highest kick return average in a career

Gale Sayers has the most career yards per kick return, averaging 30.6 per return.

Interpreted as:
highest kick return average with a minimum of 75 kickoff returns by a player in a career
NAMEKR AVGKRGPKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
30.6
91
68
2,781
40.9
6
27
391
14.5
5.8
2
2Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
29.6
83
46
2,459
53.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
29.6
92
72
2,720
37.8
3
66
312
4.7
4.3
0
4Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
29.0
284
183
8,229
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
5Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
28.7
79
41
2,270
55.4
2
7
69
9.9
1.7
0
6Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
28.7
193
116
5,538
47.7
5
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
7Buddy Young
B. Young
27.9
90
67
2,514
37.5
2
48
389
8.1
5.8
1
8KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
27.8
105
61
2,916
47.8
1
68
624
9.2
10.2
1
9Travis Williams
T. Williams
27.5
102
62
2,801
45.2
6
13
213
16.4
3.4
1
10Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
27.3
139
84
3,798
45.2
1
124
774
6.2
9.2
1
11Clifton Smith
C. Smith
27.2
75
24
2,038
84.9
1
48
565
11.8
23.5
1
12Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
27.2
152
75
4,127
55.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Clarence Davis
C. Davis
27.1
79
89
2,140
24.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Keisean Nixon
K. Nixon
27.0
89
103
2,403
23.3
1
32
286
8.9
2.8
0
15Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
27.0
183
128
4,940
38.6
5
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
16Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
26.7
76
83
2,030
24.5
3
34
473
13.9
5.7
2
17Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
26.7
81
149
2,161
14.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
18Quintin Demps
Q. Demps
26.6
110
110
2,931
26.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
19Mercury Morris
M. Morris
26.5
111
99
2,947
29.8
3
27
171
6.3
1.7
0
20Ellis Hobbs
E. Hobbs
26.5
141
79
3,739
47.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
21Bobby Jancik
B. Jancik
26.5
158
81
4,185
51.7
0
67
647
9.7
8.0
1
22Mel Renfro
M. Renfro
26.4
85
174
2,246
12.9
2
109
842
7.7
4.8
1
23Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
26.4
102
148
2,690
18.2
5
69
699
10.1
4.7
3
24Jordan Todman
J. Todman
26.4
89
74
2,346
31.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Terrence McGee
T. McGee
26.3
207
122
5,450
44.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns and yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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