chicago bears player most kickoff return touchdowns in a season

Cecil Turner has the most kick-return touchdowns for the Bears in a season, with 4 touchdowns in 1970.

NAMEKR TDSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Cecil Turner
C. Turner
4
1970
14
23
752
32.7
53.7
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
2Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
3
1967
13
16
603
37.7
46.4
3
80
26.7
6.2
1
3Devin Hester
D. Hester
2
2007
16
43
934
21.7
58.4
42
651
15.5
40.7
4
4Devin Hester
D. Hester
2
2006
16
20
528
26.4
33.0
47
600
12.8
37.5
3
5Jerry Azumah
J. Azumah
2
2003
16
41
1,191
29.0
74.4
0
0
0.0
0
6Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
2
1998
16
62
1,550
25.0
96.9
25
291
11.6
18.2
1
7Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2
1966
14
23
718
31.2
51.3
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
8Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
1
2020
16
35
1,017
29.1
63.6
0
0
0.0
0
9Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
1
2019
16
28
825
29.5
51.6
0
0
0.0
0
10Chris Williams
C. Williams
1
2014
7
24
579
24.1
82.7
4
30
7.5
4.3
0
11Devin Hester
D. Hester
1
2011
16
33
723
21.9
45.2
28
454
16.2
28.4
2
12Johnny Knox
J. Knox
1
2009
15
32
927
29.0
61.8
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
13Danieal Manning
D. Manning
1
2008
14
36
1,070
29.7
76.4
0
0
0.0
0
14Darren Lewis
D. Lewis
1
1992
16
23
511
22.2
31.9
0
0
0.0
0
15Thomas Sanders
T. Sanders
1
1989
16
23
491
21.3
30.7
0
0
0.0
0
16Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
1
1987
12
25
621
24.8
51.8
0
0
0.0
0
17Lew Barnes
L. Barnes
1
1986
16
3
94
31.3
5.9
57
482
8.5
30.1
0
18Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
1
1986
15
20
576
28.8
38.4
0
0
0.0
0
19Willie Gault
W. Gault
1
1985
16
22
577
26.2
36.1
0
0
0.0
0
20Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
1
1985
16
18
466
25.9
29.1
0
47
2.9
0
21Dave Williams
D. Williams
1
1980
16
27
666
24.7
41.6
0
0
0.0
0
22Rickey Watts
R. Watts
1
1979
16
14
289
20.6
18.1
0
0
0.0
0
23Brian Baschnagel
B. Baschnagel
1
1977
10
23
557
24.2
55.7
3
54
18.0
5.4
0
24Ike Hill
I. Hill
1
1973
14
27
637
23.6
45.5
36
204
5.7
14.6
1
25Ron Smith
R. Smith
1
1972
14
30
924
30.8
66.0
26
163
6.3
11.6
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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