most tight end receiving yards between 1961 to 1971

Between the 1961 and 1971 seasons, Jackie Smith had the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 6,181 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jackie Smith
J. Smith
6,181
121
367
16.8
51.1
31
310
32
9.7
2.6
3
2Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,614
144
410
13.7
39.0
42
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
3John Mackey
J. Mackey
5,126
126
320
16.0
40.7
38
127
19
6.7
1.0
0
4Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
4,177
62
244
17.1
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
5Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
3,733
81
215
17.4
46.1
31
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
6Jerry Smith
J. Smith
3,276
78
253
12.9
42.0
39
42
6
7.0
0.5
0
7Jim Whalen
J. Whalen
3,155
89
197
16.0
35.4
20
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
8Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
3,101
118
198
15.7
26.3
34
15
4
3.8
0.1
0
9Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
2,947
103
200
14.7
28.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
10Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
2,907
102
195
14.9
28.5
31
118
6
19.7
1.2
1
11Milt Morin
M. Morin
2,902
73
187
15.5
39.8
11
41
5
8.2
0.6
0
12Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
2,880
93
197
14.6
31.0
16
9
6
1.5
0.1
0
13Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
2,594
89
180
14.4
29.1
16
0
11
0.0
0.0
0
14Alvin Reed
A. Reed
2,567
69
180
14.3
37.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
15Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
2,485
53
143
17.4
46.9
17
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
16Billy Truax
B. Truax
2,409
106
195
12.4
22.7
17
0
0
0.0
0
17Dave Kocourek
D. Kocourek
2,373
87
154
15.4
27.3
19
0
0
0.0
0
18Pete Lammons
P. Lammons
2,345
83
184
12.7
28.3
14
3
0
0.0
0
19Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
2,235
55
153
14.6
40.6
15
-5
3
-1.7
-0.1
0
20Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
2,159
104
180
12.0
20.8
15
0
0
0.0
0
21Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
1,967
28
138
14.3
70.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
22Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
1,939
71
104
18.6
27.3
22
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
23Bob McLeod
B. McLeod
1,926
84
126
15.3
22.9
19
0
0
0.0
0
24Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
1,878
90
97
19.4
20.9
18
124
24
5.2
1.4
2
25John Hilton
J. Hilton
1,844
87
133
13.9
21.2
14
15
1
15.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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