who has the most rec yards for all tight ends in past 25 years

Between May 3, 2001 and May 3, 2026, Jason Witten has the most receiving yards by a tight end, with 13,046 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Jason Witten
J. Witten
13,046
271
1,228
1,723
10.6
48.1
74
0
0
0.0
0
2Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
13,002
192
1,080
1,508
12.0
67.7
82
16
10
1.6
0.1
2
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
12,086
207
1,064
1,604
11.4
58.4
87
14
2
7.0
0.1
0
4Antonio Gates
A. Gates
11,841
236
955
1,458
12.4
50.2
116
0
0
0.0
0
5Rob Gronkowski
R. Gronkowski
9,286
143
621
961
15.0
64.9
92
2
1
2.0
0.0
1
6Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
8,683
199
742
1,201
11.7
43.6
60
0
0
0.0
0
7Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
8,592
181
825
1,223
10.4
47.5
57
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
8Jimmy Graham
J. Graham
8,545
197
719
1,115
11.9
43.4
89
3
2
1.5
0.0
0
9George Kittle
G. Kittle
8,008
124
595
802
13.5
64.6
52
68
13
5.2
0.5
0
10Vernon Davis
V. Davis
7,562
198
583
929
13.0
38.2
63
15
6
2.5
0.1
0
11Jared Cook
J. Cook
7,237
194
553
919
13.1
37.3
45
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
12Heath Miller
H. Miller
6,569
168
592
825
11.1
39.1
45
8
2
4.0
0.0
0
13Jeremy Shockey
J. Shockey
6,143
136
547
883
11.2
45.2
37
6
1
6.0
0.0
0
14Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
6,058
205
547
860
11.1
29.6
44
10
2
5.0
0.0
0
15Mark Andrews
M. Andrews
5,952
121
484
702
12.3
49.2
56
61
19
3.2
0.5
1
16Todd Heap
T. Heap
5,869
145
499
817
11.8
40.5
42
61
8
7.6
0.4
0
17Delanie Walker
D. Walker
5,684
160
481
744
11.8
35.5
35
89
16
5.6
0.6
1
18Dallas Clark
D. Clark
5,665
143
505
776
11.2
39.6
53
40
4
10.0
0.3
0
19Owen Daniels
O. Daniels
5,661
131
479
758
11.8
43.2
36
0
0
0.0
0
20Evan Engram
E. Engram
5,383
124
546
810
9.9
43.4
26
100
17
5.9
0.8
1
21Hunter Henry
H. Henry
5,295
136
455
663
11.6
38.9
47
0
0
0.0
0
22Kellen Winslow
K. Winslow
5,236
105
469
756
11.2
49.9
25
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
23Marcedes Lewis
M. Lewis
5,115
290
437
737
11.7
17.6
40
0
0
0.0
0
24Brent Celek
B. Celek
4,998
175
398
616
12.6
28.6
31
0
0
0.0
0
25Kyle Rudolph
K. Rudolph
4,773
165
482
710
9.9
28.9
50
0
0
0.0
0
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