most touchdown receptions by tight ends in first 8 seasons

Rob Gronkowski scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 8 seasons, with 76 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
76
102
474
723
7,179
15.1
70.4
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
69
121
556
860
6,800
12.2
56.2
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
3Antonio Gates
A. Gates
69
119
529
804
7,005
13.2
58.9
0
0
0.0
0
4Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
56
115
469
678
5,815
12.4
50.6
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
5Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
54
127
570
729
6,905
12.1
54.4
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
6Vernon Davis
V. Davis
53
119
397
638
5,201
13.1
43.7
11
5
2.2
0.1
0
7Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
48
111
612
860
7,881
12.9
71.0
6
4
1.5
0.1
1
8Ben Coates
B. Coates
48
126
458
5,101
11.1
40.5
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
9Jerry Smith
J. Smith
46
105
293
3,844
13.1
36.6
51
7
7.3
0.5
0
10George Kittle
G. Kittle
45
113
538
733
7,380
13.7
65.3
71
12
5.9
0.6
0
11Dallas Clark
D. Clark
44
104
393
584
4,535
11.5
43.6
40
4
10.0
0.4
0
12Dave Casper
D. Casper
44
118
318
4,363
13.7
37.0
18
4
4.5
0.2
0
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
43
123
522
6,660
12.8
54.1
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
14Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
42
126
465
753
5,188
11.2
41.2
0
0
0.0
0
15Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
42
97
488
6,222
12.8
64.1
0
0
0.0
0
16Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
41
112
386
581
3,787
9.8
33.8
0
0
0.0
0
17Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
41
108
461
5,872
12.7
54.4
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
18Hunter Henry
H. Henry
40
119
395
576
4,527
11.5
38.0
0
0
0.0
0
19Heath Miller
H. Miller
39
123
408
575
4,680
11.5
38.0
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
20Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
39
113
401
4,778
11.9
42.3
0
0
0.0
0
21Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
39
119
322
4,223
13.1
35.5
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
22Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
39
121
502
6,281
12.5
51.9
135
18
7.5
1.1
2
23John Mackey
J. Mackey
38
112
309
4,983
16.1
44.5
109
16
6.8
1.0
0
24Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
38
104
355
4,888
13.8
47.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
36
117
561
836
6,078
10.8
51.9
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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