highest average return yardage per interception in a career

highest average return yardage per interception by a player in a career

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highest average return yardage per interception by a player in a career
NAMEAVGINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Ed Reed
E. Reed
6.8
1,590
174
534
112
646
6.0
56
64
7
11
13
2
2Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
15.1
1,483
238
167
42
209
13.5
71
12
1
32
1
3Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
5.5
1,412
205
517
141
658
7.5
63
11
8
8
2
4Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
15.6
1,331
188
34
4
38
1.0
53
9
0
13
1
5Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
11.3
1,282
167
79
4
16
0
6Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
3.5
1,207
157
68
5
11
1
7Paul Krause
P. Krause
1,185
226
81
3
19
3
8Lem Barney
L. Barney
13.4
1,077
140
56
7
17
0
9Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
25.5
1,046
164
48
7
14
0
10Bobby Boyd
B. Boyd
8.9
994
121
57
4
12
1
11Bobby Dillon
B. Dillon
9.3
976
94
52
5
3
0
12Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
8.2
966
254
818
198
1,016
20.0
65
11
28
18
2
13Glen Edwards
G. Edwards
10.4
961
142
39
3
13
0
14Pat Fischer
P. Fischer
16.5
941
213
56
4
19
1
15Emmitt Thomas
E. Thomas
18.4
937
181
58
5
7
0
16Dave Grayson
D. Grayson
23.9
933
139
48
5
2
0
17Ronde Barber
R. Barber
10.0
923
241
847
165
1,012
28.0
47
8
13
12
4
18Ken Houston
K. Houston
7.6
898
196
49
9
21
1
19Marcus Peters
M. Peters
897
116
312
77
389
2.0
22
33
7
12
10
1
20Erich Barnes
E. Barnes
0.0
853
178
45
7
12
1
21DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
12.0
838
171
638
176
814
2.0
8
43
5
11
15
5
22Ty Law
T. Law
828
203
375
81
456
5.0
53
7
5
5
0
23Ray Buchanan
R. Buchanan
12.8
827
184
208
40
248
3.5
47
4
3
6
0
24Jack Butler
J. Butler
5.7
827
103
52
4
10
1
25Eric Allen
E. Allen
2.0
826
217
49
6
55
3.0
54
8
2
7
1
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176