active nfl tight ends with the highest catch percentage

Drew Sample has the best career catch percentage by an active tight end, at 79.3 percent.

Interpreted as:
active NFL tight ends with the highest catch percentage with a minimum of 100 receptions
NAMEPCTRECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Drew Sample
D. Sample
79.3
115
95
145
836
7.3
8.8
5
-1
2
-0.5
0.0
0
2Trey McBride
T. McBride
75.3
347
66
461
3,475
10.0
52.7
17
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
3Durham Smythe
D. Smythe
75.1
136
129
181
1,253
9.2
9.7
3
4
4
1.0
0.0
1
4George Kittle
G. Kittle
74.2
595
124
802
8,008
13.5
64.6
52
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
5Jake Ferguson
J. Ferguson
74.0
231
64
312
2,029
8.8
31.7
15
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
6Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
73.8
186
42
252
2,104
11.3
50.1
20
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
7Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
73.6
176
29
239
1,874
10.6
64.6
12
15
7
2.1
0.5
0
8Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
73.6
430
155
584
4,441
10.3
28.7
30
0
0
0.0
0
9Tucker Kraft
T. Kraft
73.4
113
42
154
1,551
13.7
36.9
15
9
4
2.3
0.2
0
10Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
73.3
261
78
356
2,676
10.3
34.3
22
0
0
0.0
0
11Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
73.3
409
108
558
4,676
11.4
43.3
35
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
12Noah Fant
N. Fant
72.6
334
110
460
3,593
10.8
32.7
18
-12
3
-4.0
-0.1
0
13Dalton Kincaid
D. Kincaid
72.6
156
41
215
1,692
10.8
41.3
9
0
0
0.0
0
14Noah Gray
N. Gray
72.5
124
83
171
1,255
10.1
15.1
9
-2
3
-0.7
0.0
1
15Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
72.2
288
100
399
2,939
10.2
29.4
21
8
7
1.1
0.1
0
16Foster Moreau
F. Moreau
71.9
151
104
210
1,772
11.7
17.0
18
2
0
0.0
0
17Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
71.6
1,080
192
1,508
13,002
12.0
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
18Adam Trautman
A. Trautman
71.4
115
94
161
1,228
10.7
13.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
19Chig Okonkwo
C. Okonkwo
71.3
194
68
272
2,017
10.4
29.7
8
25
6
4.2
0.4
0
20Colby Parkinson
C. Parkinson
71.0
130
86
183
1,320
10.2
15.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
21Tyler Conklin
T. Conklin
69.9
270
127
386
2,645
9.8
20.8
11
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
22Dalton Schultz
D. Schultz
69.8
405
124
580
4,066
10.0
32.8
27
0
0
0.0
0
23Juwan Johnson
J. Johnson
69.7
219
77
314
2,472
11.3
32.1
21
0
0
0.0
0
24Isaiah Likely
I. Likely
69.6
135
63
194
1,568
11.6
24.9
15
0
0
0.0
0
25Cade Otton
C. Otton
69.0
207
63
300
2,018
9.7
32.0
11
-4
1
-4.0
-0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for catch percentage going back to the 1999 season.

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11
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9
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12
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13
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11
6
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8
9
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
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NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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12
5
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12
5
0
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14
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.176