2010s nfl punt return yard leaders

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Marcus Sherels had the most punt-return yards, with 2,503 yards.

NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Marcus Sherels
M. Sherels
2,503
128
57
1,416
24.8
11.1
0
243
10.3
19.6
5
2Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
2,288
139
160
3,513
22.0
25.3
1
221
10.4
16.5
3
3Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
2,192
121
125
3,140
25.1
26.0
0
221
9.9
18.1
5
4Devin Hester
D. Hester
2,059
96
194
5,036
26.0
52.5
1
170
12.1
21.4
7
5Brandon Tate
B. Tate
1,924
125
243
5,784
23.8
46.3
2
203
9.5
15.4
1
6Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
1,923
120
19
385
20.3
3.2
0
171
11.2
16.0
4
7Dwayne Harris
D. Harris
1,825
106
163
4,204
25.8
39.7
1
180
10.1
17.2
4
8Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
1,816
138
4
75
18.8
0.5
0
195
9.3
13.2
4
9Antonio Brown
A. Brown
1,759
131
47
1,173
25.0
9.0
1
186
9.5
13.4
4
10Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
1,590
84
142
3,944
27.8
47.0
4
175
9.1
18.9
2
11Jeremy Kerley
J. Kerley
1,503
99
5
78
15.6
0.8
0
173
8.7
15.2
1
12Tavon Austin
T. Austin
1,498
96
25
451
18.0
4.7
0
185
8.1
15.6
3
13Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
1,477
148
189
4,745
25.1
32.1
2
166
8.9
10.0
3
14Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
1,461
127
86
1,957
22.8
15.4
0
164
8.9
11.5
0
15Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
1,388
89
74
1,554
21.0
17.5
0
133
10.4
15.6
3
16Marc Mariani
M. Mariani
1,275
70
154
3,766
24.5
53.8
1
138
9.2
18.2
2
17Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
1,234
59
161
4,064
25.2
68.9
0
119
10.4
20.9
1
18Leon Washington
L. Washington
1,194
71
175
4,567
26.1
64.3
4
117
10.2
16.8
0
19Travis Benjamin
T. Benjamin
1,189
101
19
485
25.5
4.8
0
109
10.9
11.8
4
20Adam Jones
A. Jones
1,140
107
55
1,429
26.0
13.4
0
108
10.6
10.7
1
21Golden Tate
G. Tate
1,084
148
7
93
13.3
0.6
0
107
10.1
7.3
0
22Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
1,068
79
126
3,179
25.2
40.2
2
143
7.5
13.5
1
23Eric Weems
E. Weems
1,054
128
118
2,797
23.7
21.9
1
96
11.0
8.2
1
24Javier Arenas
J. Arenas
1,035
69
73
1,541
21.1
22.3
0
106
9.8
15.0
0
25Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
1,009
59
14
384
27.4
6.5
1
85
11.9
17.1
4
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