49ers tight end most receiving yards 1980 to 2023

Between the 1980 and 2023 seasons, George Kittle had the most receiving yards by a 49ers tight end, with 6,274 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1George Kittle
G. Kittle
6,274
98
460
639
13.6
64.0
37
71
12
5.9
0.7
0
2Vernon Davis
V. Davis
5,640
139
441
718
12.8
40.6
55
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
3Brent Jones
B. Jones
5,195
143
417
12.5
36.3
33
0
0
0.0
0
4Russ Francis
R. Francis
2,105
75
186
11.3
28.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
5Eric Johnson
E. Johnson
1,800
57
192
295
9.4
31.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
6Delanie Walker
D. Walker
1,261
76
100
168
12.6
16.6
7
44
11
4.0
0.6
0
7Garrett Celek
G. Celek
1,104
91
82
132
13.5
12.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
8Charle Young
C. Young
914
41
88
10.4
22.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
9Greg Clark
G. Clark
909
55
92
106
9.9
16.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
10Vance McDonald
V. McDonald
866
48
64
118
13.5
18.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
11Earl Cooper
E. Cooper
711
47
60
11.9
15.1
7
25
5
5.0
0.5
0
12John Frank
J. Frank
662
66
65
10.2
10.0
10
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
13Ted Popson
T. Popson
570
43
55
10.4
13.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
14Jamie Williams
J. Williams
535
67
57
9.4
8.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Ross Dwelley
R. Dwelley
518
84
44
60
11.8
6.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
16Jed Weaver
J. Weaver
437
16
35
53
12.5
27.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Eason Ramson
E. Ramson
376
52
44
8.5
7.2
3
1
3
0.3
0.0
0
18Ron Heller
R. Heller
305
29
26
11.7
10.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Blake Bell
B. Bell
271
27
19
34
14.3
10.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Irv Smith
I. Smith
266
16
25
10.6
16.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Jordan Reed
J. Reed
231
10
26
46
8.9
23.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Aaron Walker
A. Walker
231
32
18
28
12.8
7.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Justin Swift
J. Swift
137
48
22
29
6.2
2.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Charlie Woerner
C. Woerner
120
65
11
15
10.9
1.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Derek Carrier
D. Carrier
105
16
9
14
11.7
6.6
0
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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5
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3
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Bills Bills - w
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5
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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11
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12
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14
3
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11
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14
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
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9
8
0
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
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