most yards per game by tight end 1997 to 2018

Between the 1997 and 2018 seasons, Rob Gronkowski averaged the most receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 68.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards per game by tight end 1997 to 2018

	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	68.4	115	521	795	7,861	15.1	79	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
2	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	65.5	80	410	579	5,236	12.8	32	2	3	0.7	0.0	0
3	George Kittle G. Kittle	61.0	31	131	199	1,892	14.4	7	10	1	10.0	0.3	0
4	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	56.0	270	1,325	1,862	15,127	11.4	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
5	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	54.3	137	611	949	7,436	12.2	71	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
6	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	53.4	97	422	438	5,176	12.3	31	0	0		0.0	0
7	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	53.0	91	437	629	4,827	11.0	29	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jason Witten J. Witten	52.1	239	1,152	1,623	12,448	10.8	68	0	0		0.0	0
9	Jordan Reed J. Reed	51.9	65	329	447	3,371	10.2	24	18	1	18.0	0.3	0
10	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	51.5	38	175	260	1,956	11.2	18	97	9	10.8	2.6	0
11	Antonio Gates A. Gates	50.2	236	955	1,458	11,841	12.4	116	0	0		0.0	0
12	Evan Engram E. Engram	50.0	26	109	179	1,299	11.9	9	50	4	12.5	1.9	0
13	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	49.9	105	469	756	5,236	11.2	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
14	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	45.2	136	547	883	6,143	11.2	37	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
15	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	45.1	174	666	1,082	7,847	11.8	57	0	0		0.0	0
16	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	43.2	131	479	758	5,661	11.8	36	0	0		0.0	0
17	O.J. Howard	41.5	24	60	87	997	16.6	11	0	0		0.0	0
18	Todd Heap T. Heap	40.5	145	499	817	5,869	11.8	42	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
19	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	40.3	117	429	669	4,711	11.0	33	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
20	Dustin Keller D. Keller	39.9	72	241	411	2,876	11.9	17	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
21	Tyler Eifert T. Eifert	39.9	43	142	207	1,716	12.1	21	0	0		0.0	0
22	Jermichael Finley J. Finley	39.8	70	223	323	2,785	12.5	20	0	0		0.0	0
23	Dallas Clark D. Clark	39.6	143	505	776	5,665	11.2	53	40	4	10.0	0.3	0
24	Eric Ebron E. Ebron	39.2	72	252	398	2,820	11.2	24	-7	4	-1.8	-0.1	2
25	Heath Miller H. Miller	39.1	168	592	825	6,569	11.1	45	8	2	4.0	0.0	0

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