most receiving touchdowns by tight end in the 1960s

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Mike Ditka scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end, with 41 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
41
116
372
5,156
13.9
44.4
0
0
0.0
0
2John Mackey
J. Mackey
35
98
281
4,548
16.2
46.4
109
16
6.8
1.1
0
3Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
33
112
190
2,993
15.8
26.7
15
4
3.8
0.1
0
4Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
31
81
215
3,733
17.4
46.1
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
5Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
31
62
244
4,177
17.1
67.4
0
0
0.0
0
6Jerry Smith
J. Smith
29
56
194
2,474
12.8
44.2
8
3
2.7
0.1
0
7Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
25
74
147
2,256
15.3
30.5
0
0
0.0
0
8Jackie Smith
J. Smith
23
98
309
5,115
16.6
52.2
257
26
9.9
2.6
3
9Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
20
65
97
1,814
18.7
27.9
0
0
0.0
0
10Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
19
87
154
2,373
15.4
27.3
0
0
0.0
0
11Bob McLeod
B. McLeod
19
84
126
1,926
15.3
22.9
0
0
0.0
0
12Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
18
86
97
1,878
19.4
21.8
124
24
5.2
1.4
2
13Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
18
101
209
3,089
14.8
30.6
36
28
1.3
0.4
0
14Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
17
70
153
2,487
16.3
35.5
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
15Joe Walton
J. Walton
17
37
95
1,321
13.9
35.7
0
0
0.0
0
16Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
16
93
197
2,880
14.6
31.0
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
17Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
16
103
200
2,947
14.7
28.6
0
0
0.0
0
18Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
15
104
180
2,159
12.0
20.8
0
0
0.0
0
19Billy Truax
B. Truax
13
80
144
1,757
12.2
22.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Gordon Smith
G. Smith
13
54
57
1,277
22.4
23.6
2
1
2.0
0.0
0
21Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
12
28
74
1,474
19.9
52.6
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
22Pat Richter
P. Richter
12
53
73
965
13.2
18.2
-9
1
-9.0
-0.2
0
23Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
11
55
151
1,880
12.5
34.2
0
0
0.0
0
24Pettis Norman
P. Norman
11
93
100
1,261
12.6
13.6
162
18
9.0
1.7
0
25John Hilton
J. Hilton
10
66
108
1,494
13.8
22.6
15
1
15.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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