).
  3. 94%2016 Marcedes Lewis: TE46 that season (3.3 PPG), TE25 the next year (4.7 PPG).

PoorAverageElite Half PPR, Weeks 1-17. Comps match percentile profiles across 2012-2025 at the position. xFP is expected points on the same touches; how it works.

Season lines

Half PPR, Weeks 1-17
SeasonGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDTgt shareWOPRPtsPPGSpike wksFinish
202591499006.4%0.1213.51.50TE77
20263542306.0%0.104.31.40TE74
2026Maniacs proj-------19.61.2--

A spike week is a top-12 TE finish that week, the weeks that win best ball. Finish is the season rank by half-PPR points among all TEs.

Game log

Full color = top-12 week

2026 season

Week 1 vs PHI: 2.3 pts, TE391Week 2: no game2Week 3 vs SEA: 1.4 pts, TE503Week 4: no game4Week 5 vs NYG: 0.6 pts, TE595Week 6: no game6Week 7: no game7Week 8: no game8Week 9: no game9Week 10: no game10Week 11: no game11Week 12: no game12Week 13: no game13Week 14: no game14Week 15: no game15Week 16: no game16Week 17: no game17
WkOppTgtRecRec ydsRec TDTgt shareWOPRPtsFinish
1PHI3213010.3%0.172.3TE39
3SEA11903.3%0.061.4TE50
5NYG11104.3%0.070.6TE59
2025 game log (9 games)Week 1: no game1Week 2: no game2Week 3: no game3Week 4: no game4Week 5 vs LAC: 1.4 pts, TE485Week 6: no game6Week 7 vs DAL: 1.0 pts, TE477Week 8 vs KC: 2.7 pts, TE348Week 9 vs SEA: 3.0 pts, TE389Week 10 vs DET: 1.1 pts, TE4710Week 11: no game11Week 12: no game12Week 13 vs DEN: 1.9 pts, TE4413Week 14 vs MIN: 0.0 pts, TE6314Week 15 vs NYG: 2.4 pts, TE4115Week 16 vs PHI: 0.0 pts, TE6616Week 17: no game17
WkOppTgtRecRec ydsRec TDTgt shareWOPRPtsFinish
5LAC11904.3%0.071.4TE48
7DAL21506.5%0.091.0TE47
8KC112203.3%0.092.7TE34
9SEA4220019.0%0.393.0TE38
10DET21609.1%0.141.1TE47
13DEN22904.4%0.071.9TE44
14MIN00000.0%0.000.0TE63
15NYG111906.3%0.132.4TE41
16PHI10005.0%0.120.0TE66