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most receiving yards by a tight end all-time| NAME | GP | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | RUSH YDS | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tony Gonzalez | 270 | 15,127 | 1,325 | 1,862 | 11.4 | 56.0 | 111 | 14 | 2 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
 | Jason Witten | 271 | 13,046 | 1,228 | 1,723 | 10.6 | 48.1 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Antonio Gates | 236 | 11,841 | 955 | 1,458 | 12.4 | 50.2 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Shannon Sharpe | 188 | 9,961 | 808 | 438 | 12.3 | 53.0 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
 | Rob Gronkowski | 143 | 9,286 | 621 | 961 | 15.0 | 64.9 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
 | Travis Kelce | 127 | 9,006 | 704 | 994 | 12.8 | 70.9 | 57 | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2 |
 | Greg Olsen | 199 | 8,683 | 742 | 1,201 | 11.7 | 43.6 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Jimmy Graham | 184 | 8,506 | 713 | 1,108 | 11.9 | 46.2 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Newsome | 198 | 7,980 | 662 | 12.1 | 40.3 | 47 | 135 | 18 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 2 | |
| Jackie Smith | 210 | 7,918 | 480 | 16.5 | 37.7 | 40 | 327 | 38 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 3 | |
| Vernon Davis | 198 | 7,562 | 583 | 929 | 13.0 | 38.2 | 63 | 15 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0 |
 | Jared Cook | 194 | 7,237 | 553 | 919 | 13.1 | 37.3 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
 | Zach Ertz | 134 | 6,841 | 635 | 948 | 10.8 | 51.1 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 109 | 6,741 | 541 | 12.5 | 61.8 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Heath Miller | 168 | 6,569 | 592 | 825 | 11.1 | 39.1 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 176 | 6,307 | 498 | 12.7 | 35.8 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Jeremy Shockey | 136 | 6,143 | 547 | 883 | 11.2 | 45.2 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Benjamin Watson | 205 | 6,058 | 547 | 860 | 11.1 | 29.6 | 44 | 10 | 2 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Todd Christensen | 108 | 5,872 | 461 | 12.7 | 54.4 | 41 | -6 | 1 | -6.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| Todd Heap | 145 | 5,869 | 499 | 817 | 11.8 | 40.5 | 42 | 61 | 8 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0 |
 | Mike Ditka | 158 | 5,812 | 427 | 13.6 | 36.8 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 153 | 5,755 | 396 | 14.5 | 37.6 | 41 | 211 | 25 | 8.4 | 1.4 | 2 | |
 | Delanie Walker | 160 | 5,684 | 481 | 744 | 11.8 | 35.5 | 35 | 89 | 16 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 1 |
| Dallas Clark | 143 | 5,665 | 505 | 776 | 11.2 | 39.6 | 53 | 40 | 4 | 10.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Owen Daniels | 131 | 5,661 | 479 | 758 | 11.8 | 43.2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving yards going back to the 1932 season.