highest punt returns average career with a minium 70 returns

Mike Nelms has the most career punt returns per game played when making 70+ returns, with 3.12.

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Data note: Punt Returns: player season data complete from 1941

	NAME	PR/GP	RET	PR	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	3.12	388	212	68	175	4,128	23.6	60.7	0	1,948	9.2	28.6	2
2	Danny Reece D. Reece	3.08	251	222	72	23	483	21.0	6.7	0	1,554	7.0	21.6	0
3	Lew Barnes L. Barnes	3	105	93	31	9	236	26.2	7.6	1	830	8.9	26.8	0
4	Kevin Miller K. Miller	2.87	107	66	23	40	854	21.4	37.1	0	324	4.9	14.1	0
5	Rod Harris R. Harris	2.84	160	108	38	49	895	18.3	23.6	0	826	7.6	21.7	0
6	Leon Bright L. Bright	2.82	223	141	50	77	1,544	20.1	30.9	0	1,149	8.1	23.0	0
7	Patrick Robinson P. Robinson	2.8	128	84	30	42	798	19.0	26.6	0	590	7.0	19.7	0
8	B.J. Sams	2.78	276	128	46	147	3,341	22.7	72.6	0	1,378	10.8	30.0	2
9	John Arnold J. Arnold	2.76	79	47	17	32	684	21.4	40.2	0	368	7.8	21.6	0
10	Phil McConkey P. McConkey	2.71	302	228	84	69	1,324	19.2	15.8	0	1,832	8.0	21.8	0
11	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	2.66	516	295	111	212	4,611	21.8	41.5	0	3,282	11.1	29.6	6
12	Wally Henry W. Henry	2.64	238	148	56	87	1,950	22.4	34.8	0	1,231	8.3	22.0	1
13	Eric Guliford E. Guliford	2.58	203	134	52	66	1,660	25.2	31.9	1	1,300	9.7	25.0	1
14	Ira Matthews I. Matthews	2.57	174	95	37	71	1,602	22.6	43.3	1	678	7.1	18.3	0
15	Mark Jones M. Jones	2.56	232	159	62	71	1,669	23.5	26.9	0	1,483	9.3	23.9	0
16	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	2.56	425	197	77	226	5,422	24.0	70.4	4	2,016	10.2	26.2	4
17	Donnie Walker D. Walker	2.52	71	68	27	1	20	20.0	0.7	0	594	8.7	22.0	0
18	Gerald McNeil G. McNeil	2.51	283	191	76	91	1,852	20.4	24.4	1	1,717	9.0	22.6	1
19	Trindon Holliday T. Holliday	2.48	140	82	33	54	1,455	26.9	44.1	2	769	9.4	23.3	2
20	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	2.47	532	292	118	235	4,933	21.0	41.8	0	3,169	10.9	26.9	4
21	Rodger Bird R. Bird	2.47	128	94	38	25	533	21.3	14.0	0	1,063	11.3	28.0	0
22	J.J. Moses	2.47	212	84	34	128	2,904	22.7	85.4	0	605	7.2	17.8	0
23	Howard Stevens H. Stevens	2.47	274	163	66	103	2,336	22.7	35.4	0	1,559	9.6	23.6	0
24	Jeff Fisher J. Fisher	2.45	141	120	49	14	204	14.6	4.2	0	1,125	9.4	23.0	1
25	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	2.45	440	186	76	248	5,989	24.1	78.8	3	1,818	9.8	23.9	1

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