most career kickoff returns by 1 player in nfl history

Brian Mitchell has the most career kickoff returns, with 607 returns.

	NAME	KR	GP	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	607	223	14,014	23.1	62.8	4	463	4,999	10.8	22.4	9
2	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	514	157	11,947	23.2	76.1	5	307	3,056	10.0	19.5	3
3	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	426	136	11,113	26.1	81.7	8	222	2,375	10.7	17.5	3
4	Dante Hall D. Hall	426	112	10,136	23.8	90.5	6	216	2,261	10.5	20.2	6
5	Mel Gray M. Gray	421	169	10,250	24.3	60.7	6	252	2,753	10.9	16.3	3
6	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	407	138	9,788	24.0	70.9	2	304	2,984	9.8	21.6	1
7	Michael Bates M. Bates	373	145	9,110	24.4	62.8	5	10	44	4.4	0.3	0
8	Desmond Howard D. Howard	359	156	7,959	22.2	51.0	0	244	2,895	11.9	18.6	8
9	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	332	183	8,352	25.2	45.6	2	311	2,961	9.5	16.2	7
10	Kevin Williams K. Williams	322	121	7,309	22.7	60.4	1	231	2,295	9.9	19.0	3
11	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	307	193	6,899	22.5	35.7	3	262	2,624	10.0	13.6	4
12	Devin Hester D. Hester	295	156	7,333	24.9	47.0	5	315	3,695	11.7	23.7	14
13	Leon Washington L. Washington	292	126	7,553	25.9	59.9	8	181	1,793	9.9	14.2	0
14	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	284	183	8,229	29.0	45.0	9	1	9	9.0	0.0	0
15	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	283	81	6,999	24.7	86.4	3	162	1,411	8.7	17.4	2
16	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	280	179	5,813	20.8	32.5	2	351	3,453	9.8	19.3	10
17	Ron Smith R. Smith	275	139	6,922	25.2	49.8	3	235	1,788	7.6	12.9	2
18	Andre Roberts A. Roberts	260	182	6,751	26.0	37.1	3	219	1,880	8.6	10.3	3
19	Chris Carr C. Carr	256	125	6,276	24.5	50.2	0	148	1,073	7.3	8.6	0
20	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	252	146	5,566	22.1	38.1	1	349	3,708	10.6	25.4	7
21	Eddie Drummond E. Drummond	250	64	5,811	23.2	90.8	2	140	1,280	9.1	20.0	4
22	Dexter Carter D. Carter	250	100	5,412	21.6	54.1	2	138	1,358	9.8	13.6	2
23	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	248	76	5,989	24.1	78.8	3	186	1,818	9.8	23.9	1
24	Brandon Tate B. Tate	247	127	5,890	23.8	46.4	2	203	1,924	9.5	15.1	1
25	Bruce Harper B. Harper	243	99	5,407	22.3	54.6	0	183	1,784	9.7	18.0	1

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