Which TE has the most receptions in a season?

Zach Ertz finished 2018 with 116 receptions, breaking Jason Witten's 2012 NFL single-season record for receptions by a tight end.

NAMESEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSREC AVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTRUSH AVGRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Zach Ertz
Zach Ertz
2018
PHI PHI
16
116
156
1,163
10.0
72.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Jason Witten
Jason Witten
2012
DAL DAL
16
110
149
1,039
9.4
64.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
3Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce
2018
KC KC
16
103
150
1,336
13.0
83.5
10
0
0
0.0
0
4Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez
2004
KC KC
16
102
148
1,258
12.3
78.6
7
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
5Dallas Clark
Dallas Clark
2009
IND IND
16
100
133
1,106
11.1
69.1
10
11
2
5.5
0.7
0
6Lionel Taylor
Lionel Taylor
1961
DEN DEN
14
100
1,176
11.8
84.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
7Jimmy Graham
Jimmy Graham
2011
NO NO
16
99
149
1,310
13.2
81.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
8Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez
2007
KC KC
16
99
154
1,172
11.8
73.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez
2008
KC KC
16
96
155
1,058
11.0
66.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
10Jason Witten
Jason Witten
2007
DAL DAL
16
96
141
1,145
11.9
71.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
11Ben Coates
Ben Coates
1994
NE NE
16
96
1,174
12.2
73.4
7
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Todd Christensen
Todd Christensen
1986
RAI RAI
16
95
1,153
12.1
72.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
13Delanie Walker
Delanie Walker
2015
TEN TEN
15
94
133
1,088
11.6
72.5
6
36
1
36.0
2.4
0
14Jason Witten
Jason Witten
2010
DAL DAL
16
94
128
1,002
10.7
62.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
15Jason Witten
Jason Witten
2009
DAL DAL
16
94
124
1,030
11.0
64.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
16Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez
2012
ATL ATL
16
93
124
930
10.0
58.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Tony Gonzalez
Tony Gonzalez
2000
KC KC
16
93
150
1,203
12.9
75.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
18Todd Christensen
Todd Christensen
1983
RAI RAI
16
92
1,247
13.6
77.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
19Martellus Bennett
Martellus Bennett
2014
CHI CHI
16
90
128
916
10.2
57.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
20Rob Gronkowski
Rob Gronkowski
2011
NE NE
16
90
124
1,327
14.7
82.9
17
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
21Kellen Winslow
Kellen Winslow
2006
CLE CLE
16
89
120
875
9.8
54.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
22Antonio Gates
Antonio Gates
2005
SD SD
15
89
140
1,101
12.4
73.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
23Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome
1984
CLE CLE
16
89
1,001
11.2
62.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome
1983
CLE CLE
16
89
970
10.9
60.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
25Kellen Winslow
Kellen Winslow
1980
SD SD
16
89
1,290
14.5
80.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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