most career receiving touchdowns by a tight end until 1977

Before 1978, Jerry Smith had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end, with 54 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jerry Smith
J. Smith
54
155
376
4,870
13.0
31.4
56
8
7.0
0.4
0
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
43
158
427
5,812
13.6
36.8
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
3Jackie Smith
J. Smith
40
198
480
7,918
16.5
40.0
327
38
8.6
1.7
3
4John Mackey
J. Mackey
38
139
331
5,236
15.8
37.7
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
5Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
36
121
209
3,088
14.8
25.5
118
6
19.7
1.0
1
6Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
35
128
298
4,600
15.4
35.9
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
7Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
34
118
198
3,101
15.7
26.3
15
4
3.8
0.1
0
8Raymond Chester
R. Chester
33
110
252
3,696
14.7
33.6
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
9Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
31
128
336
4,817
14.3
37.6
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
10Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
31
81
215
3,733
17.4
46.1
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
11Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
31
62
244
4,177
17.1
67.4
0
0
0.0
0
12Rich Caster
R. Caster
26
69
190
3,382
17.8
49.0
70
9
7.8
1.0
0
13Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
24
108
336
4,485
13.3
41.5
6
6
1.0
0.1
1
14Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
24
123
257
3,874
15.1
31.5
187
26
7.2
1.5
1
15Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
23
84
213
3,038
14.3
36.2
213
22
9.7
2.5
2
16Jim Mandich
J. Mandich
23
109
121
1,406
11.6
12.9
0
0
0.0
0
17Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
23
108
168
2,570
15.3
23.8
175
19
9.2
1.6
0
18Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
22
71
104
1,939
18.6
27.3
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
19Dave Casper
D. Casper
20
55
110
1,372
12.5
24.9
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
20Tom Mitchell
T. Mitchell
20
132
214
2,868
13.4
21.7
14
3
4.7
0.1
0
21Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
20
89
197
3,155
16.0
35.4
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
22Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
19
87
154
2,373
15.4
27.3
0
0
0.0
0
23Bob McLeod
B. McLeod
19
84
126
1,926
15.3
22.9
0
0
0.0
0
24Jean Fugett
J. Fugett
18
78
121
1,775
14.7
22.8
38
7
5.4
0.5
0
25Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
18
90
97
1,878
19.4
20.9
124
24
5.2
1.4
2
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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