how many punt returns has there been in nfl 2021

Ray-Ray McCloud III had the most punt returns in 2021, with 38 returns.

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

	NAME	PR	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Ray-Ray McCloud III R. McCloud III	38	2021	PIT	16	35	776	22.2	48.5	0	367	9.7	22.9	0
2	Demetric Felton D. Felton	32	2021	CLE	16	9	172	19.1	10.8	0	227	7.1	14.2	0
3	Hunter Renfrow H. Renfrow	31	2021	LV	17	0	0		0.0	0	348	11.2	20.5	0
4	Jalen Reagor J. Reagor	31	2021	PHI	17	12	255	21.3	15.0	0	227	7.3	13.4	0
5	Chester Rogers C. Rogers	30	2021	TEN	16	14	282	20.1	17.6	0	293	9.8	18.3	0
6	Brandon Aiyuk B. Aiyuk	29	2021	SF	17	0	0		0.0	0	208	7.2	12.2	0
7	Jakeem Grant J. Grant	26	2021	TOT	15	23	539	23.4	35.9	0	309	11.9	20.6	1
8	Diontae Spencer D. Spencer	26	2021	DEN	15	17	291	17.1	19.4	0	206	7.9	13.7	0
9	Gunner Olszewski G. Olszewski	26	2021	NE	16	18	416	23.1	26.0	0	309	11.9	19.3	0
10	Devin Duvernay D. Duvernay	26	2021	BAL	16	28	676	24.1	42.3	0	360	13.8	22.5	0
11	Darius Phillips D. Phillips	25	2021	CIN	12	8	169	21.1	14.1	0	177	7.1	14.8	0
12	Alex Erickson A. Erickson	23	2021	CAR	17	2	57	28.5	3.4	0	204	8.9	12.0	0
13	Nyheim Miller-Hines N. Miller-Hines	23	2021	IND	17	4	70	17.5	4.1	0	170	7.4	10.0	0
14	Dede Westbrook D. Westbrook	22	2021	MIN	15	0	0		0.0	0	183	8.3	12.2	0
15	Freddie Swain F. Swain	22	2021	SEA	17	0	0		0.0	0	189	8.6	11.1	0
16	Kalif Raymond K. Raymond	21	2021	DET	16	0	0		0.0	0	236	11.2	14.8	0
17	Deonte Harty D. Harty	21	2021	NO	13	29	690	23.8	53.1	0	199	9.5	15.3	0
18	Rondale Moore R. Moore	21	2021	ARI	14	13	291	22.4	20.8	0	171	8.1	12.2	0
19	Andre Roberts A. Roberts	20	2021	TOT	16	37	1,010	27.3	63.1	1	99	5.0	6.2	0
20	Amari Rodgers A. Rodgers	20	2021	GB	16	11	199	18.1	12.4	0	166	8.3	10.4	0
21	Avery Williams A. Williams	20	2021	ATL	15	23	490	21.3	32.7	0	153	7.7	10.2	0
22	Isaiah McKenzie I. McKenzie	19	2021	BUF	15	24	584	24.3	38.9	0	147	7.7	9.8	0
23	Jaelon Darden J. Darden	19	2021	TB	9	18	359	19.9	39.9	0	142	7.5	15.8	0
24	Desmond King D. King	17	2021	HOU	16	1	27	27.0	1.7	0	154	9.1	9.6	0
25	DeAndre Carter D. Carter	16	2021	WAS	17	36	904	25.1	53.2	1	134	8.4	7.9	0

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Ray-Ray McCloud III had the most punt returns in 2021, with 38 returns.

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