most career touchdown receptions by a tight end before 2008

Before 2008, Tony Gonzalez scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end, with 66 touchdowns.

NAME REC TD GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
66
174
820
1,103
9,882
12.1
56.8
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
61
188
808
438
9,961
12.3
53.0
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
3 Wesley Walls
W. Walls
54
196
450
299
5,291
11.8
27.0
0
0
0.0
0
4 Jerry Smith
J. Smith
54
155
376
4,870
13.0
31.4
56
8
7.0
0.4
0
5 Dave Casper
D. Casper
52
147
378
5,216
13.8
35.5
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
6 Ben Coates
B. Coates
50
158
499
81
5,555
11.1
35.2
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
7 Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
49
129
441
5,283
12.0
41.0
0
0
0.0
0
8 Raymond Chester
R. Chester
48
172
364
5,013
13.8
29.1
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
9 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
47
198
662
7,980
12.1
40.3
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
10 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
45
109
541
6,741
12.5
61.8
0
0
0.0
0
11 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
43
77
340
533
4,362
12.8
56.6
0
0
0.0
0
12 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
43
158
427
5,812
13.6
36.8
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
13 Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
42
154
339
4,340
12.8
28.2
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
14 Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
41
108
461
5,872
12.7
54.4
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
15 Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
41
188
350
5,084
14.5
27.0
-3
5
-0.6
0.0
0
16 Billy Joe DuPree
B. Joe DuPree
41
159
267
3,565
13.4
22.4
178
26
6.8
1.1
1
17 Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
41
153
396
5,755
14.5
37.6
211
25
8.4
1.4
2
18 Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
40
191
349
459
4,280
12.3
22.4
0
0
0.0
0
19 Russ Francis
R. Francis
40
167
393
5,262
13.4
31.5
12
2
6.0
0.1
0
20 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
40
210
480
7,918
16.5
37.7
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
21 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
39
126
351
4,733
13.5
37.6
0
0
0.0
0
22 John Mackey
J. Mackey
38
139
331
5,236
15.8
37.7
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
23 Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
37
180
462
5,100
11.0
28.3
0
0
0.0
0
24 Eric Green
E. Green
36
120
362
10
4,390
12.1
36.6
0
0
0.0
0
25 Rodney Holman
R. Holman
36
212
365
4,771
13.1
22.5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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