which player has the most tight end yards in a game

Shannon Sharpe has the most receiving yards by a tight end in a game, with 214 yards versus the Chiefs on October 20, 2002.

Interpreted as:
Which player has the most tight end receiving yards in a regular-season game?
NAMEREC YDSDATETMOPPRECTRGAVGREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TD
1Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
214
10/20/2002
@
12
14
17.8
2
0
0
0
2Jackie Smith
J. Smith
212
10/13/1963
vs
9
23.6
2
0
0
0
3George Kittle
G. Kittle
210
12/9/2018
vs
7
9
30.0
1
0
0
0
4Rich Caster
R. Caster
204
9/24/1972
@
6
34.0
3
0
0
0
5Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
204
11/14/1965
vs
7
29.1
0
0
0
0
6Darren Waller
D. Waller
200
12/6/2020
@
13
17
15.4
2
0
0
0
7Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
191
12/16/2021
@
10
13
19.1
2
0
0
0
8Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
191
10/14/1984
vs
14
13.6
0
0
0
0
9Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
190
11/12/1961
vs
9
21.1
3
0
0
0
10George Kittle
G. Kittle
183
10/4/2020
vs
15
15
12.2
1
8
1
8.0
0
11Dallas Clark
D. Clark
183
9/21/2009
@
7
8
26.1
1
0
0
0
12George Kittle
G. Kittle
181
12/5/2021
@
9
12
20.1
2
5
1
5.0
0
13Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
181
10/10/2016
vs
9
13
20.1
0
0
0
0
14Jared Cook
J. Cook
180
9/10/2018
vs
9
12
20.0
0
0
0
0
15Vernon Davis
V. Davis
180
10/13/2013
vs
8
11
22.5
2
0
0
0
16Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
180
9/3/1995
vs
10
18.0
0
0
0
0
17Bob Schnelker
B. Schnelker
180
12/18/1960
vs
8
22.5
1
0
0
0
18Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
179
10/22/2023
vs
12
13
14.9
1
0
0
0
19T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
179
10/2/2022
vs
8
12
22.4
2
0
0
0
20Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
179
9/15/2013
@
10
16
17.9
1
0
0
0
21Steve Jordan
S. Jordan
179
11/2/1986
@
6
29.8
1
0
0
0
22Gern Nagler
G. Nagler
177
11/20/1960
@
10
17.7
0
0
0
0
23Mark Bavaro
M. Bavaro
176
10/13/1985
@
12
14.7
0
0
0
0
24Ed Dickson
E. Dickson
175
10/8/2017
@
5
5
35.0
0
0
0
0
25Taz Anderson
T. Anderson
175
12/16/1962
vs
8
21.9
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1960 season.

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