most touchdown receptions by tight ends in first 12 seasons

Antonio Gates scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 12 seasons, with 99 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Antonio Gates
A. Gates
99
179
788
1,183
10,014
12.7
55.9
0
0
0.0
0
2Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
92
143
621
961
9,286
15.0
64.9
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
3Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
85
184
713
1,108
8,506
11.9
46.2
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
4Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
77
175
1,004
1,400
12,151
12.1
69.4
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
5Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
76
190
916
1,258
10,940
11.9
57.6
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
6Vernon Davis
V. Davis
60
180
548
874
7,072
12.9
39.3
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
7Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
57
174
666
1,082
7,847
11.8
45.1
0
0
0.0
0
8Jason Witten
J. Witten
57
191
943
1,337
10,502
11.1
55.0
0
0
0.0
0
9Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
56
115
469
678
5,815
12.4
50.6
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
10Jerry Smith
J. Smith
54
155
376
4,870
13.0
31.4
56
8
7.0
0.4
0
11Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
53
168
775
1,151
8,088
10.4
48.1
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
12Dallas Clark
D. Clark
53
143
505
776
5,665
11.2
39.6
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
53
173
746
344
9,191
12.3
53.1
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
14Dave Casper
D. Casper
52
147
378
5,216
13.8
35.5
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
15George Kittle
G. Kittle
50
120
571
773
7,709
13.5
64.2
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
16Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
50
165
482
710
4,773
9.9
28.9
0
0
0.0
0
17Ben Coates
B. Coates
50
158
499
81
5,555
11.1
35.2
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
18Wesley Walls
W. Walls
49
167
411
230
4,828
11.7
28.9
0
0
0.0
0
19Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
49
129
441
5,283
12.0
41.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Raymond Chester
R. Chester
48
172
364
5,013
13.8
29.1
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
21Hunter Henry
H. Henry
45
131
436
639
5,064
11.6
38.7
0
0
0.0
0
22Heath Miller
H. Miller
45
168
592
825
6,569
11.1
39.1
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
23Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
45
109
541
6,741
12.5
61.8
0
0
0.0
0
24Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
45
182
639
7,740
12.1
42.5
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
25Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
43
158
427
5,812
13.6
36.8
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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