tight end career most receptions 1920 to 2011

Between the 1920 and 2011 seasons, Tony Gonzalez had the most catches by a tight end, with 1,149 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
1,149
238
1,617
13,338
11.6
56.0
95
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
808
188
438
9,961
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
3Jason Witten
J. Witten
696
143
987
7,909
11.4
55.3
41
0
0
0.0
0
4Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
662
198
7,980
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
5Antonio Gates
A. Gates
593
132
892
7,783
13.1
59.0
76
0
0
0.0
0
6Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
547
136
883
6,143
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
7Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
541
109
6,741
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
8Ben Coates
B. Coates
499
158
81
5,555
11.1
35.2
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
9Frank Wycheck
F. Wycheck
498
146
395
5,071
10.2
34.7
27
5
4
1.3
0.0
1
10Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
498
176
6,307
12.7
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
11Todd Heap
T. Heap
491
143
804
5,775
11.8
40.4
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
12Jackie Smith
J. Smith
480
210
7,918
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
13Mickey Shuler
M. Shuler
462
180
5,100
11.0
28.3
37
0
0
0.0
0
14Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
461
108
5,872
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
15Wesley Walls
W. Walls
450
196
299
5,291
11.8
27.0
54
0
0
0.0
0
16Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
441
129
5,283
12.0
41.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
17Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
437
92
707
4,836
11.1
52.6
23
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
18Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
428
108
666
4,703
11.0
43.5
33
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
19Dallas Clark
D. Clark
427
115
649
4,887
11.4
42.5
46
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
20Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
427
158
5,812
13.6
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
21Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
422
156
5,421
12.8
34.8
27
6
6
1.0
0.0
1
22Jay Novacek
J. Novacek
420
134
4,624
11.0
34.5
30
12
2
6.0
0.1
1
23Charle Young
C. Young
418
187
5,106
12.2
27.3
27
80
16
5.0
0.4
1
24Randy McMichael
R. McMichael
417
148
690
4,488
10.8
30.3
24
8
1
8.0
0.1
0
25Brent Jones
B. Jones
417
143
5,195
12.5
36.3
33
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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