most interception return yards 1978 to 1987

Between the 1978 and 1987 seasons, Nolan Cromwell had the most interception-return yards, with 671 yards.

Interpreted as:
most interception return yards by a player 1978 to 1987
NAMEINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Nolan Cromwell
N. Cromwell
671
147
2.0
37
4
17
0
2Mike Harden
M. Harden
607
112
1.0
29
4
10
0
3Dwight Hicks
D. Hicks
602
105
1.0
32
3
14
1
4LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
586
114
1.0
28
5
13
1
5Darrol Ray
D. Ray
581
72
0.0
21
3
5
1
6Gary Barbaro
G. Barbaro
579
73
0.0
28
2
6
0
7Dennis Thurman
D. Thurman
562
137
3.0
36
4
11
1
8Louis Breeden
L. Breeden
558
134
3.0
33
2
3
0
9Lester Hayes
L. Hayes
545
135
0.0
38
4
5
1
10Deron Cherry
D. Cherry
539
92
2.5
34
1
5
0
11Kenny Easley
K. Easley
538
89
8.0
32
3
11
0
12Cedric Brown
C. Brown
527
85
0.0
27
2
3
1
13Ronnie Lott
R. Lott
524
94
5.5
38
5
7
0
14Dave Brown
D. Brown
521
143
0.0
45
4
12
0
15John Harris
J. Harris
514
147
1.0
47
2
12
0
16Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
514
120
1.0
30
2
6
0
17Steve Foley
S. Foley
505
123
0.0
37
1
4
1
18Charles Romes
C. Romes
493
142
0.0
28
1
8
0
19Raymond Clayborn
R. Clayborn
490
147
0.0
31
1
8
0
20Gary Green
G. Green
483
121
3.0
30
2
9
0
21Tom Myers
T. Myers
460
63
20
2
7
0
22Gary Fencik
G. Fencik
455
137
2.0
34
1
12
0
23Donnie Shell
D. Shell
443
147
1.0
45
2
15
2
24Thom Darden
T. Darden
435
61
20
1
5
0
25Michael Downs
M. Downs
430
100
7.5
32
1
13
2
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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