which tight end has the most career receptions in nfl history

Tony Gonzalez has made the most career receptions by a tight end, with 1,325 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	1,325	270	1,862	15,127	11.4	56.0	111	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
2	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,228	271	1,723	13,046	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,104	198	1,543	13,345	12.1	67.4	84	16	10	1.6	0.1	2
4	Antonio Gates A. Gates	955	236	1,458	11,841	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
5	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	828	184	1,231	8,614	10.4	46.8	57	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
6	Shannon Sharpe S. Sharpe	808	188	438	9,961	12.3	53.0	61	9	3	3.0	0.0	0
7	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	742	199	1,201	8,683	11.7	43.6	60	0	0		0.0	0
8	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	719	197	1,115	8,545	11.9	43.4	89	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
9	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	662	198		7,980	12.1	40.3	47	135	18	7.5	0.7	2
10	George Kittle G. Kittle	629	131	848	8,433	13.4	64.4	57	68	13	5.2	0.5	0
11	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	621	143	961	9,286	15.0	64.9	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
12	Heath Miller H. Miller	592	168	825	6,569	11.1	39.1	45	8	2	4.0	0.0	0
13	Vernon Davis V. Davis	583	198	929	7,562	13.0	38.2	63	15	6	2.5	0.1	0
14	Evan Engram E. Engram	559	131	832	5,519	9.9	42.1	27	100	17	5.9	0.8	1
15	Jared Cook J. Cook	553	194	919	7,237	13.1	37.3	45	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
16	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	547	205	860	6,058	11.1	29.6	44	10	2	5.0	0.0	0
17	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	547	136	883	6,143	11.2	45.2	37	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
18	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	541	109		6,741	12.5	61.8	45	0	0		0.0	0
19	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	510	128	739	6,156	12.1	48.1	57	61	19	3.2	0.5	1
20	Dallas Clark D. Clark	505	143	776	5,665	11.2	39.6	53	40	4	10.0	0.3	0
21	Todd Heap T. Heap	499	145	817	5,869	11.8	40.5	42	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
22	Ben Coates B. Coates	499	158	81	5,555	11.1	35.2	50	-4	3	-1.3	0.0	0
23	Frank Wycheck F. Wycheck	498	146	395	5,071	10.2	34.7	27	5	4	1.3	0.0	1
24	Steve Jordan S. Jordan	498	176		6,307	12.7	35.8	28	4	1	4.0	0.0	1
25	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	482	165	710	4,773	9.9	28.9	50	0	0		0.0	0

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PASS

1,474

Mahomes

RUSH

701

Walker

REC

343

Kelce

Team Rankings

PPG

23.8

14th

OPP PPG

17.2

2nd

RUSH YDS/G

141.5

5th

PASS YDS/G

245.7

16th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	.833
Broncos	5	2	.714
Raiders	3	4	.429
Chargers	0	6	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	KC	@	DEN	4:25 PM
Sun 11/8	NYJ	@	KC	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	KC	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Sun 11/22	ARI	@	KC	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	KC	@	BUF	8:20 PM

Last Game

Chiefs

5 - 1

Final

Seahawks

4 - 3

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NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,989

Stafford

1,958

Love

1,877

Cousins

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

701

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

867

Smith-Njigba

636

Olave

616

London

Pass TD Leaders

16

Cousins

15

Purdy

15

Burrow

Rush TD Leaders

8

Taylor

8

Allen

8

McCaffrey

Rec TD Leaders

8

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

Likely

QB Rating Leaders

112.5

Goff

110.4

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.7

28.1

27.2

26.5

26.1

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

17.2

17.3

17.9

19.7

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

381.3

380.5

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

293.2

286.0

279.7

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

21.0

20.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

139

Gibbs

129.7

Walker

120.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

138.2

Smith-Njigba

95.5

Watson

83.1

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

71.5

Likely

71.2

McBride

70.5

Kittle

Fantasy K Rankings

89

Shrader

81

Reichard

77

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-5-1

1-5

1-4-1

2-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Eagles	2	4	0	.333
Cowboys	2	4	0	.333
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000

NFL 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Wed 9/9	NE	@	SEA	10-13
Thu 9/10	SF	@	LAR	27-7
Sun 9/13	CHI	@	CAR	59-37
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	IND	41-23
Sun 9/13	ATL	@	PIT	13-20

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 10/26	DAL	@	PHI	8:15 PM
Thu 10/29	CAR	@	GB	8:15 PM
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	TEN	@	CIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	CLE	@	PIT	1:00 PM

Tony Gonzalez has made the most career receptions by a tight end, with 1,325 catches.

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