most receiving touchdowns first 3 seasons by tight end

Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 3 seasons, with 38 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
38
43
187
263
2,663
14.2
61.9
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
25
46
215
328
2,648
12.3
57.6
3
1
3.0
0.1
0
3Antonio Gates
A. Gates
25
45
194
296
2,454
12.6
54.5
0
0
0.0
0
4Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
25
42
173
2,774
16.0
66.0
0
0
0.0
0
5Raymond Chester
R. Chester
22
41
104
1,574
15.1
38.4
8
4
2.0
0.2
0
6Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
21
39
202
2,620
13.0
67.2
0
0
0.0
0
7Rich Caster
R. Caster
21
41
112
2,171
19.4
53.0
-3
3
-1.0
-0.1
0
8Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
20
42
186
252
2,104
11.3
50.1
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
9Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
20
45
156
236
2,105
13.5
46.8
0
0
0.0
0
10Jerry Smith
J. Smith
20
42
140
1,792
12.8
42.7
0
0
0.0
0
11Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
20
42
97
1,528
15.8
36.4
0
0
0.0
0
12Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
19
48
165
261
1,822
11.0
38.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
18
38
175
260
1,956
11.2
51.5
97
9
10.8
2.6
0
14Heath Miller
H. Miller
18
48
120
168
1,418
11.8
29.5
0
0
0.0
0
15Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
18
41
142
1,872
13.2
45.7
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
16Hunter Henry
H. Henry
17
41
136
191
1,709
12.6
41.7
0
0
0.0
0
17Bubba Franks
B. Franks
17
48
124
174
1,127
9.1
23.5
0
0
0.0
0
18Joe Walton
J. Walton
17
37
95
1,321
13.9
35.7
0
0
0.0
0
19Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
16
48
118
1,722
14.6
35.9
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
20Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
16
44
158
2,379
15.1
54.1
0
0
0.0
0
21Joe Senser
J. Senser
16
41
150
1,712
11.4
41.8
1
2
0.5
0.0
0
22John Mackey
J. Mackey
16
42
97
1,946
20.1
46.3
9
3
3.0
0.2
0
23Tucker Kraft
T. Kraft
15
42
113
154
1,551
13.7
36.9
9
4
2.3
0.2
0
24Juwan Johnson
J. Johnson
15
43
92
146
1,035
11.3
24.1
0
0
0.0
0
25Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
15
29
94
136
1,097
11.7
37.8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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12
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