Travis Kelce Climbs to No. 5 All-Time in Catches as Chiefs Trail Seattle
Kelce's 1,103rd career catch passed Marvin Harrison and Cris Carter, but his fantasy line Sunday is a quiet 3 for 41.
Still a weekly TE1 start, but the volume ceiling has slipped.
- Kelce now at 1,103 career receptions, No. 5 all-time
- Passed Marvin Harrison (1,102) and Cris Carter (1,101)
- Jason Witten next up at No. 4 with 1,228 catches
- Sunday line: 3 catches, 41 yards at the half-point of Q4
- 2026 season: 20 rec, 299 yds, 2 TD, 62 PPR pts in 5 games
Travis Kelce added another line to a Hall of Fame résumé on Sunday, hauling in his 1,103rd career reception to move into fifth place on the NFL's all-time list. The 19-yard grab came on a third-and-6 over the middle from Patrick Mahomes with 13:11 left in the fourth quarter, pushing Kelce past both Marvin Harrison (1,102) and Cris Carter (1,101) in the same game.
He'd actually tied the pair earlier in the afternoon before the catch that broke the deadlock. The milestone reception gave him three grabs for 41 yards on the day — a modest line in a game the Chiefs trailed Seattle 13-3 midway through the fourth. Next on the ladder is Jason Witten at No. 4 with 1,228 catches, a gap of 125 that Kelce won't close this season.
For the record books, the company he's chasing is rarefied: Jerry Rice leads everyone with 1,549, followed by Larry Fitzgerald (1,432) and Tony Gonzalez (1,325). Kelce passing two first-ballot wideouts in a single quarter is the kind of thing that only happens to the very best tight end of a generation.
The Fantasy Fallout
The milestone is great theater. The fantasy reality is cooler. Through five games in 2026, Kelce has 20 catches for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns — 62 PPR points, which lands him as our TE11 and No. 99 overall. That's solid, not spectacular, and Sunday's three-catch, 41-yard pace is right in line with the volume dip we've seen all year.
Mahomes is still doing his part — 1,309 passing yards, 9 touchdowns and zero picks across those same five games (100 PPR points, our QB16) — but the targets aren't funneling to Kelce the way they did in his peak seasons. He remains a startable tight end in a position that thins out fast after the top eight, and the connection with Mahomes keeps his floor respectable.
Bottom line: hold Kelce and keep slotting him into your lineup as a back-end TE1. Don't expect the ceiling games that defined his prime, but in a shallow position, the Mahomes rapport and milestone-chasing usage are enough to keep him in your weekly plans. If you're streaming the position, though, his current TE11 form means he's no longer an auto-lock every single week.
