receiving yards per game leader among tight ends since 1960

Since 1960, Lionel Taylor has averaged the most receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 84.0 per game.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards Per Game: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
84.0
14
100
1,176
11.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
70.3
28
138
1,967
14.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
3Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
69.2
35
217
301
2,421
11.2
17
15
7
2.1
0.4
0
4Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
67.4
199
1,109
1,550
13,412
12.1
84
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
5Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
67.4
62
244
4,177
17.1
31
0
0
0.0
0
6Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
64.9
143
621
961
9,286
15.0
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
7George Kittle
G. Kittle
64.4
131
629
848
8,433
13.4
57
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
8Bernie Casey
B. Casey
63.0
13
53
819
15.5
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
61.8
109
541
6,741
12.5
45
0
0
0.0
0
10Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
56.0
270
1,325
1,862
15,127
11.4
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
11Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
54.4
108
461
5,872
12.7
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
12Trey McBride
T. McBride
54.3
74
413
547
4,019
9.7
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
53.0
188
808
438
9,961
12.3
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
14Al Denson
A. Denson
51.8
14
36
725
20.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
51.5
38
175
260
1,956
11.2
18
97
9
10.8
2.6
0
16Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
50.8
12
38
610
16.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
50.4
49
217
296
2,471
11.4
23
6
2
3.0
0.1
0
18Antonio Gates
A. Gates
50.2
236
955
1,458
11,841
12.4
116
0
0
0.0
0
19Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
49.9
105
469
756
5,236
11.2
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
20Jason Witten
J. Witten
48.1
271
1,228
1,723
13,046
10.6
74
0
0
0.0
0
21Jordan Reed
J. Reed
48.0
75
355
493
3,602
10.1
28
18
1
18.0
0.2
0
22Darren Waller
D. Waller
47.9
96
387
554
4,598
11.9
29
30
4
7.5
0.3
0
23Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
47.6
130
515
745
6,189
12.0
57
61
21
2.9
0.5
1
24Harold Fannin Jr.
H. Fannin Jr.
47.6
24
107
158
1,142
10.7
9
13
7
1.9
0.5
1
25Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
46.8
184
828
1,231
8,614
10.4
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0

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