most touchdown receptions by tight ends in first 5 seasons

Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 5 seasons, with 54 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
54
65
308
460
4,379
14.2
67.4
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
51
78
386
595
4,752
12.3
60.9
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
3Antonio Gates
A. Gates
43
77
340
533
4,362
12.8
56.6
0
0
0.0
0
4Jerry Smith
J. Smith
38
70
237
3,049
12.9
43.6
37
5
7.4
0.5
0
5Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
35
64
344
4,513
13.1
70.5
0
0
0.0
0
6Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
34
77
336
502
4,313
12.8
56.0
8
4
2.0
0.1
0
7Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
32
70
284
4,125
14.5
58.9
0
0
0.0
0
8Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
31
73
304
3,866
12.7
53.0
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
9Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
31
62
244
4,177
17.1
67.4
0
0
0.0
0
10Hunter Henry
H. Henry
30
72
246
359
2,925
11.9
40.6
0
0
0.0
0
11Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
30
79
334
376
3,958
11.9
50.1
9
1
9.0
0.1
0
12Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
29
48
155
239
1,737
11.2
36.2
0
0
0.0
0
13Vernon Davis
V. Davis
29
72
237
398
3,011
12.7
41.8
16
3
5.3
0.2
0
14Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
29
80
186
108
2,627
14.1
32.8
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
15Dave Casper
D. Casper
29
71
172
2,224
12.9
31.3
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
16Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
28
80
314
482
3,457
11.0
43.2
0
0
0.0
0
17Bubba Franks
B. Franks
28
80
188
268
1,729
9.2
21.6
0
0
0.0
0
18John Mackey
J. Mackey
28
70
202
3,461
17.1
49.4
3
4
0.8
0.0
0
19Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
28
70
143
2,251
15.7
32.2
0
0
0.0
0
20Heath Miller
H. Miller
27
78
244
332
2,721
11.2
34.9
0
0
0.0
0
21Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
27
69
186
3,284
17.7
47.6
0
0
0.0
0
22Rich Caster
R. Caster
26
69
190
3,382
17.8
49.0
70
9
7.8
1.0
0
23Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
25
78
239
415
2,521
10.5
32.3
0
0
0.0
0
24Dallas Clark
D. Clark
25
67
179
291
2,234
12.5
33.3
29
2
14.5
0.4
0
25Ben Coates
B. Coates
25
80
263
3,014
11.5
37.7
-4
3
-1.3
-0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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