who are all of the pro football hall of fame tight ends with the most receiving yards in their careers

Tony Gonzalez has the most career receiving yards by a tight end Hall of Famer, with 15,127 yards.

NAME REC YDS HOF GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
15,127
2019
270
1,325
1,862
11.4
56.0
111
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
2 Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
2025
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
3 Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
9,961
2011
188
808
438
12.3
53.0
61
9
3
3.0
0.0
0
4 Ozzie Newsome
O. Newsome
7,980
1999
198
662
12.1
40.3
47
135
18
7.5
0.7
2
5 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
7,918
1994
210
480
16.5
37.7
40
327
38
8.6
1.6
3
6 Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
6,741
1995
109
541
12.5
61.8
45
0
0
0.0
0
7 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
5,812
1988
158
427
13.6
36.8
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
8 John Mackey
J. Mackey
5,236
1992
139
331
15.8
37.7
38
127
19
6.7
0.9
0
9 Dave Casper
D. Casper
5,216
2002
147
378
13.8
35.5
52
27
6
4.5
0.2
0
10 Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
4,817
2007
128
336
14.3
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
11 Harold Carmichael
H. Carmichael
276
2020
13
20
13.8
21.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
12 Rayfield Wright
R. Wright
15
2006
24
1
15.0
0.6
1
-10
1
-10.0
-0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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0
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1.000
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2
0
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2
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2
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