te single season leaders in receiving yards minnesota vikings

Joe Senser has the most receiving yards for the Vikings by a tight end in a season, with 1,004 yards in 1981.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Joe Senser J. Senser	1,004	1981	MIN	16	79		12.7	62.8	8	2	1	2.0	0.1	0
2	T.J. Hockenson	960	2023	MIN	15	95	127	10.1	64.0	5	0	0		0.0	0
3	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	859	1986	MIN	16	58		14.8	53.7	6	0	0		0.0	0
4	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	840	2016	MIN	16	83	132	10.1	52.5	7	0	0		0.0	0
5	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	795	1985	MIN	16	68		11.7	49.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	756	1988	MIN	16	57		13.3	47.3	5	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jermaine Wiggins J. Wiggins	705	2004	MIN	14	71	92	9.9	50.4	4	0	0		0.0	0
8	Byron Chamberlain B. Chamberlain	666	2001	MIN	16	57	80	11.7	41.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
9	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	638	1991	MIN	16	57		11.2	39.9	2	0	0		0.0	0
10	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	636	1990	MIN	16	45		14.1	39.8	3	0	0		0.0	0
11	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	634	2018	MIN	16	64	82	9.9	39.6	4	0	0		0.0	0
12	Visanthe Shiancoe V. Shiancoe	596	2008	MIN	16	42	59	14.2	37.3	7	0	0		0.0	0
13	Tyler Conklin T. Conklin	593	2021	MIN	17	61	87	9.7	34.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
14	Jermaine Wiggins J. Wiggins	568	2005	MIN	16	69	92	8.2	35.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Visanthe Shiancoe V. Shiancoe	566	2009	MIN	16	56	79	10.1	35.4	11	0	0		0.0	0
16	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	542	1993	MIN	14	56		9.7	38.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Bob Tucker B. Tucker	540	1978	MIN	16	47		11.5	33.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	532	2017	MIN	16	57	81	9.3	33.3	8	0	0		0.0	0
19	Visanthe Shiancoe V. Shiancoe	530	2010	MIN	16	47	79	11.3	33.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Andrew Glover A. Glover	522	1998	MIN	16	35		14.9	32.6	5	0	0		0.0	0
21	T.J. Hockenson	519	2022	MIN	10	60	86	8.7	51.9	3	0	0		0.0	0
22	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	506	1989	MIN	16	35		14.5	31.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
23	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	495	2015	MIN	16	49	73	10.1	30.9	5	0	0		0.0	0
24	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	493	2012	MIN	16	53	94	9.3	30.8	9	0	0		0.0	0
25	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	490	1987	MIN	12	35		14.0	40.8	2	0	0		0.0	0

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