most kick return yards in a single game in nfl history

Tyrone Hughes has the most kick-return yards in a game, with 304 yards versus the Rams on October 23, 1994.

Interpreted as:
most kick return yards by a player in a single regular-season game in NFL history
NAME KR YDS DATE TM OPP KR KR AVG KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD
1 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
304
10/23/1994
NO NO
vs
RAM RAM
7
43.4
2
3
43
14.3
0
2 Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
299
11/1/2009
MIA MIA
@
NYJ NYJ
6
49.8
2
0
0
0
3 Chris Williams
C. Williams
288
11/9/2014
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
10
28.8
1
1
13
13.0
0
4 Chad Morton
C. Morton
278
9/8/2002
NYJ NYJ
@
BUF BUF
6
46.3
2
0
0
0
5 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
269
12/20/2009
CLE CLE
@
KC KC
6
44.8
2
4
36
9.0
0
6 Tony Horne
T. Horne
267
10/22/2000
STL STL
@
KC KC
8
33.4
0
0
0
0
7 Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
266
11/20/2005
HOU HOU
vs
KC KC
7
38.0
1
0
0
0
8 Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
266
10/23/2005
HOU HOU
vs
IND IND
7
38.0
1
0
0
0
9 Willie Ponder
W. Ponder
259
12/18/2004
NYG NYG
vs
PIT PIT
8
32.4
1
0
0
0
10 Roell Preston
R. Preston
256
10/5/1998
GB GB
vs
MIN MIN
8
32.0
1
0
0
0
11 Leon Washington
L. Washington
253
9/26/2010
SEA SEA
vs
SD SD
4
63.3
2
0
0
0
12 Derrick Witherspoon
D. Witherspoon
253
11/24/1996
PHI PHI
@
ARI ARI
8
31.6
1
0
0
0
13 Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
252
9/28/2003
ARI ARI
@
STL STL
7
36.0
1
0
0
0
14 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
252
11/11/2001
CAR CAR
@
STL STL
7
36.0
1
1
15
15.0
0
15 Jon Vaughn
J. Vaughn
251
12/12/1994
KC KC
@
MIA MIA
8
31.4
1
0
0
0
16 Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
250
11/18/2001
SD SD
@
OAK OAK
6
41.7
1
0
0
0
17 Devin Hester
D. Hester
249
9/15/2013
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
5
49.8
0
0
0
0
18 Tony Smith
T. Smith
249
9/27/1993
ATL ATL
vs
PIT PIT
6
41.5
1
1
12
12.0
0
19 Felix Jones
F. Jones
247
9/15/2008
DAL DAL
vs
PHI PHI
6
41.2
1
0
0
0
20 Timmy Brown
T. Brown
247
11/6/1966
PHI PHI
vs
DAL DAL
5
49.4
2
0
0
0
21 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
245
11/18/2007
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
7
35.0
0
4
61
15.3
0
22 Terry Fair
T. Fair
244
9/6/1998
DET DET
@
GB GB
6
40.7
1
2
23
11.5
0
23 Noland Smith
N. Smith
244
10/15/1967
KC KC
@
SD SD
6
40.7
0
1
4
4.0
0
24 Corey Harris
C. Harris
243
12/13/1998
BAL BAL
vs
MIN MIN
8
30.4
1
0
0
0
25 Jonathan Carter
J. Carter
242
11/16/2003
NYJ NYJ
@
IND IND
6
40.3
1
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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