most receiving yards single game record for a tight end

Shannon Sharpe has the most receiving yards by a tight end in a game, with 214 yards versus the Chiefs on October 20, 2002.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards single regular-season game record for a tight end
NAME REC YDS DATE TM OPP REC TRG AVG REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH TD
1 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
214
10/20/2002
DEN DEN
@
KC KC
12
14
17.8
2
0
0
0
2 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
STL STL
vs
PIT PIT
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
3 George Kittle
G. Kittle
210
12/9/2018
SF SF
vs
DEN DEN
7
9
30.0
1
0
0
0
4 Rich Caster
R. Caster
204
9/24/1972
NYJ NYJ
@
BAL BAL
6
34.0
3
0
0
0
5 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
204
11/14/1965
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
7
29.1
0
0
0
0
6 Darren Waller
D. Waller
200
12/6/2020
LV LV
@
NYJ NYJ
13
17
15.4
2
0
0
0
7 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
191
12/16/2021
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
10
13
19.1
2
0
0
0
8 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
191
10/14/1984
CLE CLE
vs
NYJ NYJ
14
13.6
0
0
0
0
9 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
CHI CHI
vs
GB GB
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
10 George Kittle
G. Kittle
183
10/4/2020
SF SF
vs
PHI PHI
15
15
12.2
1
8
1
8.0
0
11 Dallas Clark
D. Clark
183
9/21/2009
IND IND
@
MIA MIA
7
8
26.1
1
0
0
0
12 George Kittle
G. Kittle
181
12/5/2021
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
9
12
20.1
2
5
1
5.0
0
13 Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
181
10/10/2016
CAR CAR
vs
TB TB
9
13
20.1
0
0
0
0
14 Jared Cook
J. Cook
180
9/10/2018
OAK OAK
vs
LAR LAR
9
12
20.0
0
0
0
0
15 Vernon Davis
V. Davis
180
10/13/2013
SF SF
vs
ARI ARI
8
11
22.5
2
0
0
0
16 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
180
9/3/1995
DEN DEN
vs
BUF BUF
10
18.0
0
0
0
0
17 Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
180
12/18/1960
NYG NYG
vs
CLE CLE
8
22.5
1
0
0
0
18 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
179
10/22/2023
KC KC
vs
LAC LAC
12
13
14.9
1
0
0
0
19 T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
179
10/2/2022
DET DET
vs
SEA SEA
8
12
22.4
2
0
0
0
20 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
179
9/15/2013
NO NO
@
TB TB
10
16
17.9
1
0
0
0
21 Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
179
11/2/1986
MIN MIN
@
WAS WAS
6
29.8
1
0
0
0
22 Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
177
11/20/1960
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
10
17.7
0
0
0
0
23 Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
176
10/13/1985
NYG NYG
@
CIN CIN
12
14.7
0
0
0
0
24 Ed Dickson
E. Dickson
175
10/8/2017
CAR CAR
@
DET DET
5
5
35.0
0
0
0
0
25 Taz Anderson
T. Anderson
175
12/16/1962
STL STL
vs
PHI PHI
8
21.9
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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