tight end with most career yard per catch with at least 400 receptions

Jackie Smith has the most career yards per catch by a tight end when making 400+ receptions, with 16.5 per reception.

NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jackie Smith
J. Smith
16.5
480
210
7,918
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
2Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
15.0
621
143
961
9,286
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
3Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
13.6
427
158
5,812
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
4George Kittle
G. Kittle
13.5
595
124
802
8,008
64.6
52
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
5Jared Cook
J. Cook
13.1
553
194
919
7,237
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
6Vernon Davis
V. Davis
13.0
583
198
929
7,562
38.2
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
7Bob Tucker
B. Tucker
12.8
422
156
5,421
34.8
27
6
6
1.0
0.0
1
8Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
12.7
461
108
5,872
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
9Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
12.7
498
176
6,307
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
10Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
12.5
541
109
6,741
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
11Brent Jones
B. Jones
12.5
417
143
5,195
36.3
33
0
0
0.0
0
12Antonio Gates
A. Gates
12.4
955
236
1,458
11,841
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
12.3
808
188
438
9,961
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
14Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
12.3
484
121
702
5,952
49.2
56
61
19
3.2
0.5
1
15Charle Young
C. Young
12.2
418
187
5,106
27.3
27
80
16
5.0
0.4
1
16Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
12.1
662
198
7,980
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
17Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12.0
1,080
192
1,508
13,002
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
18Keith Jackson
K. Jackson
12.0
441
129
5,283
41.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
19Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
11.9
719
197
1,115
8,545
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
20Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
11.8
479
131
758
5,661
43.2
36
0
0
0.0
0
21Delanie Walker
D. Walker
11.8
481
160
744
5,684
35.5
35
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
22Todd Heap
T. Heap
11.8
499
145
817
5,869
40.5
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
23Wesley Walls
W. Walls
11.8
450
196
299
5,291
27.0
54
0
0
0.0
0
24Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
11.7
437
290
737
5,115
17.6
40
0
0
0.0
0
25Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
11.7
742
199
1,201
8,683
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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