most regular season receiving yards by a tight end

Tony Gonzalez has the most career receiving yards by a tight end in the regular season, with 15,127 yards.

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Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	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	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	13,484	200	1,113	1,556	12.1	67.4	84	17	11	1.5	0.1	3
3	Jason Witten J. Witten	13,046	271	1,228	1,723	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
4	Antonio Gates A. Gates	11,841	236	955	1,458	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
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	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	8,614	184	828	1,231	10.4	46.8	57	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
9	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	8,545	197	719	1,115	11.9	43.4	89	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
10	George Kittle G. Kittle	8,491	132	633	855	13.4	64.3	57	68	13	5.2	0.5	0
11	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	7,980	198	662		12.1	40.3	47	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
12	Jackie Smith J. Smith	7,918	210	480		16.5	37.7	40	327	38	8.6	1.6	3
13	Vernon Davis V. Davis	7,562	198	583	929	13.0	38.2	63	15	6	2.5	0.1	0
14	Jared Cook J. Cook	7,237	194	553	919	13.1	37.3	45	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
15	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	6,741	109	541		12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
16	Heath Miller H. Miller	6,569	168	592	825	11.1	39.1	45	8	2	4.0	0.0	0
17	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	6,307	176	498		12.7	35.8	28	4	1	4.0	0.0	1
18	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	6,189	130	515	745	12.0	47.6	57	61	21	2.9	0.5	1
19	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	6,143	136	547	883	11.2	45.2	37	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
20	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	6,058	205	547	860	11.1	29.6	44	10	2	5.0	0.0	0
21	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	5,872	108	461		12.7	54.4	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
22	Todd Heap T. Heap	5,869	145	499	817	11.8	40.5	42	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
23	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	5,812	158	427		13.6	36.8	43	2	2	1.0	0.0	0
24	Riley Odoms R. Odoms	5,755	153	396		14.5	37.6	41	211	25	8.4	1.4	2
25	Delanie Walker D. Walker	5,684	160	481	744	11.8	35.5	35	89	16	5.6	0.6	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,037

Mahomes

RUSH

872

Walker

REC

482

Kelce

Team Rankings

PPG

25.3

10th

OPP PPG

17.9

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

137.8

5th

PASS YDS/G

254.6

11th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Broncos	7	2	.778
Chiefs	6	2	.750
Raiders	4	5	.444
Chargers	0	8	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	ARI	@	KC	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	KC	@	BUF	8:20 PM
Thu 12/3	KC	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Sun 12/13	KC	@	CIN	4:25 PM

Last Game

Jets

2 - 7

Final

Chiefs

6 - 2

Sun 8 Nov 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,618

Love

2,386

Burrow

2,381

Prescott

Rush Yards Leaders

880

Robinson

872

Walker

847

Gibbs

Rec Yards Leaders

1,036

Smith-Njigba

904

Lamb

879

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

23

Burrow

20

Cousins

19

Love

Rush TD Leaders

10

Swift

9

Gibbs

9

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

9

Smith-Njigba

7

Watson

7

Chase

QB Rating Leaders

114.8

Burrow

111.7

Lawrence

109.8

Purdy

Sack Leaders

9.5

Anderson

8.0

Young

7.5

Watt

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

33.3

30.0

29.4

28.6

27.8

27.3

Opp PPG Rankings

13.3

15.1

17.9

18.0

18.9

Total Yards Rankings

393.1

387.3

384.1

379.8

376.8

Rush Yards Rankings

168.6

150.8

148.4

137.8

137.2

Pass Yards Rankings

298.3

290.9

282.3

280.5

268.1

266.8

Sack Leaders

29.0

27.0

26.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

175.2

Gibbs

170.4

Walker

149

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

161.1

Smith-Njigba

131.8

Lamb

127.9

Watson

Fantasy TE Rankings

98

Bowers

89.8

McBride

82.8

Likely

Fantasy K Rankings

106

Shrader

93

Fairbairn

90

Gay

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

7-2

6-2

5-2

6-3

Worst Record ATS

0-7-1

1-8

2-7

3-6

3-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	5	2	1	.688
Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	1	0	.857
Lions	6	2	0	.750
Bears	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	3	5	0	.375
Panthers	3	5	0	.375
Saints	3	5	0	.375
Falcons	3	6	0	.333
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	7	1	0	.875
Seahawks	5	4	0	.556
Rams	5	4	0	.556
Cardinals	3	6	0	.333

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	6	1	0	.857
Patriots	5	4	0	.556
Jets	2	7	0	.222
Dolphins	1	7	0	.125
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	6	2	0	.750
Bengals	6	2	0	.750
Browns	5	4	0	.556
Ravens	4	5	0	.444
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	6	2	0	.750
Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	7	2	0	.778
Chiefs	6	2	0	.750
Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/9	BUF	@	MIN	8:15 PM
Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	BUF	@	NYJ	1:00 PM

Tony Gonzalez has the most career receiving yards by a tight end in the regular season, with 15,127 yards.

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161.1

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