nfl tight end career receiving touchdown leaders including playoffs

Antonio Gates has the most career receiving touchdowns by a tight end in the regular season and playoffs, with 118 touchdowns.

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  • Data note: Receiving Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921
NAMEREC TDGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Antonio Gates
A. Gates
118
248
1,006
1,529
12,381
12.3
49.9
0
0
0.0
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
115
277
1,355
1,896
15,413
11.4
55.6
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
3Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
107
165
719
1,121
10,675
14.8
64.7
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
4Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
104
225
1,291
1,777
15,562
12.1
69.2
24
13
1.8
0.1
3
5Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
94
206
750
1,162
8,947
11.9
43.4
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
6Jason Witten
J. Witten
75
279
1,273
1,783
13,532
10.6
48.5
0
0
0.0
0
7Vernon Davis
V. Davis
70
209
610
977
8,162
13.4
39.1
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
8Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
65
206
870
475
10,775
12.4
52.3
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
9Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
63
209
783
1,267
9,314
11.9
44.6
0
0
0.0
0
10Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
60
195
882
1,305
9,150
10.4
46.9
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
11George Kittle
G. Kittle
59
145
667
908
8,952
13.4
61.7
72
14
5.1
0.5
0
12Dave Casper
D. Casper
59
158
405
5,579
13.8
35.3
14
7
2.0
0.1
0
13Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
57
138
544
798
6,504
12.0
47.1
69
26
2.7
0.5
1
14Dallas Clark
D. Clark
57
155
569
870
6,512
11.4
42.0
50
6
8.3
0.3
0
15Wesley Walls
W. Walls
55
205
459
301
5,370
11.7
26.2
0
0
0.0
0
16Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
55
142
492
6,117
12.4
43.1
0
0
0.0
0
17Jerry Smith
J. Smith
55
162
383
4,978
13.0
30.7
62
9
6.9
0.4
0
18Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
52
171
498
736
4,927
9.9
28.8
0
0
0.0
0
19Ben Coates
B. Coates
51
169
525
85
5,813
11.1
34.4
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
20Hunter Henry
H. Henry
50
151
497
720
5,798
11.7
38.4
0
0
0.0
0
21Heath Miller
H. Miller
49
183
641
894
7,156
11.2
39.1
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
22Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
49
115
569
7,121
12.5
61.9
0
0
0.0
0
23Raymond Chester
R. Chester
49
182
387
5,410
14.0
29.7
9
5
1.8
0.0
0
24Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
48
208
689
8,353
12.1
40.2
135
18
7.5
0.6
2
25Jared Cook
J. Cook
47
200
585
970
7,588
13.0
37.9
0
1
0.0
0.0
0

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