league highest return touchdown per game in a season

8 players are tied for the most touchdown returns per game played in a season, with 1. The first three are Tony Dye in 2013, Zack Bowman in 2008 and Bobby Myers in 2001.

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	NAME	TD/GP	RET TD	GP	SEASON	TM	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Tony Dye T. Dye	1	1	1	2013	CIN	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Zack Bowman Z. Bowman	1	1	1	2008	CHI	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Bobby Myers B. Myers	1	1	1	2001	TEN	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Angelo King A. King	1	1	1	1987	DET	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mike Wells M. Wells	1	1	1	1987	SF	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Mike Palm M. Palm	1	1	1	1926	NYG					0					0
7	Paul McNulty P. McNulty	1	1	1	1925	CHC					0					0
8	Nate Abrams N. Abrams	1	1	1	1921	GB					0					0
9	Fred Evans F. Evans	0.67	2	3	1948	CHB	0	0		0.0	0	1	15	15.0	5.0	0
10	Deonte Banks D. Banks	0.5	1	2	2026	NYG	2	37	18.5	18.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Kene Nwangwu K. Nwangwu	0.5	1	2	2024	NYJ	3	157	52.3	78.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Trayvon Henderson T. Henderson	0.5	1	2	2021	CIN	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	C.J. Mosley	0.5	1	2	2019	NYJ	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Mike Brown M. Brown	0.5	1	2	2004	CHI	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Ray Bentley R. Bentley	0.5	1	2	1992	CIN	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Anthony Mosley A. Mosley	0.5	1	2	1987	CHI	1	17	17.0	8.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Arthur Wells A. Wells	0.5	1	2	1987	TB	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Blenda Gay B. Gay	0.5	1	2	1974	SD	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Andy Livingston A. Livingston	0.5	1	2	1964	CHI	6	167	27.8	83.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
20	Whitey Woodin W. Woodin	0.5	1	2	1931	GB					0					0
21	Chuck Corgan C. Corgan	0.5	1	2	1925	KC					0					0
22	Devin Hester D. Hester	0.38	6	16	2007	CHI	43	934	21.7	58.4	2	42	651	15.5	40.7	4
23	Devin Hester D. Hester	0.38	6	16	2006	CHI	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	600	12.8	37.5	3
24	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	0.36	4	11	2004	DET	41	1,092	26.6	99.3	2	24	316	13.2	28.7	2
25	George McAfee G. McAfee	0.36	4	11	1941	CHB	7	223	31.9	20.3	1	5	158	31.6	14.4	1

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