Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dave Williams gained the most yards per punt return in a decade, with 60.0 per return in the 1970s.

Interpreted as:

best punt return average by a player 1970s season

	NAME	PR AVG	DECADE	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Dave Williams D. Williams	60.0	1970s	42	38	867	22.8	20.6	2	1	60	1.4	0
2	Mel Blount M. Blount	52.0	1970s	143	35	902	25.8	6.3	0	1	52	0.4	0
3	Kenny Graham K. Graham	41.0	1970s	8	0	0		0.0	0	1	41	5.1	0
4	Billy Andrews B. Andrews	38.0	1970s	100	6	93	15.5	0.9	0	1	38	0.4	0
5	Reese McCall R. McCall	37.0	1970s	30	0	0		0.0	0	1	37	1.2	0
6	John Gilliam J. Gilliam	21.0	1970s	110	32	736	23.0	6.7	0	1	21	0.2	0
7	Artie Owens A. Owens	20.0	1970s	57	88	1,998	22.7	35.1	0	1	20	0.4	0
8	Freddie Douglas F. Douglas	19.5	1970s	7	7	167	23.9	23.9	0	4	78	11.1	0
9	Lee Nelson L. Nelson	18.4	1970s	51	7	169	24.1	3.3	0	5	92	1.8	0
10	Billy Hardee B. Hardee	17.0	1970s	16	7	148	21.1	9.3	0	1	17	1.1	0
11	Gary Davis G. Davis	15.7	1970s	58	55	1,309	23.8	22.6	0	3	47	0.8	0
12	Barry Pearson B. Pearson	15.5	1970s	50	0	0		0.0	0	2	31	0.6	0
13	Doug Wyatt D. Wyatt	15.0	1970s	58	0	0		0.0	0	1	15	0.3	0
14	Ted Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	14.8	1970s	8	0	0		0.0	0	4	59	7.4	0
15	Ozzie Newsome O. Newsome	14.5	1970s	32	0	0		0.0	0	2	29	0.9	0
16	Al Clark A. Clark	14.3	1970s	69	13	355	27.3	5.1	0	4	57	0.8	0
17	Mark Burke M. Burke	14.0	1970s	1	0	0		0.0	0	1	14	14.0	0
18	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	13.2	1970s	63	121	2,902	24.0	46.1	2	155	2,040	32.4	5
19	Rick Kane R. Kane	13.0	1970s	45	37	813	22.0	18.1	0	1	13	0.3	0
20	Clarence Ellis C. Ellis	13.0	1970s	41	0	0		0.0	0	1	13	0.3	0
21	Dennis Morgan D. Morgan	12.9	1970s	17	42	993	23.6	58.4	0	27	347	20.4	1
22	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	12.6	1970s	69	95	2,355	24.8	34.1	0	183	2,298	33.3	6
23	Ray Rhodes R. Rhodes	12.4	1970s	83	1	27	27.0	0.3	0	10	124	1.5	0
24	Ray Jarvis R. Jarvis	12.4	1970s	82	10	174	17.4	2.1	0	5	62	0.8	0
25	Ron Gardin R. Gardin	12.3	1970s	22	25	586	23.4	26.6	0	34	419	19.0	1

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