best punt return avg 2010s minimum 75 returns

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Devin Hester averaged the most yards per punt return when making 75+ returns, with 12.1 per return.

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best punt return avg by a player 2010s 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	Devin Hester D. Hester	12.1	375	96	8,751	91.2	17	66	0.7	1	1,590	16.6	8	5,036	52.5	1	2,059	21.4	7
2	C.J. Spiller	12.1	105	90	6,991	77.7	23	3,451	38.3	12	1,484	16.5	9	1,754	19.5	2	302	3.4	0
3	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	11.9	105	59	6,008	101.8	41	500	8.5	4	4,115	69.7	32	384	6.5	1	1,009	17.1	4
4	Jamal Agnew J. Agnew	11.3	101	32	1,596	49.9	4	35	1.1	0	16	0.5	0	866	27.1	1	679	21.2	3
5	Julian Edelman J. Edelman	11.2	202	120	8,864	73.9	40	386	3.2	0	6,148	51.2	35	385	3.2	0	1,923	16.0	4
6	Jeremy Ross J. Ross	11.2	159	51	3,299	64.7	5	41	0.8	0	506	9.9	3	1,878	36.8	1	874	17.1	1
7	Davone Bess D. Bess	11.1	75	59	3,278	55.6	11	6	0.1	0	2,497	42.3	11	0	0.0	0	775	13.1	0
8	Eric Weems E. Weems	11.0	220	128	4,160	32.5	4	4	0.0	0	304	2.4	2	2,797	21.9	1	1,054	8.2	1
9	Travis Benjamin T. Benjamin	10.9	135	101	5,085	50.3	23	268	2.7	0	3,143	31.1	19	485	4.8	0	1,189	11.8	4
10	Adam Jones A. Jones	10.6	182	107	2,780	26.0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,429	13.4	0	1,140	10.7	1
11	Dexter McCluster D. McCluster	10.4	211	89	5,977	67.2	12	1,042	11.7	2	1,993	22.4	7	1,554	17.5	0	1,388	15.6	3
12	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	10.4	288	59	6,355	107.7	6	188	3.2	0	887	15.0	5	4,064	68.9	0	1,234	20.9	1
13	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	10.4	129	48	4,171	86.9	15	1,027	21.4	5	1,534	32.0	9	628	13.1	0	985	20.5	1
14	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	10.4	389	139	10,201	73.4	32	362	2.6	0	4,038	29.1	28	3,513	25.3	1	2,288	16.5	3
15	Marcus Sherels M. Sherels	10.3	309	128	3,919	30.6	5	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,416	11.1	0	2,503	19.6	5
16	Leodis McKelvin L. McKelvin	10.3	156	92	1,956	21.3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	882	9.6	0	995	10.8	3
17	Leon Washington L. Washington	10.2	297	71	6,567	92.5	9	489	6.9	3	317	4.5	2	4,567	64.3	4	1,194	16.8	0
18	Dwayne Harris D. Harris	10.1	349	106	6,940	65.5	13	37	0.3	0	874	8.2	8	4,204	39.7	1	1,825	17.2	4
19	Golden Tate G. Tate	10.1	119	148	9,287	62.8	44	216	1.5	0	7,890	53.3	44	93	0.6	0	1,084	7.3	0
20	Eddie Royal E. Royal	10.1	99	87	4,230	48.6	25	165	1.9	0	3,032	34.9	23	154	1.8	0	879	10.1	2
21	Trevor Davis T. Davis	10.1	117	43	2,181	50.7	2	86	2.0	1	205	4.8	1	1,297	30.2	0	593	13.8	0
22	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	9.9	352	121	11,950	98.8	45	2,665	22.0	17	3,960	32.7	23	3,140	26.0	0	2,192	18.1	5
23	Pharoh Cooper P. Cooper	9.9	150	46	3,146	68.4	2	8	0.2	0	433	9.4	1	2,093	45.5	1	612	13.3	0
24	Joe McKnight J. McKnight	9.9	87	41	3,085	75.2	4	505	12.3	0	241	5.9	2	2,270	55.4	2	69	1.7	0
25	Javier Arenas J. Arenas	9.8	183	69	2,598	37.7	1	17	0.2	1	0	0.0	0	1,541	22.3	0	1,035	15.0	0

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