NFL Yards per Kick Return Single-Season Leaders (since 1941)

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Leaders Table
Rank Player Y/Rt Year Tm
1Travis Williams (21)41.11967GNB
2Jim Duncan (24)35.41970BAL
3Lynn Chandnois (27)35.21952PIT
4Joe Arenas (28)34.41953SFO
5Vitamin Smith (27)33.71950RAM
6KaVontae Turpin (28)33.52024DAL
7Chet Mutryn (26)32.91947BUF
8Ron Brown (24)32.81985RAM
9Cecil Turner (26)32.71970CHI
10Cordarrelle Patterson (22)32.42013MIN
11Abe Woodson (29)32.21963SFO
12Cordarrelle Patterson (24)31.82015MIN
Tommy Wilson (24)31.81956RAM
14Gary Ballman (23)31.71963PIT
Darius Jennings (26)31.72018TEN
Cordarrelle Patterson (25)31.72016MIN
17Jack Salscheider (25)31.61949NYG
Joe McKnight (23)31.62011NYJ
19Gale Sayers+ (22)31.41965CHI
20Abe Woodson (28)31.31962SFO
Ken Hall (25)31.31960HOU
Adam Jones (31)31.32014CIN
Brandon Wilson (25)31.32019CIN
24Gale Sayers+ (23)31.21966CHI
Ollie Matson+ (22)31.21952CRD
Terry Metcalf (23)31.21974STL
27Dallis Flowers (25)31.12022IND
28Raymond Clayborn (22)31.01977NWE
29Lenny Lyles (24)30.91960SFO
30Ron Smith (29)30.81972CHI
31Jacoby Jones (28)30.72012BAL
Alvin Haymond (23)30.71965BAL
Bobby Humphery (23)30.71984NYJ
Josh Cribbs (24)30.72007CLE
35Dwayne Harris (26)30.62013DAL
Jacoby Jones (30)30.62014BAL
37Braxton Berrios (26)30.42021NYJ
Ray Davis (26)30.42025BUF
39Dick Bass (24)30.31961RAM
Andre' Davis (28)30.32007HOU
Bobby Jancik (22)30.31962HOU
42Michael Bates (27)30.21996CAR
Terrence McGee (25)30.22005BUF
Johnny Counts (23)30.21962NYG
45Quintin Demps (28)30.12013KAN
46Andre Roberts (32)30.02020BUF
Mel Renfro+ (24)30.01965DAL
48Isaiah Williams (24)29.92025NYJ
Wallace Francis (22)29.91973BUF
Herb Adderley+ (24)29.91963GNB
51Tony Horne (23)29.71999STL
Mel Blount+ (22)29.71970PIT
Dave Grayson (23)29.71962DTX
Danieal Manning (26)29.72008CHI
Travis Williams (25)29.71971RAM
Mike Nelms (26)29.71981WAS
Joe Arenas (31)29.71956SFO
58Luke McCaffrey (24)29.62025WAS
59Jim Duncan (23)29.51969BAL
Cordarrelle Patterson (28)29.52019CHI
61Carver Shannon (25)29.41963RAM
Dick James (27)29.41961WAS
Andre Roberts (30)29.42018NYJ
64David Reed (23)29.32010BAL
Abe Woodson (26)29.31960SFO
Bobby Jancik (23)29.31963HOU
Raheem Mostert (33)29.32025LVR
68Larry Jones (23)29.21974WAS
Alvin Haymond (28)29.21970RAM
70Jerry Davis (24)29.11948CRD
Al Nelson (29)29.11972PHI
Ameer Abdullah (22)29.12015DET
Clifton Smith (24)29.12009TAM
Bruce Laird (22)29.11972BAL
Cordarrelle Patterson (29)29.12020CHI
76Jerry Azumah (26)29.02003CHI
Lynn Chandnois (28)29.01953PIT
Leon Washington (30)29.02012SEA
Clarence Childs (26)29.01964NYG
Mercury Morris (23)29.01970MIA
Johnny Knox (23)29.02009CHI
Abe Woodson (27)29.01961SFO
83Bo Scott (26)28.91969CLE
Herschel Walker (34)28.91996DAL
85Isaiah Rodgers (22)28.82020IND
Johnny Sample (24)28.81960BAL
Keisean Nixon (25)28.82022GNB
Cordarrelle Patterson (27)28.82018NWE
Dennis Gentry (27)28.81986CHI
Jacoby Jones (29)28.82013BAL
91Leon Burton (25)28.71960NYT
Aundrae Allison (21)28.72007MIN
Steve Van Buren+ (25)28.71945PHI
Dwayne Harris (28)28.72015NYG
95Brad Smith (27)28.62010NYJ
Timmy Brown (26)28.61963PHI
Knile Davis (23)28.62014KAN
Larry Garron (25)28.61962BOS
Dave Hampton (24)28.61971GNB
Benny Cunningham (25)28.62015STL
Jerome Mathis (22)28.62005HOU
Vic Washington (26)28.61972SFO
103Abe Karnofsky (24)28.51946BOS
Larry Krause (22)28.51970GNB
Bill Thompson (23)28.51969DEN
Goldie Sellers (24)28.51966DEN
Ellis Hobbs (25)28.52008NWE
Joe Scott (22)28.51948NYG
109Jack Larscheid (27)28.41960OAK
Cliff Harris+ (23)28.41971DAL
Mel Gray (33)28.41994DET
112Justin Miller (22)28.32006NYJ
Rocky Thompson (25)28.31972NYG
Larry Marshall (22)28.31972KAN
Carl Garrett (22)28.31969BOS
Don Paul (25)28.31951CRD
117Bethel Johnson (24)28.22003NWE
Leodis McKelvin (23)28.22008BUF
Roy Shivers (25)28.21966STL
Dave Grayson (24)28.21963KAN
Jon Vaughn (22)28.21992NWE
Emlen Tunnell+ (28)28.21953NYG
Robert Holmes (25)28.21970KAN
124Chris Carr (25)28.12008TEN
Timmy Brown (29)28.11966PHI
Al Carmichael (28)28.11956GNB
Herb Mul-Key (24)28.11973WAS
Jarvis Landry (22)28.12014MIA
129Jon Arnett (22)28.01957RAM
Terry Fair (22)28.01998DET
Al Frazier (26)28.01961DEN
Noland Smith (24)28.01967KAN
Timmy Brown (24)28.01961PHI
Jamal Agnew (25)28.02020DET
Laurence Maroney (21)28.02006NWE
Joe Scudero (25)28.01955WAS
Buddy Young (26)28.01952DTX
Speedy Duncan (27)28.01969SDG
MarTay Jenkins (27)28.02002ARI
140Mel Gray (25)27.91986NOR
Alex Erickson (24)27.92016CIN
Kevin Faulk (26)27.92002NWE
Jason Tucker (23)27.91999DAL
144Dick James (28)27.81962WAS
Ken Heineman (25)27.81943BKN
146Darrick Vaughn (22)27.72000ATL
Maurice Jones-Drew (21)27.72006JAX
Les Goble (22)27.71954CRD
Bo Roberson (27)27.71962OAK
Timmy Brown (25)27.71962PHI
Trindon Holliday (27)27.72013DEN
Randall Cobb (21)27.72011GNB
Dick James (29)27.71963WAS
Herschel Walker (32)27.71994PHI
Ron Carpenter (25)27.71995NYJ
156Devin Hester+ (31)27.62013CHI
Ron Smith (25)27.61968RAM
Velus Jones Jr. (25)27.62022CHI
Ted Ginn Jr. (26)27.62011SFO
Corey Harris (29)27.61998BAL
Leon McQuay (24)27.61974NYG
Horace Ivory (26)27.61980NWE
Clifton Smith (23)27.62008TAM
Jaylin Noel (23)27.62025HOU
165Greg Pruitt (23)27.51974CLE
Walter Roberts (22)27.51964CLE
Josh Cribbs (26)27.52009CLE
Richard Goodman (24)27.52011SDG
Devin Duvernay (23)27.52020BAL
Percy Harvin (21)27.52009MIN
Lawrence Williams (23)27.51976KAN
Benny Cunningham (24)27.52014STL
Sylvester Stamps (26)27.51987ATL
Eric Weems (25)27.52010ATL
Abe Woodson (30)27.51964SFO
Joe McKnight (24)27.52012NYJ
Skyy Moore (25)27.52025SFO
Eddie Saenz (25)27.51947WAS
Courtney Roby (26)27.52009NOR
Allen Carter (23)27.51975NWE
Leon Washington (25)27.52007NYJ
Carl Roaches (28)27.51981HOU
183Terry Metcalf (24)27.41975STL
Dick Gordon (22)27.41966CHI
Pharoh Cooper (22)27.42017LAR
Josh Cribbs (29)27.42012CLE
Walter Roberts (23)27.41965CLE
Jordan Todman (23)27.42013JAX
Joe Arenas (32)27.41957SFO
Marcus Thigpen (26)27.42012MIA
Dom Moselle (25)27.41951GNB
192Antonio Brown (23)27.32011PIT
Fred Gehrke (30)27.31948RAM
Rod Woodson+ (24)27.31989PIT
Michael Bates (28)27.31997CAR
196Darren Sproles (24)27.22007SDG
Ike Thomas (25)27.21972GNB
Benny Cunningham (26)27.22016LAR
Darren Sproles (28)27.22011NOR
Doak Walker+ (24)27.21951DET
Clarence Davis (22)27.21971OAK
David Johnson (24)27.22015ARI
Jacob Saylors (24)27.22025DET
LaRod Stephens-Howling (23)27.22010ARI
205Quan Bray (22)27.12015IND
Ron Waller (22)27.11955RAM
Rick Upchurch (23)27.11975DEN
Tremain Mack (25)27.11999CIN
Michael Bates (34)27.12003NYJ
Bo Roberson (29)27.11964OAK
Steve Odom (26)27.11978GNB
Billy Johnson (22)27.11974HOU
Don Stevens (24)27.11952PHI
Mike Mosley (24)27.11982BUF
215Tim Dwight (23)27.01998ATL
Brian Mitchell (34)27.02002PHI
Glyn Milburn (24)27.01995DEN
Sammie Stroughter (25)27.02011TAM
Spec Sanders (29)27.01947NYY
Derrick Mason (26)27.02000TEN
221Steve Broussard (31)26.91998SEA
Floyd Little+ (25)26.91967DEN
Wilbert Montgomery (23)26.91977PHI
Monk Gafford (27)26.91947BDA
David Wilson (21)26.92012NYG
Randy Baldwin (27)26.91994CLE
Chuck Latourette (23)26.91968STL
Johnny Sample (23)26.91959BAL
Frank Jackson (22)26.91961DTX
Keaton Mitchell (23)26.92025BAL
Willie Ponder (24)26.92004NYG
232Tremon Smith (22)26.82018KAN
Deonte Harty (22)26.82019NOR
Cullen Bryant (23)26.81974RAM
Speedy Duncan (29)26.81971WAS
Malik Washington (24)26.82025MIA
Lem Barney+ (23)26.81968DET
Buddy Young (24)26.81950NYY
Will Shipley (23)26.82025PHI
Allen Rossum (33)26.82008SFO
Tim Brown+ (22)26.81988RAI
Bob Gresham (25)26.81973HOU
243Taiwan Jones (27)26.72015OAK
Herb Adderley+ (25)26.71964GNB
Devin Duvernay (28)26.72025CHI
Fulton Walker (25)26.71983MIA
Charlie Bivins (23)26.71961CHI
Kevin Williams (23)26.71994DAL
Nat Moore (23)26.71974MIA
Deion Sanders+ (25)26.71992ATL
Mel Gray (28)26.71989DET
MarTay Jenkins (25)26.72000ARI
Stefan Logan (28)26.72009PIT
Justin Jackson (26)26.72022DET