who is the top receiving te for the lions all-time

Charlie Sanders has the most career receiving yards by a Lions tight end, with 4,817 yards.

NAMEREC YDSGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
4,817
128
336
14.3
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
2David Hill
D. Hill
3,054
100
245
12.5
30.5
23
37
8
4.6
0.4
0
3Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
2,965
93
301
486
9.9
31.9
17
0
0
0.0
0
4Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
2,159
104
180
12.0
20.8
15
0
0
0.0
0
5Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
2,104
42
186
252
11.3
50.1
20
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
6Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
2,070
56
186
288
11.1
37.0
11
1
1
1.0
0.0
1
7T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
2,068
47
186
287
11.1
44.0
15
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
8David Sloan
D. Sloan
2,024
90
180
205
11.2
22.5
15
0
0
0.0
0
9Tony Scheffler
T. Scheffler
1,311
50
120
212
10.9
26.2
8
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
10Mikhael Ricks
M. Ricks
773
30
64
129
12.1
25.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
11David Lewis
D. Lewis
678
42
54
12.6
16.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
678
39
59
11.5
17.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Casey Fitzsimmons
C. Fitzsimmons
677
99
88
146
7.7
6.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
14Brock Wright
B. Wright
632
69
70
93
9.0
9.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
15Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
616
31
58
95
10.6
19.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Will Heller
W. Heller
525
64
56
91
9.4
8.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
17Rob Rubick
R. Rubick
511
88
44
11.6
5.8
3
1
1
1.0
0.0
1
18Ulysses Norris
U. Norris
510
68
41
12.4
7.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
19Rodney Holman
R. Holman
442
47
47
9.4
9.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Stephen Alexander
S. Alexander
377
16
41
76
9.2
23.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Dan Campbell
D. Campbell
330
19
23
34
14.3
17.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
290
31
34
8.5
9.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
281
23
24
42
11.7
12.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
24Jesse James
J. James
271
32
30
49
9.0
8.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
25Levine Toilolo
L. Toilolo
263
16
21
24
12.5
16.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.

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PASS

4,233

Goff

Jared Goff

RUSH

1,143

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

REC

1,262

St. Brown

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Team Rankings

PPG

28.9

4th

OPP PPG

24.8

23rd

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119.9

16th

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264.8

3rd

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11
4
0
.733
9
5
1
.633
Lions Lions
8
8
0
.500
8
8
0
.500
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Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DET Lions

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10

Final

23

MIN Vikings

8 - 8

Thu 25 Dec 2025

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NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Standings

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12
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Bills Bills - x
11
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9
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9
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10
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10
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13
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1
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12
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13
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9
5
1
.633
8
8
0
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8
8
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7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
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11
4
0
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11
4
0
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12
0
.200

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