Single-Season Yds/Punt Return Leaders

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NFL Single-Season Yards per Punt Return Leaders

Rank	Player	Y/R	Year	Teams
1.	Jack Christiansen+ (24)	21.5	1952	DET
2.	Dick Christy (26)	21.3	1961	NYT
3.	Rex Bumgardner (25)	21.0	1948	BUF
4.	Red Cochran (27)	20.9	1949	CRD
	Jerry Davis (24)	20.9	1948	CRD
6.	Bob Hayes+ (26)	20.8	1968	DAL
7.	Billy Grimes (23)	19.1	1950	GNB
	Jack Christiansen+ (23)	19.1	1951	DET
9.	Lemar Parrish (27)	18.8	1974	CIN
10.	Leodis McKelvin (27)	18.7	2012	BUF
	Chuck Fenenbock (29)	18.7	1946	LAD
12.	Woodley Lewis (27)	18.5	1952	RAM
13.	Bill Reinhard (26)	17.3	1948	LAD
15.	Devin Hester (28)	17.1	2010	CHI
16.	Dick Todd (27)	17.0	1941	WAS
	Sam Cathcart (25)	17.0	1949	SFO
	Jeff Ogden (25)	17.0	2000	MIA
19.	Floyd Little+ (25)	16.9	1967	DEN
20.	Dick Jauron (24)	16.8	1974	DET
	Jimmy Williams (23)	16.8	2002	SFO
22.	Jim Cason (22)	16.7	1949	SFO
	Dick Christy (27)	16.7	1962	NYT
24.	Art Jones (22)	16.6	1941	PIT
	Amani Toomer (22)	16.6	1996	NYG
26.	Santana Moss (23)	16.5	2002	NYJ
27.	Roscoe Parrish (25)	16.3	2007	BUF
	Dante Hall (25)	16.3	2003	KAN
29.	Devin Hester (29)	16.2	2011	CHI
30.	Dwayne Harris (25)	16.1	2012	DAL
	Willie Wood+ (25)	16.1	1961	GNB
	Jermaine Lewis (26)	16.1	2000	BAL
33.	Herm Wedemeyer (24)	16.0	1948	LAD
34.	Patrick Peterson (21)	15.9	2011	ARI
	Bob Gage (21)	15.9	1949	PIT
36.	Vitamin Smith (26)	15.8	1949	RAM
	Pat Studstill (24)	15.8	1962	DET
38.	Mike Martin (24)	15.7	1984	CIN
39.	Deion Sanders+ (31)	15.6	1998	DAL
	Jermaine Lewis (23)	15.6	1997	BAL
	Leroy Kelly+ (23)	15.6	1965	CLE
42.	Walt Slater (27)	15.5	1947	PIT
	Devin Hester (25)	15.5	2007	CHI
	Bert Zagers (24)	15.5	1957	WAS
	Julian Edelman (26)	15.5	2012	NWE
	Speedy Duncan (23)	15.5	1965	SDG
47.	Mel J. Gray (30)	15.4	1991	DET
	Ray Mathews (22)	15.4	1951	PIT
	Billy Johnson (25)	15.4	1977	HOU
	Abner Haynes (23)	15.4	1960	DTX
	Ken Ellis (25)	15.4	1972	GNB

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