name the tight ends with the most receiving yards per game in nfl history

Lionel Taylor has the most career receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 84.0 per game.

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	NAME	REC YDS/G	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Lionel Taylor L. Taylor	84.0	14	100		1,176	11.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
2	Jim Phillips J. Phillips	70.3	28	138		1,967	14.3	10	0	0		0.0	0
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	67.9	195	1,094	1,526	13,233	12.1	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
4	Pete Retzlaff P. Retzlaff	67.4	62	244		4,177	17.1	31	0	0		0.0	0
5	Brock Bowers B. Bowers	66.3	30	186	252	1,990	10.7	13	15	7	2.1	0.5	0
6	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	64.9	143	621	961	9,286	15.0	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
7	George Kittle G. Kittle	64.4	127	607	818	8,182	13.5	55	68	13	5.2	0.5	0
8	Bernie Casey B. Casey	63.0	13	53		819	15.5	6	0	0		0.0	0
9	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	61.8	109	541		6,741	12.5	45	0	0		0.0	0
10	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	56.0	270	1,325	1,862	15,127	11.4	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
11	Todd Christensen T. Christensen	54.4	108	461		5,872	12.7	41	-6	1	-6.0	-0.1	0
12	Trey McBride T. McBride	53.4	69	373	495	3,686	9.9	19	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
13	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	53.0	188	808	438	9,961	12.3	61	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
14	Al Denson A. Denson	51.8	14	36		725	20.1	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Aaron Hernandez A. Hernandez	51.5	38	175	260	1,956	11.2	18	97	9	10.8	2.6	0
16	Bob Schnelker B. Schnelker	50.8	12	38		610	16.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
17	Antonio Gates A. Gates	50.2	236	955	1,458	11,841	12.4	116	0	0		0.0	0
18	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	50.0	45	200	271	2,248	11.2	21	4	1	4.0	0.1	0
19	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	49.9	105	469	756	5,236	11.2	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
20	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	49.0	124	497	720	6,074	12.2	56	61	19	3.2	0.5	1
21	Darren Waller D. Waller	48.9	92	382	542	4,501	11.8	28	30	4	7.5	0.3	0
22	Jason Witten J. Witten	48.1	271	1,228	1,723	13,046	10.6	74	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jordan Reed J. Reed	48.0	75	355	493	3,602	10.1	28	18	1	18.0	0.2	0
24	Kenyon Sadiq K. Sadiq	47.7	3	12	14	143	11.9	1	3	1	3.0	1.0	1
25	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	47.3	182	826	1,225	8,601	10.4	57	4	1	4.0	0.0	0

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