oldest tight end to get over 1000 receiving yards in a season

Pete Retzlaff is the oldest tight end with more than 1,000 receiving yards in a season. He was 34 years old in 1965.

NAMEAgeREC YDSSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
34
1,190
1965
PHI PHI
14
66
18.0
85.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
2Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
33
1,338
2022
KC KC
17
110
152
12.2
78.7
12
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
3Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
32
1,125
2021
KC KC
16
92
134
12.2
70.3
9
3
2
1.5
0.2
1
4Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
32
1,058
2008
KC KC
16
96
155
11.0
66.1
10
0
0
0.0
0
5George Kittle
G. Kittle
31
1,106
2024
SF SF
15
78
94
14.2
73.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
6Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
31
1,416
2020
KC KC
15
105
145
13.5
94.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
7Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
31
1,073
2016
CAR CAR
16
80
129
13.4
67.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Delanie Walker
D. Walker
31
1,088
2015
TEN TEN
15
94
133
11.6
72.5
6
36
1
36.0
2.4
0
9Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
31
1,172
2007
KC KC
16
99
154
11.8
73.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
10George Kittle
G. Kittle
30
1,020
2023
SF SF
16
65
90
15.7
63.8
6
2
1
2.0
0.1
0
11Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
30
1,229
2019
KC KC
16
97
136
12.7
76.8
5
4
1
4.0
0.3
1
12Gary Barnidge
G. Barnidge
30
1,043
2015
CLE CLE
16
79
125
13.2
65.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
13Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
30
1,104
2015
CAR CAR
16
77
124
14.3
69.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
14Jason Witten
J. Witten
30
1,039
2012
DAL DAL
16
110
149
9.4
64.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Dallas Clark
D. Clark
30
1,106
2009
IND IND
16
100
133
11.1
69.1
10
11
2
5.5
0.7
0
16Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
30
1,153
1986
RAI RAI
16
95
12.1
72.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
17Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
29
1,336
2018
KC KC
16
103
150
13.0
83.5
10
0
0
0.0
0
18Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
29
1,008
2014
CAR CAR
16
84
123
12.0
63.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
19Antonio Gates
A. Gates
29
1,157
2009
SD SD
16
79
114
14.6
72.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
20Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
29
1,107
1997
DEN DEN
16
72
15.4
69.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Darren Waller
D. Waller
28
1,196
2020
LV LV
16
107
145
11.2
74.8
9
0
0
0.0
0
22Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
28
1,163
2018
PHI PHI
16
116
156
10.0
72.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
23Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
28
1,084
2017
NE NE
14
69
105
15.7
77.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
24Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
28
1,038
2017
KC KC
15
83
122
12.5
69.2
8
7
2
3.5
0.5
0
25Jason Witten
J. Witten
28
1,002
2010
DAL DAL
16
94
128
10.7
62.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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