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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Chris Watson 1999 22 DEN RET 14 1 44 334 1 81 7.6 48 1138 0 71 23.7 1472
2 Deltha O'Neal 2000 23 DEN RET 16 0 34 354 0 64 10.4 46 1102 1 87 24.0 1456
3 Glyn Milburn 1995* 24 DEN RET 16 1 31 354 0 44 11.4 47 1269 0 86 27.0 2080
4 Glyn Milburn 1994 23 DEN rb 16 3 41 379 0 44 9.2 37 793 0 40 21.4 1922
5 Rick Upchurch 1977 25 DEN RET 14 1 51 653 1 87 12.8 20 456 0 52 22.8 1373
6 Wade Manning 1981 26 DEN RET 16 0 41 378 0 39 9.2 26 514 0 31 19.8 941
7 Rick Upchurch 1975 23 DEN RET 14 0 27 312 0 51 11.6 40 1084 0 58 27.1 1929
8 Odell Barry 1964 23 DEN RET 14 0 16 149 1 52 9.3 47 1245 0 60 26.5 1432
9 Zach Thomas 1983 23 DEN RET 16 0 33 368 1 70 11.2 28 573 0 42 20.5 1123
10 Rick Upchurch 1976*+ 24 DEN WR 13 9 39 536 4 92 13.7 22 514 0 64 23.4 1461
11 Vance Johnson 1985 22 DEN wr 16 7 30 260 0 38 8.7 30 740 0 39 24.7 1757
12 Glyn Milburn 1993 22 DEN RET 16 2 40 425 0 54 10.6 12 188 0 26 15.7 1144
13 Ken Bell 1989 25 DEN RET 15 0 21 143 0 24 6.8 30 602 0 33 20.1 745
14 Floyd Little 1967 25 DEN HB 13 0 16 270 1 72 16.9 35 942 0 60 26.9 1604
15 Floyd Little 1968* 26 DEN HB 11 11 24 261 1 67 10.9 26 649 0 89 25.0 1825
16 Charley Mitchell 1963 23 DEN RCB 14 0 12 141 0 28 11.8 37 954 1 90 25.8 1207
17 Chris Cole 2001 24 DEN RET 16 1 48 1127 0 52 23.5 1255
18 Abner Haynes 1965 28 DEN RET 14 0 14 121 1 57 8.6 34 901 0 60 26.5 1404
19 Odell Barry 1965 24 DEN RET 12 0 21 210 0 38 10.0 26 611 0 64 23.5 851
20 Vaughn Hebron 1998 28 DEN RET 15 0 46 1216 1 95 26.4 1252
21 Vaughn Hebron 1996 26 DEN RET 16 0 45 1099 0 59 24.4 1404
22 Gerald Willhite 1986 27 DEN FB 16 12 42 468 1 70 11.1 3 35 0 23 11.7 1397
23 Rick Upchurch 1978*+ 26 DEN RET 12 0 36 493 1 75 13.7 8 222 0 41 27.8 956
24 Vaughn Hebron 1997 27 DEN RET 16 1 43 1009 0 46 23.5 1267
25 Bill Thompson 1969 23 DEN RCB 14 14 25 288 0 40 11.5 18 513 0 63 28.5 801
26 Larry Brunson 1980 31 DEN RET 13 0 2 12 0 12 6.0 40 923 0 53 23.1 950
27 Kevin Clark 1990 26 DEN RET 8 0 21 159 0 32 7.6 20 505 0 75 25.3 664
28 Arthur Marshall 1992 23 DEN RET 16 1 33 349 0 47 10.6 8 132 0 21 16.5 1030
29 Deltha O'Neal 2003 26 DEN rcb 13 6 33 315 1 57 9.5 8 128 0 24 16.0 447
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Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 Darrien Gordon 1997 27 DEN RCB 16 16 40 543 3 94 13.6 543
31 Bill Thompson 1974 28 DEN SS 14 14 26 350 0 60 13.5 13 325 0 37 25.0 675
32 Zach Thomas 1984 24 DEN 12 0 20 118 0 15 5.9 18 351 0 33 19.5 469
33 Ken Bell 1988 24 DEN RET 16 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 36 762 0 38 21.2 802
34 Al Carmichael 1960 32 DEN RET 10 0 15 101 0 0 6.7 22 581 0 68 26.4 1509
35 Rick Upchurch 1980 28 DEN WR 16 14 37 353 0 34 9.5 1007
36 Al Frazier 1961 26 DEN FL 14 0 18 231 1 55 12.8 18 504 1 90 28.0 1644
37 Rick Upchurch 1979* 27 DEN WR 16 16 30 304 0 44 10.1 5 79 0 26 15.8 1337
38 Darrent Williams 2005 23 DEN RCB 12 9 17 148 0 52 8.7 18 431 0 36 23.9 579
39 Darrien Gordon 1998 28 DEN RCB 16 16 34 379 0 44 11.1 379
40 Triandos Luke 2004 23 DEN 10 0 19 135 0 21 7.1 15 306 0 32 20.4 493
41 Bill Thompson 1971 25 DEN RCB 14 14 29 274 0 28 9.4 5 105 0 30 21.0 379
42 Bill Thompson 1970 24 DEN RCB 9 9 23 233 0 45 10.1 9 188 0 29 20.9 421
43 Deltha O'Neal 2002 25 DEN LCB 16 14 30 251 0 53 8.4 1 15 0 15 15.0 266
44 Deltha O'Neal 2001* 24 DEN LCB 16 16 31 405 1 86 13.1 405
45 Bill Thompson 1973 27 DEN SS 14 14 30 366 0 53 12.2 1 25 0 25 25.0 391
46 Chris Cole 2003 26 DEN RET 11 0 30 714 0 34 23.8 758
47 Glenn Martinez 2007 26 DEN RET 12 1 14 157 1 80 11.2 15 330 0 35 22.0 662
48 Randy Montgomery 1972 25 DEN RCB 14 8 29 756 1 94 26.1 756
49 Ricky Nattiel 1988 22 DEN WR 15 11 23 223 0 24 9.7 6 124 0 25 20.7 972
50 Floyd Little 1970* 28 DEN RB 14 14 22 187 0 24 8.5 6 126 0 28 21.0 1375
51 Charlie Adams 2005 26 DEN 16 2 16 133 0 32 8.3 10 218 0 32 21.8 568
52 Todd Kinchen 1996 27 DEN RET 7 0 26 300 0 40 11.5 327
53 Alton Montgomery 1991 23 DEN RET 16 0 26 488 0 55 18.8 488
54 Goldie Sellers 1966 24 DEN lcb 14 0 6 49 0 17 8.2 19 541 2 100 28.5 590
55 Darrent Williams 2006 24 DEN RCB 15 14 25 206 0 34 8.2 212
56 Butler By'not'e 1994 22 DEN 9 0 24 545 0 41 22.7 545
57 Al Frazier 1962 27 DEN fl 14 0 5 32 0 16 6.4 19 388 0 35 20.4 799
58 Vance Johnson 1991 28 DEN RET 10 0 24 174 0 20 7.3 382
59 Rod Smith 1996 26 DEN 10 1 23 283 0 36 12.3 1 29 0 29 29.0 550
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Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
60 Gerald Willhite 1984 25 DEN RET 16 1 20 200 0 35 10.0 4 109 0 40 27.3 978
61 Steve Wilson 1983 26 DEN 16 3 24 485 0 32 20.2 485
62 Ken Bell 1986 22 DEN RET 16 0 23 531 0 42 23.1 558
63 Al Carmichael 1961 33 DEN 6 0 7 58 0 29 8.3 16 310 0 31 19.4 415
64 Brian Clark 2006 23 DEN RET 6 0 23 512 0 36 22.3 512
65 Chris Pane 1979 26 DEN RET 16 0 5 20 0 10 4.0 18 354 0 30 19.7 374
66 Gerald Willhite 1982 23 DEN RET 9 2 6 63 0 23 10.5 17 337 0 26 19.8 974
67 Wandy Williams 1969 23 DEN RET 11 2 23 574 0 38 25.0 648
68 Rod Smith 2004 34 DEN WR 16 16 22 223 0 30 10.1 1400
69 Bobby Anderson 1970 23 DEN RET 14 0 21 520 0 39 24.8 1028
70 Gene Lang 1986 24 DEN 15 2 21 480 0 42 22.9 679
71 Alton Montgomery 1992 24 DEN RET 12 1 21 466 0 64 22.2 466
72 Otis Armstrong 1973 23 DEN RET 14 1 20 472 0 50 23.6 605
73 Kevin Clark 1987 23 DEN RET 11 3 18 233 1 71 12.9 2 33 0 25 16.5 266
74 Reuben Droughns 2002 24 DEN RET 16 0 20 516 0 53 25.8 580
75 Bob McNamara 1960 29 DEN FL/ls 14 0 11 68 0 0 6.2 9 192 0 0 21.3 436
76 Dave Preston 1979 24 DEN 10 3 7 78 0 22 11.1 13 336 0 37 25.8 720
77 Roc Alexander 2004 23 DEN RET 16 1 19 386 0 32 20.3 386
78 Andre Hall 2007 25 DEN RET 10 1 19 475 0 34 25.0 760
79 Abner Haynes 1966 29 DEN HB 14 0 10 119 0 42 11.9 9 229 0 43 25.4 1132
80 Domenik Hixon 2007 23 DEN 4 0 7 32 0 14 4.6 12 274 0 35 22.8 306
81 Gene Lang 1984 22 DEN RET 16 0 19 404 0 38 21.3 470
82 Charley Mitchell 1964 24 DEN HB 14 0 9 110 0 54 12.2 10 221 0 28 22.1 1146
83 Derek Russell 1993 24 DEN WR 13 12 18 374 0 49 20.8 1093
84 Shane Swanson 1987 25 DEN 3 2 9 132 0 33 14.7 9 234 0 50 26.0 453
85 Gerald Willhite 1985 26 DEN 15 4 16 169 0 18 10.6 2 40 0 20 20.0 743
86 Vance Johnson 1990 27 DEN WR 16 13 11 92 0 29 8.4 6 126 0 39 21.0 965
87 Gene Lang 1985 23 DEN 12 2 17 361 0 33 21.2 859
88 Quincy Morgan 2006 29 DEN 7 0 17 423 0 64 24.9 423
89 Dave Preston 1978 23 DEN 16 0 10 68 0 23 6.8 7 154 0 32 22.0 717
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
90 Otis Armstrong 1974*+ 24 DEN FB/rb 14 14 16 386 0 41 24.1 2198
91 Floyd Little 1975 33 DEN RB 14 10 16 307 0 32 19.2 1060
92 Ricky Nattiel 1987 21 DEN 12 3 12 73 0 14 6.1 4 78 0 25 19.5 794
93 Lew Scott 1966 23 DEN 13 0 7 56 0 21 8.0 9 282 0 77 31.3 338
94 Ken Bell 1987 23 DEN RET 12 1 15 323 0 42 21.5 374
95 Joe Dawkins 1972 24 DEN fb 14 5 15 357 0 31 23.8 842
96 Jason Johnson 1988 23 DEN 8 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 14 292 0 34 20.9 306
97 Kevin Kasper 2002 25 DEN 4 0 15 393 0 56 26.2 393
98 Wade Manning 1982 27 DEN 9 0 15 346 0 34 23.1 392
99 Scottie Montgomery 2002 24 DEN 15 0 15 370 0 40 24.7 448
100 Rick Upchurch 1982*+ 30 DEN WR 9 8 15 242 2 78 16.1 639
101 Dave Ames 1961 24 DEN 7 0 2 17 0 13 8.5 12 240 0 30 20.0 391
102 Reuben Droughns 2004 26 DEN RB 16 15 14 344 0 48 24.6 1825
103 Charlie Greer 1970 24 DEN SS 14 14 14 123 0 38 8.8 123
104 Mike Harden 1980 22 DEN 16 0 2 36 0 23 18.0 12 214 0 35 17.8 250
105 Kevin Kasper 2001 24 DEN wr 10 5 14 372 0 37 26.6 475
106 Gene Mingo 1963 25 DEN K 14 0 7 85 0 45 12.1 7 151 0 31 21.6 337
107 Alton Montgomery 1990 22 DEN 15 4 14 286 0 59 20.4 286
108 Lonnie Perrin 1976 24 DEN 14 0 14 391 0 43 27.9 544
109 Kevin Clark 1988 24 DEN 3 0 13 115 0 16 8.8 115
110 Blake Ezor 1990 24 DEN 9 0 13 214 0 50 16.5 295
111 Charlie Greer 1974 28 DEN FS 11 10 13 90 0 22 6.9 90
112 Gene Mingo 1962* 24 DEN hb 14 0 7 36 0 12 5.1 6 99 0 31 16.5 529
113 Bill Thompson 1975 29 DEN SS 14 14 13 158 0 24 12.2 158
114 Gerald Willhite 1988 29 DEN 11 1 13 90 0 12 6.9 367
115 Roc Alexander 2005 24 DEN 10 0 12 261 0 31 21.8 261
116 Hewritt Dixon 1963 23 DEN hb 5 0 3 58 0 47 19.3 9 195 0 37 21.7 488
117 Reuben Droughns 2003 25 DEN 15 4 12 293 0 36 24.4 394
118 Vance Johnson 1989 26 DEN WR 16 16 12 118 0 34 9.8 1213
119 Floyd Little 1974 32 DEN RB 14 9 4 34 0 17 8.5 8 171 0 31 21.4 861
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
120 Gene Mingo 1960 22 DEN hb 14 0 3 92 1 76 30.7 9 209 0 0 23.2 780
121 Tom Minter 1962 23 DEN 7 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 10 227 0 50 22.7 228
122 Lonnie Perrin 1978 26 DEN RET 16 0 12 256 0 33 21.3 765
123 Nemiah Wilson 1966 23 DEN RCB 14 0 2 10 0 10 5.0 10 309 1 100 30.9 319
124 George Burrell 1969 21 DEN RS 14 7 5 56 0 42 11.2 6 108 0 30 18.0 164
125 Chris Cole 2000 23 DEN 8 0 11 264 0 37 24.0 264
126 Bob Gaiters 1963 25 DEN 6 0 11 225 0 29 20.5 319
127 Charlie Greer 1968 22 DEN LCB 14 14 9 53 0 12 5.9 2 41 0 32 20.5 94
128 Charlie Greer 1971 25 DEN SS 13 13 11 46 0 14 4.2 46
129 Mike Harden 1981 23 DEN 16 3 11 178 0 23 16.2 178
130 Floyd Little 1972 30 DEN RB 14 14 8 64 0 29 8.0 3 48 0 22 16.0 1338
131 Joe Dawkins 1973 25 DEN FB 14 14 10 222 0 31 22.2 1257
132 Al Frazier 1963 28 DEN 3 0 3 42 0 19 14.0 7 185 0 49 26.4 227
133 Ricky Nattiel 1991 25 DEN 16 0 10 43 0 17 4.3 331
134 Goldie Sellers 1967 25 DEN LCB 13 0 4 24 0 17 6.0 6 120 0 32 20.0 144
135 Rod Sherman 1972 28 DEN WR 14 13 10 89 0 18 8.9 752
136 Kevin Clark 1991 27 DEN 4 0 7 67 0 18 9.6 2 45 0 29 22.5 112
137 Bernard Jackson 1978 28 DEN FS 16 16 9 209 0 40 23.2 209
138 Floyd Little 1969*+ 27 DEN HB 9 9 6 70 0 52 11.7 3 81 0 30 27.0 1098
139 Ricky Nattiel 1989 23 DEN 8 0 9 77 0 38 8.6 260
140 Donnie Stone 1961* 24 DEN HB 14 0 9 215 0 76 23.9 1064
141 Rick Upchurch 1981 29 DEN WR 13 10 9 63 0 15 7.0 669
142 Bobby Anderson 1971 24 DEN FB 13 13 8 187 0 33 23.4 1073
143 Jerry Hendren 1970 23 DEN 10 0