career receiving yard leaders tight ends since 2012

Since 2012, Travis Kelce has the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 13,002 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
13,002
192
1,080
1,508
12.0
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
2Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,592
181
825
1,223
10.4
47.5
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
8,008
124
595
802
13.5
64.6
52
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
4Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
7,413
111
489
778
15.2
66.8
65
0
0
0.0
0
5Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
6,879
166
589
922
11.7
41.4
73
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
6Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
6,162
121
503
786
12.3
50.9
35
0
0
0.0
0
7Jared Cook
J. Cook
6,043
148
466
778
13.0
40.8
41
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
8Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
5,952
121
484
702
12.3
49.2
56
61
19
3.2
0.5
1
9Evan Engram
E. Engram
5,383
124
546
810
9.9
43.4
26
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
10Hunter Henry
H. Henry
5,295
136
455
663
11.6
38.9
47
0
0
0.0
0
11Jason Witten
J. Witten
5,137
128
532
736
9.7
40.1
33
0
0
0.0
0
12Delanie Walker
D. Walker
4,767
100
402
615
11.9
47.7
31
45
5
9.0
0.5
1
13Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
4,676
108
409
558
11.4
43.3
35
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
14Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
4,524
150
456
671
9.9
30.2
47
0
0
0.0
0
15Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
4,441
155
430
584
10.3
28.7
30
0
0
0.0
0
16T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
4,440
97
433
628
10.3
45.8
26
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
17Darren Waller
D. Waller
4,389
89
372
529
11.8
49.3
26
30
4
7.5
0.3
0
18Dalton Schultz
D. Schultz
4,066
124
405
580
10.0
32.8
27
0
0
0.0
0
19David Njoku
D. Njoku
4,062
118
384
588
10.6
34.4
34
-6
4
-1.5
-0.1
0
20Antonio Gates
A. Gates
4,058
104
362
566
11.2
39.0
40
0
0
0.0
0
21Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
3,949
138
386
568
10.2
28.6
27
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
22Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
3,837
106
351
559
10.9
36.2
33
-6
5
-1.2
-0.1
3
23Mike Gesicki
M. Gesicki
3,833
128
353
540
10.9
29.9
24
0
0
0.0
0
24Vernon Davis
V. Davis
3,759
110
279
436
13.5
34.2
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
25Martellus Bennett
M. Bennett
3,727
84
348
509
10.7
44.4
26
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
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8
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8
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.471
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8
9
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11
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