most receiving yards in a season by a tight end including playoffs

Travis Kelce has the most yards on receptions by a tight end in the regular season and playoffs, with 1,776 yards in 2020.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,776	2020	KC	18	136	185	13.1	98.7	14	0	0		0.0	0
2	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,595	2022	KC	20	137	183	11.6	79.8	16	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
3	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,585	2011	NE	19	107	147	14.8	83.4	20	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
4	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	1,468	2011	NO	18	111	168	13.2	81.6	14	0	0		0.0	0
5	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,467	2018	KC	18	113	166	13.0	81.5	11	0	0		0.0	0
6	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,436	2019	KC	19	116	158	12.4	75.6	9	6	2	3.0	0.3	1
7	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,424	2021	KC	19	115	161	12.4	74.9	12	3	2	1.5	0.2	1
8	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,403	2015	NE	17	87	143	16.1	82.5	14	0	0		0.0	0
9	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	1,381	1983	RAI	19	106		13.0	72.7	12	0	0		0.0	0
10	George Kittle G. Kittle	1,377	2018	SF	16	88	136	15.6	86.1	5	10	1	10.0	0.6	0
11	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	1,361	2021	BAL	17	107	153	12.7	80.1	9	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
12	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,339	2023	KC	19	125	158	10.7	70.5	8	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
13	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,337	1980	SD	18	93		14.4	74.3	9	0	0		0.0	0
14	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	1,335	2015	CAR	19	93	147	14.4	70.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
15	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,328	2014	NE	18	98	162	13.6	73.8	15	0	0		0.0	0
16	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	1,302	2017	NE	17	85	132	15.3	76.6	11	0	0		0.0	0
17	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	1,288	1981	SD	18	104		12.4	71.6	12	0	0		0.0	0
18	Dallas Clark D. Clark	1,286	2009	IND	19	118	159	10.9	67.7	11	11	2	5.5	0.6	0
19	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	1,267	2013	NO	18	90	153	14.1	70.4	16	0	0		0.0	0
20	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	1,265	2018	PHI	18	126	171	10.0	70.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
21	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,258	2004	KC	16	102	148	12.3	78.6	7	5	1	5.0	0.3	0
22	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	1,256	1997	DEN	20	84		15.0	62.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
23	Ben Coates B. Coates	1,253	1994	NE	17	102		12.3	73.7	7	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
24	Antonio Gates A. Gates	1,250	2009	SD	17	87	125	14.4	73.5	8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Trey McBride T. McBride	1,239	2025	ARI	17	126	169	9.8	72.9	11	0	0		0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	.667
Chargers	0	3	.000

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/4	KC	@	LV	4:25 PM
Sun 10/18	LAC	@	KC	4:25 PM
Sun 10/25	KC	@	SEA	8:20 PM
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	NYJ	@	KC	1:00 PM

Last Game

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3 - 0

Final

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Rush Yards Leaders

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417.7

416.3

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Rush Yards Rankings

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173.0

167.3

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Pass Yards Rankings

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295.0

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Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	0	0	1.000
Jets	1	2	0	.333
Patriots	1	2	0	.333
Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000

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Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

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Sun 10/4	ARI	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	NE	@	BUF	1:00 PM
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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
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