most receptions by lions tight end all-time

Charlie Sanders has made the most career catches by a Lions tight end, with 336 catches.

NAMERECGPTRGREC YDSAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Charlie Sanders
C. Sanders
336
128
4,817
14.3
37.6
31
-6
4
-1.5
0.0
0
2Brandon Pettigrew
B. Pettigrew
301
93
486
2,965
9.9
31.9
17
0
0
0.0
0
3David Hill
D. Hill
245
100
3,054
12.5
30.5
23
37
8
4.6
0.4
0
4Sam LaPorta
S. LaPorta
186
42
252
2,104
11.3
50.1
20
4
1
4.0
0.1
0
5T.J. Hockenson
T.J. Hockenson
186
47
287
2,068
11.1
44.0
15
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
6Eric Ebron
E. Ebron
186
56
288
2,070
11.1
37.0
11
1
1
1.0
0.0
1
7David Sloan
D. Sloan
180
90
205
2,024
11.2
22.5
15
0
0
0.0
0
8Jim Gibbons
J. Gibbons
180
104
2,159
12.0
20.8
15
0
0
0.0
0
9Tony Scheffler
T. Scheffler
120
50
212
1,311
10.9
26.2
8
5
1
5.0
0.1
0
10Casey Fitzsimmons
C. Fitzsimmons
88
99
146
677
7.7
6.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
11Brock Wright
B. Wright
70
69
93
632
9.0
9.2
11
0
0
0.0
0
12Mikhael Ricks
M. Ricks
64
30
129
773
12.1
25.8
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Ron Kramer
R. Kramer
59
39
678
11.5
17.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
58
31
95
616
10.6
19.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
15Will Heller
W. Heller
56
64
91
525
9.4
8.2
5
0
0
0.0
0
16David Lewis
D. Lewis
54
42
678
12.6
16.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
17Rodney Holman
R. Holman
47
47
442
9.4
9.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
18Rob Rubick
R. Rubick
44
88
511
11.6
5.8
3
1
1
1.0
0.0
1
19Stephen Alexander
S. Alexander
41
16
76
377
9.2
23.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
20Ulysses Norris
U. Norris
41
68
510
12.4
7.5
8
0
0
0.0
0
21Pete Metzelaars
P. Metzelaars
34
31
290
8.5
9.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Jesse James
J. James
30
32
49
271
9.0
8.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
23Walter Rasby
W. Rasby
28
48
20
216
7.7
4.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
25
13
260
10.4
20.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
25Joseph Fauria
J. Fauria
24
23
42
281
11.7
12.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receptions going back to the 1932 season.

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