Ed Podolak averaged the most yards per kick return by a running back in his 2nd playoff, averaging 51.3 per return.
| NAME | KR AVG | SEASON | TM | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Podolak | 51.3 | 1971 |  KC | 1 | 3 | 154 | 154.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2 | | T. Metcalf | 51.0 | 1975 |  STL | 1 | 2 | 102 | 102.0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 3 | | K. Davis | 49.0 | 2015 | KC | 2 | 4 | 196 | 98.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | H. McElhenny | 47.0 | 1963 |  NYG | 1 | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19.0 | 0 |
| 5 | | L. Kelly | 46.0 | 1965 |  CLE | 1 | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | V. Washington | 45.3 | 1972 |  SF | 1 | 3 | 136 | 136.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | C. Garrett | 35.0 | 1977 |  OAK | 2 | 8 | 280 | 140.0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 8 | | W. Moore | 35.0 | 1943 |  WAS | 2 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | W. Hayes | 33.0 | 1969 | KC | 3 | 2 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | H. Ginn | 32.0 | 1971 |  MIA | 3 | 1 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | T. Kalmanir | 32.0 | 1950 |  LA | 2 | 1 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 0 |
| 12 | | C. Morton | 30.8 | 2001 |  NYJ | 1 | 5 | 154 | 154.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 13 |  | J. Brown | 30.5 | 1958 | CLE | 1 | 2 | 61 | 61.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 14 |  | J. Williams | 30.0 | 2020 |  GB | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 15 | | A. Bradshaw | 30.0 | 2008 | NYG | 1 | 6 | 180 | 180.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | D. Sproles | 30.0 | 2008 |  SD | 2 | 9 | 270 | 135.0 | 0 | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 38.0 | 0 |
| 17 | | B. Scott | 30.0 | 1971 | CLE | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 18 | | P. King | 30.0 | 1959 | NYG | 1 | 2 | 60 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 19 | | T. Johnson | 29.5 | 2024 |  BUF | 3 | 2 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 20 | | R. Cartwright | 29.3 | 2007 | WAS | 1 | 6 | 176 | 176.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | G. Pruitt | 28.5 | 1982 | RAI | 2 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 22 | | B. Reynolds | 28.3 | 1954 | CLE | 1 | 3 | 85 | 85.0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 42.0 | 0 |
| 23 | | D. Rhodes | 28.0 | 2004 |  IND | 2 | 3 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 24 | | G. Willhite | 28.0 | 1984 |  DEN | 1 | 2 | 56 | 56.0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17.0 | 0 |
| 25 | | H. Hart | 28.0 | 1975 | OAK | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for yards per kick return going back to the 1941 playoffs.
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