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highest punt returns average with a minimum of 1.25 punt returns per team game by a player in a season| NAME | PR AVG | SEASON | TM | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Christiansen | 21.5 | 1952 |  DET | 11 | 16 | 409 | 25.6 | 37.2 | 0 | 15 | 322 | 29.3 | 2 |
| 2 | | D. Christy | 21.3 | 1961 |  NYT | 14 | 15 | 360 | 24.0 | 25.7 | 0 | 18 | 383 | 27.4 | 2 |
| 3 | | C. Dike | 21.2 | 2025 |  TEN | 12 | 50 | 1,282 | 25.6 | 106.8 | 0 | 17 | 361 | 30.1 | 2 |
| 4 | | R. Cochran | 20.9 | 1949 |  CHC | 12 | 20 | 410 | 20.5 | 34.2 | 0 | 15 | 314 | 26.2 | 2 |
| 5 | | J. Davis | 20.9 | 1948 | CHC | 11 | 15 | 437 | 29.1 | 39.7 | 0 | 16 | 334 | 30.4 | 2 |
| 6 | | B. Grimes | 19.1 | 1950 |  GB | 12 | 26 | 600 | 23.1 | 50.0 | 0 | 29 | 555 | 46.3 | 2 |
| 7 | | J. Christiansen | 19.1 | 1951 | DET | 12 | 11 | 270 | 24.5 | 22.5 | 0 | 18 | 343 | 28.6 | 4 |
| 8 | | M. Jones | 18.8 | 2025 |  NE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 19 | 358 | 27.5 | 2 | |
| 9 | | L. Parrish | 18.8 | 1974 |  CIN | 13 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 2.8 | 0 | 18 | 338 | 26.0 | 2 |
| 10 | | L. McKelvin | 18.7 | 2012 |  BUF | 13 | 18 | 510 | 28.3 | 39.2 | 0 | 23 | 431 | 33.2 | 2 |
| 11 | | W. Lewis | 18.5 | 1952 |  LA | 12 | 16 | 345 | 21.6 | 28.8 | 0 | 19 | 351 | 29.3 | 2 |
| 12 | | G. Olszewski | 17.3 | 2020 | NE | 13 | 18 | 418 | 23.2 | 32.2 | 0 | 20 | 346 | 26.6 | 1 |
| 13 | | D. Hester | 17.1 | 2010 |  CHI | 16 | 12 | 427 | 35.6 | 26.7 | 0 | 33 | 564 | 35.3 | 3 |
| 14 | | P. Washington | 17.0 | 2025 |  JAX | 12 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 6.3 | 0 | 19 | 323 | 26.9 | 2 |
| 15 | | D. Todd | 17.0 | 1941 |  WAS | 7 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 8.3 | 0 | 14 | 238 | 34.0 | 1 |
| 16 | | J. Williams | 16.8 | 2002 |  SF | 13 | 35 | 765 | 21.9 | 58.8 | 0 | 20 | 336 | 25.8 | 1 |
| 17 | | A. Jones | 16.6 | 1941 |  PIT | 11 | 7 | 122 | 17.4 | 11.1 | 0 | 14 | 232 | 21.1 | 0 |
| 18 | | S. Moss | 16.5 | 2002 |  NYJ | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 25 | 413 | 27.5 | 2 | |
| 19 | | R. Parrish | 16.3 | 2007 | BUF | 16 | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 7.9 | 0 | 27 | 440 | 27.5 | 1 |
| 20 | | D. Hall | 16.3 | 2003 |  KC | 16 | 57 | 1,478 | 25.9 | 92.4 | 2 | 29 | 472 | 29.5 | 2 |
| 21 | | D. Hester | 16.2 | 2011 | CHI | 16 | 33 | 723 | 21.9 | 45.2 | 1 | 28 | 454 | 28.4 | 2 |
| 22 | | R. Upchurch | 16.1 | 1982 |  DEN | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 | 242 | 26.9 | 2 | |
| 23 | | D. Harris | 16.1 | 2012 |  DAL | 16 | 11 | 210 | 19.1 | 13.1 | 0 | 22 | 354 | 22.1 | 1 |
| 24 | | J. Lewis | 16.1 | 2000 |  BAL | 15 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 36 | 578 | 38.5 | 2 |
| 25 | | D. Davis | 16.0 | 2023 |  LAC | 17 | 17 | 374 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 24 | 385 | 22.6 | 1 |
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns per team game and yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.
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