most receiving yards by te 2003 to 2018

Between the 2003 and 2018 seasons, Jason Witten had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 12,448 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jason Witten
J. Witten
12,448
239
1,152
1,623
10.8
52.1
68
0
0
0.0
0
2Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
10,396
175
928
1,387
11.2
59.4
74
5
1
5.0
0.0
0
4Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
7,861
115
521
795
15.1
68.4
79
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
5Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
7,847
174
666
1,082
11.8
45.1
57
0
0
0.0
0
6Vernon Davis
V. Davis
7,439
194
573
910
13.0
38.3
62
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
7Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
7,436
137
611
949
12.2
54.3
71
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
8Heath Miller
H. Miller
6,569
168
592
825
11.1
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
9Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
5,885
195
530
836
11.1
30.2
44
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
10Dallas Clark
D. Clark
5,665
143
505
776
11.2
39.6
53
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
11Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
5,661
131
479
758
11.8
43.2
36
0
0
0.0
0
12Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,469
153
460
713
11.9
35.7
33
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
13Jared Cook
J. Cook
5,464
149
425
711
12.9
36.7
25
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
14Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
5,249
121
473
756
11.1
43.4
35
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
15Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
5,236
80
410
579
12.8
65.5
32
2
3
0.7
0.0
0
16Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5,236
105
469
756
11.2
49.9
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
17Brent Celek
B. Celek
4,998
175
398
616
12.6
28.6
31
0
0
0.0
0
18Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
4,827
91
437
629
11.0
53.0
29
0
0
0.0
0
19Todd Heap
T. Heap
4,827
117
415
672
11.6
41.3
35
23
4
5.8
0.2
0
20Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
4,711
117
429
669
11.0
40.3
33
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
21Martellus Bennett
M. Bennett
4,573
144
433
639
10.6
31.8
30
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
22Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
4,541
186
378
659
12.0
24.4
33
0
0
0.0
0
23Randy McMichael
R. McMichael
4,054
148
387
635
10.5
27.4
20
0
0
0.0
0
24Alge Crumpler
A. Crumpler
3,958
123
312
533
12.7
32.2
31
0
0
0.0
0
25Zach Miller
Z. Miller
3,804
110
328
505
11.6
34.6
20
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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