longest single kickoff return in panthers history

Michael Bates has the most career kickoff returns for the Panthers, with 233 returns.

Interpreted as:
longest single kickoff return by a player in panthers history
NAME KR GP KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Michael Bates
M. Bates
233
76
5,987
25.7
78.8
5
8
39
4.9
0.5
0
2 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
98
182
2,371
24.2
13.0
2
178
1,652
9.3
9.1
4
3 Rod Smart
R. Smart
78
47
1,731
22.2
36.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
4 Mike Goodson
M. Goodson
76
28
1,650
21.7
58.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
5 Raheem Blackshear
R. Blackshear
66
41
1,734
26.3
42.3
0
23
200
8.7
4.9
0
6 DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
45
117
854
19.0
7.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
7 Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
44
47
994
22.6
21.1
0
82
795
9.7
16.9
0
8 Mark Jones
M. Jones
40
16
958
24.0
59.9
0
39
443
11.4
27.7
0
9 Fozzy Whittaker
F. Whittaker
38
53
856
22.5
16.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
10 Isaac Byrd
I. Byrd
33
43
691
20.9
16.1
0
8
83
10.4
1.9
0
11 Kealoha Pilares
K. Pilares
32
20
806
25.2
40.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
12 Ryne Robinson
R. Robinson
26
16
598
23.0
37.4
0
30
262
8.7
16.4
0
13 Jamall Broussard
J. Broussard
24
8
555
23.1
69.4
0
10
43
4.3
5.4
0
14 Dwight Stone
D. Stone
24
64
597
24.9
9.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
15 Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
22
11
484
22.0
44.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Jamal Robertson
J. Robertson
22
12
523
23.8
43.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Curtis Samuel
C. Samuel
20
53
430
21.5
8.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
18 Nick Goings
N. Goings
19
105
413
21.7
3.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
19 Pharoh Cooper
P. Cooper
18
16
430
23.9
26.9
0
20
117
5.9
7.3
0
20 Butler By'Not'e
B. By'Not'e
18
7
335
18.6
47.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
21 Jonathan Stewart
J. Stewart
17
131
366
21.5
2.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Joe Webb
J. Webb
16
37
362
22.6
9.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
23 Tyrell Sutton
T. Sutton
16
16
332
20.8
20.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Armanti Edwards
A. Edwards
15
39
295
19.7
7.6
0
36
253
7.0
6.5
0
25 Richard Marshall
R. Marshall
15
80
291
19.4
3.6
0
2
-1
-0.5
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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