best punt return avg 2000s minimum 75 returns

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Avion Black had the most yards per punt return when making 75+ returns, with 14.8 per return.

Interpreted as:

best punt return avg by a player 2000s minimum 75 returns

	NAME	AVG	RET	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Avion Black A. Black	14.8	75	27	1,556	57.6	1	0	0.0	0	142	5.3	0	1,192	44.1	0	222	8.2	1
2	J.R. Reed	13.0	83	40	1,834	45.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,808	45.2	0	26	0.7	0
3	Dre' Bly D. Bly	12.6	93	151	1,404	9.3	7	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	346	2.3	0	290	1.9	1
4	Roscoe Parrish R. Parrish	12.2	154	67	3,260	48.7	9	48	0.7	1	1,086	16.2	5	685	10.2	0	1,445	21.6	3
5	Clifton Smith C. Smith	12.1	114	20	2,519	126.0	2	47	2.4	0	28	1.4	0	1,894	94.7	1	556	27.8	1
6	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	11.6	98	14	2,302	164.4	1	-2	-0.1	0	326	23.3	1	1,618	115.6	0	360	25.7	0
7	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	11.6	260	53	4,592	86.6	4	85	1.6	0	338	6.4	2	2,520	47.5	0	1,649	31.1	2
8	Desmond Howard D. Howard	11.4	203	36	4,312	119.8	2	25	0.7	0	147	4.1	1	3,434	95.4	0	706	19.6	1
9	Santana Moss S. Moss	11.3	124	127	9,003	70.9	49	254	2.0	0	7,443	58.6	46	38	0.3	0	1,268	10.0	3
10	Devin Hester D. Hester	11.3	254	60	5,704	95.1	20	50	0.8	0	1,721	28.7	8	2,297	38.3	4	1,636	27.3	7
11	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	11.2	82	31	3,194	103.0	16	233	7.5	2	2,068	66.7	11	12	0.4	0	881	28.4	3
12	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	11.1	374	77	9,098	118.2	14	620	8.1	2	288	3.7	2	7,049	91.5	8	1,141	14.8	2
13	Bobby Engram B. Engram	11.0	77	117	5,843	49.9	20	5	0.0	0	5,029	43.0	18	36	0.3	0	773	6.6	2
14	Domenik Hixon D. Hixon	11.0	128	46	3,302	71.8	5	18	0.4	0	788	17.1	3	1,966	42.7	1	530	11.5	1
15	Will Blackmon W. Blackmon	11.0	118	32	1,908	59.6	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,393	43.5	0	515	16.1	3
16	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	10.9	145	44	2,782	63.2	9	16	0.4	0	667	15.2	6	996	22.6	1	1,098	25.0	2
17	Az-Zahir Hakim A. Hakim	10.8	133	86	4,864	56.6	21	124	1.4	0	3,267	38.0	19	173	2.0	0	1,312	15.3	2
18	Eddie Royal E. Royal	10.8	94	29	3,131	108.0	7	110	3.8	0	1,325	45.7	5	1,221	42.1	1	475	16.4	1
19	Brian Witherspoon B. Witherspoon	10.8	107	22	2,170	98.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,890	85.9	0	280	12.7	0
20	B.J. Sams	10.8	276	46	4,740	103.0	3	19	0.4	1	2	0.0	0	3,341	72.6	0	1,378	30.0	2
21	Troy Brown T. Brown	10.6	160	100	6,354	63.5	26	196	2.0	0	4,539	45.4	23	28	0.3	0	1,569	15.7	3
22	Dante Hall D. Hall	10.5	647	112	14,386	128.4	21	242	2.2	0	1,747	15.6	9	10,136	90.5	6	2,261	20.2	6
23	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	10.4	343	64	6,425	100.4	8	216	3.4	3	249	3.9	1	4,428	69.2	2	1,523	23.8	2
24	David Allen D. Allen	10.3	125	23	2,095	91.1	1	8	0.3	0	68	3.0	1	1,513	65.8	0	506	22.0	0
25	Hank Poteat H. Poteat	10.2	131	110	1,682	15.3	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	818	7.4	0	788	7.2	1

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