NFL Career Leaders - Kickoff Returns

The following is a list of the NFL career kickoff return leaders ranked by kickoff returns. Statistics are current through the 2020 NFL season and include stats accrued in NFL, AFL and APFA games.

Active players are listed in bold.

      Kickoff Returns
Player Gms Num Yds Avg Lg TD
1. B. Mitchell 223 607 14,014 23.1 102 4
2. A. Rossum 157 514 11,947 23.2 104 5
3. J. Cribbs 136 426 11,113 26.1 104 8
  D. Hall 111 426 10,136 23.8 100 6
5. M. Gray 169 421 10,250 24.3 102 6
6. G. Milburn 138 407 9,788 24.0 94t 2
7. M. Bates 145 373 9,110 24.4 100 5
8. D. Howard 156 359 7,959 22.2 91 0
9. D. Sproles 183 332 8,352 25.2 104 2
10. K. Williams 121 322 7,309 22.7 87t 1
11. T. Ginn 193 307 6,899 22.5 102 3
12. D. Hester 156 295 7,333 24.9 98t 5
13. L. Washington 126 292 7,553 25.9 102 8
14. T. Hughes 81 283 6,999 24.7 99t 3
15. E. Metcalf 179 280 5,813 20.8 102 2
16. R. Smith 139 275 6,922 25.2 99t 3
17. C. Carr 125 256 6,276 24.5 62 0
18. D. Meggett 146 252 5,566 22.1 92t 1
19. D. Carter 100 250 5,412 21.6 98t 2
  E. Drummond 64 250 5,811 23.2 99t 2
21. M. Lewis 76 248 5,989 24.1 97t 3
22. B. Tate 127 247 5,890 23.8 104 2
23. B. Harper 99 243 5,407 22.3 60 0
24. C. Patterson 127 239 7,118 29.8 110 8
25. C. Harris 183 238 5,528 23.2 95t 1
26. C. Verdin 118 237 4,930 20.8 88t 1
27. V. Sikahema 118 235 4,933 21.0 52 0
28. R. Cartwright 154 231 5,450 23.6 100 1
29. C. Morton 93 229 5,401 23.6 98t 3
30. T. Vanover 77 226 5,422 24.0 99t 4
31. T. Wilkins 72 223 5,091 22.8 97t 1
32. A. Roberts 163 221 5,706 25.8 99t 2
33. R. Woodson 237 220 4,894 22.2 92t 2
34. C. Rogers 67 217 4,877 22.5 90t 2
35. H. Walker 187 215 5,084 23.6 94t 2
36. M. Hicks 66 214 4,932 23.0 64 0
37. J. Lewis 111 212 4,611 21.8 76 0
38. R. Swinton 69 208 4,919 23.6 100 2
39. T. McGee 122 207 5,450 26.3 104 5
40. A. Davis 104 205 4,821 23.5 104 4
41. T. Dwight 116 203 4,753 23.4 93t 2
42. R. Brown 100 199 4,493 22.6 98t 4
43. D. Dunn 87 198 4,597 23.2 90t 2
44. S. Odom 81 194 4,451 22.9 95t 2
45. A. Coleman 58 193 4,466 23.1 92t 4
  A. Woodson 116 193 5,538 28.7 106 5
47. D. Gentry 159 192 4,353 22.7 94t 3
48. A. Carmichael 84 191 4,798 25.1 106 2
49. R. Jenkins 52 190 4,550 23.9 93t 3
50. L. Anderson 82 189 4,217 22.3 95t 1
  Q. Ismail 137 189 4,135 21.9 71 0
  D. James 117 189 4,676 24.7 72 0