most career receptions by a tight end still active player

Travis Kelce has made the most career receptions by an active tight end, with 1,071 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,071
189
1,492
12,948
12.1
68.5
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
2Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
825
181
1,223
8,592
10.4
47.5
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
583
122
787
7,864
13.5
64.5
51
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
4Evan Engram
E. Engram
537
121
798
5,281
9.8
43.6
26
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
5Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
476
118
692
5,889
12.4
49.9
56
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
6Hunter Henry
H. Henry
441
133
648
5,155
11.7
38.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
7Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
437
289
737
5,115
11.7
17.7
40
0
0
0.0
0
8T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
432
96
627
4,438
10.3
46.2
26
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
9Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
425
152
577
4,391
10.3
28.9
29
0
0
0.0
0
10Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
403
106
549
4,636
11.5
43.7
33
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
11Dalton Schultz
D. Schultz
393
121
567
3,939
10.0
32.6
26
0
0
0.0
0
12David Njoku
D. Njoku
384
118
588
4,062
10.6
34.4
34
-6
4
-1.5
-0.1
0
13Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
381
137
562
3,858
10.1
28.2
26
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
14Darren Waller
D. Waller
368
87
521
4,349
11.8
50.0
26
30
4
7.5
0.3
0
15Mike Gesicki
M. Gesicki
346
125
532
3,738
10.8
29.9
23
0
0
0.0
0
16Jonnu Smith
J. Smith
339
138
479
3,509
10.4
25.4
30
157
23
6.8
1.1
2
17Noah Fant
N. Fant
333
108
458
3,588
10.8
33.2
18
-12
3
-4.0
-0.1
0
18Trey McBride
T. McBride
326
63
432
3,307
10.1
52.5
16
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
19Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
282
97
390
2,893
10.3
29.8
21
8
7
1.1
0.1
0
20Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
269
75
430
3,448
12.8
46.0
14
-4
1
-4.0
-0.1
0
21Tyler Conklin
T. Conklin
269
126
385
2,639
9.8
20.9
11
5
5
1.0
0.0
0
22Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
251
75
342
2,542
10.1
33.9
22
0
0
0.0
0
23Jake Ferguson
J. Ferguson
226
61
304
1,999
8.8
32.8
14
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
24Dawson Knox
D. Knox
221
99
339
2,630
11.9
26.6
26
13
1
13.0
0.1
0
25Jordan Akins
J. Akins
206
107
297
2,277
11.1
21.3
10
7
2
3.5
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,587

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

RUSH

557

Hunt

Kareem Hunt

REC

797

Kelce

Travis Kelce
Team Rankings

PPG

23.4

15th

OPP PPG

19.1

5th

RUSH YDS/G

113.9

20th

PASS YDS/G

257.8

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
Chiefs Chiefs
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

10 - 4

16

Final

13

KC Chiefs

6 - 8

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
@
26-21
Sat
9/13
@
33-27
Sat
9/13
@
22-27
Sat
9/13
@
28-29
Sat
9/13
@
20-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM