most career interception return yards before 1973

Before 1973, Emlen Tunnell had the most interception-return yards, with 1,282 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career interception return yards by a player before 1973
NAMEINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
1,282
167
79
4
16
0
2Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
1,207
157
68
5
11
1
3Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
1,046
164
48
7
14
0
4Bobby Boyd
B. Boyd
994
121
57
4
12
1
5Bobby Dillon
B. Dillon
976
94
52
5
3
0
6Dave Grayson
D. Grayson
933
139
48
5
2
0
7Erich Barnes
E. Barnes
853
178
45
7
12
1
8Jack Butler
J. Butler
827
103
52
4
10
1
9Paul Krause
P. Krause
808
124
58
3
15
2
10Ed Sharockman
E. Sharockman
804
142
40
3
9
1
11Richie Petitbon
R. Petitbon
801
179
48
3
13
0
12Larry Wilson
L. Wilson
800
169
52
5
14
2
13Yale Lary
Y. Lary
787
133
50
2
13
1
14Lem Barney
L. Barney
774
77
38
6
10
0
15Dick LeBeau
D. LeBeau
762
185
62
3
9
1
16Bobby Hunt
B. Hunt
755
112
42
1
2
0
17Pat Fischer
P. Fischer
748
157
42
4
17
1
18Johnny Robinson
J. Robinson
741
164
57
1
6
1
19Bob Smith
B. Smith
719
62
29
3
9
0
20Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
717
89
46
3
7
0
21Frank Reagan
F. Reagan
714
68
35
1
10
0
22Jimmy Patton
J. Patton
712
153
52
2
15
0
23Willie Wood
W. Wood
699
166
48
2
16
0
24Kermit Alexander
K. Alexander
668
129
43
3
25
1
25Butch Byrd
B. Byrd
666
112
40
5
4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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