most yards by a tight end in a career

Tony Gonzalez has the most career receiving yards by a tight end, with 15,127 yards.

Interpreted as:
most receiving yards by a tight end in a career
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
3Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12,825
186
1,058
1,472
12.1
69.0
81
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
4Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
5Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,961
188
808
438
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
6Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
9,286
143
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
7Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
8,683
199
742
1,201
11.7
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
8Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,545
197
719
1,115
11.9
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
9Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,475
179
814
1,208
10.4
47.3
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
10Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
7,980
198
662
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
11Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
12George Kittle
G. Kittle
7,631
119
565
763
13.5
64.1
50
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
13Vernon Davis
V. Davis
7,562
198
583
929
13.0
38.2
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
14Jared Cook
J. Cook
7,237
194
553
919
13.1
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
15Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,741
109
541
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
16Heath Miller
H. Miller
6,569
168
592
825
11.1
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
17Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
6,307
176
498
12.7
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
18Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
6,143
136
547
883
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
19Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
6,058
205
547
860
11.1
29.6
44
10
2
5.0
0.0
0
20Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
21Todd Heap
T. Heap
5,869
145
499
817
11.8
40.5
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
22Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
5,815
115
469
678
12.4
50.6
56
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
23Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,812
158
427
13.6
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
24Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
5,755
153
396
14.5
37.6
41
211
25
8.4
1.4
2
25Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,684
160
481
744
11.8
35.5
35
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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18.3

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118.3

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270.6

2nd

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TEAMWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
Chargers Chargers
7
4
0
.636
Chiefs Chiefs
6
5
0
.545
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2
9
0
.182
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11/27
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4:30 PM
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12/7
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12/14
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KC KC
1:00 PM
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12/21
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TEN TEN
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12/25
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Ravens Ravens
6
5
0
.545
Steelers Steelers
6
5
0
.545
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
8
3
0
.727
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4
0
.636
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
9
2
0
.818
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4
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.636
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
3
0
.727
Cowboys Cowboys
5
5
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
8
3
0
.727
Packers Packers
7
3
1
.682
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
0
.545
Panthers Panthers
6
5
0
.545
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
9
2
0
.818
Seahawks Seahawks
8
3
0
.727

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Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
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9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
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9/6
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9/6
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Thu
11/27
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Thu
11/27
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11/27
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11/28
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PHI PHI
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