hall of famers with most kickoff return touchdowns in a season

Gale Sayers has the most kick-return touchdowns by a Hall of Famer in a season, with 3 touchdowns in 1967.

Interpreted as:
hall of famers with most kickoff return touchdowns by a player in a season
NAMEKR TDHOFSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
3
1977
1967
13
16
603
37.7
46.4
3
80
26.7
6.2
1
2Devin Hester
D. Hester
2
2024
2007
16
43
934
21.7
58.4
42
651
15.5
40.7
4
3Devin Hester
D. Hester
2
2024
2006
16
20
528
26.4
33.0
47
600
12.8
37.5
3
4Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
2
2011
1992
13
40
1,067
26.7
82.1
13
41
3.2
3.2
0
5Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2
1977
1966
14
23
718
31.2
51.3
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
2
1972
1958
12
14
497
35.5
41.4
0
0
0.0
0
7Ollie Matson
O. Matson
2
1972
1952
12
20
624
31.2
52.0
9
86
9.6
7.2
0
8Devin Hester
D. Hester
1
2024
2011
16
33
723
21.9
45.2
28
454
16.2
28.4
2
9Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
1
2011
1991
15
26
576
22.2
38.4
21
170
8.1
11.3
0
10Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
1
2009
1989
15
36
982
27.3
65.5
29
207
7.1
13.8
0
11Tim Brown
T. Brown
1
2015
1988
16
41
1,098
26.8
68.6
49
444
9.1
27.8
0
12Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
1
2009
1988
16
37
850
23.0
53.1
33
281
8.5
17.6
0
13O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson
1
1985
1970
8
7
333
47.6
41.6
0
0
0.0
0
14Bobby Bell
B. Bell
1
1983
1969
14
1
53
53.0
3.8
0
0
0.0
0
15Lem Barney
L. Barney
1
1992
1968
14
25
670
26.8
47.9
13
79
6.1
5.6
0
16Mel Renfro
M. Renfro
1
1996
1966
11
19
487
25.6
44.3
21
123
5.9
11.2
0
17Mel Renfro
M. Renfro
1
1996
1965
14
21
630
30.0
45.0
24
145
6.0
10.4
0
18Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
1
1977
1965
14
21
660
31.4
47.1
16
238
14.9
17.0
1
19Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
1
1980
1963
14
20
597
29.9
42.6
0
0
0.0
0
20Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1
1983
1963
14
9
343
38.1
24.5
6
49
8.2
3.5
0
21Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
1
1980
1962
14
15
418
27.9
29.9
0
0
0.0
0
22Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1
1983
1962
14
12
398
33.2
28.4
3
7
2.3
0.5
0
23Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1
1983
1961
14
16
428
26.8
30.6
14
164
11.7
11.7
1
24Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1
1983
1960
12
17
432
25.4
36.0
9
101
11.2
8.4
0
25Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1
1983
1958
12
18
454
25.2
37.8
14
165
11.8
13.8
1
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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