most kick return yards in 12th season

Herschel Walker had the most kick-return yards by a player in his 12th season, with 1,167 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kick return yards by a player in 12th season
NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,167
1997
16
50
23.3
72.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,025
2001
16
41
25.0
64.1
1
39
467
12.0
29.2
0
3Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
1,010
2021
TOT
16
37
27.3
63.1
1
20
99
5.0
6.2
0
4Lenny Moore
L. Moore
392
1967
14
16
24.5
28.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Bruce Laird
B. Laird
342
1983
14
15
22.8
24.4
0
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
6Dwight Stone
D. Stone
252
1998
16
9
28.0
15.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
240
2024
13
11
21.8
18.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Ahman Green
A. Green
196
2009
8
9
21.8
24.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Mel Gray
M. Gray
193
1997
TOT
14
9
21.4
13.8
0
19
161
8.5
11.5
0
10Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
168
2009
TOT
4
8
21.0
42.0
0
12
84
7.0
21.0
0
11Robert Woods
R. Woods
144
2024
15
5
28.8
9.6
0
15
144
9.6
9.6
0
12Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
136
1963
14
6
22.7
9.7
0
13
74
5.7
5.3
0
13Pete Banaszak
P. Banaszak
119
1977
14
7
17.0
8.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Ollie Matson
O. Matson
104
1964
12
3
34.7
8.7
0
2
10
5.0
0.8
0
15Earnest Byner
E. Byner
98
1995
16
5
19.6
6.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
87
1967
13
3
29.0
6.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Adam Jones
A. Jones
85
2018
7
4
21.3
12.1
0
10
25
2.5
3.6
0
18Fred McAfee
F. McAfee
69
2002
11
2
34.5
6.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Cullen Bryant
C. Bryant
53
1984
9
3
17.7
5.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
20James Brooks
J. Brooks
49
1992
TOT
6
3
16.3
8.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
21William Henderson
W. Henderson
41
2006
14
4
10.3
2.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Bill Brown
B. Brown
37
1972
14
3
12.3
2.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
30
2009
16
2
15.0
1.9
0
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
24Brian Kinchen
B. Kinchen
29
1999
16
3
9.7
1.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Bulldog Turner
B. Turner
29
1952
12
1
29.0
2.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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