Tony Gonzalez has the most receiving yards by a 35-year-old tight end in a season, with 875 yards in 2011.
| NAME | REC YDS | AGE | SEASON | TM | GP | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Gonzalez | 875 | 35 | 2011 |  ATL | 16 | 80 | 116 | 10.9 | 54.7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | B. Watson | 825 | 35 | 2015 |  NO | 16 | 74 | 110 | 11.1 | 51.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | T. Kelce | 823 | 35 | 2024 |  KC | 16 | 97 | 133 | 8.5 | 51.4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 4 |  | S. Sharpe | 770 | 35 | 2003 |  DEN | 15 | 62 | 94 | 12.4 | 51.3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | P. Retzlaff | 653 | 35 | 1966 |  PHI | 14 | 40 | 16.3 | 46.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 |  | A. Gates | 630 | 35 | 2015 |  SD | 11 | 56 | 85 | 11.3 | 57.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 7 |  | J. Witten | 560 | 35 | 2017 |  DAL | 16 | 63 | 87 | 8.9 | 35.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | W. Walls | 452 | 35 | 2001 |  CAR | 14 | 43 | 73 | 10.5 | 32.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 9 |  | Z. Ertz | 387 | 35 | 2025 |  WAS | 11 | 39 | 57 | 9.9 | 35.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | M. Pollard | 273 | 35 | 2007 |  SEA | 14 | 28 | 35 | 9.8 | 19.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | J. Smith | 246 | 35 | 1975 |  STL | 9 | 13 | 18.9 | 27.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | G. Olsen | 239 | 35 | 2020 | SEA | 11 | 24 | 37 | 10.0 | 21.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | J. Giles | 225 | 35 | 1989 | PHI | 16 | 16 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | D. Walker | 215 | 35 | 2019 |  TEN | 7 | 21 | 31 | 10.2 | 30.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | B. Tucker | 173 | 35 | 1980 |  MIN | 16 | 15 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | P. Metzelaars | 171 | 35 | 1995 | CAR | 14 | 20 | 8.6 | 12.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 |  | J. Graham | 167 | 35 | 2021 |  CHI | 15 | 14 | 23 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 18 | | R. Francis | 161 | 35 | 1988 |  NE | 12 | 11 | 14.6 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | M. Lewis | 156 | 35 | 2019 |  GB | 16 | 15 | 19 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | V. Davis | 123 | 35 | 2019 |  WAS | 4 | 10 | 19 | 12.3 | 30.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | E. West | 91 | 35 | 1996 | PHI | 16 | 8 | 11.4 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | M. Shuler | 91 | 35 | 1991 | PHI | 4 | 6 | 15.2 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | K. Brady | 70 | 35 | 2007 | NE | 14 | 9 | 16 | 7.8 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | D. Warren | 51 | 35 | 1991 | WAS | 10 | 5 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | D. Fells | 43 | 35 | 2021 | TOT | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.
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| TEAM | W | L | T | PCT |
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 Buccaneers | 6 | 5 | 0 | .545 |
| Panthers | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 |
| Falcons | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 |
| Saints | 2 | 9 | 0 | .182 |
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