tight end with the highest yards per reception in nfl history

Rich Caster has the most career yards per reception by a tight end, with 17.7 per reception.

Interpreted as:
tight end with the highest yards per reception with a minimum of 200 receptions in NFL history
NAMEAVGRECGPTRGREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Rich Caster
R. Caster
17.7
202
77
3,567
46.3
26
67
10
6.7
0.9
0
2Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
17.4
215
81
3,733
46.1
31
14
2
7.0
0.2
0
3Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
17.1
244
62
4,177
67.4
31
0
0
0.0
0
4Jackie Smith
J. Smith
16.5
480
210
7,918
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
5John Mackey
J. Mackey
15.8
331
139
5,236
37.7
38
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
6Milt Morin
M. Morin
15.5
271
129
4,208
32.6
16
41
5
8.2
0.3
0
7Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
15.4
298
128
4,600
35.9
35
-1
1
-1.0
0.0
0
8Henry Childs
H. Childs
15.3
223
103
3,401
33.0
28
12
4
3.0
0.1
1
9Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
15.0
621
143
961
9,286
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
10Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
14.8
209
101
3,089
30.6
18
36
28
1.3
0.4
0
11Willie Frazier
W. Frazier
14.8
209
121
3,088
25.5
36
118
6
19.7
1.0
1
12Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
14.7
200
103
2,947
28.6
16
0
0
0.0
0
13Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
14.5
396
153
5,755
37.6
41
211
25
8.4
1.4
2
14Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
14.5
350
188
5,084
27.0
41
-3
5
-0.6
0.0
0
15Hoby Brenner
H. Brenner
14.4
267
175
3,849
22.0
21
0
0
0.0
0
16Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
14.3
336
128
4,817
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
17Jim Mitchell
J. Mitchell
14.3
305
155
4,358
28.1
28
187
26
7.2
1.2
1
18Bennie Cunningham
B. Cunningham
14.3
202
118
2,879
24.4
20
0
0
0.0
0
19Alvin Reed
A. Reed
13.9
214
116
2,983
25.7
14
0
0
0.0
0
20Dave Casper
D. Casper
13.8
378
147
5,216
35.5
52
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
21Raymond Chester
R. Chester
13.8
364
172
5,013
29.1
48
9
5
1.8
0.1
0
22Rickey Dudley
R. Dudley
13.7
221
108
165
3,024
28.0
33
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
23Emery Moorehead
E. Moorehead
13.7
200
97
2,730
28.1
14
7
8
0.9
0.1
0
24Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
13.6
427
158
5,812
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
25George Kittle
G. Kittle
13.5
559
118
757
7,564
64.1
48
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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