most receiving touchdowns season tight end

Rob Gronkowski has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in a season, with 17 touchdowns in 2011.

NAMEREC TDSEASONTMGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
17
2011
NE NE
16
90
124
1,327
14.7
82.9
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
16
2013
NO NO
16
86
143
1,215
14.1
75.9
0
0
0.0
0
3Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
13
2018
IND IND
16
66
110
750
11.4
46.9
-8
3
-2.7
-0.5
1
4Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
13
2015
CIN CIN
13
52
74
615
11.8
47.3
0
0
0.0
0
5Vernon Davis
V. Davis
13
2013
SF SF
15
52
84
850
16.3
56.7
0
0
0.0
0
6Vernon Davis
V. Davis
13
2009
SF SF
16
78
129
965
12.4
60.3
0
0
0.0
0
7Antonio Gates
A. Gates
13
2004
SD SD
15
81
114
964
11.9
64.3
0
0
0.0
0
8Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12
2022
KC KC
17
110
152
1,338
12.2
78.7
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
9Antonio Gates
A. Gates
12
2014
SD SD
16
69
98
821
11.9
51.3
0
0
0.0
0
10Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
12
2014
NE NE
15
82
131
1,124
13.7
74.9
0
0
0.0
0
11Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
12
2014
DEN DEN
13
43
62
489
11.4
37.6
0
0
0.0
0
12Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
12
2013
DEN DEN
14
65
90
788
12.1
56.3
0
0
0.0
0
13Wesley Walls
W. Walls
12
1999
CAR CAR
16
63
108
822
13.0
51.4
0
0
0.0
0
14Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
12
1983
RAI RAI
16
92
1,247
13.6
77.9
0
0
0.0
0
15Jerry Smith
J. Smith
12
1967
WAS WAS
14
67
849
12.7
60.6
0
0
0.0
0
16Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
12
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
19.2
76.9
0
0
0.0
0
17Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
11
2024
BAL BAL
17
55
69
673
12.2
39.6
5
4
1.3
0.3
0
18George Kittle
G. Kittle
11
2022
SF SF
15
60
86
765
12.8
51.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
11
2020
KC KC
15
105
145
1,416
13.5
94.4
0
0
0.0
0
20Robert Tonyan
R. Tonyan
11
2020
GB GB
16
52
59
586
11.3
36.6
0
0
0.0
0
21Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
11
2015
NE NE
15
72
120
1,176
16.3
78.4
0
0
0.0
0
22Jordan Reed
J. Reed
11
2015
WAS WAS
14
87
114
952
10.9
68.0
0
0
0.0
0
23Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
11
2012
NE NE
11
55
80
790
14.4
71.8
0
0
0.0
0
24Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
11
2011
NO NO
16
99
149
1,310
13.2
81.9
0
0
0.0
0
25Visanthe Shiancoe
V. Shiancoe
11
2009
MIN MIN
16
56
79
566
10.1
35.4
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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2
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.714
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3
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1
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1
1
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2
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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5
2
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.714
Panthers Panthers
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4
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.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
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2
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.714
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