league wide kick return yards per game by year since 2000
| KR YDS/G | SEASON | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR YDS/G | PR TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90.2 | 2000 | 496 | 2,040 | 44,727 | 21.9 | 15 | 1,142 | 11,397 | 10.0 | 23.0 | 15 |
| 2 | 87.1 | 2001 | 496 | 1,997 | 43,208 | 21.6 | 10 | 1,160 | 11,337 | 9.8 | 22.9 | 12 |
| 3 | 93.8 | 2002 | 512 | 2,205 | 48,020 | 21.8 | 17 | 1,151 | 10,971 | 9.5 | 21.4 | 22 |
| 4 | 91.0 | 2003 | 512 | 2,161 | 46,595 | 21.6 | 13 | 1,209 | 11,540 | 9.5 | 22.5 | 18 |
| 5 | 91.3 | 2004 | 512 | 2,155 | 46,740 | 21.7 | 17 | 1,217 | 10,462 | 8.6 | 20.4 | 11 |
| 6 | 93.0 | 2005 | 512 | 2,137 | 47,626 | 22.3 | 12 | 1,252 | 10,141 | 8.1 | 19.8 | 9 |
| 7 | 89.7 | 2006 | 512 | 2,037 | 45,908 | 22.5 | 9 | 1,216 | 10,623 | 8.7 | 20.7 | 15 |
| 8 | 91.7 | 2007 | 512 | 2,074 | 46,937 | 22.6 | 25 | 1,122 | 10,210 | 9.1 | 19.9 | 17 |
| 9 | 94.2 | 2008 | 512 | 2,114 | 48,249 | 22.8 | 13 | 1,091 | 10,092 | 9.3 | 19.7 | 16 |
| 10 | 88.6 | 2009 | 512 | 2,004 | 45,341 | 22.6 | 18 | 1,182 | 10,022 | 8.5 | 19.6 | 10 |
| 11 | 88.7 | 2010 | 512 | 2,033 | 45,420 | 22.3 | 23 | 1,149 | 11,026 | 9.6 | 21.5 | 13 |
| 12 | 63.8 | 2011 | 512 | 1,375 | 32,680 | 23.8 | 9 | 1,174 | 11,633 | 9.9 | 22.7 | 20 |
| 13 | 64.2 | 2012 | 512 | 1,395 | 32,892 | 23.6 | 13 | 1,133 | 11,041 | 9.7 | 21.6 | 18 |
| 14 | 58.8 | 2013 | 512 | 1,289 | 30,118 | 23.4 | 7 | 1,094 | 10,301 | 9.4 | 20.1 | 13 |
| 15 | 56.9 | 2014 | 512 | 1,226 | 29,124 | 23.8 | 6 | 1,036 | 9,211 | 8.9 | 18.0 | 13 |
| 16 | 49.7 | 2015 | 512 | 1,080 | 25,445 | 23.6 | 7 | 1,138 | 9,654 | 8.5 | 18.9 | 13 |
| 17 | 44.3 | 2016 | 512 | 1,035 | 22,688 | 21.9 | 7 | 1,012 | 8,681 | 8.6 | 17.0 | 10 |
| 18 | 43.7 | 2017 | 512 | 1,036 | 22,396 | 21.6 | 7 | 1,069 | 8,741 | 8.2 | 17.1 | 10 |
| 19 | 43.4 | 2018 | 512 | 970 | 22,233 | 22.9 | 5 | 908 | 7,690 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 7 |
| 20 | 41.2 | 2019 | 512 | 938 | 21,103 | 22.5 | 7 | 876 | 6,627 | 7.6 | 12.9 | 7 |
| 21 | 43.7 | 2020 | 512 | 992 | 22,360 | 22.5 | 7 | 775 | 6,850 | 8.8 | 13.4 | 8 |
| 22 | 44.9 | 2021 | 544 | 1,099 | 24,423 | 22.2 | 9 | 879 | 7,780 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 2 |
| 23 | 42.6 | 2022 | 542 | 1,013 | 23,108 | 22.8 | 6 | 951 | 8,449 | 8.9 | 15.6 | 3 |
| 24 | 24.9 | 2023 | 544 | 587 | 13,530 | 23.0 | 4 | 975 | 9,357 | 9.6 | 17.2 | 8 |
| 25 | 46.7 | 2024 | 544 | 920 | 25,394 | 27.6 | 7 | 873 | 8,600 | 9.9 | 15.8 | 6 |
StatMuse has team, season-level data for kick-return yards per game going back to the 1940 season.
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