most receiving yards in a season by a tight end before 2019

Before 2019, George Kittle had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in a season, with 1,377 yards in 2018.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	George Kittle G. Kittle	1,377	2018	SF	16	88	136	15.6	86.1	5	10	1	10.0	0.6	0
2	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,336	2018	KC	16	103	150	13.0	83.5	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,327	2011	NE	16	90	124	14.7	82.9	17	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
4	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	1,310	2011	NO	16	99	149	13.2	81.9	11	0	0		0.0	0
5	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,290	1980	SD	16	89		14.5	80.6	9	0	0		0.0	0
6	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,258	2004	KC	16	102	148	12.3	78.6	7	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
7	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	1,247	1983	RAI	16	92		13.6	77.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	1,215	2013	NO	16	86	143	14.1	75.9	16	0	0		0.0	0
9	Jackie Smith J. Smith	1,205	1967	STL	14	56		21.5	86.1	9	86	9	9.6	6.1	0
10	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,203	2000	KC	16	93	150	12.9	75.2	9	0	0		0.0	0
11	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	1,190	1965	PHI	14	66		18.0	85.0	10	0	0		0.0	0
12	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,176	2015	NE	15	72	120	16.3	78.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
13	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	1,176	1961	DEN	14	100		11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Ben Coates B. Coates	1,174	1994	NE	16	96		12.2	73.4	7	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
15	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,172	2007	KC	16	99	154	11.8	73.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
16	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,172	1983	SD	16	88		13.3	73.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
17	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	1,163	2018	PHI	16	116	156	10.0	72.7	8	0	0		0.0	0
18	Antonio Gates A. Gates	1,157	2009	SD	16	79	114	14.6	72.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
19	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	1,153	1986	RAI	16	95		12.1	72.1	8	0	0		0.0	0
20	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,145	2007	DAL	16	96	141	11.9	71.6	7	0	0		0.0	0
21	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,125	2016	KC	16	85	117	13.2	70.3	4	-5	1	-5.0	-0.3	0
22	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,124	2014	NE	15	82	131	13.7	74.9	12	0	0		0.0	0
23	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,107	1997	DEN	16	72		15.4	69.2	3	0	0		0.0	0
24	Dallas Clark D. Clark	1,106	2009	IND	16	100	133	11.1	69.1	10	11	2	5.5	0.7	0
25	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,106	2007	CLE	16	82	148	13.5	69.1	5	0	0		0.0	0

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