most career punt return yards in the playoffs since 1959

Since 1959, Julian Edelman has the most punt-return yards in the playoffs, with 443 yards.

Interpreted as:
most career punt return yards by a player in the playoffs since 1959
NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
443
19
4
83
20.8
4.4
0
39
11.4
23.3
0
2Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
339
16
36
875
24.3
54.7
1
34
10.0
21.2
0
3Troy Brown
T. Brown
315
20
5
85
17.0
4.3
0
33
9.5
15.8
1
4Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
312
13
25
427
17.1
32.8
0
34
9.2
24.0
0
5Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
288
12
10
183
18.3
15.3
0
26
11.1
24.0
1
6Anthony Carter
A. Carter
259
9
0
0
0.0
0
17
15.2
28.8
1
7Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
239
6
20
416
20.8
69.3
0
10
23.9
39.8
1
8Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
229
14
0
0
0.0
0
24
9.5
16.4
0
9Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
224
6
11
293
26.6
48.8
1
16
14.0
37.3
1
10Neal Colzie
N. Colzie
221
10
0
0
0.0
0
18
12.3
22.1
0
11Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
214
11
2
36
18.0
3.3
0
14
15.3
19.5
0
12Gerald McNeil
G. McNeil
211
8
14
246
17.6
30.8
0
21
10.0
26.4
0
13Desmond Howard
D. Howard
210
3
9
277
30.8
92.3
1
9
23.3
70.0
1
14Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
208
18
12
207
17.3
11.5
0
19
10.9
11.6
0
15Theo Bell
T. Bell
204
10
2
76
38.0
7.6
0
25
8.2
20.4
0
16John Taylor
J. Taylor
189
17
2
64
32.0
3.8
0
18
10.5
11.1
0
17DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
174
8
0
0
0.0
0
11
15.8
21.8
0
18Micah Hyde
M. Hyde
173
17
2
38
19.0
2.2
0
13
13.3
10.2
0
19Derrick Mason
D. Mason
173
17
17
492
28.9
28.9
1
21
8.2
10.2
0
20Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
170
12
31
770
24.8
64.2
0
21
8.1
14.2
0
21Terrence Wilkins
T. Wilkins
167
6
20
386
19.3
64.3
0
15
11.1
27.8
0
22Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
164
5
13
308
23.7
61.6
0
15
10.9
32.8
0
23Mike Fuller
M. Fuller
161
7
0
0
0.0
0
13
12.4
23.0
0
24Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
156
7
7
142
20.3
20.3
0
17
9.2
22.3
0
25Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
151
15
1
16
16.0
1.1
0
12
12.6
10.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 playoffs.

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