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Single-Season Yards per Kick Return Leaders
Single-Season Yards per Kick Return Leaders
Football Leaders & Football Records
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Year-by-Year
Rank
Player
(age), + - HOFer,
Bold
- Active
Y/Rt
Year
Teams
1.
Travis Williams
(21)
41.1
1967
GNB
2.
Gale Sayers
+ (24)
37.7
1967
CHI
3.
Ollie Matson
+ (28)
35.5
1958
CRD
4.
Jim Duncan
(24)
35.4
1970
BAL
5.
Lynn Chandnois
(27)
35.2
1952
PIT
6.
Preston Pearson
(23)
35.1
1968
BAL
7.
Joe Arenas
(28)
34.4
1953
SFO
Tom Watkins
(28)
34.4
1965
DET
9.
Vitamin Smith
(27)
33.7
1950
RAM
10.
Bobby Williams
(27)
33.1
1969
DET
11.
Chet Mutryn
(26)
32.9
1947
BUF
Duriel Harris
(22)
32.9
1976
MIA
13.
Ron J. Brown
(24)
32.8
1985
RAM
14.
Cecil Turner
(26)
32.7
1970
CHI
15.
Abe Woodson
(29)
32.2
1963
SFO
16.
Tommy Wilson
(24)
31.8
1956
RAM
17.
Gary Ballman
(23)
31.7
1963
PIT
Walter Payton
+ (21)
31.7
1975
CHI
19.
Jack Salscheider
(25)
31.6
1949
NYG
Najeh Davenport
(24)
31.6
2003
GNB
21.
Gale Sayers
+ (22)
31.4
1965
CHI
22.
Abe Woodson
(28)
31.3
1962
SFO
Ken Hall
(25)
31.3
1960
HOU
24.
Gale Sayers
+ (23)
31.2
1966
CHI
Ollie Matson
+ (22)
31.2
1952
CRD
Terry Metcalf
(23)
31.2
1974
STL
27.
Raymond Clayborn
(22)
31.0
1977
NWE
28.
Lenny Lyles
(24)
30.9
1960
SFO
29.
Ron Smith
(29)
30.8
1972
CHI
30.
Alvin Haymond
(23)
30.7
1965
BAL
Bobby Humphery
(23)
30.7
1984
NYJ
Josh Cribbs
(24)
30.7
2007
CLE
33.
Buddy Young
(25)
30.5
1951
NYY
Harold Hart
(23)
30.5
1975
OAK
35.
Carl Garrett
(26)
30.4
1973
CHI
36.
Dick Bass
(24)
30.3
1961
RAM
Bobby Jancik
(22)
30.3
1962
HOU
Andre' Davis
(28)
30.3
2007
HOU
39.
Michael Bates
(27)
30.2
1996
CAR
Terrence McGee
(25)
30.2
2005
BUF
Johnny Counts
(23)
30.2
1962
NYG
42.
Corey Harris
(24)
30.1
1993
GNB
Lemar Parrish
(23)
30.1
1970
CIN
John Gilliam
(22)
30.1
1967
NOR
45.
Mel Renfro
+ (24)
30.0
1965
DAL
46.
Wallace Francis
(22)
29.9
1973
BUF
Al Carmichael
(27)
29.9
1955
GNB
Herb Adderley
+ (24)
29.9
1963
GNB
49.
Tony Horne
(23)
29.7
1999
STL
Dave Grayson
(23)
29.7
1962
DTX
Mel Blount
+ (22)
29.7
1970
PIT
Travis Williams
(25)
29.7
1971
RAM
Mike Nelms
(26)
29.7
1981
WAS
Joe Arenas
(31)
29.7
1956
SFO
55.
Gary Davis
(23)
29.6
1977
MIA
Leon Washington
(26)
29.6
2008
NYJ
57.
Billy Reynolds
(23)
29.5
1954
CLE
Jim Duncan
(23)
29.5
1969
BAL
59.
Carver Shannon
(25)
29.4
1963
RAM
Dick James
(27)
29.4
1961
WAS
Ron Jessie
(23)
29.4
1971
DET
62.
Abe Woodson
(26)
29.3
1960
SFO
Bobby Jancik
(23)
29.3
1963
HOU
64.
Larry Jones
(23)
29.2
1974
WAS
Alvin Haymond
(28)
29.2
1970
RAM
Cotton Speyrer
(24)
29.2
1973
BAL
67.
Jerry Davis
(24)
29.1
1948
CRD
Al Nelson
(29)
29.1
1972
PHI
Ray Ramsey
(28)
29.1
1949
CHH
Bruce Laird
(22)
29.1
1972
BAL
71.
Jerry Azumah
(26)
29.0
2003
CHI
Lynn Chandnois
(28)
29.0
1953
PIT
Clarence Childs
(26)
29.0
1964
NYG
Mercury Morris
(23)
29.0
1970
MIA
Leodis McKelvin
(23)
29.0
2008
BUF
Abe Woodson
(27)
29.0
1961
SFO
77.
Zeke Moore
(24)
28.9
1967
HOU
Bo Scott
(26)
28.9
1969
CLE
Herschel Walker
(34)
28.9
1996
DAL
80.
Johnny Sample
(23)
28.8
1960
BAL
Dennis Gentry
(27)
28.8
1986
CHI
82.
Leon Burton
(25)
28.7
1960
NYT
Jonathan Carter
(24)
28.7
2003
NYJ
Aundrae Allison
(21)
28.7
2007
MIN
Cullen Bryant
(25)
28.7
1976
RAM
86.
Timmy Brown
(26)
28.6
1963
PHI
Brad Pyatt
(23)
28.6
2003
IND
Larry Garron
(25)
28.6
1962
BOS
Dave Hampton
(24)
28.6
1971
GNB
Vic Washington
(26)
28.6
1972
SFO
Jerome Mathis
(22)
28.6
2005
HOU
93.
Abe Karnofsky
(24)
28.5
1946
BOS
Bill Thompson
(23)
28.5
1969
DEN
Larry Krause
(22)
28.5
1970
GNB
Goldie Sellers
(24)
28.5
1966
DEN
Joe Scott
(22)
28.5
1948
NYG
98.
Keith Lincoln
(23)
28.4
1962
SDG
Jack Larscheid
(27)
28.4
1960
OAK
Ellis Hobbs
(25)
28.4
2008
NWE
Cliff Harris
(23)
28.4
1971
DAL
Jess Phillips
(29)
28.4
1976
NWE
Mel J. Gray
(33)
28.4
1994
DET
104.
Justin Miller
(22)
28.3
2006
NYJ
Greg Pruitt
(22)
28.3
1973
CLE
Dave Grayson
(22)
28.3
1961
DTX
Rocky Thompson
(25)
28.3
1972
NYG
Larry Marshall
(22)
28.3
1972
KAN
Carl Garrett
(22)
28.3
1969
BOS
Don R. Paul
(25)
28.3
1951
CRD
111.
Bethel Johnson
(24)
28.2
2003
NWE
Roy Shivers
(25)
28.2
1966
STL
Jon Vaughn
(22)
28.2
1992
NWE
Mercury Morris
(24)
28.2
1971
MIA
Dave Grayson
(24)
28.2
1963
KAN
Chuck Fenenbock
(29)
28.2
1946
LAD
Emlen Tunnell
+ (28)
28.2
1953
NYG
Robert Holmes
(25)
28.2
1970
KAN
119.
Timmy Brown
(29)
28.1
1966
PHI
Al Carmichael
(28)
28.1
1956
GNB
Herb Mul-Key
(24)
28.1
1973
WAS
122.
Pat Studstill
(23)
28.0
1961
DET
Terry Fair
(22)
28.0
1998
DET
Al Frazier
(26)
28.0
1961
DEN
Noland Smith
(24)
28.0
1967
KAN
Clancy Williams
(24)
28.0
1966
RAM
Jon Arnett
(22)
28.0
1957
RAM
Timmy Brown
(24)
28.0
1961
PHI
Laurence Maroney
(21)
28.0
2006
NWE
Joe Scudero
(25)
28.0
1955
WAS
Buddy Young
(26)
28.0
1952
DTX
Speedy Duncan
(27)
28.0
1969
SDG
MarTay Jenkins
(27)
28.0
2002
ARI
134.
Don Shy
(24)
27.9
1969
NOR
Mel J. Gray
(25)
27.9
1986
NOR
Jerry Stovall
(22)
27.9
1963
STL
Lonnie Perrin
(24)
27.9
1976
DEN
Larry Marshall
(23)
27.9
1973
KAN
Allen Rossum
(33)
27.9
2008
SFO
Kevin Faulk
(26)
27.9
2002
NWE
Tom Vaughn
(24)
27.9
1967
DET
Herb Adderley
+ (23)
27.9
1962
GNB
Jason Tucker
(23)
27.9
1999
DAL
144.
Don Shy
(28)
27.8
1973
STL
Dick James
(28)
27.8
1962
WAS
Micheal Spurlock
(24)
27.8
2007
TAM
Ken Heineman
(25)
27.8
1943
BKN
148.
Darrick Vaughn
(22)
27.7
2000
ATL
Maurice Jones-Drew
(21)
27.7
2006
JAX
Les Goble
(22)
27.7
1954
CRD
Bo Roberson
(27)
27.7
1962
OAK
Timmy Brown
(25)
27.7
1962
PHI
Herschel Walker
(32)
27.7
1994
PHI
Dick James
(29)
27.7
1963
WAS
Ron Carpenter
(25)
27.7
1995
NYJ
156.
Ron Smith
(25)
27.6
1968
RAM
Corey Harris
(29)
27.6
1998
BAL
Gary Ballman
(24)
27.6
1964
PIT
Leon McQuay
(24)
27.6
1974
NYG
Horace Ivory
(26)
27.6
1980
NWE
161.
Greg Pruitt
(23)
27.5
1974
CLE
Walter Roberts
(22)
27.5
1964
CLE
Lawrence Williams
(23)
27.5
1976
KAN
Abe Woodson
(30)
27.5
1964
SFO
Sylvester Stamps
(26)
27.5
1987
ATL
Jim Kerr
(22)
27.5
1961
WAS
Eddie Saenz
(25)
27.5
1947
WAS
Allen Carter
(23)
27.5
1975
NWE
Leon Washington
(25)
27.5
2007
NYJ
Carl Roaches
(28)
27.5
1981
HOU
171.
Terry Metcalf
(24)
27.4
1975
STL
Elroy Hirsch
+ (23)
27.4
1946
CHR
Dick Gordon
(22)
27.4
1966
CHI
Walter Roberts
(23)
27.4
1965
CLE
Larry Garron
(24)
27.4
1961
BOS
Joe Arenas
(32)
27.4
1957
SFO
Dom Moselle
(25)
27.4
1951
GNB
178.
Fred Gehrke
(30)
27.3
1948
RAM
Rod Woodson
(24)
27.3
1989
PIT
Tom Moore
(23)
27.3
1961
GNB
Michael Bates
(28)
27.3
1997
CAR
Derrick Ward
(24)
27.3
2004
NYG
183.
Darren Sproles
(24)
27.2
2007
SDG
Ike Thomas
(25)
27.2
1972
GNB
Doak Walker
+ (24)
27.2
1951
DET
Chris Carr
(25)
27.2
2008
TEN
Clarence Davis
(22)
27.2
1971
OAK
188.
Felix Jones
(21)
27.1
2008
DAL
Ron Waller
(22)
27.1
1955
RAM
Gale Sayers
+ (25)
27.1
1968
CHI
Rick Upchurch
(23)
27.1
1975
DEN
Tremain Mack
(25)
27.1
1999
CIN
Bo Roberson
(29)
27.1
1964
OAK
Steve Odom
(26)
27.1
1978
GNB
Rosey Taylor
(24)
27.1
1961
CHI
Art Powell
(22)
27.1
1959
PHI
Billy Johnson
(22)
27.1
1974
HOU
Don Stevens
(24)
27.1
1952
PHI
Mike Mosley
(24)
27.1
1982
BUF
200.
Tim Dwight
(23)
27.0
1998
ATL
Brian Mitchell
(34)
27.0
2002
PHI
Glyn Milburn
(24)
27.0
1995
DEN
Charlie Scales
(25)
27.0
1963
CLE
Spec Sanders
(29)
27.0
1947
NYY
Derrick Mason
(26)
27.0
2000
TEN
206.
Tom Moore
(26)
26.9
1964
GNB
Steve Davis
(25)
26.9
1973
PIT
Steve Broussard
(31)
26.9
1998
SEA
Josh Cribbs
(25)
26.9
2008
CLE
Floyd Little
(25)
26.9
1967
DEN
Wilbert Montgomery
(23)
26.9
1977
PHI
Monk Gafford
(27)
26.9
1947
BDA
Randy Baldwin
(27)
26.9
1994
CLE
Chuck Latourette
(23)
26.9
1968
STL
Johnny Sample
(22)
26.9
1959
BAL
Frank Jackson
(22)
26.9
1961
DTX
Willie Ponder
(24)
26.9
2004
NYG
218.
Cullen Bryant
(23)
26.8
1974
RAM
Speedy Duncan
(29)
26.8
1971
WAS
Lem Barney
+ (23)
26.8
1968
DET
Buddy Young
(24)
26.8
1950
NYY
James Hunter
(22)
26.8
1976
DET
Tim Brown
(22)
26.8
1988
RAI
Bob Gresham
(25)
26.8
1973
HOU
Bobby Mitchell
+ (26)
26.8
1961
CLE
226.
Darren Sproles
(25)
26.7
2008
SDG
Herb Adderley
+ (25)
26.7
1964
GNB
Ron Burton
(25)
26.7
1961
BOS
Fulton Walker
(25)
26.7
1983
MIA
Charlie Bivins
(23)
26.7
1961
CHI
Cannonball Butler
(23)
26.7
1966
PIT
Jeff Hill
(23)
26.7
1995
CIN
Kevin Williams
(23)
26.7
1994
DAL
Nat Moore
(23)
26.7
1974
MIA
Deion Sanders
(25)
26.7
1992
ATL
Mel J. Gray
(28)
26.7
1989
DET
MarTay Jenkins
(25)
26.7
2000
ARI
238.
Doug Cunningham
(22)
26.6
1967
SFO
Bob Hoernschemeyer
(24)
26.6
1949
CHH
J.D. Smith
(90)
26.6
1960
OAK
Mack Herron
(25)
26.6
1973
NWE
Eddie Drummond
(24)
26.6
2004
DET
Alvin Hall
(24)
26.6
1982
DET
Kermit Alexander
(25)
26.6
1966
SFO
Tom Watkins
(25)
26.6
1962
DET
Kermit Alexander
(22)
26.6
1963
SFO
Ronney Jenkins
(24)
26.6
2001
SDG
Robert Brooks
(23)
26.6
1993
GNB
Ted Dean
(25)
26.6
1963
PHI
Herb Adderley
+ (22)
26.6
1961
GNB
Al Carmichael
(26)
26.6
1954
GNB