NFL Active Leaders - Kickoff Returns

The following is a list of the NFL active kickoff return leaders ranked by kickoff returns. Statistics are current through the 2018 NFL season and include stats accrued in NFL, AFL and APFA games.

      Kickoff Returns
Player Gms Num Yds Avg Lg TD
1. D. Sproles 172 331 8,350 25.2 104 2
2. T. Ginn 170 306 6,899 22.5 102 3
3. B. Tate 127 247 5,890 23.8 104 2
4. C. Patterson 86 160 4,800 30.0 110 5
5. D. Amendola 117 152 3,575 23.5 84 0
6. A. Roberts 125 135 3,113 23.1 99t 1
7. D. Harris 93 134 3,475 25.9 100 1
8. A. Jones 143 121 3,147 26.0 97 0
9. B. Cunningham 76 105 2,784 26.5 102 0
10. T. Lockett 53 101 2,589 25.6 106 2
11. D. Thompson 58 86 2,130 24.8 74 0
12. T. Jones 79 82 1,890 23.0 70 0
13. R. Cobb 99 74 1,915 25.9 108 1
14. K. Davis 57 73 1,960 26.8 108 2
15. A. Erickson 38 69 1,750 25.4 84 0
16. F. Whittaker 67 67 1,494 22.3 56 0
17. J. Rodgers 99 64 1,499 23.4 77 0
18. T. Cadet 72 63 1,531 24.3 82 0
19. J. Nelson 142 59 1,339 22.7 54 0
20. D. Lewis 60 57 1,307 22.9 104 1
21. M. Sherels 110 52 1,333 25.6 78 0
22. J. Charles 118 51 1,246 24.4 97t 1
  P. Cooper 27 51 1,330 26.1 104 1
  J. Grant 38 51 1,296 25.4 102 1
  D. Thomas 55 51 1,267 24.8 78 0
26. B. Ellington 40 50 1,279 25.6 40 0
27. Q. Bray 24 48 1,231 25.6 60 0
  J. Huff 37 48 1,237 25.8 108 2
  J. Landry 70 48 1,270 26.5 74 0
30. A. Brown 121 47 1,173 25.0 89t 1
31. A. Abdullah 33 46 1,286 28.0 104 0
32. E. Sanders 121 45 1,083 24.1 48 0
33. D. McCourty 129 42 861 20.5 104 1
34. C. Grant 38 41 967 23.6 68 0
  N. Paul 88 41 814 19.9 48 0
36. R. Switzer 22 38 896 23.6 61 0
37. C. Thompson 49 37 748 20.2 36 0
38. A. Hunt 30 35 824 23.5 42 0
  M. Slater 147 35 637 18.2 35 0
40. T. Davis 27 34 771 22.7 34 0
  M. Hyde 84 34 814 23.9 70 0
  R. Ross 20 34 812 23.9 102 1
43. L. Whitehead 30 33 846 25.6 79 0
44. T. Williams 172 32 710 22.2 65 0
45. D. Walker 176 31 528 17.0 35 0
46. T. Montgomery 34 30 685 22.8 46 0
47. J. Edelman 105 29 607 20.9 37 0
  T. Ervin 22 29 609 21.0 36 0
  G. Whalen 43 29 701 24.2 50 0
50. D. Williams 64 28 584 20.9 37 0