most touchdown reception by tight end in a season

Rob Gronkowski has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in a season, with 17 touchdowns in 2011.

	NAME	REC TD	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	17	2011	NE	16	90	124	1,327	14.7	82.9	2	1	2.0	0.1	1
2	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	16	2013	NO	16	86	143	1,215	14.1	75.9	0	0		0.0	0
3	Eric Ebron E. Ebron	13	2018	IND	16	66	110	750	11.4	46.9	-8	3	-2.7	-0.5	1
4	Tyler Eifert T. Eifert	13	2015	CIN	13	52	74	615	11.8	47.3	0	0		0.0	0
5	Vernon Davis V. Davis	13	2013	SF	15	52	84	850	16.3	56.7	0	0		0.0	0
6	Vernon Davis V. Davis	13	2009	SF	16	78	129	965	12.4	60.3	0	0		0.0	0
7	Antonio Gates A. Gates	13	2004	SD	15	81	114	964	11.9	64.3	0	0		0.0	0
8	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	12	2022	KC	17	110	152	1,338	12.2	78.7	5	2	2.5	0.3	0
9	Antonio Gates A. Gates	12	2014	SD	16	69	98	821	11.9	51.3	0	0		0.0	0
10	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	12	2014	NE	15	82	131	1,124	13.7	74.9	0	0		0.0	0
11	Julius Thomas J. Thomas	12	2014	DEN	13	43	62	489	11.4	37.6	0	0		0.0	0
12	Julius Thomas J. Thomas	12	2013	DEN	14	65	90	788	12.1	56.3	0	0		0.0	0
13	Wesley Walls W. Walls	12	1999	CAR	16	63	108	822	13.0	51.4	0	0		0.0	0
14	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	12	1983	RAI	16	92		1,247	13.6	77.9	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jerry Smith J. Smith	12	1967	WAS	14	67		849	12.7	60.6	0	0		0.0	0
16	Mike Ditka M. Ditka	12	1961	CHI	14	56		1,076	19.2	76.9	0	0		0.0	0
17	Trey McBride T. McBride	11	2025	ARI	16	119	161	1,174	9.9	73.4	0	0		0.0	0
18	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	11	2024	BAL	17	55	69	673	12.2	39.6	5	4	1.3	0.3	0
19	George Kittle G. Kittle	11	2022	SF	15	60	86	765	12.8	51.0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	11	2020	KC	15	105	145	1,416	13.5	94.4	0	0		0.0	0
21	Robert Tonyan R. Tonyan	11	2020	GB	16	52	59	586	11.3	36.6	0	0		0.0	0
22	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	11	2015	NE	15	72	120	1,176	16.3	78.4	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jordan Reed J. Reed	11	2015	WAS	14	87	114	952	10.9	68.0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	11	2012	NE	11	55	80	790	14.4	71.8	0	0		0.0	0
25	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	11	2011	NO	16	99	149	1,310	13.2	81.9	0	0		0.0	0

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