Most Dominant Fantasy Players Since 1970: Tight Ends (Career)

by Chase Stuart on June 23, 2019

Over the last week, I’ve looked at the best fantasy players since 1970. Here are those links:

QB single-season
QB career
RB single-season
RB career
WR single-season
WR career
TE single-season

We conclude this series with a look at the top fantasy TEs, by career VBD, since 1970.

Rk	Tight End	First Yr	Last Yr	VBD
1	Tony Gonzalez	1997	2013	1059
2	Shannon Sharpe	1990	2003	802
3	Antonio Gates	2003	2018	691
4	Kellen Winslow	1979	1987	652
5	Rob Gronkowski	2010	2018	564
6	Todd Christensen	1979	1988	552
7	Jason Witten	2003	2017	471
8	Ben Coates	1991	2000	463
9	Ozzie Newsome	1978	1990	447
10	Dave Casper	1974	1984	433
11	Keith Jackson	1988	1996	432
12	Jimmy Graham	2010	2018	415
13	Wesley Walls	1989	2003	342
14	Travis Kelce	2013	2018	305
15	Rich Caster	1970	1982	284
16	Mark Bavaro	1985	1994	279
17	Riley Odoms	1972	1983	275
18	Bob Tucker	1970	1980	269
19	Brent Jones	1987	1997	256
20	Mickey Shuler	1978	1991	251
21	Steve Jordan	1982	1994	250
22	Eric Green	1990	1999	244
23	Jay Novacek	1985	1995	238
24	Jeremy Shockey	2002	2011	237
25	Ted Kwalick	1969	1977	235
26	Frank Wycheck	1993	2003	230
27	Raymond Chester	1970	1981	230
28	Todd Heap	2001	2012	215
29	Zach Ertz	2013	2018	207
30	Dallas Clark	2003	2013	194
31	Charle Young	1973	1985	191
32	Paul Coffman	1978	1988	190
33	Greg Olsen	2007	2018	176
34	Henry Childs	1974	1984	171
35	Doug Cosbie	1979	1988	169
36	Vernon Davis	2006	2018	167
37	Charlie Sanders	1968	1977	158
38	Dan Ross	1979	1986	155
39	Alge Crumpler	2001	2010	155
40	Chris Cooley	2004	2012	154
41	Delanie Walker	2006	2018	151
42	Jimmie Giles	1977	1989	150
43	Rodney Holman	1982	1995	149
44	Walter White	1975	1979	148
45	Jim Mitchell	1969	1979	141
46	Kellen Winslow	2004	2013	136
47	Freddie Jones	1997	2004	133
48	Rickey Dudley	1996	2004	128
49	Jerome Barkum	1972	1983	127
50	Johnny Mitchell	1992	1996	122
51	Russ Francis	1975	1988	113
52	Billy Joe DuPree	1973	1983	112
53	Jerry Smith	1965	1977	108
54	Jackie Harris	1990	2001	107
55	Marv Cook	1989	1995	105
56	Joe Senser	1980	1984	99
57	Bob Trumpy	1968	1977	98
58	George Kittle	2017	2018	97
59	Dave Parks	1964	1973	95
60	Julius Thomas	2011	2017	94
61	Marcus Pollard	1995	2008	90
62	Jackie Smith	1963	1978	86
63	Jean Fugett	1972	1979	85
64	Mark Chmura	1993	1999	83
65	Pete Metzelaars	1982	1997	82
66	Jordan Reed	2013	2018	76
67	Eric Ebron	2014	2018	75
68	Randy McMichael	2002	2012	74
69	Owen Daniels	2006	2015	73
70	Pete Holohan	1981	1992	69
71	Gary Barnidge	2008	2016	69
72	Aaron Hernandez	2010	2012	67
73	Heath Miller	2005	2015	67
74	Emery Moorehead	1977	1988	64
75	Derrick Ramsey	1978	1987	63
76	Tyler Eifert	2013	2018	62
77	Robert Awalt	1987	1993	60
78	Mike Barber	1976	1985	58
79	Evan Engram	2017	2018	55
80	Chad Lewis	1997	2005	54
81	Kyle Rudolph	2011	2018	52
82	Ethan Horton	1985	1994	51
83	Calvin Magee	1985	1988	50
84	David Hill	1976	1987	50
85	Kyle Brady	1995	2007	50
86	Jay Riemersma	1997	2004	50
87	Don Hasselbeck	1977	1985	48
88	Tony McGee	1993	2003	47
89	Ken Dilger	1995	2004	46
90	Martellus Bennett	2008	2017	46
91	John Spagnola	1979	1989	45
92	Cam Cleeland	1998	2005	45
93	Bubba Franks	2000	2008	45
94	Jermaine Wiggins	2000	2006	45
95	Brent Celek	2007	2017	44
96	Jared Cook	2009	2018	44
97	Willie Frazier	1964	1975	42
98	Jordan Cameron	2011	2016	42
99	Eric Johnson	2001	2007	40
100	Keith Krepfle	1975	1982	40

Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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