tight end receiving yards leaders 2000s

From 2000 through 2009, Tony Gonzalez had the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 9,969 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
9,969
159
831
1,285
12.0
62.7
67
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2Antonio Gates
A. Gates
6,223
109
479
739
13.0
57.1
59
0
0
0.0
0
3Jason Witten
J. Witten
5,965
111
523
742
11.4
53.7
27
0
0
0.0
0
4Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
5,280
108
469
762
11.3
48.9
30
6
1
6.0
0.1
0
5Todd Heap
T. Heap
4,893
120
427
704
11.5
40.8
36
61
8
7.6
0.5
0
6Alge Crumpler
A. Crumpler
4,691
139
367
622
12.8
33.7
37
0
0
0.0
0
7Dallas Clark
D. Clark
4,188
98
356
531
11.8
42.7
41
40
4
10.0
0.4
0
8Randy McMichael
R. McMichael
3,996
116
367
619
10.9
34.4
22
8
1
8.0
0.1
0
9Chris Cooley
C. Cooley
3,789
87
343
527
11.0
43.6
30
0
0
0.0
0
10Desmond Clark
D. Clark
3,574
148
321
540
11.1
24.1
27
0
0
0.0
0
11Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
3,395
120
275
412
12.3
28.3
31
0
0
0.0
0
12Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
3,343
60
296
488
11.3
55.7
16
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
3,077
60
263
401
11.7
51.3
18
0
0
0.0
0
14Heath Miller
H. Miller
2,721
78
244
332
11.2
34.9
27
0
0
0.0
0
15L.J. Smith
L.J. Smith
2,556
98
233
398
11.0
26.1
18
0
0
0.0
0
16Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
2,501
54
207
304
12.1
46.3
15
0
0
0.0
0
17Freddie Jones
F. Jones
2,455
78
250
434
9.8
31.5
15
0
0
0.0
0
18Bubba Franks
B. Franks
2,347
122
262
403
9.0
19.2
32
0
0
0.0
0
19Daniel Graham
D. Graham
2,317
110
204
319
11.4
21.1
24
0
0
0.0
0
20Kyle Brady
K. Brady
2,224
121
218
343
10.2
18.4
14
0
0
0.0
0
21Billy Miller
B. Miller
2,182
92
194
301
11.2
23.7
10
0
0
0.0
0
22Chad Lewis
C. Lewis
2,179
86
209
340
10.4
25.3
16
0
0
0.0
0
23Eric Johnson
E. Johnson
2,178
71
240
358
9.1
30.7
9
0
0
0.0
0
24Jerramy Stevens
J. Stevens
2,174
115
199
336
10.9
18.9
22
0
0
0.0
0
25Jermaine Wiggins
J. Wiggins
2,141
107
236
335
9.1
20.0
14
0
0
0.0
0

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