most average punt return yards all time

Marvin Mims Jr. has averaged the most career yards per punt return, with 15.1 per return.

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  • Data note: Yards Per Punt Return, Punt Returns: player season data complete from 1941
NAMEPR AVGPRGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Marvin Mims Jr.
M. Mims Jr.
15.1
86
55
55
1,455
26.5
26.5
1
1,300
23.6
1
2Marcus Jones
M. Jones
13.7
95
57
27
645
23.9
11.3
0
1,298
22.8
3
3Rashid Shaheed
R. Shaheed
12.9
90
58
69
1,758
25.5
30.3
1
1,164
20.1
3
4George McAfee
G. McAfee
12.8
112
65
18
488
27.1
7.5
1
1,431
22.0
2
5Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
12.8
85
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
1,084
12.2
8
6Claude Gibson
C. Gibson
12.6
110
70
16
268
16.8
3.8
0
1,381
19.7
3
7Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
12.2
124
90
78
1,743
22.3
19.4
1
1,515
16.8
3
8Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
12.1
248
119
95
2,355
24.8
19.8
0
3,008
25.3
8
9Desmond Howard
D. Howard
11.9
244
156
359
7,959
22.2
51.0
0
2,895
18.6
8
10Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
11.8
282
143
123
2,941
23.9
20.6
2
3,317
23.2
6
11Devin Hester
D. Hester
11.7
315
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
3,695
23.7
14
12Mack Herron
M. Herron
11.7
84
39
82
1,985
24.2
50.9
1
982
25.2
0
13Roscoe Parrish
R. Parrish
11.6
165
90
33
771
23.4
8.6
0
1,920
21.3
3
14Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
11.6
157
179
46
1,156
25.1
6.5
0
1,814
10.1
0
15Britain Covey
B. Covey
11.5
93
51
25
553
22.1
10.8
0
1,072
21.0
0
16Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
11.5
314
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
3,601
26.1
6
17Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
11.5
92
145
14
384
27.4
2.6
1
1,055
7.3
4
18Devin Duvernay
D. Duvernay
11.5
119
98
149
3,791
25.4
38.7
2
1,363
13.9
0
19Nyheim Miller-Hines
N. Miller-Hines
11.4
90
85
39
1,012
25.9
11.9
2
1,026
12.1
2
20Gunner Olszewski
G. Olszewski
11.4
122
82
67
1,586
23.7
19.3
0
1,386
16.9
2
21Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
11.3
135
228
19
364
19.2
1.6
0
1,527
6.7
4
22Rodger Bird
R. Bird
11.3
94
38
25
533
21.3
14.0
0
1,063
28.0
0
23Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
11.3
95
60
41
938
22.9
15.6
1
1,072
17.9
2
24Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
11.2
177
137
30
626
20.9
4.6
0
1,986
14.5
4
25Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
11.2
78
51
77
1,878
24.4
36.8
1
874
17.1
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7
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6
2
0
.750
6
2
0
.750
5
4
0
.556
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5
0
.444
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6
2
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.750
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5
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.375
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7
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