most combined kickoff return yards and punt return yards for a player in nfl history

Brian Mitchell has scored the most career kick-return yards, with 14,014 yards.

NAMEKR YDSPR YDSGPYDSYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14,014
4,999
223
23,330
104.6
29
1,967
8.8
12
2,336
10.5
4
62.8
4
22.4
9
2Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
11,947
3,056
157
15,046
95.8
9
17
0.1
1
4
0.0
0
76.1
5
19.5
3
3Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11,113
2,375
136
15,453
113.6
20
808
5.9
2
1,175
8.6
7
81.7
8
17.5
3
4Mel Gray
M. Gray
10,250
2,753
169
13,279
78.6
10
99
0.6
1
164
1.0
0
60.7
6
16.3
3
5Dante Hall
D. Hall
10,136
2,261
112
14,386
128.4
21
242
2.2
0
1,747
15.6
9
90.5
6
20.2
6
6Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
9,788
2,984
138
14,911
108.1
11
817
5.9
2
1,322
9.6
6
70.9
2
21.6
1
7Michael Bates
M. Bates
9,110
44
145
9,348
64.5
6
33
0.2
0
158
1.1
1
62.8
5
0.3
0
8Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8,352
2,961
183
19,696
107.6
64
3,552
19.4
23
4,840
26.4
32
45.6
2
16.2
7
9Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
8,229
9
183
13,768
75.2
48
2,646
14.5
22
2,875
15.7
17
45.0
9
0.0
0
10Desmond Howard
D. Howard
7,959
2,895
156
12,519
80.3
15
68
0.4
0
1,597
10.2
7
51.0
0
18.6
8
11Leon Washington
L. Washington
7,553
1,793
126
12,898
102.4
28
2,271
18.0
16
1,286
10.2
4
59.9
8
14.2
0
12Devin Hester
D. Hester
7,333
3,695
156
14,455
92.7
37
116
0.7
1
3,311
21.2
16
47.0
5
23.7
14
13Kevin Williams
K. Williams
7,309
2,295
121
12,085
99.9
13
167
1.4
2
2,314
19.1
7
60.4
1
19.0
3
14Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6,999
1,411
81
8,665
107.0
7
9
0.1
0
68
0.8
0
86.4
3
17.4
2
15Ron Smith
R. Smith
6,922
1,788
139
9,144
65.8
6
42
0.3
0
227
1.6
0
49.8
3
12.9
2
16Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
6,899
2,624
193
15,742
81.6
42
486
2.5
2
5,742
29.8
33
35.7
3
13.6
4
17Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
6,751
1,880
182
11,830
65.0
21
120
0.7
0
3,079
16.9
15
37.1
3
10.3
3
18Chris Carr
C. Carr
6,276
1,073
125
7,489
59.9
1
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
50.2
0
8.6
0
19Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
5,989
1,818
76
8,377
110.2
5
17
0.2
0
553
7.3
1
78.8
3
23.9
1
20Brandon Tate
B. Tate
5,890
1,924
127
9,055
71.3
10
142
1.1
0
1,099
8.7
7
46.4
2
15.1
1
21Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
5,813
3,453
179
17,230
96.3
55
2,392
13.4
12
5,572
31.1
31
32.5
2
19.3
10
22Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5,811
1,280
64
7,144
111.6
6
46
0.7
0
7
0.1
0
90.8
2
20.0
4
23Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
5,566
3,708
146
13,996
95.9
27
1,684
11.5
8
3,038
20.8
11
38.1
1
25.4
7
24Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5,538
956
116
6,850
59.1
8
39
0.3
0
74
0.6
0
47.7
5
8.2
2
25Corey Harris
C. Harris
5,528
17
183
5,831
31.9
4
10
0.1
0
11
0.1
0
30.2
1
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards and punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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PPG

20.2

24th

OPP PPG

27.2

28th

RUSH YDS/G

136.5

4th

PASS YDS/G

203.9

25th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
Commanders Commanders
3
10
0
.231
Giants Giants
2
11
0
.154
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM
Sun
1/4
WAS WAS
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Last Game
WAS Commanders

3 - 10

0

Final

31

MIN Vikings

5 - 8

Sun 7 Dec 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
2
0
.846
Bills Bills
9
4
0
.692
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
6
7
0
.462
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
9
4
0
.692
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
11
2
0
.846
Chargers Chargers
8
4
0
.667
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
8
4
0
.667
Cowboys Cowboys
6
6
1
.500
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
9
3
1
.731
Bears Bears
9
4
0
.692
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Panthers Panthers
7
6
0
.538
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
10
3
0
.769
Seahawks Seahawks
10
3
0
.769

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/6
NYG NYG
@
WAS WAS
6-21
Sat
9/6
MIA MIA
@
IND IND
8-33
Sat
9/6
ARI ARI
@
NO NO
20-13
Sat
9/6
TEN TEN
@
DEN DEN
12-20
Sat
9/6
SF SF
@
SEA SEA
17-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/8
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Thu
12/11
ATL ATL
@
TB TB
8:15 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
BAL BAL
@
CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM