Tony Gonzalez has the most career receiving yards by a tight end, with 15,127 yards.

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NAME GP REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
Tony Gonzalez illustration Tony Gonzalez
270 15,127 1,325 1,862 11.4 56.0 111 14 2 7.0 0.1 0
Jason Witten illustration Jason Witten
271 13,046 1,228 1,723 10.6 48.1 74 0 0 0.0 0
Antonio Gates illustration Antonio Gates
236 11,841 955 1,458 12.4 50.2 116 0 0 0.0 0
Travis Kelce illustration Travis Kelce
155 11,157 888 1,239 12.6 72.0 74 14 8 1.8 0.1 2
Shannon Sharpe illustration Shannon Sharpe
188 9,961 808 438 12.3 53.0 61 9 3 3.0 0.0 0
Rob Gronkowski illustration Rob Gronkowski
143 9,286 621 961 15.0 64.9 92 2 1 2.0 0.0 1
Greg Olsen illustration Greg Olsen
199 8,683 742 1,201 11.7 43.6 60 0 0 0.0 0
Jimmy Graham illustration Jimmy Graham
192 8,520 715 1,111 11.9 44.4 87 3 2 1.5 0.0 0
Ozzie Newsome illustration Ozzie Newsome
198 7,980 662 12.1 40.3 47 135 18 7.5 0.7 2
Jackie Smith illustration Jackie Smith
210 7,918 480 16.5 37.7 40 327 38 8.6 1.6 3
Vernon Davis illustration Vernon Davis
198 7,562 583 929 13.0 38.2 63 15 6 2.5 0.1 0
Zach Ertz illustration Zach Ertz
151 7,434 709 1,060 10.5 49.2 46 4 1 4.0 0.0 0
Jared Cook illustration Jared Cook
194 7,237 553 919 13.1 37.3 45 0 1 0.0 0.0 0
Kellen Winslow illustration Kellen Winslow
109 6,741 541 12.5 61.8 45 0 0 0.0 0
Heath Miller illustration Heath Miller
168 6,569 592 825 11.1 39.1 45 8 2 4.0 0.0 0
Steve Jordan illustration Steve Jordan
176 6,307 498 12.7 35.8 28 4 1 4.0 0.0 1
Jeremy Shockey illustration Jeremy Shockey
136 6,143 547 883 11.2 45.2 37 6 1 6.0 0.0 0
Benjamin Watson illustration Benjamin Watson
205 6,058 547 860 11.1 29.6 44 10 2 5.0 0.0 0
George Kittle illustration George Kittle
94 5,989 445 616 13.5 63.7 36 71 12 5.9 0.8 0
Todd Christensen illustration Todd Christensen
108 5,872 461 12.7 54.4 41 -6 1 -6.0 -0.1 0
Todd Heap illustration Todd Heap
145 5,869 499 817 11.8 40.5 42 61 8 7.6 0.4 0
Mike Ditka illustration Mike Ditka
158 5,812 427 13.6 36.8 43 2 2 1.0 0.0 0
Riley Odoms illustration Riley Odoms
153 5,755 396 14.5 37.6 41 211 25 8.4 1.4 2
Delanie Walker illustration Delanie Walker
160 5,684 481 744 11.8 35.5 35 89 16 5.6 0.6 1
Dallas Clark illustration Dallas Clark
143 5,665 505 776 11.2 39.6 53 40 4 10.0 0.3 0
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