most catches by an nfl tightend from 2000 to 2024

From 2000 through 2024, Jason Witten had the most receptions by a tight end, with 1,228 receptions.

Regular season

	NAME	REC	GP	TRG	REC YDS	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Jason Witten J. Witten	1,228	271	1,723	13,046	10.6	48.1	74	0	0		0.0	0
2	Tony Gonzalez T. Gonzalez	1,157	223	1,754	13,289	11.5	59.6	96	14	2	7.0	0.1	0
3	Travis Kelce T. Kelce	1,004	175	1,400	12,151	12.1	69.4	77	15	9	1.7	0.1	2
4	Antonio Gates A. Gates	955	236	1,458	11,841	12.4	50.2	116	0	0		0.0	0
5	Zach Ertz Z. Ertz	775	168	1,151	8,088	10.4	48.1	53	4	1	4.0	0.0	0
6	Greg Olsen G. Olsen	742	199	1,201	8,683	11.7	43.6	60	0	0		0.0	0
7	Jimmy Graham J. Graham	719	197	1,115	8,545	11.9	43.4	89	3	2	1.5	0.0	0
8	Rob Gronkowski R. Gronkowski	621	143	961	9,286	15.0	64.9	92	2	1	2.0	0.0	1
9	Heath Miller H. Miller	592	168	825	6,569	11.1	39.1	45	8	2	4.0	0.0	0
10	Vernon Davis V. Davis	583	198	929	7,562	13.0	38.2	63	15	6	2.5	0.1	0
11	Jared Cook J. Cook	553	194	919	7,237	13.1	37.3	45	0	1	0.0	0.0	0
12	Benjamin Watson B. Watson	547	205	860	6,058	11.1	29.6	44	10	2	5.0	0.0	0
13	Jeremy Shockey J. Shockey	547	136	883	6,143	11.2	45.2	37	6	1	6.0	0.0	0
14	George Kittle G. Kittle	538	113	733	7,380	13.7	65.3	45	71	12	5.9	0.6	0
15	Dallas Clark D. Clark	505	143	776	5,665	11.2	39.6	53	40	4	10.0	0.3	0
16	Todd Heap T. Heap	499	145	817	5,869	11.8	40.5	42	61	8	7.6	0.4	0
17	Evan Engram E. Engram	496	108	734	4,922	9.9	45.6	25	93	16	5.8	0.9	1
18	Kyle Rudolph K. Rudolph	482	165	710	4,773	9.9	28.9	50	0	0		0.0	0
19	Delanie Walker D. Walker	481	160	744	5,684	11.8	35.5	35	89	16	5.6	0.6	1
20	Owen Daniels O. Daniels	479	131	758	5,661	11.8	43.2	36	0	0		0.0	0
21	Kellen Winslow K. Winslow	469	105	756	5,236	11.2	49.9	25	7	1	7.0	0.1	0
22	Marcedes Lewis M. Lewis	437	285	737	5,115	11.7	17.9	40	0	0		0.0	0
23	Mark Andrews M. Andrews	436	104	632	5,530	12.7	53.2	51	13	9	1.4	0.1	0
24	Martellus Bennett M. Bennett	433	144	639	4,573	10.6	31.8	30	10	2	5.0	0.1	0
25	Chris Cooley C. Cooley	429	117	669	4,711	11.0	40.3	33	3	2	1.5	0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Giants	1	0	1.000
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Sun 9/20	WAS	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 9/27	BAL	@	DAL	4:25 PM
Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/8	TB	@	DAL	8:15 PM
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Love

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Flowers

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Watson

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2

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Opp PPG Rankings

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10.0

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506.0

478.0

469.0

419.0

409.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

334.0

324.0

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Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
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Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

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Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000