most nfl career receiving yards by a te including the postseason since 1980

Since 1980, Tony Gonzalez has the most receiving yards by a tight end in the regular season and playoffs, with 15,413 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	15,413	277	1,355	1,896	11.4	55.6	115	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
2	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	15,326	221	1,274	1,751	12.0	69.3	104	23	12	1.9	0.1	2
3	Jason Witten J. Witten	13,532	279	1,273	1,783	10.6	48.5	75	0	0		0.0	0
4	Antonio Gates A. Gates	12,381	248	1,006	1,529	12.3	49.9	118	0	0		0.0	0
5	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	10,775	206	870	475	12.4	52.3	65	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
6	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	10,675	165	719	1,121	14.8	64.7	107	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
7	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	9,314	209	783	1,267	11.9	44.6	63	0	0		0.0	0
8	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	9,150	195	882	1,305	10.4	46.9	60	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
9	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	8,947	206	750	1,162	11.9	43.4	94	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
10	George Kittle G. Kittle	8,737	142	650	883	13.4	61.5	58	72	14	5.1	0.5	0
11	Vernon Davis V. Davis	8,162	209	610	977	13.4	39.1	70	15	6	2.5	0.1	0
12	Jared Cook J. Cook	7,588	200	585	970	13.0	37.9	47	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
13	Heath Miller H. Miller	7,156	183	641	894	11.2	39.1	49	8	2	4.0	0.0	0
14	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	6,983	176	596		11.7	39.7	37	33	4	8.3	0.2	0
15	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,866	108	544		12.6	63.6	47	0	0		0.0	0
16	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	6,650	187	524		12.7	35.6	29	4	1	4.0	0.0	1
17	Dallas Clark D. Clark	6,512	155	569	870	11.4	42.0	57	50	6	8.3	0.3	0
18	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	6,444	134	535	785	12.0	48.1	57	69	24	2.9	0.5	1
19	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	6,368	143	569	923	11.2	44.5	40	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
20	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	6,330	218	572	907	11.1	29.0	47	10	2	5.0	0.0	0
21	Todd Heap T. Heap	6,254	156	531	877	11.8	40.1	44	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
22	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	6,229	115	491		12.7	54.2	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
23	Keith Jackson K. Jackson	6,117	142	492		12.4	43.1	55	0	0		0.0	0
24	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	6,060	140	514	817	11.8	43.3	39	0	0		0.0	0
25	Brent Jones B. Jones	5,935	164	477		12.4	36.2	38	0	0		0.0	0

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Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
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