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

most career return touchdowns by 1 player in nfl history
Hester Sanders Woodson Barber Reed Woodson Sharper Williams Mitchell Parrish Hall Metcalf Houston Cribbs Irvin Barney Christiansen Jenkins Talib Hall Matson Tunnell Patterson Jones Sproles Tillman Clements 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 19 17 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9
NAME RET TD GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
Devin Hester Devin Hester 20 156 295 7,333 24.9 47.0 5 315 3,695 11.7 23.7 14
Deion Sanders Deion Sanders 19 188 155 3,523 22.7 18.7 3 212 2,199 10.4 11.7 6
Rod Woodson Rod Woodson 17 238 220 4,894 22.2 20.6 2 260 2,362 9.1 9.9 2
Ronde Barber Ronde Barber 14 241 0 0 0.0 0 3 30 10.0 0.1 1
Ed Reed Ed Reed 13 174 0 0 0.0 0 30 205 6.8 1.2 1
Charles Woodson Charles Woodson 13 254 5 47 9.4 0.2 0 90 736 8.2 2.9 0
Darren Sharper Darren Sharper 13 205 2 7 3.5 0.0 0 11 65 5.9 0.3 0
Aeneas Williams Aeneas Williams 13 211 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0
Brian Mitchell Brian Mitchell 13 223 607 14,014 23.1 62.8 4 463 4,999 10.8 22.4 9
Lemar Parrish Lemar Parrish 13 166 61 1,504 24.7 9.1 1 131 1,205 9.2 7.3 4
Dante Hall Dante Hall 12 112 426 10,136 23.8 90.5 6 216 2,261 10.5 20.2 6
Eric Metcalf Eric Metcalf 12 179 280 5,813 20.8 32.5 2 351 3,453 9.8 19.3 10
Ken Houston Ken Houston 12 196 3 80 26.7 0.4 0 51 333 6.5 1.7 1
Josh Cribbs Josh Cribbs 11 136 426 11,113 26.1 81.7 8 222 2,375 10.7 17.5 3
LeRoy Irvin LeRoy Irvin 11 159 4 60 15.0 0.4 0 147 1,457 9.9 9.2 4
Lem Barney Lem Barney 11 140 50 1,274 25.5 9.1 1 143 1,312 9.2 9.4 2
Jack Christiansen Jack Christiansen 11 89 59 1,329 22.5 14.9 0 85 1,084 12.8 12.2 8
Janoris Jenkins Janoris Jenkins 10 144 0 0 0.0 0 10 51 5.1 0.4 0
Aqib Talib Aqib Talib 10 148 0 0 0.0 0 2 1 0.5 0.0 0
DeAngelo Hall DeAngelo Hall 10 171 4 136 34.0 0.8 0 18 128 7.1 0.7 0
Ollie Matson Ollie Matson 10 169 143 3,746 26.2 22.2 6 65 595 9.2 3.5 3
Emlen Tunnell Emlen Tunnell 10 167 46 1,215 26.4 7.3 1 258 2,209 8.6 13.2 5
Cordarrelle Patterson Cordarrelle Patterson 9 170 273 7,989 29.3 47.0 9 1 9 9.0 0.1 0
Jacoby Jones Jacoby Jones 9 128 183 4,940 27.0 38.6 5 276 2,688 9.7 21.0 4
Darren Sproles Darren 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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