most receiving touchdowns by a tight end age 23

Mike Ditka has the most career receiving touchdowns by a 23-year-old tight end, with 12 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
12
14
66
978
14.8
69.9
0
0
0.0
0
2Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
11
11
55
80
790
14.4
71.8
0
0
0.0
0
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
11
15
76
108
849
11.2
56.6
0
0
0.0
0
4Bubba Franks
B. Franks
9
15
35
46
299
8.5
19.9
0
0
0.0
0
5Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
9
16
55
781
14.2
48.8
6
1
6.0
0.4
0
6O.J. Howard
O.J. Howard
8
15
46
65
770
16.7
51.3
0
0
0.0
0
7Richard Rodgers
R. Rodgers
8
16
58
85
510
8.8
31.9
11
1
11.0
0.7
0
8Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
8
12
37
521
14.1
43.4
0
0
0.0
0
9Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
7
16
60
83
726
12.1
45.4
0
0
0.0
0
10Tucker Kraft
T. Kraft
7
18
53
71
692
13.1
38.4
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
11Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
7
17
50
69
544
10.9
32.0
9
2
4.5
0.5
0
12Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
7
16
70
100
649
9.3
40.6
0
0
0.0
0
13Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
7
16
18
30
207
11.5
12.9
0
0
0.0
0
14Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
7
15
56
90
564
10.1
37.6
0
0
0.0
0
15Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
7
16
71
103
774
10.9
48.4
0
0
0.0
0
16Eric Green
E. Green
7
13
34
387
11.4
29.8
0
0
0.0
0
17Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
7
14
43
629
14.6
44.9
53
5
10.6
3.8
0
18Raymond Chester
R. Chester
7
14
28
442
15.8
31.6
5
3
1.7
0.4
0
19AJ Barner
AJ Barner
6
17
52
68
519
10.0
30.5
14
10
1.4
0.8
1
20T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
6
16
67
101
723
10.8
45.2
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
21Evan Engram
E. Engram
6
15
64
115
722
11.3
48.1
14
1
14.0
0.9
0
22Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
6
14
56
92
596
10.6
42.6
0
0
0.0
0
23Fred Davis
F. Davis
6
16
48
76
509
10.6
31.8
0
0
0.0
0
24Jason Witten
J. Witten
6
16
66
89
757
11.5
47.3
0
0
0.0
0
25Stephen Alexander
S. Alexander
6
15
46
24
501
10.9
33.4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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14
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10
7
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11
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12
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6
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9
7
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9
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8
9
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11
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12
5
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