Trey McBride (TE, ARI) led tight ends in receiving yards in 2025 at 1,239. 136 players recorded receiving yards in 2025.
Receiving yards is the headline production number. It is the right place to start and the wrong place to stop, because it says nothing about how many chances it took to get there.
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | Receiving Yards | Receptions | Targets | Rec TDs | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trey McBride | TE | ARI | 1,239 | 126 | 169 | 11 | 17 |
| 2 | Kyle Pitts | TE | ATL | 928 | 88 | 118 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Juwan Johnson | TE | NO | 889 | 77 | 102 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Travis Kelce | TE | KC | 851 | 76 | 108 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Tyler Warren | TE | IND | 817 | 76 | 112 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Dalton Schultz | TE | HOU | 777 | 82 | 106 | 3 | 17 |
| 7 | Hunter Henry | TE | NE | 768 | 60 | 87 | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | Harold Fannin Jr. | TE | CLE | 731 | 72 | 107 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 | Colston Loveland | TE | CHI | 713 | 58 | 82 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | Brock Bowers | TE | LV | 680 | 64 | 86 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | Oronde Gadsden II | TE | LAC | 664 | 49 | 69 | 3 | 15 |
| 12 | George Kittle | TE | SF | 628 | 57 | 69 | 7 | 11 |
| 13 | Jake Ferguson | TE | DAL | 600 | 82 | 102 | 8 | 17 |
| 14 | Dallas Goedert | TE | PHI | 591 | 60 | 82 | 11 | 15 |
| 15 | Cade Otton | TE | TB | 572 | 59 | 81 | 1 | 15 |
| 16 | Dalton Kincaid | TE | BUF | 571 | 39 | 49 | 5 | 12 |
| 17 | Chig Okonkwo | TE | TEN | 560 | 56 | 79 | 2 | 17 |
| 18 | Brenton Strange | TE | JAX | 540 | 46 | 60 | 3 | 12 |
| 19 | Theo Johnson | TE | NYG | 528 | 45 | 74 | 5 | 15 |
| 20 | AJ Barner | TE | SEA | 519 | 52 | 68 | 6 | 17 |
| 21 | Zach Ertz | TE | WAS | 504 | 50 | 72 | 4 | 13 |
| 22 | Sam LaPorta | TE | DET | 489 | 40 | 49 | 3 | 9 |
| 23 | Tucker Kraft | TE | GB | 489 | 32 | 44 | 6 | 8 |
| 24 | Pat Freiermuth | TE | PIT | 486 | 41 | 54 | 4 | 15 |
| 25 | Evan Engram | TE | DEN | 461 | 50 | 76 | 1 | 16 |
| 26 | T.J. Hockenson | TE | MIN | 438 | 51 | 66 | 3 | 15 |
| 27 | Mark Andrews | TE | BAL | 422 | 48 | 70 | 5 | 17 |
| 28 | Dawson Knox | TE | BUF | 417 | 36 | 49 | 4 | 16 |
| 29 | Colby Parkinson | TE | LA | 408 | 43 | 56 | 8 | 14 |
| 30 | Mason Taylor | TE | NYJ | 369 | 44 | 65 | 1 | 13 |
| 31 | Darnell Washington | TE | PIT | 364 | 31 | 43 | 1 | 13 |
| 32 | Gunnar Helm | TE | TEN | 357 | 44 | 55 | 2 | 16 |
| 33 | Cole Kmet | TE | CHI | 347 | 30 | 48 | 2 | 16 |
| 34 | Greg Dulcich | TE | MIA | 335 | 26 | 33 | 1 | 9 |
| 35 | Michael Mayer | TE | LV | 328 | 35 | 50 | 1 | 13 |
| 36 | Isaiah Likely | TE | BAL | 307 | 27 | 36 | 1 | 12 |
| 37 | Mike Gesicki | TE | CIN | 307 | 28 | 42 | 2 | 12 |
| 38 | Elijah Higgins | TE | ARI | 301 | 30 | 37 | 0 | 17 |
| 39 | David Njoku | TE | CLE | 293 | 33 | 48 | 4 | 11 |
| 40 | Jake Tonges | TE | SF | 293 | 34 | 46 | 5 | 10 |
| 41 | Noah Fant | TE | CIN | 288 | 34 | 41 | 3 | 13 |
| 42 | Daniel Bellinger | TE | NYG | 286 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 13 |
| 43 | Darren Waller | TE | MIA | 283 | 24 | 34 | 6 | 9 |
| 44 | Tyler Higbee | TE | LA | 281 | 25 | 36 | 3 | 10 |
| 45 | Austin Hooper | TE | NE | 263 | 21 | 26 | 2 | 13 |
| 46 | Luke Musgrave | TE | GB | 252 | 24 | 31 | 0 | 13 |
| 47 | Tommy Tremble | TE | CAR | 249 | 27 | 37 | 2 | 15 |
| 48 | Terrance Ferguson | TE | LA | 231 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 11 |
| 49 | Jonnu Smith | TE | PIT | 222 | 38 | 54 | 2 | 17 |
| 50 | Davis Allen | TE | LA | 208 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 15 |
Showing the top 50 of 136 qualified players. Narrow it down by position: wide receivers · tight ends · running backs.
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Trey McBride (TE, ARI) led tight ends in receiving yards in 2025 at 1,239. Kyle Pitts (TE, ATL) was next at 928.
Receiving yards is the headline production number. It is the right place to start and the wrong place to stop, because it says nothing about how many chances it took to get there.
136 players qualified for the 2025 receiving yards leaderboard among tight ends. The table above lists the top 50.
Stats as of July 28, 2026. Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. Source: nflverse-data. License: CC-BY-4.0.