most receiving yards by tight end first two seasons

George Kittle had the most receiving yards by a tight end in a season in his first 2 seasons, with 1,377 yards in 2018.

NAMEREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1George Kittle
G. Kittle
1,377
2018
SF SF
16
88
136
15.6
86.1
5
10
1
10.0
0.6
0
2Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1,327
2011
NE NE
16
90
124
14.7
82.9
17
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
3Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
1,310
2011
NO NO
16
99
149
13.2
81.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
4Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
1,290
1980
SD SD
16
89
14.5
80.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
5Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
1,194
2024
LV LV
17
112
153
10.7
70.2
5
13
5
2.6
0.8
0
6Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
1,176
1961
DEN DEN
14
100
11.8
84.0
4
0
0
0.0
0
7Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,092
1961
LA LA
14
78
14.0
78.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
8Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
1,076
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
19.2
76.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
9Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
1,026
2021
ATL ATL
17
68
110
15.1
60.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Joe Senser
J. Senser
1,004
1981
MIN MIN
16
79
12.7
62.8
8
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
11Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
1,001
1986
NYG NYG
16
66
15.2
62.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
12Jason Witten
J. Witten
980
2004
DAL DAL
16
87
122
11.3
61.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
13Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
973
1964
DAL DAL
14
65
15.0
69.5
5
46
10
4.6
3.3
0
14Antonio Gates
A. Gates
964
2004
SD SD
15
81
114
11.9
64.3
13
0
0
0.0
0
15Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
910
2011
NE NE
14
79
113
11.5
65.0
7
45
5
9.0
3.2
0
16Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
904
1962
CHI CHI
14
58
15.6
64.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
17Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
895
1963
PHI PHI
14
57
15.7
63.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
18Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
894
2002
NYG NYG
15
74
127
12.1
59.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
889
2023
DET DET
17
86
120
10.3
52.3
10
4
1
4.0
0.2
0
20Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
875
2006
CLE CLE
16
89
120
9.8
54.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
875
1962
LA LA
14
60
14.6
62.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
22Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
869
1988
PHI PHI
16
81
10.7
54.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
23Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
862
2014
KC KC
16
67
87
12.9
53.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
24Charle Young
C. Young
854
1973
PHI PHI
14
55
15.5
61.0
6
24
4
6.0
1.7
1
25Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
852
2019
BAL BAL
15
64
98
13.3
56.8
10
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
9
3
0
.750
49ers 49ers
9
4
0
.692
Cardinals Cardinals
3
9
0
.250
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12/14
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SF SF
4:25 PM
Mon
12/22
SF SF
@
IND IND
8:15 PM
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12/28
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@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
SEA SEA
@
SF SF
1:00 PM
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
8
4
0
.667
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
6
0
.500
Steelers Steelers
6
6
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.500
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4
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.667
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2
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4
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6
1
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3
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3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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5
0
.583
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6
0
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9
3
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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9/3
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PHI PHI
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Thu
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LAC LAC
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9/6
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NYJ NYJ
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12/7
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12/7
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