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NFL Season By Season Kick & Punt Returns

Per Game Averages / Per Team Averages / Season Totals

Kick & Punt Returns League Averages Per Team Game

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 2007 32 2.2 19.9 0.0 9.1 4.1 91.7 0.0 22.6 436.8
2 2006 32 2.4 20.7 0.0 8.7 4.0 89.7 0.0 22.5 432.5
3 2005 32 2.4 19.8 0.0 8.1 4.2 93.0 0.0 22.3 428.7
4 2004 32 2.4 20.4 0.0 8.6 4.2 91.3 0.0 21.7 438.9
5 2003 32 2.4 22.5 0.0 9.5 4.2 91.0 0.0 21.6 431.8
6 2002 32 2.2 21.4 0.0 9.5 4.3 93.8 0.0 21.8 443.6
7 2001 31 2.3 22.9 0.0 9.8 4.0 87.1 0.0 21.6 427.6
8 2000 31 2.3 23.0 0.0 10.0 4.1 90.2 0.0 21.9 432.6
9 1999 31 2.5 23.2 0.0 9.4 4.1 87.1 0.0 21.2 429.0
10 1998 30 2.4 24.4 0.0 10.0 3.9 86.1 0.0 22.3 428.2
11 1997 30 2.5 25.2 0.0 9.9 3.9 86.6 0.0 22.0 426.7
12 1996 30 2.4 23.7 0.0 10.0 4.0 87.8 0.0 22.0 428.0
13 1995 30 2.2 20.5 0.0 9.4 4.3 91.2 0.0 21.4 440.5
14 1994 28 2.4 21.4 0.0 8.9 4.1 87.3 0.0 21.2 426.6
15 1993 28 2.3 21.2 0.0 9.1 3.1 60.0 0.0 19.5 391.9
16 1992 28 2.2 19.9 0.0 9.1 3.1 60.4 0.0 19.4 378.4
17 1991 28 2.2 19.4 0.0 8.7 3.3 62.7 0.0 18.9 388.9
18 1990 28 2.2 18.7 0.0 8.4 3.6 69.7 0.0 19.1 397.1
19 1989 28 2.3 21.2 0.0 9.1 3.9 74.7 0.0 19.4 422.0
20 1988 28 2.5 21.5 0.0 8.5 3.8 75.5 0.0 20.0 419.0
21 1987 28 2.6 23.6 0.0 9.1 4.0 77.8 0.0 19.4 429.2
22 1986 28 2.6 21.9 0.0 8.6 3.8 74.6 0.0 19.8 420.8
23 1985 28 2.5 23.6 0.0 9.3 3.9 81.2 0.0 21.0 434.2
24 1984 28 2.7 23.3 0.0 8.6 3.9 77.1 0.0 19.8 430.1
25 1983 28 2.8 23.7 0.0 8.6 4.0 77.7 0.0 19.5 435.8
26 1982 28 2.7 21.9 0.0 8.1 3.9 77.7 0.0 20.1 416.9
27 1981 28 2.7 23.3 0.0 8.6 3.8 77.4 0.0 20.3 435.2
28 1980 28 2.7 22.5 0.0 8.3 3.9 78.4 0.0 19.9 424.4
29 1979 28 2.7 20.8 0.0 7.7 4.0 80.6 0.0 20.3 417.3
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 1978 28 3.0 25.1 0.0 8.4 3.6 77.9 0.0 21.4 403.7
31 1977 28 3.2 28.1 0.0 8.8 3.5 75.0 0.0 21.4 388.8
32 1976 28 3.2 29.2 0.0 9.0 3.9 83.5 0.0 21.4 415.4
33 1975 26 3.0 27.5 0.0 9.1 4.0 90.6 0.0 22.4 426.5
34 1974 26 3.3 32.5 0.0 9.8 3.8 84.6 0.0 22.2 403.7
35 1973 26 2.5 19.9 0.0 8.1 3.5 78.0 0.0 22.5 383.3
36 1972 26 2.0 14.5 0.0 7.1 3.5 81.4 0.0 23.1 387.3
37 1971 26 2.4 16.5 0.0 7.0 3.7 84.3 0.0 23.0 386.7
38 1970 26 2.7 19.8 0.0 7.4 3.5 77.6 0.0 22.1 379.1
39 1969 16 2.3 14.9 0.0 6.4 3.7 80.4 0.0 21.7 394.7
40 1968 16 2.1 15.1 0.0 7.1 3.9 84.0 0.0 21.3 394.4
41 1967 16 2.3 14.2 0.0 6.1 4.0 90.4 0.1 22.6 404.4
42 1966 15 2.3 14.9 0.0 6.3 4.1 90.7 0.0 22.1 404.7
43 1965 14 2.2 17.4 0.0 7.8 3.9 90.0 0.0 23.2 412.0
44 1964 14 2.4 21.5 0.0 9.1 3.9 91.1 0.0 23.4 410.2
45 1963 14 2.3 21.6 0.0 9.4 3.8 88.4 0.0 23.4 422.1
46 1962 14 1.9 15.4 0.0 8.2 4.0 94.3 0.0 23.7 429.4
47 1961 14 2.0 19.3 0.0 9.5 3.8 87.9 0.0 23.4 419.2
48 1960 13 2.1 14.4 0.0 6.7 3.9 85.7 0.0 21.8 403.8
49 1959 12 3.2 20.4 0.1 6.5 3.3 70.5 0.0 21.4 404.4
50 1958 12 3.3 18.8 0.0 5.7 3.5 78.4 0.1 22.3 418.8
51 1957 12 3.4 18.5 0.0 5.4 3.4 77.5 0.0 22.6 389.1
52 1956 12 3.1 20.7 0.0 6.7 3.5 79.8 0.0 22.6 403.7
53 1955 12 3.4 19.0 0.1 5.6 3.6 82.2 0.0 23.1 408.1
54 1954 12 3.4 19.9 0.0 5.8 3.9 84.5 0.0 21.8 427.8
55 1953 12 3.5 21.4 0.0 6.1 3.7 84.5 0.0 22.8 413.4
56 1952 12 3.5 35.1 0.1 10.1 3.9 88.0 0.0 22.7 417.2
57 1951 12 3.1 31.1 0.1 10.1 3.6 78.6 0.0 22.0 424.4
58 1950 13 3.2 36.0 0.0 11.1 3.7 83.9 0.0 22.6 440.0
59 1949 10 3.3 39.1 0.1 11.9 3.6 75.5 0.0 21.1 426.2
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
60 1948 10 3.3 39.8 0.1 12.1 3.8 80.3 0.0 21.1 445.5
61 1947 10 3.2 41.8 0.1 12.9 3.9 78.6 0.0 20.0 440.0
62 1946 10 2.9 33.8 0.0 11.8 3.6 74.9 0.0 21.0 377.3
63 1945 10 3.0 34.4 0.0 11.4 3.3 69.0 0.0 20.7 369.8
64 1944 11 3.0 34.7 0.0 11.6 3.3 70.7 0.0 21.7 353.6
65 1943 10 3.1 35.5 0.0 11.5 3.1 69.9 0.0 22.4 365.0
66 1942 10 3.2 38.6 0.0 11.9 2.9 63.9 0.1 22.0 349.3
67 1941 10 3.2 41.0 0.1 12.7 2.9 64.4 0.0 22.3 343.9

Kick & Punt Returns League Averages Per Team Season

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 2007 32 35.1 319.1 0.5 55 9.1 64.8 1466.8 0.8 76 22.6 6989.3
2 2006 32 38.0 332.0 0.5 54 8.7 63.7 1434.6 0.3 67 22.5 6920.4
3 2005 32 39.1 316.9 0.3 44 8.1 66.8 1488.3 0.4 70 22.3 6859.9
4 2004 32 38.0 326.9 0.3 49 8.6 67.3 1460.6 0.5 68 21.7 7022.1
5 2003 32 37.8 360.6 0.6 50 9.5 67.5 1456.1 0.4 69 21.6 6909.5
6 2002 32 36.0 342.8 0.7 58 9.5 68.9 1500.6 0.5 72 21.8 7097.2
7 2001 31 37.4 365.7 0.4 54 9.8 64.4 1393.8 0.3 68 21.6 6840.8
8 2000 31 36.8 367.6 0.5 52 10.0 65.8 1442.8 0.5 69 21.9 6921.3
9 1999 31 39.6 370.9 0.5 53 9.4 65.6 1393.4 0.4 72 21.2 6864.5
10 1998 30 39.0 390.2 0.5 55 10.0 61.9 1378.3 0.6 74 22.3 6851.1
11 1997 30 40.7 403.5 0.5 50 9.9 63.0 1386.2 0.5 70 22.0 6827.6
12 1996 30 37.8 379.9 0.4 53 10.0 64.0 1405.4 0.3 71 22.0 6847.7
13 1995 30 34.7 327.3 0.3 48 9.4 68.1 1458.9 0.3 64 21.4 7048.3
14 1994 28 38.4 343.0 0.6 55 8.9 65.8 1396.3 0.6 69 21.2 6825.2
15 1993 28 37.3 339.3 0.5 47 9.1 49.3 960.3 0.1 53 19.5 6269.9
16 1992 28 34.8 318.2 0.6 52 9.1 49.8 966.4 0.2 56 19.4 6055.0
17 1991 28 35.5 310.0 0.3 45 8.7 53.1 1003.4 0.3 61 18.9 6221.9
18 1990 28 35.6 299.9 0.3 40 8.4 58.3 1115.3 0.2 61 19.1 6353.1
19 1989 28 37.2 338.6 0.2 39 9.1 61.6 1195.5 0.3 68 19.4 6752.6
20 1988 28 40.5 343.5 0.2 39 8.5 60.5 1207.9 0.3 57 20.0 6704.5
21 1987 28 38.9 353.9 0.4 51 9.1 60.0 1166.6 0.2 55 19.4 6438.0
22 1986 28 40.9 350.7 0.5 48 8.6 60.5 1194.3 0.3 57 19.8 6732.6
23 1985 28 40.6 377.3 0.3 41 9.3 61.9 1298.7 0.3 61 21.0 6947.1
24 1984 28 43.1 372.0 0.3 42 8.6 62.3 1233.7 0.2 54 19.8 6882.2
25 1983 28 44.0 378.9 0.4 50 8.6 63.6 1243.4 0.1 55 19.5 6972.2
26 1982 28 24.3 197.4 0.2 34 8.1 34.8 699.6 0.1 52 20.1 3751.9
27 1981 28 43.6 372.9 0.4 48 8.6 61.0 1238.6 0.2 54 20.3 6963.6
28 1980 28 43.4 359.8 0.3 40 8.3 63.0 1255.1 0.3 61 19.9 6790.7
29 1979 28 43.4 332.1 0.2 44 7.7 63.6 1289.6 0.2 57 20.3 6676.8
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 1978 28 47.8 400.8 0.3 47 8.4 58.3 1247.0 0.3 63 21.4 6458.4
31 1977 28 44.5 392.9 0.4 52 8.8 49.1 1049.9 0.4 59 21.4 5443.5
32 1976 28 45.2 408.3 0.5 47 9.0 54.5 1169.4 0.1 59 21.4 5815.5
33 1975 26 42.2 385.4 0.3 45 9.1 56.6 1269.0 0.3 67 22.4 5970.4
34 1974 26 46.5 455.5 0.3 53 9.8 53.5 1185.1 0.2 61 22.2 5652.1
35 1973 26 34.5 279.2 0.2 45 8.1 48.6 1092.0 0.4 69 22.5 5365.5
36 1972 26 28.5 203.7 0.2 38 7.1 49.4 1139.0 0.2 63 23.1 5422.6
37 1971 26 32.9 231.1 0.1 39 7.0 51.3 1180.5 0.3 65 23.0 5413.5
38 1970 26 37.7 277.0 0.3 48 7.4 49.2 1086.0 0.6 69 22.1 5307.8
39 1969 16 32.7 208.6 0.2 39 6.4 51.9 1125.3 0.4 70 21.7 5525.9
40 1968 16 29.9 211.3 0.5 46 7.1 55.1 1175.4 0.3 70 21.3 5521.2
41 1967 16 32.6 198.4 0.3 41 6.1 56.1 1266.1 0.8 73 22.6 5661.3
42 1966 15 32.8 207.9 0.4 52 6.3 57.5 1269.2 0.5 73 22.1 5666.3
43 1965 14 31.2 243.9 0.4 44 7.8 54.3 1260.5 0.2 70 23.2 5767.4
44 1964 14 32.9 300.7 0.5 57 9.1 54.6 1275.9 0.1 66 23.4 5743.1
45 1963 14 32.2 301.9 0.1 54 9.4 52.9 1237.1 0.6 72 23.4 5908.8
46 1962 14 26.2 215.0 0.1 40 8.2 55.7 1320.4 0.4 70 23.7 6011.7
47 1961 14 28.6 270.3 0.6 55 9.5 52.6 1230.9 0.4 75 23.4 5868.2
48 1960 13 25.7 172.7 0.1 32 6.7 47.2 1028.0 0.2 69 21.8 4845.7
49 1959 12 38.0 245.2 0.9 54 6.5 39.5 845.9 0.1 58 21.4 4852.8
50 1958 12 39.3 225.2 0.2 46 5.7 42.2 941.3 0.7 67 22.3 5025.7
51 1957 12 40.8 221.6 0.2 36 5.4 41.1 930.0 0.3 62 22.6 4668.8
52 1956 12 36.8 247.8 0.6 63 6.7 42.4 958.2 0.4 72 22.6 4844.7
53 1955 12 40.6 228.4 0.8 42 5.6 42.8 986.3 0.3 67 23.1 4896.8
54 1954 12 40.9 238.3 0.4 44 5.8 46.5 1013.8 0.5 65 21.8 5133.3
55 1953 12 42.4 256.9 0.3 50 6.1 44.5 1014.3 0.2 69 22.8 4960.4
56 1952 12 41.6 421.1 1.3 63 10.1 46.5 1055.8 0.5 64 22.7 5006.3
57 1951 12 37.0 373.0 1.1 55 10.1 42.9 943.6 0.2 62 22.0 5093.1
58 1950 13 38.8 431.8 0.5 53 11.1 44.6 1007.0 0.5 67 22.6 5279.6
59 1949 10 39.4 469.1 1.0 56 11.9 42.9 905.5 0.1 57 21.1 5114.2
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
60 1948 10 39.6 477.6 0.6 42 12.1 45.6 963.9 0.4 71 21.1 5346.4
61 1947 10 38.8 501.3 0.6 53 12.9 47.2 943.4 0.3 62 20.0 5279.5
62 1946 10 31.5 371.5 0.1 40 11.8 39.2 823.9 0.3 64 21.0 4149.9
63 1945 10 30.1 343.6 0.1 35 11.4 33.4 689.9 0.1 54 20.7 3698.4
64 1944 11 27.3 315.7 0.3 35 11.6 29.5 642.4 0.3 59 21.7 3214.8
65 1943 10 24.6 284.0 0.1 37 11.5 25.0 558.9 0.2 62 22.4 2920.1
66 1942 10 35.7 424.7 0.4 44 11.9 32.0 702.8 0.6 71 22.0 3842.4
67 1941 10 35.5 450.6 0.8 49 12.7 31.7 708.4 0.3 52 22.3 3782.7

Kick & Punt Returns League Totals

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 2007 32 1122 10210 17 94 9.1 2074 46937 25 108 22.6 223659
2 2006 32 1216 10623 15 90 8.7 2037 45908 9 103 22.5 221453
3 2005 32 1252 10141 9 85 8.1 2137 47626 12 99 22.3 219518
4 2004 32 1217 10462 11 91 8.6 2155 46740 17 104 21.7 224708
5 2003 32 1209 11540 18 93 9.5 2161 46595 13 100 21.6 221104
6 2002 32 1151 10971 22 95 9.5 2205 48020 17 100 21.8 227111
7 2001 31 1160 11337 12 89 9.8 1997 43208 10 101 21.6 212065
8 2000 31 1142 11397 15 95 10.0 2040 44727 15 103 21.9 214559
9 1999 31 1229 11497 16 94 9.4 2035 43196 13 101 21.2 212801
10 1998 30 1171 11706 16 95 10.0 1857 41350 18 105 22.3 205533
11 1997 30 1222 12105 15 94 9.9 1890 41587 14 102 22.0 204827
12 1996 30 1135 11396 13 92 10.0 1919 42163 9 97 22.0 205432
13 1995 30 1042 9819 10 89 9.4 2043 43767 9 99 21.4 211448
14 1994 28 1074 9605 16 103 8.9 1842 39096 16 102 21.2 191105
15 1993 28 1044 9500 14 91 9.1 1381 26888 4 99 19.5 175557
16 1992 28 974 8909 17 95 9.1 1393 27059 6 100 19.4 169541
17 1991 28 993 8679 9 85 8.7 1487 28094 8 102 18.9 174213
18 1990 28 996 8397 8 98 8.4 1632 31228 6 101 19.1 177886
19 1989 28 1041 9480 5 76 9.1 1725 33473 9 99 19.4 189073
20 1988 28 1133 9617 6 95 8.5 1695 33820 8 98 20.0 187727
21 1987 28 1088 9909 11 94 9.1 1681 32664 6 97 19.4 180263
22 1986 28 1145 9820 14 84 8.6 1693 33441 7 101 19.8 188514
23 1985 28 1138 10565 8 85 9.3 1732 36363 8 99 21.0 194519
24 1984 28 1207 10417 8 83 8.6 1744 34544 5 97 19.8 192702
25 1983 28 1233 10610 12 97 8.6 1781 34816 3 97 19.5 195221
26 1982 28 680 5528 5 93 8.1 975 19589 2 98 20.1 105052
27 1981 28 1220 10442 11 94 8.6 1709 34681 5 99 20.3 194980
28 1980 28 1215 10074 7 75 8.3 1764 35143 8 101 19.9 190140
29 1979 28 1215 9299 6 88 7.7 1781 36110 6 106 20.3 186951
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
30 1978 28 1339 11223 7 82 8.4 1633 34915 7 102 21.4 180836
31 1977 28 1247 11002 10 91 8.8 1374 29396 11 101 21.4 152418
32 1976 28 1266 11432 13 92 9.0 1527 32743 2 97 21.4 162835
33 1975 26 1097 10021 9 83 9.1 1471 32993 7 102 22.4 155230
34 1974 26 1210 11842 9 98 9.8 1390 30812 4 102 22.2 146955
35 1973 26 896 7259 5 84 8.1 1264 28392 10 103 22.5 139503
36 1972 26 742 5296 6 85 7.1 1284 29613 6 98 23.1 140988
37 1971 26 856 6009 3 74 7.0 1335 30694 9 105 23.0 140752
38 1970 26 979 7202 9 80 7.4 1280 28235 15 101 22.1 138002
39 1969 16 523 3338 3 86 6.4 831 18004 7 101 21.7 88414
40 1968 16 479 3380 8 98 7.1 882 18806 5 102 21.3 88339
41 1967 16 522 3174 4 81 6.1 897 20257 13 104 22.6 90581
42 1966 15 492 3119 6 86 6.3 863 19038 8 94 22.1 84994
43 1965 14 437 3414 6 85 7.8 760 17647 3 101 23.2 80743
44 1964 14 461 4210 7 90 9.1 765 17863 2 100 23.4 80403
45 1963 14 451 4226 2 90 9.4 740 17319 9 103 23.4 82723
46 1962 14 367 3010 2 85 8.2 780 18485 5 103 23.7 84164
47 1961 14 400 3784 9 90 9.5 737 17232 5 105 23.4 82155
48 1960 13 334 2245 1 48 6.7 613 13364 3 97 21.8 62994
49 1959 12 456 2942 11 84 6.5 474 10151 1 105 21.4 58234
50 1958 12 471 2702 2 71 5.7 506 11296 8 103 22.3 60308
51 1957 12 489 2659 2 76 5.4 493 11160 3 98 22.6 56026
52 1956 12 442 2974 7 95 6.7 509 11498 5 106 22.6 58136
53 1955 12 487 2741 9 78 5.6 513 11835 4 100 23.1 58762
54 1954 12 491 2859 5 93 5.8 558 12166 6 100 21.8 61600
55 1953 12 509 3083 4 78 6.1 534 12172 2 104 22.8 59525
56 1952 12 499 5053 15 94 10.1 558 12669 6 100 22.7 60075
57 1951 12 444 4476 13 89 10.1 515 11323 2 100 22.0 61117
58 1950 13 504 5613 6 96 11.1 580 13091 6 103 22.6 68635
59 1949 10 394 4691 10 85 11.9 429 9055 1 95 21.1 51142
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Year Tms Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
60 1948 10 396 4776 6 70 12.1 456 9639 4 99 21.1 53464
61 1947 10 388 5013 6 88 12.9 472 9434 3 95 20.0 52795
62 1946 10 315 3715 1 70 11.8 392 8239 3 105 21.0 41499
63 1945 10 301 3436 1 81 11.4 334