who is the nfl single season tight end receiving leader age 35+

Tony Gonzalez has the most receiving yards by a tight end 35 or older in a season, with 930 yards in 2012.

NAMEREC YDSAgeSEASONTMGPRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TDRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TD
1Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
930
36
2012
ATL ATL
16
93
124
10.0
58.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
875
35
2011
ATL ATL
16
80
116
10.9
54.7
7
0
0
0.0
0
3Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
859
37
2013
ATL ATL
16
83
121
10.3
53.7
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
825
35
2015
NO NO
16
74
110
11.1
51.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
5Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
823
35
2024
KC KC
16
97
133
8.5
51.4
3
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
6Shannon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
770
35
2003
DEN DEN
15
62
94
12.4
51.3
8
0
0
0.0
0
7Travis Kelce
T. Kelce
727
36
2025
KC KC
13
60
83
12.1
55.9
5
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
8Pete Retzlaff
P. Retzlaff
653
35
1966
PHI PHI
14
40
16.3
46.6
6
0
0
0.0
0
9Antonio Gates
A. Gates
630
35
2015
SD SD
11
56
85
11.3
57.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
10Jason Witten
J. Witten
560
35
2017
DAL DAL
16
63
87
8.9
35.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
11Antonio Gates
A. Gates
548
36
2016
SD SD
14
53
93
10.3
39.1
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Jason Witten
J. Witten
529
37
2019
DAL DAL
16
63
83
8.4
33.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
522
37
2017
BAL BAL
16
61
79
8.6
32.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
14Zach Ertz
Z. Ertz
504
35
2025
WAS WAS
13
50
72
10.1
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
15Wesley Walls
W. Walls
452
35
2001
CAR CAR
14
43
73
10.5
32.3
5
0
0
0.0
0
16Benjamin Watson
B. Watson
400
38
2018
NO NO
16
35
46
11.4
25.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Antonio Gates
A. Gates
333
38
2018
LAC LAC
16
28
45
11.9
20.8
2
0
0
0.0
0
18Antonio Gates
A. Gates
316
37
2017
LAC LAC
16
30
52
10.5
19.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Marcus Pollard
M. Pollard
273
35
2007
SEA SEA
14
28
35
9.8
19.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
20Jackie Smith
J. Smith
246
35
1975
STL STL
9
13
18.9
27.3
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Wesley Walls
W. Walls
241
36
2002
CAR CAR
15
19
36
12.7
16.1
4
0
0
0.0
0
22Greg Olsen
G. Olsen
239
35
2020
SEA SEA
11
24
37
10.0
21.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Jimmie Giles
J. Giles
225
35
1989
PHI PHI
16
16
14.1
14.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
24Wesley Walls
W. Walls
222
37
2003
GB GB
14
20
33
11.1
15.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Delanie Walker
D. Walker
215
35
2019
TEN TEN
7
21
31
10.2
30.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
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PPG

19.4

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OPP PPG

24.1

20th

RUSH YDS/G

123.6

12th

PASS YDS/G

217.5

19th

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Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
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Panthers Panthers
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6
0
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Falcons Falcons
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9
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Saints Saints
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10
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/21
ATL ATL
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
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12/29
LAR LAR
@
ATL ATL
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
NO NO
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Last Game
SEA Seahawks

10 - 3

37

Final

9

ATL Falcons

4 - 9

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ARI ARI
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NO NO
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9/6
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12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
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ARI ARI
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