George Kittle is one of the most consistent tight ends of his generation — a player whose career coefficient of variation places him among the most reliable performers at the position. Year in, year out, Kittle delivered without dramatic peaks or valleys — the kind of player who earns trust, not headlines.
Career Value · VORP
367 career value over replacement — #57 all-time of 4,695. 40.8/season above a replacement-level TE.
Career Profile
Pick #146 (Rd 5) · SF · 2017 · +64.5 vs expected KV-H
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Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Receiving | Rushing | Defense | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2017 | 23–24 | SF | 15 | — | 63 | 43 | 515 | 2 | 68.3% | 12.0 | 8.2 | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 592 | 57.9% | — | 0.0% | 6 | 1.3% |
| 2018 | 24–25 | SF | 16 | — | 136 | 88 | 1,377 | 5 | 64.7% | 15.6 | 10.1 | — | 60 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 929 | 87.6% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 25–26 | SF | 14 | — | 107 | 85 | 1,053 | 5 | 79.4% | 12.4 | 9.8 | — | 53 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 804 | 88.6% | — | 0.0% | 2 | 0.5% |
| 2020 | 26–27 | SF | 8 | — | 63 | 48 | 634 | 2 | 76.2% | 13.2 | 10.1 | — | 32 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 443 | 82.9% | — | 0.0% | 1 | 0.5% |
| 2021 | 27–28 | SF | 14 | — | 94 | 71 | 910 | 6 | 75.5% | 12.8 | 9.7 | — | 42 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 840 | 91.9% | — | 0.0% | 5 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 28–29 | SF | 15 | — | 86 | 60 | 765 | 11 | 69.8% | 12.8 | 8.9 | — | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 859 | 89.6% | — | 0.0% | 3 | 0.8% |
| 2023 | 29–30 | SF | 16 | — | 90 | 65 | 1,020 | 6 | 72.2% | 15.7 | 11.3 | — | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 895 | 89.5% | — | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 30–31 | SF | 15 | — | 94 | 78 | 1,106 | 8 | 83.0% | 14.2 | 11.8 | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 808 | 86.6% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 31–32 | SF | 11 | — | 69 | 57 | 628 | 7 | 82.6% | 11.0 | 9.1 | — | 38 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 554 | 81.2% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| 2026 | 32–33 | SF | 5 | — | 28 | 21 | 268 | 4 | 75.0% | 12.8 | 9.6 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 216 | 72.4% | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% |
| Career | — | 129 | — | 830 | 616 | 8,276 | 56 | 74.2% | 13.4 | 10.0 | — | 386 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 4 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Regular-season all-time ranks
A top 1% all-time tight end with reliable availability and elite per-snap production (top 5% in their position group). The rarest archetype in the game — dominance, efficiency, and health in one player.
Worth 367 points of value above a freely-available replacement tight end — top 2% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 9 of 9 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +40.8 on average.See board →
Seasons above replacement
9 seasons × ~40.8 surplus ≈ VORP 367
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