most average yards per season by a tight end all-time

Aaron Thomas has the most yards per reception by a tight end in a season, with 23.4 per reception in 1965.

Interpreted as:
most average receiving yards with a minimum of 1.875 receptions per team game per season by a tight end all-time
NAME AVG SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Aaron Thomas
A. Thomas
23.4
1965
NYG NYG
13
27
631
48.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
2 Bob Trumpy
B. Trumpy
22.6
1969
CIN CIN
14
37
835
59.6
9
0
0
0.0
0
3 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
21.5
1967
STL STL
14
56
1,205
86.1
9
86
9
9.6
6.1
0
4 Rich Caster
R. Caster
21.4
1972
NYJ NYJ
14
39
833
59.5
10
6
2
3.0
0.4
0
5 John Mackey
J. Mackey
20.7
1963
BAL BAL
14
35
726
51.9
7
3
1
3.0
0.2
0
6 John Mackey
J. Mackey
20.4
1965
BAL BAL
14
40
814
58.1
7
7
1
7.0
0.5
0
7 Clint Didier
C. Didier
20.3
1986
WAS WAS
14
34
691
49.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
8 Fred Arbanas
F. Arbanas
20.2
1964
KC KC
14
34
686
49.0
8
0
0
0.0
0
9 Al Denson
A. Denson
20.1
1966
DEN DEN
14
36
725
51.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
10 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
19.7
1967
OAK OAK
14
32
629
44.9
10
0
0
0.0
0
11 Keith Krepfle
K. Krepfle
19.6
1977
PHI PHI
14
27
530
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
12 Rich Caster
R. Caster
19.6
1974
NYJ NYJ
13
38
745
57.3
7
0
0
0.0
0
13 Jacque MacKinnon
J. MacKinnon
19.6
1968
SD SD
14
33
646
46.1
6
0
0
0.0
0
14 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
19.5
1962
PHI PHI
8
30
584
73.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
15 Mike Ditka
M. Ditka
19.2
1961
CHI CHI
14
56
1,076
76.9
12
0
0
0.0
0
16 Ted Kwalick
T. Kwalick
18.8
1972
SF SF
14
40
751
53.6
9
11
5
2.2
0.8
0
17 Paul Costa
P. Costa
18.6
1967
BUF BUF
14
39
726
51.9
2
0
0
0.0
0
18 Jackie Smith
J. Smith
18.6
1970
STL STL
14
37
687
49.1
4
43
5
8.6
3.1
0
19 Keith Krepfle
K. Krepfle
18.5
1979
PHI PHI
16
41
760
47.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
20 Monty Stickles
M. Stickles
18.5
1961
SF SF
14
43
794
56.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
21 Milt Morin
M. Morin
18.4
1968
CLE CLE
14
43
792
56.6
5
8
1
8.0
0.6
0
22 Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
18.2
1980
TB TB
16
33
602
37.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
23 Russ Francis
R. Francis
18.2
1975
NE NE
14
35
636
45.4
4
0
0
0.0
0
24 Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
18.0
1965
PHI PHI
14
66
1,190
85.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
25 Milt Morin
M. Morin
18.0
1972
CLE CLE
14
30
540
38.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions per team game and yards per reception going back to the 1932 season.

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126.2

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215.7

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
2
1
.500
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/19
NYG NYG
@
DEN DEN
4:05 PM
Sun
10/26
NYG NYG
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
NYG NYG
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Sun
11/16
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

2 - 4 - 0

34

Final

17

PHI Eagles

4 - 2 - 0

Thu 9 Oct 2025

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
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1
0
.800
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
2
0
.600
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
3
2
0
.600
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
3
0
.400
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
4
1
0
.800
Jaguars Jaguars
4
1
0
.800
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
Broncos Broncos
3
2
0
.600

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
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Sat
9/6
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
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1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAC LAC
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1:00 PM