most reception yards by a tight end from october 1 1920 until january 10 2023

Between October 1, 1920 and January 10, 2023, Tony Gonzalez had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 15,127 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	15,127	270	1,325	1,862	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
2	Jason Witten J. Witten	13,046	271	1,228	1,723	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
3	Antonio Gates A. Gates	11,841	236	955	1,458	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
4	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	10,344	144	814	1,146	12.7	71.8	69	14	8	1.8	0.1	2
5	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	9,961	188	808	438	12.3	53.0	61	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
6	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	9,286	143	621	961	15.0	64.9	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
7	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	8,683	199	742	1,201	11.7	43.6	60	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	8,506	184	713	1,108	11.9	46.2	85	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
9	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	7,980	198	662		12.1	40.3	47	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
10	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480		16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
11	Vernon Davis V. Davis	7,562	198	583	929	13.0	38.2	63	15	6	2.5	0.1	0
12	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	7,247	144	682	1,017	10.6	50.3	45	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
13	Jared Cook J. Cook	7,237	194	553	919	13.1	37.3	45	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
14	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,741	109	541		12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
15	Heath Miller H. Miller	6,569	168	592	825	11.1	39.1	45	8	2	4.0	0.0	0
16	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	6,307	176	498		12.7	35.8	28	4	1	4.0	0.0	1
17	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	6,143	136	547	883	11.2	45.2	37	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
18	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	6,058	205	547	860	11.1	29.6	44	10	2	5.0	0.0	0
19	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,872	108	461		12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
20	Todd Heap T. Heap	5,869	145	499	817	11.8	40.5	42	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
21	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,812	149	427		13.6	39.0	43	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
22	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	5,755	153	396		14.5	37.6	41	211	25	8.4	1.4	2
23	Delanie Walker D. Walker	5,684	160	481	744	11.8	35.5	35	89	16	5.6	0.6	1
24	Dallas Clark D. Clark	5,665	143	505	776	11.2	39.6	53	40	4	10.0	0.3	0
25	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	5,661	131	479	758	11.8	43.2	36	0	0		0.0	0

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