highest kick returns average 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 kick returns average 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
14
18
739
52.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
2Jim Duncan
J. Duncan
35.4
1970
14
20
707
50.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
3Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
35.2
1952
12
17
599
49.9
2
17
111
6.5
9.3
0
4Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
34.4
1953
12
16
551
45.9
0
8
93
11.6
7.8
0
5Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
33.7
1950
12
22
742
61.8
3
22
218
9.9
18.2
0
6KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
33.5
2024
17
27
904
53.2
1
18
187
10.4
11.0
1
7Ron Brown
R. Brown
32.8
1985
13
28
918
70.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Cecil Turner
C. Turner
32.7
1970
14
23
752
53.7
4
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
9Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
32.4
2013
16
43
1,393
87.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
10Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
32.2
1963
14
29
935
66.8
3
13
95
7.3
6.8
0
11Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31.8
2015
16
32
1,019
63.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
12Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
31.8
1956
12
15
477
39.8
1
2
0
0.0
0.0
0
13Darius Jennings
D. Jennings
31.7
2018
16
22
698
43.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Gary Ballman
G. Ballman
31.7
1963
14
22
698
49.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31.7
2016
16
25
792
49.5
1
1
9
9.0
0.6
0
16Jack Salscheider
J. Salscheider
31.6
1949
11
15
474
43.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
31.6
2011
15
34
1,073
71.5
1
5
26
5.2
1.7
0
18Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.4
1965
14
21
660
47.1
1
16
238
14.9
17.0
1
19Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
31.3
1962
14
37
1,157
82.6
0
19
179
9.4
12.8
1
20Ken Hall
K. Hall
31.3
1960
11
19
594
54.0
1
6
72
12.0
6.5
0
21Adam Jones
A. Jones
31.3
2014
16
27
844
52.8
0
22
265
12.0
16.6
0
22Brandon Wilson
B. Wilson
31.3
2019
12
20
625
52.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.2
1966
14
23
718
51.3
2
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
24Ollie Matson
O. Matson
31.2
1952
12
20
624
52.0
2
9
86
9.6
7.2
0
25Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
31.2
1974
14
20
623
44.5
1
26
340
13.1
24.3
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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