most touchdown receptions by tight ends in first 9 seasons

Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in his first 9 seasons, with 79 touchdowns.

NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
79
115
521
795
7,861
15.1
68.4
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Antonio Gates
A. Gates
76
132
593
892
7,783
13.1
59.0
0
0
0.0
0
3Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
71
137
611
949
7,436
12.2
54.3
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
4Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
57
127
704
994
9,006
12.8
70.9
9
6
1.5
0.1
2
5Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
56
115
469
678
5,815
12.4
50.6
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
6Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
56
143
648
845
7,810
12.1
54.6
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
7Vernon Davis
V. Davis
55
133
423
688
5,446
12.9
40.9
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
8George Kittle
G. Kittle
50
120
571
773
7,709
13.5
64.2
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
9Ben Coates
B. Coates
50
142
490
63
5,471
11.2
38.5
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
10Dave Casper
D. Casper
50
127
354
4,936
13.9
38.9
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
11Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
49
142
542
877
6,292
11.6
44.3
0
0
0.0
0
12Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
49
129
441
5,283
12.0
41.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Jerry Smith
J. Smith
49
119
337
4,398
13.1
37.0
56
8
7.0
0.5
0
14Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
47
128
425
629
4,154
9.8
32.5
0
0
0.0
0
15Dallas Clark
D. Clark
46
115
427
649
4,887
11.4
42.5
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
16Hunter Henry
H. Henry
45
131
436
639
5,064
11.6
38.7
0
0
0.0
0
17Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
45
109
541
6,741
12.5
61.8
0
0
0.0
0
18Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
43
128
545
37
6,884
12.6
53.8
9
3
3.0
0.1
0
19Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
42
137
541
6,698
12.4
48.9
135
18
7.5
1.0
2
20Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
41
134
635
948
6,841
10.8
51.1
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
21Jason Witten
J. Witten
41
143
696
987
7,909
11.4
55.3
0
0
0.0
0
22Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
41
108
461
5,872
12.7
54.4
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
23Paul Coffman
P. Coffman
41
134
334
4,298
12.9
32.1
3
1
3.0
0.0
0
24Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
41
116
372
5,156
13.9
44.4
0
0
0.0
0
25Heath Miller
H. Miller
40
137
466
653
5,273
11.3
38.5
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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