NFL Kick & Punt Return Yards Single Game Leaders (since 1941)
All-Time Kick & Punt Return Yards Leaders
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Single game leaders only reflect years for which we have complete boxscore data (1950 onward), all playoff games, and all 100 yard rushing/receiving or 300 yard passing games from 1940-1959.
+ Indicates Hall of Famer, season age in parentheses
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Leaders Table
Rank |
Player |
RtY |
Tm |
Boxscore |
1 | Tyrone Hughes | 347 | NOR | New Orleans Saints vs. Los Angeles Rams, October 23, 1994 |
2 | Devin Hester | 314 | CHI | Chicago Bears vs. Detroit Lions, September 30, 2007 |
3 | Josh Cribbs | 306 | CLE | Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens, November 18, 2007 |
4 | Josh Cribbs | 305 | CLE | Cleveland Browns vs. Kansas City Chiefs, December 20, 2009 |
5 | Chris Williams | 301 | CHI | Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers, November 9, 2014 |
6 | Ted Ginn Jr. | 299 | MIA | Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets, November 1, 2009 |
7 | Woodley Lewis | 294 | RAM | Los Angeles Rams vs. Detroit Lions, October 18, 1953 |
| Wally Triplett | 294 | DET | Detroit Lions vs. Los Angeles Rams, October 29, 1950 |
9 | Eddie Payton | 289 | DET | Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings, December 17, 1977 |
10 | Michael Lewis | 286 | NOR | New Orleans Saints vs. Washington Redskins, October 13, 2002 |
11 | Speedy Duncan | 282 | SDG | San Diego Chargers vs. New York Jets, November 24, 1968 |
12 | Domenik Hixon | 281 | NYG | New York Giants vs. New Orleans Saints, October 18, 2009 |
13 | Josh Cribbs | 278 | CLE | Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens, November 2, 2008 |
| Chad Morton | 278 | NYJ | New York Jets vs. Buffalo Bills, September 8, 2002 |
15 | Jermaine Lewis | 275 | BAL | Baltimore Ravens vs. Seattle Seahawks, December 7, 1997 |
16 | Mel Renfro+ | 273 | DAL | Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers, November 29, 1964 |
17 | Brandon Banks | 271 | WAS | Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions, October 31, 2010 |
18 | Ted Ginn Jr. | 268 | SFO | San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks, September 11, 2011 |
19 | Steve Smith Sr. | 267 | CAR | Carolina Panthers vs. St. Louis Rams, November 11, 2001 |
| Tony Horne | 267 | STL | St. Louis Rams vs. Kansas City Chiefs, October 22, 2000 |
| Terry Fair | 267 | DET | Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers, September 6, 1998 |
22 | Jerome Mathis | 266 | HOU | Houston Texans vs. Kansas City Chiefs, November 20, 2005 |
| Jerome Mathis | 266 | HOU | Houston Texans vs. Indianapolis Colts, October 23, 2005 |
24 | Mel Gray | 263 | HOU | Houston Oilers vs. Cincinnati Bengals, October 6, 1996 |
| Billy Johnson | 263 | HOU | Houston Oilers vs. Cincinnati Bengals, October 5, 1975 |
26 | Dante Hall | 262 | STL | St. Louis Rams vs. Dallas Cowboys, September 30, 2007 |
27 | Tony Smith | 261 | ATL | Atlanta Falcons vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, September 27, 1993 |
28 | Clifton Smith | 259 | TAM | Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs, November 2, 2008 |
| Adam Jones | 259 | TEN | Tennessee Titans vs. New England Patriots, December 31, 2006 |
| Willie Ponder | 259 | NYG | New York Giants vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, December 18, 2004 |
31 | Eddie Drummond | 257 | DET | Detroit Lions vs. Jacksonville Jaguars, November 14, 2004 |
32 | Roell Preston | 256 | GNB | Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings, October 5, 1998 |
33 | Leon Washington | 253 | SEA | Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers, September 26, 2010 |
| Derrick Witherspoon | 253 | PHI | Philadelphia Eagles vs. Arizona Cardinals, November 24, 1996 |
35 | Josh Scobey | 252 | ARI | Arizona Cardinals vs. St. Louis Rams, September 28, 2003 |
| Terrence Wilkins | 252 | STL | St. Louis Rams vs. Kansas City Chiefs, December 8, 2002 |
37 | Eric Metcalf | 251 | ARI | Arizona Cardinals vs. Oakland Raiders, October 4, 1998 |
| Jon Vaughn | 251 | KAN | Kansas City Chiefs vs. Miami Dolphins, December 12, 1994 |
39 | B.J. Sams | 250 | BAL | Baltimore Ravens vs. Kansas City Chiefs, October 4, 2004 |
| Ronney Jenkins | 250 | SDG | San Diego Chargers vs. Oakland Raiders, November 18, 2001 |
41 | Devin Hester | 249 | CHI | Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings, September 15, 2013 |
42 | Dexter Carter | 248 | SFO | San Francisco 49ers vs. Minnesota Vikings, December 18, 1995 |
| Noland Smith | 248 | KAN | Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Diego Chargers, October 15, 1967 |
44 | Felix Jones | 247 | DAL | Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles, September 15, 2008 |
| Desmond Howard | 247 | DET | Detroit Lions vs. Cincinnati Bengals, October 28, 2001 |
| Travis Williams | 247 | GNB | Green Bay Packers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, November 2, 1969 |
| Timmy Brown | 247 | PHI | Philadelphia Eagles vs. Dallas Cowboys, November 6, 1966 |
48 | Devin Hester | 246 | CHI | Chicago Bears vs. St. Louis Rams, December 11, 2006 |
| Glyn Milburn | 246 | DET | Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears, November 27, 1997 |
50 | Chris Carr | 245 | OAK | Oakland Raiders vs. Baltimore Ravens, September 17, 2006 |
51 | Desmond Howard | 244 | OAK | Oakland Raiders vs. Buffalo Bills, December 13, 1998 |
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