most kick return and punt return touchdowns for an nfl team in a season

The Detroit Lions have the most kickoff returns by a team in a season, with 96 returns in 2009.

		TEAM	KR	PR TD	SEASON	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1		Lions	96	0	2009	16	2	14	0	28	262	16.4	494	30.9	281	35.9	26.9
2		Browns	89	0	1999	16	2	14	0	28	217	13.6	437	27.3	220	29.1	69.2
3		Saints	88	0	1980	16	1	15	0	37	291	18.2	487	30.4	285
4		Saints	87	0	2001	16	7	9	0	36	333	20.8	409	25.6	294	39.2	33.3
5		Falcons	87	0	1996	16	3	13	0	35	309	19.3	461	28.8	292	39.5	40.0
6		Vikings	86	0	2002	16	6	10	0	46	390	24.4	442	27.6	350	44.0	47.1
7		Cardinals	86	0	2000	16	3	13	0	24	210	13.1	443	27.7	253	37.7	29.6
8		Ravens	86	0	1996	16	4	12	0	45	371	23.2	441	27.6	338	43.8	40.0
9		Bengals	86	1	1994	16	3	13	0	27	276	17.3	406	25.4	267	31.0	54.5
10		Vikings	86	0	1984	16	3	13	0	31	276	17.3	484	30.3	289
11		Bengals	85	0	2002	16	2	14	0	34	279	17.4	456	28.5	315	39.0	36.7
12		Browns	85	0	2000	16	3	13	0	17	161	10.1	419	26.2	176	27.6	31.6
13		Cardinals	84	0	2010	16	5	11	0	31	289	18.1	434	27.1	241	27.8	38.9
14		Texans	84	0	2005	16	2	14	0	26	260	16.3	431	26.9	243	34.2	47.1
15		Rams	84	0	2004	16	8	8	0	37	319	19.9	392	24.5	321	42.2	68.4
16		49ers	84	1	2004	16	2	14	0	29	259	16.2	452	28.3	280	32.4	73.7
17		Chargers	84	0	2003	16	4	12	0	38	313	19.6	441	27.6	290	31.5	52.6
18		Colts	84	1	2001	16	6	10	0	47	413	25.8	486	30.4	343	41.5	62.5
19		Bengals	84	2	1999	16	4	12	0	33	283	17.7	460	28.8	293	39.6	30.4
20		Colts	84	0	1981	16	2	14	0	33	259	16.2	533	33.3	274
21		Lions	83	0	2008	16	0	16	0	29	268	16.8	517	32.3	234	28.8	50.0
22		Raiders	83	0	2004	16	5	11	0	35	320	20.0	442	27.6	275	35.5	50.0
23		Saints	83	0	2004	16	8	8	0	40	348	21.8	405	25.3	291	33.3	50.0
24		Bears	83	0	2002	16	4	12	0	31	281	17.6	379	23.7	260	33.8	47.6
25		Lions	83	2	2002	16	3	13	0	34	306	19.1	451	28.2	242	29.6	40.0

StatMuse has team, season-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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