most interception return yards per game in a season

Elmer Madarik has the most interception yards per game played in a season, with 40 in his rookie season in 1945.

Interpreted as:
most interception return yards per game by a player in a season
NAME INT YDS/GP INT YDS GP SEASON TM TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Elmer Madarik
E. Madarik
40
40
1
1945
DET DET
1
0
1
0
2 Kirk Collins
K. Collins
28.25
113
4
1983
RAM RAM
0.0
5
0
0
0
3 Gary Brackett
G. Brackett
27
27
1
2011
IND IND
5
1
6
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4 Mike Brown
M. Brown
27
27
1
2007
CHI CHI
2
2
4
0.0
0
1
0
0
1
0
5 Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
26.86
376
14
2009
NO NO
51
20
71
0.5
5.5
9
3
0
0
0
6 Harlan Miller
H. Miller
26
52
2
2016
ARI ARI
5
2
7
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
7 Max Messner
M. Messner
26
26
1
1960
DET DET
1
0
0
0
8 Don Doll
D. Doll
25.08
301
12
1949
DET DET
11
1
0
0
9 Brandon Meriweather
B. Meriweather
25
25
1
2012
WAS WAS
3
4
7
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
10 Charlie McNeil
C. McNeil
24.93
349
14
1961
SD SD
9
2
0
0
11 Night Train Lane
N. Train Lane
24.83
298
12
1952
LA LA
14
2
0
0
12 Aaron Berry
A. Berry
23
23
1
2010
DET DET
3
0
3
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
13 Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
22.92
275
12
1950
LA LA
12
0
1
1
14 Ed Reed
E. Reed
22.38
358
16
2004
BAL BAL
64
14
78
2.0
28
9
1
3
2
1
15 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
22
242
11
1946
PIT PIT
10
1
7
0
16 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
21.64
303
14
1994
SF SF
0.0
6
3
1
0
17 Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
21.5
258
12
1948
WAS WAS
13
2
4
0
18 Ben Hart
B. Hart
21
21
1
1967
NO NO
1
0
0
0
19 Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
20.92
251
12
1949
NYG NYG
10
2
0
0
20 Chick Maggioli
C. Maggioli
20.63
165
8
1950
BAL BAL
8
0
0
0
21 Bobby Dillon
B. Dillon
20.33
244
12
1956
GB GB
7
1
1
0
22 Frank Reagan
F. Reagan
20.3
203
10
1947
NYG NYG
10
0
1
0
23 Dominique Franks
D. Franks
20
40
2
2010
ATL ATL
1
0
1
0.0
0
1
0
0
0
0
24 Peter Noga
P. Noga
20
60
3
1987
STL STL
0.0
1
1
0
0
25 Bernie Parrish
B. Parrish
19.83
238
12
1960
CLE CLE
6
1
1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for interception yards going back to the 1940 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
Packers Packers
11
6
0
.647
Bears Bears
5
12
0
.294
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/7
DET DET
@
GB GB
4:25 PM
Sun
9/14
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Mon
9/22
DET DET
@
BAL BAL
8:15 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DET DET
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
10/12
WAS WAS
@
BAL BAL
23-30
Sat
10/12
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
23-16
Sat
10/12
PIT PIT
@
LV LV
32-13
Sat
10/12
ATL ATL
@
CAR CAR
38-20
Sat
10/12
DET DET
@
DAL DAL
47-9

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Thu
9/4
DAL DAL
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PHI PHI
8:20 PM
Fri
9/5
KC KC
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LAC LAC
8:00 PM
Sun
9/7
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM
Sun
9/7
LV LV
@
NE NE
1:00 PM