most receiving touchdowns by tight end in first 6 seasons

Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 6 seasons, with 65 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
65
80
380
580
5,555
14.6
69.4
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
53
89
434
669
5,357
12.3
60.2
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
3Antonio Gates
A. Gates
51
93
400
625
5,066
12.7
54.5
0
0
0.0
0
4Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
40
87
381
563
4,857
12.7
55.8
8
5
1.6
0.1
0
5Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
39
89
399
5,019
12.6
56.4
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
6Jerry Smith
J. Smith
39
78
253
3,276
12.9
42.0
42
6
7.0
0.5
0
7Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
37
95
397
475
4,731
11.9
49.8
9
1
9.0
0.1
0
8Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
37
71
399
5,176
13.0
72.9
0
0
0.0
0
9Vernon Davis
V. Davis
35
88
304
493
3,803
12.5
43.2
11
5
2.2
0.1
0
10Ben Coates
B. Coates
34
96
325
3,696
11.4
38.5
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
11Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
34
84
316
4,503
14.3
53.6
0
0
0.0
0
12Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
33
57
185
290
2,018
10.9
35.4
0
0
0.0
0
13John Mackey
J. Mackey
33
84
247
4,105
16.6
48.9
106
14
7.6
1.3
0
14Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
33
84
163
2,546
15.6
30.3
0
0
0.0
0
15Hunter Henry
H. Henry
32
89
287
418
3,434
12.0
38.6
0
0
0.0
0
16Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
32
80
410
579
5,236
12.8
65.5
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
17Dave Casper
D. Casper
32
86
229
2,995
13.1
34.8
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
18George Kittle
G. Kittle
31
82
395
549
5,254
13.3
64.1
69
11
6.3
0.8
0
19Dallas Clark
D. Clark
31
82
256
398
3,082
12.0
37.6
29
2
14.5
0.4
0
20Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
31
88
329
3,963
12.0
45.0
0
0
0.0
0
21Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
31
81
215
3,733
17.4
46.1
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
22Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
31
62
244
4,177
17.1
67.4
0
0
0.0
0
23Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
30
94
308
519
3,364
10.9
35.8
0
0
0.0
0
24Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
30
87
343
527
3,789
11.0
43.6
0
0
0.0
0
25Alge Crumpler
A. Crumpler
30
94
274
474
3,768
13.8
40.1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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