49ers tight end most receiving yards 1970 to 2021

Between the 1970 and 2021 seasons, Vernon Davis had the most receiving yards by a 49ers tight end, with 5,640 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Vernon Davis
V. Davis
5,640
139
441
718
12.8
40.6
55
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
2Brent Jones
B. Jones
5,195
143
417
12.5
36.3
33
0
0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
4,489
67
335
463
13.4
67.0
20
69
11
6.3
1.0
0
4Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
2,523
70
162
15.6
36.0
22
175
19
9.2
2.5
0
5Russ Francis
R. Francis
2,105
75
186
11.3
28.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
6Eric Johnson
E. Johnson
1,800
57
192
295
9.4
31.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
7Delanie Walker
D. Walker
1,261
76
100
168
12.6
16.6
7
44
11
4.0
0.6
0
8Garrett Celek
G. Celek
1,104
91
82
132
13.5
12.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
9Tom Mitchell
T. Mitchell
1,094
54
83
13.2
20.3
4
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
10Charle Young
C. Young
914
41
88
10.4
22.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
11Greg Clark
G. Clark
909
55
92
106
9.9
16.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Vance McDonald
V. McDonald
866
48
64
118
13.5
18.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
13Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
711
47
60
11.9
15.1
7
25
5
5.0
0.5
0
14John Frank
J. Frank
662
66
65
10.2
10.0
10
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
15Paul Seal
P. Seal
634
43
37
17.1
14.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Ted Popson
T. Popson
570
43
55
10.4
13.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
17Jamie Williams
J. Williams
535
67
57
9.4
8.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
18Ken MacAfee
K. MacAfee
471
29
46
10.2
16.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Jed Weaver
J. Weaver
437
16
35
53
12.5
27.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Ross Dwelley
R. Dwelley
401
60
40
53
10.0
6.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
21Bob Windsor
B. Windsor
395
27
33
12.0
14.6
2
21
1
21.0
0.8
0
22Eason Ramson
E. Ramson
376
54
44
8.5
7.0
3
1
3
0.3
0.0
0
23Ron Heller
R. Heller
305
29
26
11.7
10.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Blake Bell
B. Bell
271
27
19
34
14.3
10.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Irv Smith
I. Smith
266
16
25
10.6
16.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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14
3
0
.824
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
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0
.706
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14
0
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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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14
0
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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176