most interception return yards 1987 to 1996

Between the 1987 and 1996 seasons, Deion Sanders had the most interception-return yards, with 860 yards.

Interpreted as:
most interception return yards by a player 1987 to 1996
NAMEINT YDSGPTKLASTCOMBSCKSCKYINTINT TDFFFRFR TD
1Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
860
109
1.0
34
6
10
1
2Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
779
134
13.5
38
5
21
1
3Erik McMillan
E. McMillan
608
86
5.0
22
5
6
2
4Terry McDaniel
T. McDaniel
607
130
3.0
33
5
7
2
5Eugene Robinson
E. Robinson
607
154
5.0
43
0
12
1
6Louis Oliver
L. Oliver
605
117
2.0
27
2
8
0
7Tim McDonald
T. McDonald
566
144
3.5
31
4
10
1
8Eric Allen
E. Allen
543
143
2.0
37
5
5
0
9Eddie Anderson
E. Anderson
531
143
4.0
19
3
7
0
10Vencie Glenn
V. Glenn
513
137
3.5
33
2
7
1
11LeRoy Butler
L. Butler
501
108
9.5
26
1
5
1
12Brian Washington
B. Washington
449
124
5.0
27
4
10
0
13Felix Wright
F. Wright
448
89
0.0
24
2
3
0
14Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
436
96
1.0
32
4
10
1
15Tyrone Braxton
T. Braxton
432
133
2.0
31
3
7
0
16Darren Perry
D. Perry
428
80
1.0
26
1
7
0
17Troy Vincent
T. Vincent
428
73
0.0
17
3
3
0
18Terry Kinard
T. Kinard
419
60
0.0
17
2
2
1
19Kevin Ross
K. Ross
417
151
3.0
25
1
10
0
20Henry Jones
H. Jones
410
81
3.0
13
3
7
0
21Darryl Williams
D. Williams
385
80
6.0
14
2
9
0
22Darryll Lewis
D. Lewis
385
81
3.0
18
4
2
0
23Darren Carrington
D. Carrington
377
112
1.0
22
1
5
0
24Dave Waymer
D. Waymer
376
92
1.0
25
0
8
0
25Mike Prior
M. Prior
368
150
3.5
30
1
14
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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