The Chicago Cardinals averaged their most yards per punt return in a season in 1948, with 19.1 per return.
Interpreted as:
cardinals highest punt return average in a regular season| TEAM | PR AVG | SEASON | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Cardinals | 19.1 | 1948 | 12 | 38 | 915 | 24.1 | 76.3 | 0 | 35 | 669 | 55.8 | 4 |
| 2 | | Cardinals | 18.2 | 1949 | 12 | 51 | 1,013 | 19.9 | 84.4 | 0 | 30 | 546 | 45.5 | 2 |
| 3 |  | Cardinals | 15.1 | 2011 | 16 | 52 | 1,246 | 24.0 | 77.9 | 0 | 46 | 696 | 43.5 | 4 |
| 4 | | Cardinals | 13.7 | 1947 | 12 | 43 | 716 | 16.7 | 59.7 | 0 | 27 | 370 | 30.8 | 0 |
| 5 |  | Cardinals | 12.5 | 1987 | 15 | 63 | 1,317 | 20.9 | 87.8 | 0 | 44 | 550 | 36.7 | 1 |
| 6 | | Cardinals | 12.3 | 2025 | 7 | 27 | 693 | 25.7 | 99.0 | 0 | 10 | 123 | 17.6 | 0 |
| 7 | | Cardinals | 12.0 | 1955 | 12 | 44 | 835 | 19.0 | 69.6 | 0 | 34 | 408 | 34.0 | 2 |
| 8 | | Cardinals | 11.7 | 1986 | 16 | 70 | 1,548 | 22.1 | 96.8 | 0 | 45 | 528 | 33.0 | 2 |
| 9 |  | Cardinals | 11.7 | 1989 | 16 | 83 | 1,650 | 19.9 | 103.1 | 0 | 40 | 469 | 29.3 | 0 |
| 10 | | Cardinals | 11.5 | 1968 | 14 | 56 | 1,404 | 25.1 | 100.3 | 0 | 31 | 356 | 25.4 | 1 |
| 11 | | Cardinals | 11.4 | 1942 | 11 | 36 | 855 | 23.8 | 77.7 | 1 | 32 | 364 | 33.1 | 0 |
| 12 | | Cardinals | 11.2 | 1997 | 16 | 70 | 1,696 | 24.2 | 106.0 | 0 | 41 | 461 | 28.8 | 0 |
| 13 | | Cardinals | 11.1 | 1946 | 11 | 40 | 825 | 20.6 | 75.0 | 1 | 23 | 255 | 23.2 | 0 |
| 14 | | Cardinals | 11.0 | 1992 | 16 | 51 | 1,127 | 22.1 | 70.4 | 0 | 33 | 364 | 22.8 | 0 |
| 15 | | Cardinals | 11.0 | 2001 | 16 | 67 | 1,487 | 22.2 | 92.9 | 0 | 43 | 472 | 29.5 | 0 |
| 16 | | Cardinals | 10.7 | 2014 | 16 | 22 | 417 | 19.0 | 26.1 | 0 | 26 | 277 | 17.3 | 1 |
| 17 | | Cardinals | 10.5 | 1981 | 16 | 75 | 1,625 | 21.7 | 101.6 | 0 | 43 | 453 | 28.3 | 1 |
| 18 | | Cardinals | 10.5 | 1964 | 14 | 63 | 1,424 | 22.6 | 101.7 | 0 | 24 | 251 | 17.9 | 1 |
| 19 | | Cardinals | 10.4 | 1999 | 16 | 64 | 1,403 | 21.9 | 87.7 | 0 | 47 | 489 | 30.6 | 0 |
| 20 | | Cardinals | 10.3 | 1975 | 14 | 55 | 1,337 | 24.3 | 95.5 | 1 | 40 | 410 | 29.3 | 1 |
| 21 | | Cardinals | 10.2 | 1950 | 12 | 51 | 1,064 | 20.9 | 88.7 | 0 | 33 | 338 | 28.2 | 1 |
| 22 | | Cardinals | 10.2 | 1945 | 10 | 46 | 924 | 20.1 | 92.4 | 0 | 27 | 276 | 27.6 | 0 |
| 23 | | Cardinals | 10.2 | 1943 | 10 | 31 | 569 | 18.4 | 56.9 | 0 | 16 | 163 | 16.3 | 0 |
| 24 | | Cardinals | 10.0 | 2006 | 16 | 73 | 1,610 | 22.1 | 100.6 | 1 | 25 | 250 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 25 | | Cardinals | 9.8 | 1974 | 14 | 50 | 1,203 | 24.1 | 85.9 | 1 | 52 | 512 | 36.6 | 0 |
StatMuse has team, season-level data for yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.
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