highest punt returns average career

Marcus Jones has averaged the most career yards per punt return, with 14.6 per return.

Interpreted as:
highest punt returns average with a minimum of 75 punt returns by a player career
NAMEPR AVGPRGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Marcus Jones
M. Jones
14.6
77
44
27
645
23.9
14.7
0
1,127
25.6
3
2George McAfee
G. McAfee
12.8
112
65
18
488
27.1
7.5
1
1,431
22.0
2
3Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
12.8
85
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
1,084
12.2
8
4Claude Gibson
C. Gibson
12.6
110
70
16
268
16.8
3.8
0
1,381
19.7
3
5Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
12.2
124
90
78
1,743
22.3
19.4
1
1,515
16.8
3
6Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
12.1
248
119
95
2,355
24.8
19.8
0
3,008
25.3
8
7Desmond Howard
D. Howard
11.9
244
156
359
7,959
22.2
51.0
0
2,895
18.6
8
8Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
11.8
282
143
123
2,941
23.9
20.6
2
3,317
23.2
6
9Devin Hester
D. Hester
11.7
315
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
3,695
23.7
14
10Devin Duvernay
D. Duvernay
11.7
104
84
117
2,940
25.1
35.0
2
1,218
14.5
0
11Mack Herron
M. Herron
11.7
84
39
82
1,985
24.2
50.9
1
982
25.2
0
12Roscoe Parrish
R. Parrish
11.6
165
90
33
771
23.4
8.6
0
1,920
21.3
3
13Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
11.6
157
179
46
1,156
25.1
6.5
0
1,814
10.1
0
14Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
11.5
314
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
3,601
26.1
6
15Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
11.5
92
145
14
384
27.4
2.6
1
1,055
7.3
4
16Gunner Olszewski
G. Olszewski
11.4
117
79
64
1,515
23.7
19.2
0
1,336
16.9
2
17Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
11.4
89
84
39
1,012
25.9
12.0
2
1,015
12.1
2
18Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
11.3
135
228
19
364
19.2
1.6
0
1,527
6.7
4
19Rodger Bird
R. Bird
11.3
94
38
25
533
21.3
14.0
0
1,063
28.0
0
20Braxton Berrios
B. Berrios
11.3
100
91
91
2,265
24.9
24.9
1
1,130
12.4
0
21Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
11.3
95
60
41
938
22.9
15.6
1
1,072
17.9
2
22Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
11.2
177
137
30
626
20.9
4.6
0
1,986
14.5
4
23Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
11.2
78
51
77
1,878
24.4
36.8
1
874
17.1
1
24Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
11.1
84
81
121
3,087
25.5
38.1
2
936
11.6
1
25Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
11.1
104
132
23
581
25.3
4.4
0
1,158
8.8
3
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns and yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.

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