most receiving yards by tight end from 1920 to 1968

From 1920 through 1968, Mike Ditka had the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 4,888 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
4,888
104
355
13.8
47.0
38
0
0
0.0
0
2Jackie Smith
J. Smith
4,554
84
266
17.1
54.2
22
257
22
11.7
3.1
3
3Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
4,177
62
244
17.1
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
4John Mackey
J. Mackey
4,105
84
247
16.6
48.9
33
106
14
7.6
1.3
0
5Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
3,733
81
215
17.4
46.1
31
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
6Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
3,089
101
209
14.8
30.6
18
36
28
1.3
0.4
0
7Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
2,947
103
200
14.7
28.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
8Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
2,880
93
197
14.6
31.0
16
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
9Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
2,735
98
174
15.7
27.9
33
14
3
4.7
0.1
0
10Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
2,373
87
154
15.4
27.3
19
0
0
0.0
0
11Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
2,252
56
137
16.4
40.2
16
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
2,159
104
180
12.0
20.8
15
0
0
0.0
0
13Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
2,051
63
130
15.8
32.6
25
0
0
0.0
0
14Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,967
28
138
14.3
70.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
15Bob McLeod
B. McLeod
1,926
84
126
15.3
22.9
19
0
0
0.0
0
16Tony Romeo
T. Romeo
1,813
89
117
15.5
20.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
17Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
1,796
79
90
20.0
22.7
18
124
24
5.2
1.6
2
18Jerry Smith
J. Smith
1,792
42
140
12.8
42.7
20
0
0
0.0
0
19Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
1,774
42
115
15.4
42.2
10
176
22
8.0
4.2
1
20Paul Costa
P. Costa
1,699
52
102
16.7
32.7
6
12
2
6.0
0.2
1
21Marlin McKeever
M. McKeever
1,585
65
122
13.0
24.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
22Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
1,552
52
76
20.4
29.8
18
0
0
0.0
0
23Ernie Warlick
E. Warlick
1,551
56
90
17.2
27.7
4
0
0
0.0
0
24Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
1,480
41
118
12.5
36.1
9
0
0
0.0
0
25Gene Prebola
G. Prebola
1,474
42
104
14.2
35.1
5
0
0
0.0
0

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