most career return touchdowns by 1 player in nfl history

Devin Hester has the most career touchdown returns, with 20 touchdown returns.

NAME RET TD GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Devin Hester
D. Hester
20
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
2 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
19
188
155
3,523
22.7
18.7
3
212
2,199
10.4
11.7
6
3 Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
17
238
220
4,894
22.2
20.6
2
260
2,362
9.1
9.9
2
4 Ronde Barber
R. Barber
14
241
0
0
0.0
0
3
30
10.0
0.1
1
5 Ed Reed
E. Reed
13
174
0
0
0.0
0
30
205
6.8
1.2
1
6 Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
13
254
5
47
9.4
0.2
0
90
736
8.2
2.9
0
7 Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
13
205
2
7
3.5
0.0
0
11
65
5.9
0.3
0
8 Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
13
211
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
13
223
607
14,014
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
10 Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
13
166
61
1,504
24.7
9.1
1
131
1,205
9.2
7.3
4
11 Dante Hall
D. Hall
12
112
426
10,136
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
12 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
12
179
280
5,813
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
13 Ken Houston
K. Houston
12
196
3
80
26.7
0.4
0
51
333
6.5
1.7
1
14 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11
136
426
11,113
26.1
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
15 LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
11
159
4
60
15.0
0.4
0
147
1,457
9.9
9.2
4
16 Lem Barney
L. Barney
11
140
50
1,274
25.5
9.1
1
143
1,312
9.2
9.4
2
17 Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
11
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
85
1,084
12.8
12.2
8
18 Janoris Jenkins
J. Jenkins
10
144
0
0
0.0
0
10
51
5.1
0.4
0
19 Aqib Talib
A. Talib
10
148
0
0
0.0
0
2
1
0.5
0.0
0
20 DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
10
171
4
136
34.0
0.8
0
18
128
7.1
0.7
0
21 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
10
169
143
3,746
26.2
22.2
6
65
595
9.2
3.5
3
22 Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
10
167
46
1,215
26.4
7.3
1
258
2,209
8.6
13.2
5
23 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
9
174
273
7,989
29.3
45.9
9
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
24 Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
9
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
5
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
25 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
9
183
332
8,352
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1921 season.

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
2
0
.600
Jets Jets
2
3
0
.400
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
4
2
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
4
2
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
5
1
0
.833
Colts Colts
3
3
0
.500
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
5
0
0
1.000
Chargers Chargers
3
2
0
.600
NFC East W L T PCT
Commanders Commanders
4
2
0
.667
Eagles Eagles
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Vikings Vikings
5
0
0
1.000
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
4
2
0
.667
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
2
0
.667
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
3
0
.500
Seahawks Seahawks
3
3
0
.500

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
10/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
23-20
Sat
10/12
CIN CIN
@
NYG NYG
17-7
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
10/17
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
8:15 PM
Sun
10/20
NE NE
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/20
PHI PHI
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
10/20
SEA SEA
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/20
HOU HOU
@
GB GB
1:00 PM