what nfl te had the most receptions in the 2000s

From 2000 through 2009, Tony Gonzalez had the most receptions by a tight end, with 831 catches.

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Data note: Receptions: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	831	159	1,285	9,969	12.0	62.7	67	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
2	Jason Witten J. Witten	523	111	742	5,965	11.4	53.7	27	0	0		0.0	0
3	Antonio Gates A. Gates	479	109	739	6,223	13.0	57.1	59	0	0		0.0	0
4	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	469	108	762	5,280	11.3	48.9	30	6	1	6.0	0.1	0
5	Todd Heap T. Heap	427	120	704	4,893	11.5	40.8	36	61	8	7.6	0.5	0
6	Randy McMichael R. McMichael	367	116	619	3,996	10.9	34.4	22	8	1	8.0	0.1	0
7	Alge Crumpler A. Crumpler	367	139	622	4,691	12.8	33.7	37	0	0		0.0	0
8	Dallas Clark D. Clark	356	98	531	4,188	11.8	42.7	41	40	4	10.0	0.4	0
9	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	343	87	527	3,789	11.0	43.6	30	0	0		0.0	0
10	Desmond Clark D. Clark	321	148	540	3,574	11.1	24.1	27	0	0		0.0	0
11	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	296	60	488	3,343	11.3	55.7	16	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
12	Marcus Pollard M. Pollard	275	120	412	3,395	12.3	28.3	31	0	0		0.0	0
13	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	263	60	401	3,077	11.7	51.3	18	0	0		0.0	0
14	Bubba Franks B. Franks	262	122	403	2,347	9.0	19.2	32	0	0		0.0	0
15	Freddie Jones F. Jones	250	78	434	2,455	9.8	31.5	15	0	0		0.0	0
16	Heath Miller H. Miller	244	78	332	2,721	11.2	34.9	27	0	0		0.0	0
17	Eric Johnson E. Johnson	240	71	358	2,178	9.1	30.7	9	0	0		0.0	0
18	Jermaine Wiggins J. Wiggins	236	107	335	2,141	9.1	20.0	14	0	0		0.0	0
19	L.J. Smith	233	98	398	2,556	11.0	26.1	18	0	0		0.0	0
20	Kyle Brady K. Brady	218	121	343	2,224	10.2	18.4	14	0	0		0.0	0
21	Bo Scaife B. Scaife	215	76	344	2,065	9.6	27.2	8	13	1	13.0	0.2	1
22	Chad Lewis C. Lewis	209	86	340	2,179	10.4	25.3	16	0	0		0.0	0
23	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	207	54	304	2,501	12.1	46.3	15	0	0		0.0	0
24	Daniel Graham D. Graham	204	110	319	2,317	11.4	21.1	24	0	0		0.0	0
25	Steve Heiden S. Heiden	201	137	303	1,689	8.4	12.3	14	0	0		0.0	0

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