most receiving yards from 1989 to 1997 by a tight end

Between the 1989 and 1997 seasons, Shannon Sharpe had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 5,892 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
5,892
107
458
12.9
55.1
33
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
2Brent Jones
B. Jones
5,103
128
407
12.5
39.9
31
0
0
0.0
0
3Ben Coates
B. Coates
4,433
112
391
11.3
39.6
42
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
4Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
4,414
113
360
12.3
39.1
43
0
0
0.0
0
5Eric Green
E. Green
3,931
98
321
12.2
40.1
33
0
0
0.0
0
6Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
3,801
111
362
10.5
34.2
23
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
7Jackie Harris
J. Harris
3,254
110
270
12.1
29.6
15
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
8Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
2,739
80
224
12.2
34.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
9Tony McGee
T. McGee
2,631
79
211
12.5
33.3
15
0
0
0.0
0
10Wesley Walls
W. Walls
2,626
115
225
11.7
22.8
25
0
0
0.0
0
11Rodney Holman
R. Holman
2,485
111
194
12.8
22.4
20
0
0
0.0
0
12Marv Cook
M. Cook
2,190
112
257
8.5
19.6
13
0
0
0.0
0
13Ethan Horton
E. Horton
2,131
96
181
11.8
22.2
15
0
0
0.0
0
14Johnny Mitchell
J. Mitchell
2,103
57
159
13.2
36.9
16
0
0
0.0
0
15Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
2,089
141
234
8.9
14.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
16Howard Cross
H. Cross
2,014
143
174
11.6
14.1
17
0
0
0.0
0
17Troy Drayton
T. Drayton
1,942
77
173
11.2
25.2
18
11
2
5.5
0.1
0
18Ron Hall
R. Hall
1,885
94
175
10.8
20.1
9
0
0
0.0
0
19Frank Wycheck
F. Wycheck
1,843
57
172
10.7
32.3
11
4
3
1.3
0.1
1
20Ed West
E. West
1,780
135
159
11.2
13.2
17
0
0
0.0
0
21Derrick Walker
D. Walker
1,699
118
173
9.8
14.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
22Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
1,682
66
140
12.0
25.5
19
0
0
0.0
0
23Mark Chmura
M. Chmura
1,644
72
136
12.1
22.8
13
0
0
0.0
0
24Ken Dilger
K. Dilger
1,518
46
111
13.7
33.0
11
0
0
0.0
0
25Brian Kinchen
B. Kinchen
1,483
127
140
10.6
11.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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