which tight end leads nfl in targets and routes run

Tony Gonzalez has been targeted the most career times by a tight end, with 1,862 targets.

	NAME	TRG	ATT	GP	RUSH YDS	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,862	2	238	14	7.0	0.1	0	14,138	1,233	11.5	59.4	107
2	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,723	0	271	0		0.0	0	13,046	1,228	10.6	48.1	74
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,508	10	192	16	1.6	0.1	2	13,002	1,080	12.0	67.7	82
4	Antonio Gates A. Gates	1,458	0	236	0		0.0	0	11,841	955	12.4	50.2	116
5	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	1,223	1	181	4	4.0	0.0	0	8,592	825	10.4	47.5	57
6	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	1,201	0	199	0		0.0	0	8,683	742	11.7	43.6	60
7	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	1,115	2	197	3	1.5	0.0	0	8,545	719	11.9	43.4	89
8	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	961	1	143	2	2.0	0.0	1	9,286	621	15.0	64.9	92
9	Vernon Davis V. Davis	929	6	198	15	2.5	0.1	0	7,562	583	13.0	38.2	63
10	Jared Cook J. Cook	919	1	194	0	0.0	0.0	0	7,237	553	13.1	37.3	45
11	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	883	1	136	6	6.0	0.0	0	6,143	547	11.2	45.2	37
12	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	860	2	205	10	5.0	0.0	0	6,058	547	11.1	29.6	44
13	Heath Miller H. Miller	825	2	168	8	4.0	0.0	0	6,569	592	11.1	39.1	45
14	Todd Heap T. Heap	817	8	145	61	7.6	0.4	0	5,869	499	11.8	40.5	42
15	Evan Engram E. Engram	810	17	124	100	5.9	0.8	1	5,383	546	9.9	43.4	26
16	George Kittle G. Kittle	802	13	124	68	5.2	0.5	0	8,008	595	13.5	64.6	52
17	Dallas Clark D. Clark	776	4	143	40	10.0	0.3	0	5,665	505	11.2	39.6	53
18	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	758	0	131	0		0.0	0	5,661	479	11.8	43.2	36
19	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	756	1	105	7	7.0	0.1	0	5,236	469	11.2	49.9	25
20	Delanie Walker D. Walker	744	16	160	89	5.6	0.6	1	5,684	481	11.8	35.5	35
21	Marcedes Lewis M. Lewis	737	0	290	0		0.0	0	5,115	437	11.7	17.6	40
22	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	710	0	165	0		0.0	0	4,773	482	9.9	28.9	50
23	Randy McMichael R. McMichael	703	1	164	8	8.0	0.0	0	4,539	426	10.7	27.7	24
24	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	702	19	121	61	3.2	0.5	1	5,952	484	12.3	49.2	56
25	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	669	2	117	3	1.5	0.0	0	4,711	429	11.0	40.3	33

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PASS

3,587

Mahomes

RUSH

611

Hunt

REC

851

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PPG

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OPP PPG

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RUSH YDS/G

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Broncos	14	3	.824
Chargers	11	6	.647
Chiefs	6	11	.353
Raiders	3	14	.176

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/14	DEN	@	KC	8:15 PM
Sun 9/20	IND	@	KC	8:20 PM
Sun 9/27	KC	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 10/4	KC	@	LV	4:25 PM
Sun 10/18	LAC	@	KC	4:25 PM

Last Game

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6 - 11

Final

Raiders

3 - 14

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4,707

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4,564

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4,552

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Rush Yards Leaders

1,621

Cook

1,595

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1,585

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,793

Smith-Njigba

1,715

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Rec TD Leaders

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11

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Stafford

105.5

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Sack Leaders

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16.5

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NFL 2025 Rankings

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28.8

28.4

28.3

27.9

Opp PPG Rankings

17.2

17.4

18.3

18.8

19.1

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Total Yards Rankings

394.6

391.9

379.4

376.3

373.2

369.5

Rush Yards Rankings

159.6

156.6

144.5

134.7

129.1

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Pass Yards Rankings

278.5

276.9

268.6

262.3

256.1

254.0

Sack Leaders

68.0

57.0

53.0

49.0

48.0

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McCaffrey

291.8

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Nacua

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Smith-Njigba

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Patriots - y	14	3	0	.824
Bills - w	12	5	0	.706
Dolphins - e	7	10	0	.412
Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers - y	10	7	0	.588
Ravens - e	8	9	0	.471
Bengals - e	6	11	0	.353
Browns - e	5	12	0	.294
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars - y	13	4	0	.765
Texans - w	12	5	0	.706
Colts - e	8	9	0	.471
Titans - e	3	14	0	.176
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Chargers - w	11	6	0	.647
Chiefs - e	6	11	0	.353
Raiders - e	3	14	0	.176

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Cowboys - e	7	9	1	.441
Commanders - e	5	12	0	.294
Giants - e	4	13	0	.235
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Packers - w	9	7	1	.559
Vikings - e	9	8	0	.529
Lions - e	9	8	0	.529
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers - y	8	9	0	.471
Buccaneers - e	8	9	0	.471
Falcons - e	8	9	0	.471
Saints - e	6	11	0	.353
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Seahawks - z*	14	3	0	.824
Rams - w	12	5	0	.706
49ers - w	12	5	0	.706
Cardinals - e	3	14	0	.176