highest yards per catch average season tight end

Aaron Thomas has the most yards per catch by a tight end in a season, with 23.4 per catch in 1965.

Interpreted as:
highest yards per catch with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game average season tight end
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
23.4
1965
NYG NYG
13
27
631
48.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
2 Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
22.6
1969
CIN CIN
14
37
835
59.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
3 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
21.5
1967
STL STL
14
56
1,205
86.1
9
86
9
9.6
6.1
0
4 Rich Caster
R. Caster
21.4
1972
NYJ NYJ
14
39
833
59.5
10
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
5 John Mackey
J. Mackey
20.7
1963
BAL BAL
14
35
726
51.9
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
6 John Mackey
J. Mackey
20.4
1965
BAL BAL
14
40
814
58.1
7
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
7 Clint Didier
C. Didier
20.3
1986
WAS WAS
14
34
691
49.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
8 Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
20.2
1964
KC KC
14
34
686
49.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
9 Al Denson
A. Denson
20.1
1966
DEN DEN
14
36
725
51.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
10 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
19.7
1967
OAK OAK
14
32
629
44.9
10
0
0
0.0
0
11 Keith Krepfle
K. Krepfle
19.6
1977
PHI PHI
14
27
530
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
12 Rich Caster
R. Caster
19.6
1974
NYJ NYJ
13
38
745
57.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
13 Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
19.6
1968
SD SD
14
33
646
46.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
14 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
19.5
1962
PHI PHI
8
30
584
73.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
15 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
19.2
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
76.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
16 Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
18.8
1972
SF SF
14
40
751
53.6
9
11
5
2.2
0.8
0
17 Paul Costa
P. Costa
18.6
1967
BUF BUF
14
39
726
51.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
18 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
18.6
1970
STL STL
14
37
687
49.1
4
43
5
8.6
3.1
0
19 Keith Krepfle
K. Krepfle
18.5
1979
PHI PHI
16
41
760
47.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
20 Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
18.5
1961
SF SF
14
43
794
56.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
21 Milt Morin
M. Morin
18.4
1968
CLE CLE
14
43
792
56.6
5
8
1
8.0
0.6
0
22 Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
18.2
1980
TB TB
16
33
602
37.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
23 Russ Francis
R. Francis
18.2
1975
NE NE
14
35
636
45.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
24 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
18.0
1965
PHI PHI
14
66
1,190
85.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
25 Milt Morin
M. Morin
18.0
1972
CLE CLE
14
30
540
38.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

More Giants Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

16.1

31st

OPP PPG

24.4

21st

RUSH YDS/G

104.9

23rd

PASS YDS/G

207.1

29th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
.412
Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
Last Game
PHI Eagles

14 - 3 - 0

20

Final

13

NYG Giants

3 - 14 - 0

Sun 5 Jan 2025

NFL 2024 Leaders

NFL 2024 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2024

NFL 2024 Betting

NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647