most receiving yards by tight end 2016 to 2021

Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Travis Kelce had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 7,269 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
7,269
94
565
804
12.9
77.3
47
9
6
1.5
0.1
2
2Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
4,817
87
466
691
10.3
55.4
32
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
4,489
67
335
463
13.4
67.0
20
69
11
6.3
1.0
0
4Jared Cook
J. Cook
3,734
87
280
446
13.3
42.9
29
0
0
0.0
0
5Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
3,731
63
241
381
15.5
59.2
27
0
0
0.0
0
6Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
3,466
62
263
389
13.2
55.9
29
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Darren Waller
D. Waller
3,166
59
268
378
11.8
53.7
16
26
3
8.7
0.4
0
8Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
3,149
95
279
439
11.3
33.1
32
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
9Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
3,052
79
279
442
10.9
38.6
27
-6
5
-1.2
-0.1
3
10Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
3,024
88
298
408
10.1
34.4
23
0
0
0.0
0
11Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
2,964
92
297
419
10.0
32.2
27
0
0
0.0
0
12Hunter Henry
H. Henry
2,925
72
246
359
11.9
40.6
30
0
0
0.0
0
13Evan Engram
E. Engram
2,828
65
262
429
10.8
43.5
16
80
14
5.7
1.2
1
14Jack Doyle
J. Doyle
2,520
84
260
364
9.7
30.0
21
0
0
0.0
0
15Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
2,487
93
234
342
10.6
26.7
17
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
16Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
2,391
57
200
324
12.0
41.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
17Cameron Brate
C. Brate
2,378
96
229
353
10.4
24.8
30
0
0
0.0
0
18Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
2,295
57
193
272
11.9
40.3
16
0
0
0.0
0
19Mike Gesicki
M. Gesicki
2,255
64
199
318
11.3
35.2
13
0
0
0.0
0
20Noah Fant
N. Fant
1,905
47
170
249
11.2
40.5
10
-12
3
-4.0
-0.3
0
21Delanie Walker
D. Walker
1,874
39
164
251
11.4
48.1
12
9
4
2.3
0.2
1
22Gerald Everett
G. Everett
1,867
76
175
267
10.7
24.6
12
51
8
6.4
0.7
1
23Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,831
64
208
282
8.8
28.6
14
0
0
0.0
0
24David Njoku
D. Njoku
1,754
65
148
240
11.9
27.0
15
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
25O.J. Howard
O.J. Howard
1,737
59
119
180
14.6
29.4
15
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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21.3

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19.3

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6
0
.647
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14
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14
3
0
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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
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12
0
.294
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13
4
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.765
12
5
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.706
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8
9
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14
3
0
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11
6
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.647
6
11
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.353
3
14
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11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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9
8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
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12
5
0
.706
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12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176