most receptions by tight end 1960s

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Mike Ditka made the most receptions by a tight end, with 372 receptions.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
372
116
5,156
13.9
44.4
41
0
0
0.0
0
2Jackie Smith
J. Smith
309
98
5,115
16.6
52.2
23
257
26
9.9
2.6
3
3John Mackey
J. Mackey
281
98
4,548
16.2
46.4
35
109
16
6.8
1.1
0
4Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
244
62
4,177
17.1
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
5Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
215
81
3,733
17.4
46.1
31
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
6Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
209
101
3,089
14.8
30.6
18
36
28
1.3
0.4
0
7Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
200
103
2,947
14.7
28.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
8Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
197
93
2,880
14.6
31.0
16
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
9Jerry Smith
J. Smith
194
56
2,474
12.8
44.2
29
8
3
2.7
0.1
0
10Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
190
112
2,993
15.8
26.7
33
15
4
3.8
0.1
0
11Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
180
104
2,159
12.0
20.8
15
0
0
0.0
0
12Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
154
87
2,373
15.4
27.3
19
0
0
0.0
0
13Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
153
70
2,487
16.3
35.5
17
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
14Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
151
55
1,880
12.5
34.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
15Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
147
74
2,256
15.3
30.5
25
0
0
0.0
0
16Billy Truax
B. Truax
144
80
1,757
12.2
22.0
13
0
0
0.0
0
17Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
138
28
1,967
14.3
70.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
18Bob McLeod
B. McLeod
126
84
1,926
15.3
22.9
19
0
0
0.0
0
19Marlin McKeever
M. McKeever
122
65
1,585
13.0
24.4
6
0
0
0.0
0
20Tony Romeo
T. Romeo
117
89
1,813
15.5
20.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
21Frank Clarke
F. Clarke
115
42
1,774
15.4
42.2
10
176
22
8.0
4.2
1
22Milt Morin
M. Morin
110
45
1,710
15.5
38.0
8
38
3
12.7
0.8
0
23Alvin Reed
A. Reed
108
42
1,555
14.4
37.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
24John Hilton
J. Hilton
108
66
1,494
13.8
22.6
10
15
1
15.0
0.2
0
25Gene Prebola
G. Prebola
104
42
1,474
14.2
35.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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