which nfl tight end has the most receiving touchdowns in a single game

Kellen Winslow has scored the most receiving touchdowns by a tight end in a game, with 5 touchdowns against the Oakland Raiders on November 22, 1981.

Interpreted as:
Which NFL tight end has the most receiving touchdowns in a single regular-season game?
NAMEREC TDDATETMOPPRECTRGREC YDSAVGRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5
11/22/1981
@
13
144
11.1
0
0
0
2Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
4
10/10/2022
vs
7
8
25
3.6
0
0
0
3Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
4
10/20/1985
@
7
116
16.6
0
0
0
4Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
4
10/13/1963
@
9
110
12.2
0
0
0
5Kyle Pitts Sr.
K. Pitts Sr.
3
12/11/2025
@
11
12
166
15.1
0
0
0
6Brock Bowers
B. Bowers
3
11/2/2025
vs
12
13
127
10.6
6
1
6.0
0
7Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
3
12/16/2023
vs
5
6
56
11.2
0
0
0
8George Kittle
G. Kittle
3
10/8/2023
vs
3
4
67
22.3
0
0
0
9Shane Zylstra
S. Zylstra
3
12/24/2022
@
5
6
26
5.2
0
0
0
10Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
3
11/20/2022
@
6
10
115
19.2
0
0
0
11Robert Tonyan
R. Tonyan
3
10/5/2020
vs
6
6
98
16.3
0
0
0
12Tyler Higbee
T. Higbee
3
9/20/2020
@
5
5
54
10.8
0
0
0
13Blake Jarwin
B. Jarwin
3
12/30/2018
@
7
8
119
17.0
0
0
0
14Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
3
9/24/2017
vs
4
5
62
15.5
0
0
0
15Dwayne Allen
D. Allen
3
12/5/2016
@
4
4
72
18.0
0
0
0
16Martellus Bennett
M. Bennett
3
10/9/2016
@
6
8
67
11.2
0
0
0
17Tyler Eifert
T. Eifert
3
11/5/2015
vs
5
6
53
10.6
0
0
0
18Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
3
9/10/2015
vs
5
8
94
18.8
0
0
0
19Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
3
10/26/2014
vs
9
9
149
16.6
0
0
0
20Larry Donnell
L. Donnell
3
9/25/2014
@
7
8
54
7.7
0
0
0
21Antonio Gates
A. Gates
3
9/14/2014
vs
7
7
96
13.7
0
0
0
22Julius Thomas
J. Thomas
3
9/7/2014
vs
7
8
104
14.9
0
0
0
23Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
3
10/13/2013
@
3
3
34
11.3
0
0
0
24Jordan Cameron
J. Cameron
3
9/22/2013
@
6
11
66
11.0
0
0
0
25Dante Rosario
D. Rosario
3
9/16/2012
vs
4
4
48
12.0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1960 season.

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