most targets in a game by a tight end

Jason Witten has been targeted the most times by a tight end in a game, with 23 targets against the Giants on October 28, 2012.

Interpreted as:
most targets in a regular-season game by a tight end
NAMETRGDATETMOPPRECREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Jason Witten
J. Witten
23
10/28/2012
vs
18
167
9.3
0
0
0
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
21
1/2/2005
@
14
144
10.3
0
5
1
5.0
0
3Darren Waller
D. Waller
19
9/13/2021
vs
10
105
10.5
1
0
0
0
4Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
19
12/16/2012
vs
10
92
9.2
1
0
0
0
5Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
19
12/11/2005
@
10
107
10.7
0
0
0
0
6Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
18
12/20/2014
@
15
115
7.7
0
0
0
0
7Dustin Keller
D. Keller
18
12/24/2011
vs
8
77
9.6
0
0
0
0
8Jason Witten
J. Witten
18
12/9/2007
@
15
138
9.2
1
0
0
0
9Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
18
11/4/2007
vs
11
125
11.4
0
0
0
0
10Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
18
11/17/2002
vs
11
111
10.1
0
0
0
0
11David Njoku
D. Njoku
17
12/2/2024
@
9
52
5.8
2
0
0
0
12Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
17
11/6/2022
vs
10
106
10.6
0
0
0
0
13Darren Waller
D. Waller
17
12/6/2020
@
13
200
15.4
2
0
0
0
14George Kittle
G. Kittle
17
12/15/2019
vs
13
134
10.3
0
0
0
0
15Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
17
12/26/2015
vs
13
122
9.4
0
0
0
0
16Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
17
10/20/2013
@
8
114
14.3
0
0
0
0
17Jacob Tamme
J. Tamme
17
11/7/2010
@
11
108
9.8
1
0
0
0
18Trey McBride
T. McBride
16
12/28/2024
@
12
123
10.3
1
0
0
0
19Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
16
11/17/2024
@
13
126
9.7
1
-3
1
-3.0
0
20Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
16
11/4/2024
vs
14
100
7.1
0
0
0
0
21T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
16
12/24/2022
vs
13
109
8.4
2
0
0
0
22Logan Thomas
L. Thomas
16
12/20/2020
vs
13
101
7.8
0
0
0
0
23Darren Waller
D. Waller
16
9/21/2020
vs
12
105
8.8
1
0
0
0
24Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
16
9/15/2019
@
8
72
9.0
0
0
0
0
25Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
16
12/23/2018
vs
12
110
9.2
2
0
0
0
StatMuse has game-level data for targets going back to the 1999 season.

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