who had the most receiving yards in a season in the 2010s by a tight end

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, George Kittle had the most yards on receptions by a tight end in a season, with 1,377 yards in 2018.

NAME REC YDS SEASON TM GP REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 George Kittle
G. Kittle
1,377
2018
SF SF
16
88
136
15.6
86.1
5
10
1
10.0
0.6
0
2 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,336
2018
KC KC
16
103
150
13.0
83.5
10
0
0
0.0
0
3 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1,327
2011
NE NE
16
90
124
14.7
82.9
17
2
1
2.0
0.1
1
4 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
1,310
2011
NO NO
16
99
149
13.2
81.9
11
0
0
0.0
0
5 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,229
2019
KC KC
16
97
136
12.7
76.8
5
4
1
4.0
0.3
1
6 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
1,215
2013
NO NO
16
86
143
14.1
75.9
16
0
0
0.0
0
7 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1,176
2015
NE NE
15
72
120
16.3
78.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
8 Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
1,163
2018
PHI PHI
16
116
156
10.0
72.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
9 Darren Waller
D. Waller
1,145
2019
OAK OAK
16
90
117
12.7
71.6
3
5
2
2.5
0.3
0
10 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,125
2016
KC KC
16
85
117
13.2
70.3
4
-5
1
-5.0
-0.3
0
11 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1,124
2014
NE NE
15
82
131
13.7
74.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
12 Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
1,104
2015
CAR CAR
16
77
124
14.3
69.0
7
0
0
0.0
0
13 Delanie Walker
D. Walker
1,088
2015
TEN TEN
15
94
133
11.6
72.5
6
36
1
36.0
2.4
0
14 Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
1,084
2017
NE NE
14
69
105
15.7
77.4
8
0
0
0.0
0
15 Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
1,073
2016
CAR CAR
16
80
129
13.4
67.1
3
0
0
0.0
0
16 George Kittle
G. Kittle
1,053
2019
SF SF
14
85
107
12.4
75.2
5
22
5
4.4
1.6
0
17 Gary Barnidge
G. Barnidge
1,043
2015
CLE CLE
16
79
125
13.2
65.2
9
0
0
0.0
0
18 Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,039
2012
DAL DAL
16
110
149
9.4
64.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
19 Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
1,038
2017
KC KC
15
83
122
12.5
69.2
8
7
2
3.5
0.5
0
20 Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
1,008
2014
CAR CAR
16
84
123
12.0
63.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
21 Jason Witten
J. Witten
1,002
2010
DAL DAL
16
94
128
10.7
62.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
22 Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
982
2012
NO NO
15
85
135
11.6
65.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
23 Jordan Reed
J. Reed
952
2015
WAS WAS
14
87
114
10.9
68.0
11
0
0
0.0
0
24 Jason Witten
J. Witten
942
2011
DAL DAL
16
79
117
11.9
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
25 Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
930
2012
ATL ATL
16
93
124
10.0
58.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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