tight end with the most receiving yards since 2016

Since 2016, Travis Kelce has the most yards on receptions by a tight end, with 11,747 yards.

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  • Data note: Receiving Yards: player season data complete from 1932
NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
11,747
167
974
1,366
12.1
70.3
74
17
11
1.5
0.1
3
2George Kittle
G. Kittle
8,491
132
633
855
13.4
64.3
57
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
3Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
6,590
137
659
974
10.0
48.1
48
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
4Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
6,189
130
515
745
12.0
47.6
57
61
21
2.9
0.5
1
5Hunter Henry
H. Henry
5,656
145
487
700
11.6
39.0
49
0
0
0.0
0
6Evan Engram
E. Engram
5,552
133
563
840
9.9
41.7
27
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
7Dallas Goedert
D. Goedert
4,984
115
440
600
11.3
43.3
37
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
8T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
4,768
105
468
672
10.2
45.4
29
0
2
0.0
0.0
0
9Darren Waller
D. Waller
4,688
97
395
564
11.9
48.3
30
30
4
7.5
0.3
0
10Austin Hooper
A. Hooper
4,517
164
439
595
10.3
27.5
31
0
0
0.0
0
11Dalton Schultz
D. Schultz
4,430
132
440
627
10.1
33.6
27
0
0
0.0
0
12Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
4,236
147
414
607
10.2
28.8
28
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
13David Njoku
D. Njoku
4,129
120
390
596
10.6
34.4
34
-6
4
-1.5
-0.1
0
14Mike Gesicki
M. Gesicki
4,085
136
372
566
11.0
30.0
30
0
0
0.0
0
15Trey McBride
T. McBride
4,073
75
420
555
9.7
54.3
22
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
16Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
3,799
87
309
488
12.3
43.7
19
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
17Jared Cook
J. Cook
3,734
87
280
446
13.3
42.9
29
0
0
0.0
0
18Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
3,731
63
241
381
15.5
59.2
27
0
0
0.0
0
19Noah Fant
N. Fant
3,689
117
346
478
10.7
31.5
21
-12
3
-4.0
-0.1
0
20Jonnu Smith
J. Smith
3,623
149
351
495
10.3
24.3
30
196
28
7.0
1.3
2
21Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
3,188
108
285
446
11.2
29.5
36
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
22Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
3,052
79
279
442
10.9
38.6
27
-6
5
-1.2
-0.1
3
23Cole Kmet
C. Kmet
3,026
107
298
413
10.2
28.3
22
8
7
1.1
0.1
0
24Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
2,992
101
300
424
10.0
29.6
28
0
0
0.0
0
25Pat Freiermuth
P. Freiermuth
2,911
86
286
391
10.2
33.8
26
5
4
1.3
0.1
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872

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PPG

25.3

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17.9

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137.8

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254.6

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TEAMWLTPCT
7
2
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.778
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6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
.000
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11/22
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11/26
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12/3
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NFC EastWLTPCT
5
2
1
.688
4
5
0
.444
2
5
1
.313
2
7
0
.222
NFC NorthWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
6
3
0
.667
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3
5
0
.375
3
5
0
.375
3
6
0
.333
3
6
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
5
4
0
.556
3
6
0
.333
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7
1
0
.875
5
4
0
.556
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC NorthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
4
5
0
.444
AFC SouthWLTPCT
6
2
0
.750
3
5
0
.375
2
7
0
.222
1
7
0
.125
AFC WestWLTPCT
7
2
0
.778
6
2
0
.750
4
5
0
.444
0
8
0
.000

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9/13
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11/15
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11/15
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11/15
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