tight ends with the most receiving yards since 1980

Since 1980, Tony Gonzalez has the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 15,127 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
3Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12,948
189
1,071
1,492
12.1
68.5
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
4Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
5Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,961
188
808
438
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
6Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
9,286
143
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
7Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
8,683
199
742
1,201
11.7
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
8Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,592
181
825
1,223
10.4
47.5
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
9Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,545
197
719
1,115
11.9
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
10George Kittle
G. Kittle
7,864
122
583
787
13.5
64.5
51
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
11Vernon Davis
V. Davis
7,562
198
583
929
13.0
38.2
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
12Jared Cook
J. Cook
7,237
194
553
919
13.1
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
13Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
6,610
166
569
11.6
39.8
36
33
4
8.3
0.2
0
14Heath Miller
H. Miller
6,569
168
592
825
11.1
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
15Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,486
102
516
12.6
63.6
43
0
0
0.0
0
16Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
6,307
176
498
12.7
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
17Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
6,143
136
547
883
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
18Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
6,058
205
547
860
11.1
29.6
44
10
2
5.0
0.0
0
19Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
5,889
118
476
692
12.4
49.9
56
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
20Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
21Todd Heap
T. Heap
5,869
145
499
817
11.8
40.5
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
22Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,684
160
481
744
11.8
35.5
35
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
23Dallas Clark
D. Clark
5,665
143
505
776
11.2
39.6
53
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
24Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
5,661
131
479
758
11.8
43.2
36
0
0
0.0
0
25Ben Coates
B. Coates
5,555
158
499
81
11.1
35.2
50
-4
3
-1.3
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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.429
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9
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