what is the most yards a tight end has got in a career

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

Interpreted as:
What is the most receiving yards a tight end has got in a career?
NAME REC YDS GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2 Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
3 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
12,285
178
1,014
1,417
12.1
69.0
78
15
9
1.7
0.1
2
4 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
5 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,961
188
808
438
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
6 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
9,286
143
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
7 Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
8,683
199
742
1,201
11.7
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
8 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,545
197
719
1,115
11.9
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
9 Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,216
171
787
1,167
10.4
48.0
55
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
10 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
7,980
198
662
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
11 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
12 Vernon Davis
V. Davis
7,562
198
583
929
13.0
38.2
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
13 George Kittle
G. Kittle
7,405
114
542
737
13.7
65.0
46
71
12
5.9
0.6
0
14 Jared Cook
J. Cook
7,237
194
553
919
13.1
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
15 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,741
109
541
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
16 Heath Miller
H. Miller
6,569
168
592
825
11.1
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
17 Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
6,307
176
498
12.7
35.8
28
4
1
4.0
0.0
1
18 Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
6,143
136
547
883
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
19 Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
6,058
205
547
860
11.1
29.6
44
10
2
5.0
0.0
0
20 Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
5,872
108
461
12.7
54.4
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
21 Todd Heap
T. Heap
5,869
145
499
817
11.8
40.5
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
22 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,812
158
427
13.6
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
23 Riley Odoms
R. Odoms
5,755
153
396
14.5
37.6
41
211
25
8.4
1.4
2
24 Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,684
160
481
744
11.8
35.5
35
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
25 Dallas Clark
D. Clark
5,665
143
505
776
11.2
39.6
53
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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