what te has the most receiving yards per game in nfl history

Lionel Taylor has averaged the most career receiving yards per game by a tight end, with 84.0 per game.

NAMEREC YDS/GGPRECTRGREC YDSAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Lionel Taylor
L. Taylor
84.0
14
100
1,176
11.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Phillips
J. Phillips
70.3
28
138
1,967
14.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
3Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
68.5
188
1,064
1,483
12,878
12.1
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
4Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
67.4
62
244
4,177
17.1
31
0
0
0.0
0
5Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
67.1
27
165
226
1,813
11.0
11
15
7
2.1
0.6
0
6Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
64.9
143
621
961
9,286
15.0
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
7George Kittle
G. Kittle
64.3
121
575
778
7,776
13.5
50
68
13
5.2
0.6
0
8Bernie Casey
B. Casey
63.0
13
53
819
15.5
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
61.8
109
541
6,741
12.5
45
0
0
0.0
0
10Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
56.0
270
1,325
1,862
15,127
11.4
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
11Todd Christensen
T. Christensen
54.4
108
461
5,872
12.7
41
-6
1
-6.0
-0.1
0
12Tyler Warren
T. Warren
53.8
13
60
84
699
11.7
4
8
6
1.3
0.6
1
13Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
53.0
188
808
438
9,961
12.3
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
14Al Denson
A. Denson
51.8
14
36
725
20.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Aaron Hernandez
A. Hernandez
51.5
38
175
260
1,956
11.2
18
97
9
10.8
2.6
0
16Trey McBride
T. McBride
51.2
62
314
419
3,173
10.1
14
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
17Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
50.8
12
38
610
16.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
18Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
50.2
117
474
689
5,871
12.4
56
58
18
3.2
0.5
1
19Antonio Gates
A. Gates
50.2
236
955
1,458
11,841
12.4
116
0
0
0.0
0
20Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
50.1
42
186
252
2,104
11.3
20
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
21Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
49.9
105
469
756
5,236
11.2
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
22Darren Waller
D. Waller
49.8
86
361
513
4,283
11.9
24
30
4
7.5
0.3
0
23Oronde Gadsden
O. Gadsden
49.2
11
39
55
541
13.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Jason Witten
J. Witten
48.1
271
1,228
1,723
13,046
10.6
74
0
0
0.0
0
25Jordan Reed
J. Reed
48.0
75
355
493
3,602
10.1
28
18
1
18.0
0.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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