Tight End Receiving Efficiency Leaders
Tight End Receiving Efficiency — 2025 NFL leaders, updated Sep 3, 2026. Trey McBride (ARI) led all tight ends with 1,239 receiving yards across 29 qualifying players. Based on verified 2025 play-by-play data (nflverse); Half-PPR scoring.
Tight end production is unusually dependent on things that are not the tight end — scheme, quarterback, and whether the offense treats the position as a receiver or a blocker. Separation and yards after catch over expected strip some of that away, because both measure what the player did rather than how often the offense looked his way.
| # | Player | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Catch% | Sep | YAC+ | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trey McBride | 169 | 126 | 1,239 | 74.6% | 3.1 | +0.7 | |
| 2 | Kyle Pitts | 118 | 88 | 928 | 74.6% | 3.5 | -0.8 | |
| 3 | Juwan Johnson | 102 | 77 | 889 | 75.5% | 3.6 | +0.1 | |
| 4 | Travis Kelce | 108 | 76 | 851 | 70.4% | 3.2 | +0.4 | |
| 5 | Tyler Warren | 112 | 76 | 817 | 67.9% | 3.3 | +0.7 | |
| 6 | Dalton Schultz | 106 | 82 | 777 | 77.4% | 3.7 | +0.1 | |
| 7 | Hunter Henry | 87 | 60 | 768 | 69.0% | 3.0 | +0.5 | |
| 8 | Colston Loveland | 82 | 58 | 713 | 70.7% | 3.7 | +0.8 | |
| 9 | Brock Bowers | 86 | 64 | 680 | 74.4% | 2.9 | +1.0 | |
| 10 | George Kittle | 69 | 57 | 628 | 82.6% | 3.6 | +0.9 | |
| 11 | Jake Ferguson | 102 | 82 | 600 | 80.4% | 3.3 | +0.1 | |
| 12 | Dallas Goedert | 82 | 60 | 591 | 73.2% | 3.3 | +0.2 | |
| 13 | Cade Otton | 81 | 59 | 572 | 72.8% | 3.5 | +0.8 | |
| 14 | Brenton Strange | 60 | 46 | 540 | 76.7% | 3.9 | -0.1 | |
| 15 | Theo Johnson | 74 | 45 | 528 | 60.8% | 3.1 | -0.4 | |
| 16 | AJ Barner | 68 | 52 | 519 | 76.5% | 4.1 | +0.9 | |
| 17 | Zach Ertz | 72 | 50 | 504 | 69.4% | 2.7 | -0.8 | |
| 18 | Pat Freiermuth | 54 | 41 | 486 | 75.9% | 3.1 | +2.3 | |
| 19 | Evan Engram | 76 | 50 | 461 | 65.8% | 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| 20 | T.J. Hockenson | 66 | 51 | 438 | 77.3% | 3.8 | -0.1 | |
| 21 | Mark Andrews | 70 | 48 | 422 | 68.6% | 2.9 | -0.4 | |
| 22 | Colby Parkinson | 56 | 43 | 408 | 76.8% | 3.5 | +0.5 | |
| 23 | Mason Taylor | 65 | 44 | 369 | 67.7% | 3.3 | -0.3 | |
| 24 | Gunnar Helm | 55 | 44 | 357 | 80.0% | 3.5 | -0.7 | |
| 25 | Michael Mayer | 50 | 35 | 328 | 70.0% | 3.4 | +0.3 | |
| 26 | Jonnu Smith | 54 | 38 | 222 | 70.4% | 3.8 | +0.1 | |
| 27 | Oronde Gadsden | 69 | 49 | — | 71.0% | 3.2 | +1.4 | |
| 28 | Chigoziem Okonkwo | 79 | 56 | — | 70.9% | 3.8 | +1.1 | |
| 29 | Harold Fannin | 107 | 72 | — | 67.3% | 2.9 | +1.3 |
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