most catches per game by a tight end in a nfl career

Lionel Taylor has the most career receptions per game by a tight end, with 7.1 per game.

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Data note: Receptions Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	7.1	14	100		1,176	11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	6.2	34	210	291	2,329	11.1	68.5	15	15	7	2.1	0.4	0
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	5.6	198	1,104	1,543	13,345	12.1	67.4	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
4	Trey McBride T. McBride	5.6	73	406	539	3,947	9.7	54.1	21	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
5	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	5.0	109	541		6,741	12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	4.9	28	138		1,967	14.3	70.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
7	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	4.9	270	1,325	1,862	15,127	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
8	Tyler Warren T. Warren	4.8	22	106	148	1,030	9.7	46.8	6	14	9	1.6	0.6	2
9	George Kittle G. Kittle	4.8	131	629	848	8,433	13.4	64.4	57	68	13	5.2	0.5	0
10	Jordan Reed J. Reed	4.7	75	355	493	3,602	10.1	48.0	28	18	1	18.0	0.2	0
11	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	4.6	38	175	260	1,956	11.2	51.5	18	97	9	10.8	2.6	0
12	Jason Witten J. Witten	4.5	271	1,228	1,723	13,046	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
13	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	4.5	184	828	1,231	8,614	10.4	46.8	57	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
14	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	4.5	105	469	756	5,236	11.2	49.9	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
15	T.J. Hockenson	4.5	103	460	660	4,677	10.2	45.4	28	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
16	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	4.5	48	214	291	2,438	11.4	50.8	23	4	1	4.0	0.1	0
17	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	4.3	143	621	961	9,286	15.0	64.9	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
18	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	4.3	188	808	438	9,961	12.3	53.0	61	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
19	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	4.3	108	461		5,872	12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
20	Evan Engram E. Engram	4.3	131	559	832	5,519	9.9	42.1	27	100	17	5.9	0.8	1
21	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	4.2	23	97	146	988	10.2	43.0	9	13	7	1.9	0.6	1
22	Larry Centers L. Centers	4.1	16	66		603	9.1	37.7	3	152	25	6.1	9.5	0
23	Bernie Casey B. Casey	4.1	13	53		819	15.5	63.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
24	Darren Waller D. Waller	4.1	95	386	552	4,587	11.9	48.3	29	30	4	7.5	0.3	0
25	Antonio Gates A. Gates	4.0	236	955	1,458	11,841	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0

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Chiefs	5	1	.833
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Sun 11/8	DEN	@	CAR	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	LV	@	DEN	4:25 PM
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Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
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Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
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Lionel Taylor has the most career receptions per game by a tight end, with 7.1 per game.

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