most receiving yards by an tight end in a decade

Tony Gonzalez has the most receiving yards by a tight end in a decade, with 9,969 yards in the 2000s.

NAMEREC YDSDECADEGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
9,969
2000s
159
831
1,285
12.0
62.7
67
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
7,883
2010s
153
649
1,009
12.1
51.5
74
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
3Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
7,861
2010s
115
521
795
15.1
68.4
79
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
4Jason Witten
J. Witten
7,012
2010s
144
692
964
10.1
48.7
45
0
0
0.0
0
5Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
6,884
1990s
128
545
37
12.6
53.8
43
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
6Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
6,867
2010s
142
565
908
12.2
48.4
44
0
0
0.0
0
7Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
6,537
2020s
96
573
793
11.4
68.1
45
10
6
1.7
0.1
1
8Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,486
1980s
102
516
12.6
63.6
43
0
0
0.0
0
9Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
6,465
2010s
96
507
715
12.8
67.3
37
6
4
1.5
0.1
1
10Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
6,370
1980s
150
546
11.7
42.5
34
33
4
8.3
0.2
0
11Antonio Gates
A. Gates
6,223
2000s
109
479
739
13.0
57.1
59
0
0
0.0
0
12Jared Cook
J. Cook
6,095
2010s
149
459
761
13.3
40.9
34
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
13Jason Witten
J. Witten
5,965
2000s
111
523
742
11.4
53.7
27
0
0
0.0
0
14Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
1980s
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
15Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
5,743
2010s
106
525
764
10.9
54.2
35
0
0
0.0
0
16Antonio Gates
A. Gates
5,618
2010s
127
476
719
11.8
44.2
57
0
0
0.0
0
17Ben Coates
B. Coates
5,471
1990s
142
490
63
11.2
38.5
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
18Vernon Davis
V. Davis
5,465
2010s
142
402
624
13.6
38.5
41
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
19Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,296
2010s
129
450
695
11.8
41.1
34
68
11
6.2
0.5
1
20Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
5,280
2000s
108
469
762
11.3
48.9
30
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
21Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
5,248
1970s
140
407
12.9
37.5
26
6
6
1.0
0.0
1
22Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,156
1960s
116
372
13.9
44.4
41
0
0
0.0
0
23Jackie Smith
J. Smith
5,115
1960s
98
309
16.6
52.2
23
257
26
9.9
2.6
3
24George Kittle
G. Kittle
5,063
2020s
79
379
496
13.4
64.1
40
36
7
5.1
0.5
0
25Todd Heap
T. Heap
4,893
2000s
120
427
704
11.5
40.8
36
61
8
7.6
0.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
Chiefs Chiefs
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
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13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
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.471
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14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
0
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176