highest average kick return season

Travis Williams has averaged the most yards per kick return in a season, averaging 41.1 per return in his rookie season in 1967.

Interpreted as:
highest average kick return with a minimum of 1.25 kickoff returns per team game by a player season
NAMEKR AVGSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Travis Williams
T. Williams
41.1
1967
GB GB
14
18
739
52.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Duncan
J. Duncan
35.4
1970
BAL BAL
14
20
707
50.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
3Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
35.2
1952
PIT PIT
12
17
599
49.9
2
17
111
6.5
9.3
0
4Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
34.4
1953
SF SF
12
16
551
45.9
0
8
93
11.6
7.8
0
5Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
33.7
1950
LA LA
12
22
742
61.8
3
22
218
9.9
18.2
0
6KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
33.5
2024
DAL DAL
17
27
904
53.2
1
18
187
10.4
11.0
1
7Ron Brown
R. Brown
32.8
1985
RAM RAM
13
28
918
70.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Cecil Turner
C. Turner
32.7
1970
CHI CHI
14
23
752
53.7
4
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
9Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
32.4
2013
MIN MIN
16
43
1,393
87.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
32.2
1963
SF SF
14
29
935
66.8
3
13
95
7.3
6.8
0
11Dareke Young
D. Young
32.2
2025
SEA SEA
6
10
322
53.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31.8
2015
MIN MIN
16
32
1,019
63.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
13Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
31.8
1956
LA LA
12
15
477
39.8
1
2
0
0.0
0.0
0
14Darius Jennings
D. Jennings
31.7
2018
TEN TEN
16
22
698
43.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Gary Ballman
G. Ballman
31.7
1963
PIT PIT
14
22
698
49.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
16Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31.7
2016
MIN MIN
16
25
792
49.5
1
1
9
9.0
0.6
0
17Jack Salscheider
J. Salscheider
31.6
1949
NYG NYG
11
15
474
43.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
31.6
2011
NYJ NYJ
15
34
1,073
71.5
1
5
26
5.2
1.7
0
19Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.4
1965
CHI CHI
14
21
660
47.1
1
16
238
14.9
17.0
1
20Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
31.3
1962
SF SF
14
37
1,157
82.6
0
19
179
9.4
12.8
1
21Ken Hall
K. Hall
31.3
1960
HOU HOU
11
19
594
54.0
1
6
72
12.0
6.5
0
22Adam Jones
A. Jones
31.3
2014
CIN CIN
16
27
844
52.8
0
22
265
12.0
16.6
0
23Brandon Wilson
B. Wilson
31.3
2019
CIN CIN
12
20
625
52.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.2
1966
CHI CHI
14
23
718
51.3
2
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
25Ollie Matson
O. Matson
31.2
1952
CHC CHC
12
20
624
52.0
2
9
86
9.6
7.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns per team game and yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
Bears Bears
4
3
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
3
4
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Mon
11/10
PHI PHI
@
GB GB
8:15 PM
Sun
11/16
GB GB
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/23
MIN MIN
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Thu
11/27
GB GB
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Last Game
GB Packers

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Final

25

PIT Steelers

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Sun 26 Oct 2025

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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
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ATL ATL
23-20
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
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Sun
11/2
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@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM