Which tight end has the most career receptions?

Tony Gonzalez caught his 816th pass, breaking Shannon Sharpe's career record for a tight end.

NAMEGPRECTRGREC YDSREC AVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTRUSH AVGRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez
270
1,325
1,862
15,127
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2Jason Witten
Jason Witten
239
1,152
1,623
12,448
10.8
52.1
68
0
0
0.0
0
3Antonio Gates
Antonio Gates
236
955
1,459
11,841
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
4Shannon Sharpe
Shannon Sharpe
188
808
438
9,961
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
5Greg Olsen
Greg Olsen
174
666
1,082
7,847
11.8
45.1
57
0
0
0.0
0
6Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome
198
662
7,980
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
7Jimmy Graham
Jimmy Graham
137
611
950
7,436
12.2
54.3
71
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
8Heath Miller
Heath Miller
168
592
825
6,569
11.1
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
9Vernon Davis
Vernon Davis
194
573
910
7,439
13.0
38.3
62
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
10Jeremy Shockey
Jeremy Shockey
136
547
883
6,143
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
11Kellen Winslow
Kellen Winslow
109
541
6,741
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
12Benjamin Watson
Benjamin Watson
195
530
836
5,885
11.1
30.2
44
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
13Rob Gronkowski
Rob Gronkowski
115
521
795
7,861
15.1
68.4
79
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
14Dallas Clark
Dallas Clark
143
505
776
5,665
11.2
39.6
53
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
15Todd Heap
Todd Heap
145
499
817
5,869
11.8
40.5
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
16Ben Coates
Ben Coates
158
499
81
5,555
11.1
35.2
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
17Frank Wycheck
Frank Wycheck
146
498
395
5,071
10.2
34.7
27
5
4
1.3
0.0
1
18Steve Jordan
Steve Jordan
176
498
6,307
12.7
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
19Jackie Smith
Jackie Smith
210
480
7,918
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
20Owen Daniels
Owen Daniels
131
479
758
5,661
11.8
43.2
36
0
0
0.0
0
21Kellen Winslow
Kellen Winslow
105
469
756
5,236
11.2
49.9
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
22Mickey Shuler
Mickey Shuler
180
462
5,100
11.0
28.3
37
0
0
0.0
0
23Todd Christensen
Todd Christensen
108
461
5,872
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
24Delanie Walker
Delanie Walker
153
460
713
5,469
11.9
35.7
33
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
25Wesley Walls
Wesley Walls
196
450
299
5,291
11.8
27.0
54
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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10
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.769
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