most receptions per game tight ends all time

Lionel Taylor has the most career receptions per game by a tight end, with 7.1 per game.

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Data note: Receptions Per Game: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	7.1	14	100		1,176	11.8	84.0	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	6.2	35	217	301	2,421	11.2	69.2	17	15	7	2.1	0.4	0
3	Trey McBride T. McBride	5.6	74	413	547	4,019	9.7	54.3	22	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
4	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	5.6	199	1,109	1,550	13,412	12.1	67.4	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
5	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	5.0	109	541		6,741	12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
6	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	4.9	28	138		1,967	14.3	70.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
7	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	4.9	270	1,325	1,862	15,127	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
8	George Kittle G. Kittle	4.8	131	629	848	8,433	13.4	64.4	57	68	13	5.2	0.5	0
9	Tyler Warren T. Warren	4.8	23	110	158	1,048	9.5	45.6	6	14	9	1.6	0.6	2
10	Jordan Reed J. Reed	4.7	75	355	493	3,602	10.1	48.0	28	18	1	18.0	0.2	0
11	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	4.6	38	175	260	1,956	11.2	51.5	18	97	9	10.8	2.6	0
12	Jason Witten J. Witten	4.5	271	1,228	1,723	13,046	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
13	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	4.5	184	828	1,231	8,614	10.4	46.8	57	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
14	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	4.5	105	469	756	5,236	11.2	49.9	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
15	T.J. Hockenson	4.5	104	464	665	4,735	10.2	45.5	29	0	2	0.0	0.0	0
16	Harold Fannin Jr. H. Fannin Jr.	4.5	24	107	158	1,142	10.7	47.6	9	13	7	1.9	0.5	1
17	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	4.4	49	217	296	2,471	11.4	50.4	23	6	2	3.0	0.1	0
18	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	4.3	143	621	961	9,286	15.0	64.9	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
19	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	4.3	188	808	438	9,961	12.3	53.0	61	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
20	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	4.3	108	461		5,872	12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
21	Evan Engram E. Engram	4.2	132	559	835	5,519	9.9	41.8	27	100	17	5.9	0.8	1
22	Larry Centers L. Centers	4.1	16	66		603	9.1	37.7	3	152	25	6.1	9.5	0
23	Bernie Casey B. Casey	4.1	13	53		819	15.5	63.0	6	0	0		0.0	0
24	Antonio Gates A. Gates	4.0	236	955	1,458	11,841	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
25	Darren Waller D. Waller	4.0	96	387	554	4,598	11.9	47.9	29	30	4	7.5	0.3	0

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