most career receiving td by a te since 1970

Since 1970, Antonio Gates has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end, with 116 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Antonio Gates
A. Gates
116
236
955
1,458
11,841
12.4
50.2
0
0
0.0
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
111
270
1,325
1,862
15,127
11.4
56.0
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
3Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
92
143
621
961
9,286
15.0
64.9
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
4Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
89
197
719
1,115
8,545
11.9
43.4
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
5Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
82
192
1,080
1,508
13,002
12.0
67.7
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
6Jason Witten
J. Witten
74
271
1,228
1,723
13,046
10.6
48.1
0
0
0.0
0
7Vernon Davis
V. Davis
63
198
583
929
7,562
13.0
38.2
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
8Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
61
188
808
438
9,961
12.3
53.0
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
9Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
60
199
742
1,201
8,683
11.7
43.6
0
0
0.0
0
10Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
57
181
825
1,223
8,592
10.4
47.5
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
11Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
56
121
484
702
5,952
12.3
49.2
61
19
3.2
0.5
1
12Wesley Walls
W. Walls
54
196
450
299
5,291
11.8
27.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Dallas Clark
D. Clark
53
143
505
776
5,665
11.2
39.6
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
14George Kittle
G. Kittle
52
124
595
802
8,008
13.5
64.6
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
15Dave Casper
D. Casper
52
147
378
5,216
13.8
35.5
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
16Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
50
165
482
710
4,773
9.9
28.9
0
0
0.0
0
17Ben Coates
B. Coates
50
158
499
81
5,555
11.1
35.2
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
18Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
49
129
441
5,283
12.0
41.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Raymond Chester
R. Chester
48
172
364
5,013
13.8
29.1
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
20Hunter Henry
H. Henry
47
136
455
663
5,295
11.6
38.9
0
0
0.0
0
21Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
47
198
662
7,980
12.1
40.3
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
22Jared Cook
J. Cook
45
194
553
919
7,237
13.1
37.3
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
23Heath Miller
H. Miller
45
168
592
825
6,569
11.1
39.1
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
24Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
45
109
541
6,741
12.5
61.8
0
0
0.0
0
25Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
44
205
547
860
6,058
11.1
29.6
10
2
5.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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