highest punt return yds by player in his 9th season

Darren Sproles and Brian Mitchell were tied for the most punt-return yards by a player in their 9th season, with 506 yards.

NAMEPR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
506
2014
15
1
15
15.0
1.0
0
39
13.0
33.7
2
2Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
506
1998
16
59
1,337
22.7
83.6
1
44
11.5
31.6
0
3Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
489
1997
16
16
355
22.2
22.2
0
45
10.9
30.6
3
4Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
489
1983
16
0
0
0.0
0
46
10.6
30.6
1
5Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
467
1997
16
33
816
24.7
51.0
0
45
10.4
29.2
0
6Desmond Howard
D. Howard
457
2000
15
57
1,401
24.6
93.4
0
31
14.7
30.5
1
7Leo Lewis
L. Lewis
446
1989
16
2
30
15.0
1.9
0
44
10.1
27.9
0
8Troy Brown
T. Brown
413
2001
16
1
13
13.0
0.8
0
29
14.2
25.8
2
9Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
407
1997
13
1
18
18.0
1.4
0
33
12.3
31.3
1
10Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
363
2006
16
1
10
10.0
0.6
0
41
8.9
22.7
0
11Ron Smith
R. Smith
352
1973
14
36
947
26.3
67.6
0
27
13.0
25.1
2
12Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
324
2018
16
40
1,174
29.4
73.4
1
23
14.1
20.3
1
13Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
288
2006
16
46
1,082
23.5
67.6
0
37
7.8
18.0
0
14Karl Williams
K. Williams
286
2004
15
1
18
18.0
1.2
0
42
6.8
19.1
0
15Jamison Crowder
J. Crowder
278
2023
17
0
0
0.0
0
35
7.9
16.4
0
16Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
277
2015
15
1
8
8.0
0.5
0
27
10.3
18.5
0
17Marcus Sherels
M. Sherels
276
2018
12
2
34
17.0
2.8
0
23
12.0
23.0
0
18Willie Drewrey
W. Drewrey
275
1993
16
15
293
19.5
18.3
0
41
6.7
17.2
0
19Tim Brown
T. Brown
272
1996
16
1
24
24.0
1.5
0
32
8.5
17.0
0
20Wes Welker
W. Welker
243
2012
16
3
33
11.0
2.1
0
25
9.7
15.2
0
21Kalif Raymond
K. Raymond
241
2025
15
6
161
26.8
10.7
0
32
7.5
16.1
1
22Devin Hester
D. Hester
240
2014
16
45
1,128
25.1
70.5
0
18
13.3
15.0
1
23Mel Gray
M. Gray
233
1994
16
45
1,276
28.4
79.8
3
21
11.1
14.6
0
24Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
231
2017
15
1
16
16.0
1.1
0
27
8.6
15.4
0
25Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
227
2004
9
21
386
18.4
42.9
0
23
9.9
25.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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