most yards by a tight end 2009 to 2021

From 2009 through 2021, Rob Gronkowski had the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 9,286 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
9,286
143
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
2Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
9,006
127
704
994
12.8
70.9
57
9
6
1.5
0.1
2
3Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,506
184
713
1,108
11.9
46.2
85
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
4Jason Witten
J. Witten
8,111
176
799
1,105
10.2
46.1
49
0
0
0.0
0
5Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
7,718
169
649
1,053
11.9
45.7
53
0
0
0.0
0
6Jared Cook
J. Cook
7,237
194
553
919
13.1
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
6,841
134
635
948
10.8
51.1
41
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
8Antonio Gates
A. Gates
6,775
143
555
833
12.2
47.4
65
0
0
0.0
0
9Vernon Davis
V. Davis
6,430
158
480
753
13.4
40.7
54
-1
3
-0.3
0.0
0
10Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,529
145
471
728
11.7
38.1
34
102
14
7.3
0.7
1
11Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
4,745
156
479
705
9.9
30.4
49
0
0
0.0
0
12Heath Miller
H. Miller
4,637
106
424
591
10.9
43.7
24
8
2
4.0
0.1
0
13Brent Celek
B. Celek
4,502
143
355
556
12.7
31.5
29
0
0
0.0
0
14George Kittle
G. Kittle
4,489
67
335
463
13.4
67.0
20
69
11
6.3
1.0
0
15Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
4,360
150
409
615
10.7
29.1
29
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
16Martellus Bennett
M. Bennett
4,290
128
413
612
10.4
33.5
26
10
2
5.0
0.1
0
17Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
4,187
80
409
604
10.2
52.3
35
0
0
0.0
0
18Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
4,012
187
335
571
12.0
21.5
32
0
0
0.0
0
19Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
3,837
106
351
559
10.9
36.2
33
-6
5
-1.2
-0.1
3
20Jermaine Gresham
J. Gresham
3,752
132
377
566
10.0
28.4
29
0
0
0.0
0
21Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
3,679
85
312
512
11.8
43.3
26
0
0
0.0
0
22Jordan Reed
J. Reed
3,602
75
355
493
10.1
48.0
28
18
1
18.0
0.2
0
23Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
3,466
62
263
389
13.2
55.9
29
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
24Charles Clay
C. Clay
3,423
99
323
484
10.6
34.6
19
15
7
2.1
0.2
1
25Darren Waller
D. Waller
3,166
59
268
378
11.8
53.7
16
26
3
8.7
0.4
0

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