chicago bears player most kickoff return touchdowns in career

Gale Sayers has scored the most career kick-return touchdowns for the Bears, with 6 touchdowns.

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  • Data note: Kick-Return Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921
NAMEKR TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
68
91
2,781
30.6
40.9
27
391
14.5
5.8
2
2Devin Hester
D. Hester
5
123
222
5,504
24.8
44.7
264
3,241
12.3
26.3
13
3Cecil Turner
C. Turner
4
76
108
2,616
24.2
34.4
27
114
4.2
1.5
0
4Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
3
159
192
4,353
22.7
27.4
17
136
8.0
0.9
0
5Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
2
32
63
1,842
29.2
57.6
0
0
0.0
0
6Jerry Azumah
J. Azumah
2
105
119
2,885
24.2
27.5
0
16
0.2
0
7Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
2
52
192
4,596
23.9
88.4
94
970
10.3
18.7
1
8George McAfee
G. McAfee
2
75
18
488
27.1
7.5
112
1,431
12.8
22.0
2
9Chris Williams
C. Williams
1
7
24
579
24.1
82.7
4
30
7.5
4.3
0
10Johnny Knox
J. Knox
1
45
55
1,506
27.4
33.5
2
9
4.5
0.2
0
11Danieal Manning
D. Manning
1
77
101
2,711
26.8
35.2
0
0
0.0
0
12Darren Lewis
D. Lewis
1
33
25
524
21.0
15.9
0
0
0.0
0
13Lew Barnes
L. Barnes
1
16
3
94
31.3
5.9
57
482
8.5
30.1
0
14Thomas Sanders
T. Sanders
1
75
79
1,497
18.9
20.0
0
0
0.0
0
15Willie Gault
W. Gault
1
76
37
885
23.9
11.6
9
60
6.7
0.8
0
16Rickey Watts
R. Watts
1
56
34
710
20.9
12.7
2
20
10.0
0.4
0
17Dave Williams
D. Williams
1
38
50
1,152
23.0
30.3
0
0
0.0
0
18Brian Baschnagel
B. Baschnagel
1
129
89
2,102
23.6
16.3
6
58
9.7
0.4
0
19Ike Hill
I. Hill
1
27
27
637
23.6
23.6
69
387
5.6
14.3
1
20Earl Thomas
E. Thomas
1
39
0
94
2.4
0
0
0.0
0
21Ron Smith
R. Smith
1
56
85
2,263
26.6
40.4
86
485
5.6
8.7
0
22Andy Livingston
A. Livingston
1
32
8
233
29.1
7.3
0
0
0.0
0
23Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
1
82
43
1,100
25.6
13.4
0
0
0.0
0
24Don Bingham
D. Bingham
1
12
17
444
26.1
37.0
13
7
0.5
0.6
0
25Leon Campbell
L. Campbell
1
26
24
638
26.6
24.5
0
0
0.0
0

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