most yards per game by tight end 2001 to 2016

Between the 2001 and 2016 seasons, Rob Gronkowski averaged the most receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 69.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

most receiving yards per game by tight end 2001 to 2016

	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	69.3	88	405	618	6,095	15.0	68	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
2	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	59.8	105	499	764	6,280	12.6	59	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	58.4	49	224	307	2,862	12.8	14	-5	1	-5.0	-0.1	0
4	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	58.4	207	1,064	1,604	12,086	11.4	87	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
5	Jordan Reed J. Reed	56.6	46	248	328	2,602	10.5	20	18	1	18.0	0.4	0
6	Antonio Gates A. Gates	54.9	204	897	1,361	11,192	12.5	111	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jason Witten J. Witten	53.3	223	1,089	1,536	11,888	10.9	63	0	0		0.0	0
8	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	51.5	44	196	296	2,267	11.6	13	0	0		0.0	0
9	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	51.5	38	175	260	1,956	11.2	18	97	9	10.8	2.6	0
10	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	49.9	105	469	756	5,236	11.2	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
11	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	46.6	158	622	1,006	7,365	11.8	52	0	0		0.0	0
12	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	46.6	61	247	363	2,840	11.5	13	0	0		0.0	0
13	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	45.2	136	547	883	6,143	11.2	37	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
14	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	43.2	131	479	758	5,661	11.8	36	0	0		0.0	0
15	Charles Clay C. Clay	42.1	58	235	350	2,444	10.4	16	15	7	2.1	0.3	1
16	Todd Heap T. Heap	40.5	145	499	817	5,869	11.8	42	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
17	Tyler Eifert T. Eifert	40.3	37	123	183	1,491	12.1	20	0	0		0.0	0
18	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	40.3	117	429	669	4,711	11.0	33	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
19	Dustin Keller D. Keller	39.9	72	241	411	2,876	11.9	17	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
20	Jermichael Finley J. Finley	39.8	70	223	323	2,785	12.5	20	0	0		0.0	0
21	Dallas Clark D. Clark	39.6	143	505	776	5,665	11.2	53	40	4	10.0	0.3	0
22	Vernon Davis V. Davis	39.2	164	505	805	6,424	12.7	57	15	6	2.5	0.1	0
23	Heath Miller H. Miller	39.1	168	592	825	6,569	11.1	45	8	2	4.0	0.0	0
24	Eric Ebron E. Ebron	37.4	40	133	202	1,496	11.2	7	1	1	1.0	0.0	1
25	Coby Fleener C. Fleener	36.6	76	233	392	2,785	12.0	20	2	1	2.0	0.0	1

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