most receiving season by tight end in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Tony Gonzalez had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in a season, with 1,258 yards in 2004.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,258
2004
16
102
148
12.3
78.6
7
5
1
5.0
0.3
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,203
2000
16
93
150
12.9
75.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,172
2007
16
99
154
11.8
73.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
4Antonio Gates
A. Gates
1,157
2009
16
79
114
14.6
72.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
5Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,145
2007
16
96
141
11.9
71.6
7
0
0
0.0
0
6Dallas Clark
D. Clark
1,106
2009
16
100
133
11.1
69.1
10
11
2
5.5
0.7
0
7Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,106
2007
16
82
148
13.5
69.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
8Antonio Gates
A. Gates
1,101
2005
15
89
140
12.4
73.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
9Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,058
2008
16
96
155
11.0
66.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
10Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,030
2009
16
94
124
11.0
64.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Antonio Gates
A. Gates
984
2007
16
75
117
13.1
61.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Jason Witten
J. Witten
980
2004
16
87
122
11.3
61.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
13Brent Celek
B. Celek
971
2009
16
76
112
12.8
60.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
14Vernon Davis
V. Davis
965
2009
16
78
129
12.4
60.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
15Antonio Gates
A. Gates
964
2004
15
81
114
11.9
64.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
16Jason Witten
J. Witten
952
2008
16
81
121
11.8
59.5
4
0
0
0.0
0
17Antonio Gates
A. Gates
924
2006
16
71
120
13.0
57.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
18Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
917
2001
16
73
118
12.6
57.3
6
9
1
9.0
0.6
0
19Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
916
2003
16
71
106
12.9
57.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
20Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
905
2005
16
78
116
11.6
56.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
900
2006
15
73
104
12.3
60.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
22Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
894
2002
15
74
127
12.1
59.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
891
2005
15
65
121
13.7
59.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
24Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
884
2009
16
77
126
11.5
55.3
5
7
1
7.0
0.4
0
25Alge Crumpler
A. Crumpler
877
2005
16
65
118
13.5
54.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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