nfl yards per reception leaders 2023 tight end

George Kittle averaged the most yards per reception by a tight end in 2023, with 15.7 per catch.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	George Kittle G. Kittle	15.7	2023	SF	16	65	90	1,020	63.8	6	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
2	Noah Fant N. Fant	12.9	2023	SEA	17	32	43	414	24.4	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Kyle Pitts Sr. K. Pitts Sr.	12.6	2023	ATL	17	53	90	667	39.2	3	-4	1	-4.0	-0.2	0
4	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	12.1	2023	BAL	10	45	61	544	54.4	6	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
5	Jonnu Smith J. Smith	11.6	2023	ATL	17	50	70	582	34.2	3	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
6	David Njoku D. Njoku	10.9	2023	CLE	16	81	123	882	55.1	6	0	0		0.0	0
7	Dalton Schultz D. Schultz	10.8	2023	HOU	15	59	88	635	42.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jake Ferguson J. Ferguson	10.7	2023	DAL	17	71	102	761	44.8	5	0	0		0.0	0
9	Darren Waller D. Waller	10.6	2023	NYG	12	52	74	552	46.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
10	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	10.6	2023	KC	15	93	121	984	65.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tyler Higbee T. Higbee	10.5	2023	LAR	15	47	70	495	33.0	2	0	0		0.0	0
12	Durham Smythe D. Smythe	10.5	2023	MIA	16	35	43	366	22.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Luke Musgrave L. Musgrave	10.4	2023	GB	11	34	46	352	32.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Sam LaPorta S. LaPorta	10.3	2023	DET	17	86	120	889	52.3	10	4	1	4.0	0.2	0
15	Trey McBride T. McBride	10.2	2023	ARI	17	81	106	825	48.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
16	Tyler Conklin T. Conklin	10.2	2023	NYJ	17	61	87	621	36.5	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
17	T.J. Hockenson	10.1	2023	MIN	15	95	127	960	64.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
18	Dallas Goedert D. Goedert	10.0	2023	PHI	14	59	83	592	42.3	3	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
19	Hunter Henry H. Henry	10.0	2023	NE	14	42	61	419	29.9	6	0	0		0.0	0
20	Juwan Johnson J. Johnson	9.9	2023	NO	13	37	59	368	28.3	4	0	0		0.0	0
21	Cole Kmet C. Kmet	9.8	2023	CHI	17	73	90	719	42.3	6	2	3	0.7	0.1	0
22	Chig Okonkwo C. Okonkwo	9.8	2023	TEN	17	54	77	528	31.1	1	6	2	3.0	0.4	0
23	Cade Otton C. Otton	9.7	2023	TB	17	47	67	455	26.8	4	0	0		0.0	0
24	Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	9.6	2023	PIT	12	32	47	308	25.7	2	0	0		0.0	0
25	Dalton Kincaid D. Kincaid	9.2	2023	BUF	16	73	91	673	42.1	2	0	0		0.0	0

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