NFL Career Leaders - Kickoff Return Touchdowns

The following is a list of the NFL career kickoff return leaders ranked by kickoff return touchdowns. 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. J. Cribbs 136 426 11,113 26.1 104 8
  C. Patterson 127 239 7,118 29.8 110 8
  L. Washington 126 292 7,553 25.9 102 8
4. M. Gray 169 421 10,250 24.3 102 6
  D. Hall 111 426 10,136 23.8 100 6
  O. Matson 171 143 3,746 26.2 106 6
  G. Sayers 68 91 2,781 30.6 104 6
  T. Williams 62 102 2,801 27.5 106 6
9. M. Bates 145 373 9,110 24.4 100 5
  T. Brown 107 184 4,781 26.0 106 5
  P. Harvin 75 152 4,127 27.2 106 5
  D. Hester 156 295 7,333 24.9 98t 5
  J. Jones 128 183 4,940 27.0 108 5
  T. McGee 122 207 5,450 26.3 104 5
  J. Miller 44 152 3,966 26.1 104 5
  B. Mitchell 148 102 2,690 26.4 98t 5
  A. Rossum 157 514 11,947 23.2 104 5
  A. Woodson 116 193 5,538 28.7 106 5
19. R. Brown 100 199 4,493 22.6 98t 4
  A. Coleman 58 193 4,466 23.1 92t 4
  A. Davis 104 205 4,821 23.5 104 4
  J. Ford 38 75 1,874 25.0 102 4
  T. Horne 39 143 3,577 25.0 104 4
  B. Mitchell 223 607 14,014 23.1 102 4
  B. Smith 125 112 2,873 25.7 106 4
  C. Turner 76 108 2,616 24.2 96t 4
  T. Vanover 77 226 5,422 24.0 99t 4
  D. Vaughn 48 103 2,620 25.4 100 4
  J. Vaughn 60 103 2,390 23.2 100 4
30. C. Bryant 152 69 1,813 26.3 93t 3
  L. Chandnois 72 92 2,720 29.6 93t 3
  R. Clayborn 175 57 1,538 27.0 102 3
  D. Gentry 159 192 4,353 22.7 94t 3
  T. Ginn 193 307 6,899 22.5 102 3
  D. Hampton 93 113 2,923 25.9 102 3
  E. Hobbs 79 141 3,739 26.5 108 3
  T. Hughes 81 283 6,999 24.7 99t 3
  R. Jenkins 52 190 4,550 23.9 93t 3
  T. Kirby 110 101 2,292 22.7 102 3
  M. Lewis 76 248 5,989 24.1 97t 3
  L. Lyles 129 81 2,161 26.7 104 3
  J. Mathis 17 72 2,054 28.5 99t 3
  M. Morris 99 111 2,947 26.5 106 3
  C. Morton 93 229 5,401 23.6 98t 3
  D. Sanders 188 155 3,523 22.7 100 3
  R. Smith 139 275 6,922 25.2 99t 3
  V. Smith 59 57 1,453 25.5 97t 3
  M. Spurlock 68 107 2,594 24.2 99t 3
  L. Stephens-Howling 58 164 4,092 25.0 102 3
  S. Van Buren 83 76 2,030 26.7 98 3
  C. Warner 51 86 2,187 25.4 102 3
  D. Williams 66 88 2,019 22.9 95t 3
  D. Witherspoon 34 80 1,901 23.8 97t 3