most kick return yards in a game by a washington redskins player

Herb Mul-Key has the most kick-return yards for the Washington Redskins in a game, with 225 yards against the St. Louis Cardinals on September 23, 1973.

Interpreted as:
most kick return yards in a regular-season game by a washington redskins player
NAMEKR YDSDATETMOPPKRKR AVGKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Herb Mul-Key
H. Mul-Key
225
9/23/1973
@
6
37.5
1
0
0
0
2Brandon Banks
B. Banks
213
10/31/2010
@
6
35.5
1
5
58
11.6
0
3Luke McCaffrey
L. McCaffrey
209
10/19/2025
@
8
26.1
0
0
0
0
4Luke McCaffrey
L. McCaffrey
199
9/28/2025
@
6
33.2
0
0
0
0
5Noah Igbinoghene
N. Igbinoghene
191
11/9/2025
vs
7
27.3
0
0
0
0
6Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
189
12/6/1998
vs
5
37.8
1
3
37
12.3
0
7Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
188
9/17/1995
@
5
37.6
0
1
52
52.0
0
8Luke McCaffrey
L. McCaffrey
184
12/22/2024
vs
6
30.7
0
0
0
0
9Dick James
D. James
183
10/28/1962
@
5
36.6
0
1
0
0.0
0
10Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
182
12/14/2008
@
5
36.4
0
0
0
0
11Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
180
11/20/1994
@
5
36.0
0
5
32
6.4
0
12Niles Paul
N. Paul
179
12/8/2013
vs
8
22.4
0
0
0
0
13Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
177
11/22/2015
@
4
44.3
1
0
0
0
14Herb Mul-Key
H. Mul-Key
173
12/9/1972
@
6
28.8
0
0
0
0
15Devin Thomas
D. Thomas
170
9/26/2010
@
6
28.3
0
0
0
0
16Ladell Betts
L. Betts
170
11/13/2005
@
5
34.0
1
0
0
0
17Michael Bates
M. Bates
167
9/24/2001
@
6
27.8
0
1
0
0.0
0
18Ken Jenkins
K. Jenkins
167
11/24/1985
@
3
55.7
0
2
30
15.0
0
19Dick James
D. James
166
11/26/1961
vs
5
33.2
0
1
18
18.0
0
20Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
163
9/17/2006
@
4
40.8
1
0
0
0
21Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
163
11/22/1981
@
4
40.8
0
2
15
7.5
0
22Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
161
10/26/2009
vs
6
26.8
0
0
0
0
23Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
161
10/17/1983
@
7
23.0
0
1
11
11.0
0
24Dick James
D. James
161
11/25/1962
vs
4
40.3
0
0
0
0
25Ladell Betts
L. Betts
160
10/13/2002
vs
7
22.9
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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