Kansas City Chiefs All-Time Receiving Yards Leaders starts with Travis Kelce, the franchise record-holder with 13,002 regular-season receiving yards. Tony Gonzalez ranks second with 10,940, while Otis Taylor, Dwayne Bowe and Tyreek Hill round out a top five that covers the AFL years, the pre-Mahomes era and the modern Chiefs dynasty.
For the full team index, visit our Kansas City Chiefs all-time leaders and player rankings hub. This list uses regular-season receiving yards recorded with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs franchise only, so yards with other teams do not count.
Table of Contents
- How This Chiefs Receiving Yards List Works
- 1. Travis Kelce — 13,002 Receiving Yards
- 2. Tony Gonzalez — 10,940 Receiving Yards
- 3. Otis Taylor — 7,306 Receiving Yards
- 4. Dwayne Bowe — 7,155 Receiving Yards
- 5. Tyreek Hill — 6,630 Receiving Yards
- 6. Henry Marshall — 6,545 Receiving Yards
- 7. Carlos Carson — 6,360 Receiving Yards
- 8. Stephone Paige — 6,341 Receiving Yards
- 9. Chris Burford — 5,505 Receiving Yards
- 10. Eddie Kennison — 5,230 Receiving Yards
- Biggest Takeaways
- Receiving Yards vs. Chiefs Pass-Catching Legacy
- Full Ranking Table
- FAQ
- Conclusion
- More Chiefs and NFL Rankings
How This Chiefs Receiving Yards List Works
This leaderboard ranks the Kansas City Chiefs all-time receiving yards leaders by regular-season receiving yards recorded with the franchise. It includes Dallas Texans history from 1960 through 1962, Kansas City Chiefs AFL history from 1963 through 1969 and Chiefs NFL history from 1970 forward.
Playoff receiving yards, preseason stats and receiving yards with another NFL team are not included. That matters for players such as Tony Gonzalez, Tyreek Hill, Carlos Carson, Johnnie Morton and Andre Rison, who had receiving production outside Kansas City.
Last updated: 2026 offseason, using regular-season totals through the 2025 NFL season. Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice are current-era names, so their totals can change once future regular-season games are played.
1. Travis Kelce — 13,002 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 2013–present with Kansas City, 13,002 receiving yards, 1,080 receptions, 82 receiving touchdowns, multiple Pro Bowls, multiple All-Pro honors and three Super Bowl championships.
Travis Kelce is the Kansas City Chiefs all-time receiving yards leader and the face of the franchise’s modern tight end legacy. He passed Tony Gonzalez and kept building the record during the Mahomes era, turning the middle of the field into Kansas City’s safest and most dangerous passing lane.
Kelce’s production is not just volume. His route running, feel for coverage and ability to win late in downs made him the most reliable target in the Chiefs offense. He also became a defining piece of one of the best postseason passing attacks in NFL history.
For a broader positional view, Kelce also belongs in any serious best tight ends of all-time conversation. On this franchise-only leaderboard, he is clearly No. 1.
2. Tony Gonzalez — 10,940 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 1997–2008 with Kansas City, 10,940 receiving yards, 916 receptions, 76 receiving touchdowns, multiple Pro Bowls, multiple All-Pro honors and Pro Football Hall of Fame legacy.
Tony Gonzalez ranks second in Chiefs career receiving yards. Before Kelce broke the franchise record, Gonzalez was the standard for pass-catching greatness in Kansas City and one of the most consistent offensive players in football.
Gonzalez helped redefine what an elite tight end could be. He was polished as a route runner, reliable against contact and productive no matter who was throwing him the ball.
Even after losing the franchise record, Gonzalez still gives Kansas City one of the rarest one-two punches any team has at a single pass-catching position.
3. Otis Taylor — 7,306 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 1965–1975 with Kansas City, 7,306 receiving yards, 410 receptions, 57 receiving touchdowns and a major role in the Chiefs’ Super Bowl IV era.
Otis Taylor is the highest-ranking wide receiver on the Chiefs all-time receiving yards list. He gave Kansas City size, speed and big-play ability during one of the most important stretches in franchise history.
Taylor’s value goes beyond the raw number. Passing volume was much lower during his era, which makes his 7,306 yards stand out even more. He was a true field-flipper and a major weapon for Len Dawson.
Among Chiefs wide receivers specifically, Taylor remains the historical benchmark because of the combination of production, era-adjusted dominance and championship impact.
4. Dwayne Bowe — 7,155 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 2007–2014 with Kansas City, 7,155 receiving yards, 532 receptions, 44 receiving touchdowns and one Pro Bowl selection.
Dwayne Bowe ranks fourth in Chiefs career receiving yards. He was Kansas City’s No. 1 wide receiver through multiple quarterback changes and still produced one of the strongest receiving résumés in franchise history.
Bowe had the size and strength to win contested catches, and he carried a passing game that did not always give him ideal circumstances. His production is even more impressive when you remember the offensive instability around parts of his prime.
He does not have the dynasty boost of Taylor, Hill or Kelce, but Bowe’s volume keeps him firmly inside the top five.
5. Tyreek Hill — 6,630 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 2016–2021 with Kansas City, 6,630 receiving yards, 479 receptions, 56 receiving touchdowns, multiple Pro Bowls, multiple All-Pro honors and one Super Bowl championship.
Tyreek Hill ranks fifth in Chiefs career receiving yards despite playing only six seasons with the franchise. His speed changed how defenses played Kansas City and helped unlock the early Patrick Mahomes offense.
Hill was not just a deep threat. He turned screens, crossers, broken plays and routine touches into explosive gains. His acceleration forced safeties to back up and created room for everyone else in the offense.
He also appears high in the best Kansas City Chiefs wide receivers of all-time debate because his peak impact was ridiculous, even without the longer franchise tenure of some names around him.
6. Henry Marshall — 6,545 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 1976–1987 with Kansas City, 6,545 receiving yards, 416 receptions and 33 receiving touchdowns.
Henry Marshall ranks sixth with 6,545 receiving yards. He was a steady, long-term Chiefs receiver during an era that did not always provide a high-powered passing environment.
Marshall’s value was built on consistency and longevity. He stayed productive for more than a decade and remains near the top of several Kansas City receiving leaderboards.
He is easy to overlook because he did not play in the most famous Chiefs offensive era, but the numbers make his franchise value pretty clear.
7. Carlos Carson — 6,360 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 1980–1989 with Kansas City, 6,360 receiving yards, 352 Chiefs receptions, 33 receiving touchdowns and multiple Pro Bowl selections.
Carlos Carson ranks seventh in Chiefs career receiving yards. He gave Kansas City one of its best vertical receivers of the 1980s and one of the best yards-per-catch profiles in team history.
Carson’s speed made him dangerous every time he got behind coverage. His 1983 season was especially strong, and his big-play ability kept him high on the franchise leaderboard for decades.
Stat note: some full-career stat pages list Carson with 353 receptions and 6,372 receiving yards, but this Chiefs-only leaderboard uses 352 receptions and 6,360 yards because his Philadelphia Eagles production is excluded.
8. Stephone Paige — 6,341 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 1983–1991 with Kansas City, 6,341 receiving yards, 377 receptions and 49 receiving touchdowns.
Stephone Paige ranks eighth with 6,341 receiving yards. He was one of Kansas City’s most productive receivers of the 1980s and early 1990s.
Paige combined big-play ability with steady production, and he remains one of the most important receivers in the franchise’s pre-Andy Reid passing history.
His place here also shows how tight the middle of the leaderboard is. Paige finished only 204 receiving yards behind Henry Marshall and 19 behind Carlos Carson.
9. Chris Burford — 5,505 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 1960–1967 with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs franchise, 5,505 receiving yards, 391 receptions, 55 receiving touchdowns and AFL All-Star honors.
Chris Burford ranks ninth in Chiefs career receiving yards. He was one of the first great pass catchers in franchise history and a major part of the Dallas Texans/AFL foundation.
Burford’s touchdown production was excellent, but his yardage also belongs in the top 10. He helped give the early franchise a legitimate passing identity before Kansas City became an NFL powerhouse.
His numbers remain important because they connect the current Chiefs record book to the franchise’s beginning.
10. Eddie Kennison — 5,230 Receiving Yards
Kansas City Chiefs Stats & Accolades: 2001–2007 with Kansas City, 5,230 receiving yards, 321 receptions and 25 receiving touchdowns.
Eddie Kennison rounds out the top 10 with 5,230 receiving yards. He was a steady vertical receiver during the high-scoring Dick Vermeil and Trent Green era.
Kennison helped stretch the field for offenses that also featured Tony Gonzalez and Priest Holmes. He was not always the first name people mention, but he was a reliable downfield piece in one of Kansas City’s better offensive stretches before Mahomes.
His top-10 spot is built on consistency, timing and his role in a productive early-2000s Chiefs attack.
Biggest Takeaways From the Chiefs Receiving Yards List
The biggest takeaway is Kansas City’s absurd tight end history. Travis Kelce and Tony Gonzalez are No. 1 and No. 2 in franchise receiving yards, which gives the Chiefs two of the best receiving tight ends any NFL team has ever had.
The second takeaway is how close the wide receiver group is behind Otis Taylor and Dwayne Bowe. Tyreek Hill, Henry Marshall, Carlos Carson and Stephone Paige are separated by fewer than 300 receiving yards, so a tiny shuffle in era, health or team situation could have changed the middle of the list.
The third takeaway is how much franchise history appears in one table. Chris Burford and Abner Haynes represent the Dallas Texans/AFL years, Otis Taylor represents the Super Bowl IV era, Bowe and Kennison represent the pre-Mahomes NFL years, and Kelce, Hill, Mecole Hardman and Rashee Rice represent the modern era.
Receiving Yards vs. Chiefs Pass-Catching Legacy
Receiving yards tell a major part of Chiefs pass-catching history, but they do not tell the whole story by themselves. Kelce and Gonzalez dominate the top two spots because they combined elite production with rare longevity at tight end. Taylor and Hill, meanwhile, carry more era-adjusted and explosive-play weight than a simple yardage number can fully show.
This is also why the leaderboard should be read differently than a pure “best receiver” ranking. A player like Hill may rank fifth in receiving yards, but his peak is one of the most dangerous in franchise history. A player like Bowe ranks fourth because of volume and consistency, even though he did not have the same championship-stage impact as Taylor, Hill or Kelce.
The expanded table also helps show how deep the franchise record book is. Derrick Alexander, Fred Arbanas, Willie Davis, Kimble Anders, J.J. Birden and Abner Haynes all sit outside the graphic’s top 10 but still matter to the full Chiefs receiving picture.
Full Ranking Table: Kansas City Chiefs All-Time Receiving Yards Leaders
Note: This table is sorted by regular-season receiving yards recorded with the Chiefs franchise only. Dallas Texans franchise history is included. Postseason stats and receiving yards with other teams are excluded.
| Rank | Player | Position | Team Years | Receiving Yards | Receptions | Receiving TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis Kelce | TE | 2013–present | 13,002 | 1,080 | 82 |
| 2 | Tony Gonzalez | TE | 1997–2008 | 10,940 | 916 | 76 |
| 3 | Otis Taylor | WR | 1965–1975 | 7,306 | 410 | 57 |
| 4 | Dwayne Bowe | WR | 2007–2014 | 7,155 | 532 | 44 |
| 5 | Tyreek Hill | WR | 2016–2021 | 6,630 | 479 | 56 |
| 6 | Henry Marshall | WR | 1976–1987 | 6,545 | 416 | 33 |
| 7 | Carlos Carson | WR | 1980–1989 | 6,360 | 352 | 33 |
| 8 | Stephone Paige | WR | 1983–1991 | 6,341 | 377 | 49 |
| 9 | Chris Burford | WR | 1960–1967 | 5,505 | 391 | 55 |
| 10 | Eddie Kennison | WR | 2001–2007 | 5,230 | 321 | 25 |
| 11 | Derrick Alexander | WR | 1998–2001 | 3,685 | 213 | 19 |
| 12 | Fred Arbanas | TE | 1962–1970 | 3,101 | 198 | 34 |
| 13 | Willie Davis | WR | 1991–1995 | 3,014 | 172 | 20 |
| 14 | Kimble Anders | FB | 1991–2000 | 2,829 | 369 | 9 |
| 15 | J.J. Birden | WR | 1990–1994 | 2,819 | 183 | 14 |
| 16 | Abner Haynes | RB | 1960–1964 | 2,739 | 199 | 17 |
| 17 | Frank Jackson | WR | 1961–1965 | 2,516 | 163 | 21 |
| 18 | Jamaal Charles | RB | 2008–2016 | 2,457 | 285 | 20 |
| 19 | Ed Podolak | RB | 1969–1977 | 2,456 | 288 | 6 |
| 20 | Walter White | TE | 1975–1979 | 2,396 | 163 | 16 |
| 21 | Priest Holmes | RB | 2001–2007 | 2,377 | 251 | 7 |
| 22 | Mecole Hardman | WR | 2019–2024 | 2,296 | 177 | 16 |
| 23 | J.T. Smith | WR | 1978–1984 | 2,273 | 167 | 8 |
| 24 | Emile Harry | WR | 1986, 1988–1992 | 1,999 | 149 | 9 |
| 25 | Curtis McClinton | RB | 1962–1969 | 1,945 | 154 | 14 |
| 26 | Johnnie Morton | WR | 2002–2004 | 1,932 | 134 | 8 |
| 27 | Todd McNair | RB | 1989–1993, 1996 | 1,856 | 186 | 6 |
| 28 | Andre Rison | WR | 1997–1999 | 1,852 | 133 | 12 |
| 29 | Rashee Rice | WR | 2023–present | 1,797 | 156 | 14 |
| 30 | Larry Brunson | WR | 1974–1977 | 1,723 | 98 | 5 |
FAQ: Kansas City Chiefs All-Time Receiving Yards Leaders
Who has the most receiving yards in Kansas City Chiefs history?
Travis Kelce has the most receiving yards in Kansas City Chiefs history with 13,002 regular-season receiving yards.
Who is second in Chiefs career receiving yards?
Tony Gonzalez ranks second in Chiefs career receiving yards with 10,940 receiving yards.
Who is the Chiefs all-time receiving yards leader among wide receivers?
Otis Taylor is the Chiefs all-time receiving yards leader among wide receivers with 7,306 receiving yards.
Where does Tyreek Hill rank in Chiefs receiving yards?
Tyreek Hill ranks fifth in Chiefs career receiving yards with 6,630 receiving yards.
Where does Dwayne Bowe rank in Chiefs receiving yards?
Dwayne Bowe ranks fourth in Chiefs career receiving yards with 7,155 receiving yards.
Are playoff receiving yards included in this Chiefs ranking?
No. This ranking uses regular-season receiving yards with the Chiefs franchise only. Playoff receiving yards are not included.
Does this list include Dallas Texans franchise stats?
Yes. The Chiefs franchise began as the Dallas Texans, so Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs franchise totals are included.
Conclusion: Travis Kelce Owns the Chiefs Receiving Yards Record
Travis Kelce is the Kansas City Chiefs all-time receiving yards leader with 13,002 yards. Tony Gonzalez ranks second, while Otis Taylor remains the highest-ranking wide receiver in franchise history.
This leaderboard shows the full story of Chiefs receiving history, from the Dallas Texans and AFL years to the modern Mahomes dynasty. Kansas City has built elite passing history through tight ends, vertical receivers, running backs and versatile offensive weapons.
The record belongs to Kelce, but the expanded list shows why the Chiefs have one of the more interesting pass-catching histories in football.
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