highest yards per reception for a career by a tight end at least 500 receptions

Rob Gronkowski has the most career yards per reception by a tight end when making 500+ catches, with 15.0 per reception.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
15.0
621
143
961
9,286
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2George Kittle
G. Kittle
13.6
550
117
748
7,480
63.9
47
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
3Jared Cook
J. Cook
13.1
553
194
919
7,237
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
4Vernon Davis
V. Davis
13.0
583
198
929
7,562
38.2
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
5Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
12.5
541
109
6,741
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
6Antonio Gates
A. Gates
12.4
955
236
1,458
11,841
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
7Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
12.3
808
188
438
9,961
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
8Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12.1
1,045
184
1,453
12,691
69.0
80
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
9Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
12.1
662
198
7,980
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
10Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
11.9
719
197
1,115
8,545
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
11Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
11.7
742
199
1,201
8,683
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
12Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11.4
1,325
270
1,862
15,127
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
13Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
11.2
547
136
883
6,143
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
14Dallas Clark
D. Clark
11.2
505
143
776
5,665
39.6
53
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
15Heath Miller
H. Miller
11.1
592
168
825
6,569
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
16Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
11.1
547
205
860
6,058
29.6
44
10
2
5.0
0.0
0
17Jason Witten
J. Witten
10.6
1,228
271
1,723
13,046
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
18Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
10.4
806
177
1,195
8,379
47.3
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
19Evan Engram
E. Engram
9.8
522
116
774
5,137
44.3
26
100
17
5.9
0.9
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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26.3

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18.8

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112.3

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255.2

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TEAMWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
Dolphins Dolphins
2
7
0
.222
Jets Jets
1
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11/23
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NE NE
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12/14
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NE Patriots

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
7
2
0
.778
Bills Bills
6
2
0
.750
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
5
3
0
.625
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3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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7
2
0
.778
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3
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.625
AFC WestWLTPCT
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7
2
0
.778
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6
3
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
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6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
5
1
.389
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
2
1
.688
Lions Lions
5
3
0
.625
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
5
4
0
.556
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
6
2
0
.750
Rams Rams
6
2
0
.750

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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9/4
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LAC LAC
21-27
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9/6
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9/6
TB TB
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9/6
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11/9
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11/9
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11/9
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11/9
NO NO
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