most receiving yards by tight end at 35 years old since 1970

Since 1970, Tony Gonzalez has the most yards on receptions by a tight end 35 or older, with 2,664 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
2,664
48
256
361
10.4
55.5
23
0
0
0.0
0
2Antonio Gates
A. Gates
1,827
57
167
275
10.9
32.1
17
0
0
0.0
0
3Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,516
29
158
220
9.6
52.3
8
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
4Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
1,208
45
126
173
9.6
26.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
5Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,158
48
139
187
8.3
24.1
11
0
0
0.0
0
6Wesley Walls
W. Walls
915
43
82
142
11.2
21.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
7Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
770
15
62
94
12.4
51.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
8Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
574
104
59
78
9.7
5.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
9Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
461
45
54
8.5
10.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Jackie Smith
J. Smith
317
47
21
15.1
6.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
11Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
273
15
28
35
9.8
18.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
239
11
24
37
10.0
21.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Delanie Walker
D. Walker
215
7
21
31
10.2
30.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
14Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
173
16
15
11.5
10.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Russ Francis
R. Francis
161
12
11
14.6
13.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
159
3
15
23
10.6
53.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Ed West
E. West
154
28
15
10.3
5.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
142
20
16
21
8.9
7.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
19Vernon Davis
V. Davis
123
4
10
19
12.3
30.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Taysom Hill
T. Hill
91
13
11
16
8.3
7.0
0
114
52
2.2
8.8
1
21Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
91
4
6
15.2
22.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Don Warren
D. Warren
76
21
9
8.4
3.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Kyle Brady
K. Brady
70
14
9
16
7.8
5.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
55
7
6
9.2
7.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Christian Fauria
C. Fauria
50
22
6
8
8.3
2.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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9
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14
3
0
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
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12
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9
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14
3
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.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
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.176
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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
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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
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176