most kick return yards in history

Brian Mitchell has scored the most career kick-return yards, with 14,014 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kick return yards by a player in history
NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14,014
223
607
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
11,947
157
514
23.2
76.1
5
307
3,056
10.0
19.5
3
3Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11,113
136
426
26.1
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
4Mel Gray
M. Gray
10,250
169
421
24.3
60.7
6
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
5Dante Hall
D. Hall
10,136
112
426
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
6Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
9,788
138
407
24.0
70.9
2
304
2,984
9.8
21.6
1
7Michael Bates
M. Bates
9,110
145
373
24.4
62.8
5
10
44
4.4
0.3
0
8Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8,352
183
332
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
9Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
8,229
183
284
29.0
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
10Desmond Howard
D. Howard
7,959
156
359
22.2
51.0
0
244
2,895
11.9
18.6
8
11Leon Washington
L. Washington
7,553
126
292
25.9
59.9
8
181
1,793
9.9
14.2
0
12Devin Hester
D. Hester
7,333
156
295
24.9
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
13Kevin Williams
K. Williams
7,309
121
322
22.7
60.4
1
231
2,295
9.9
19.0
3
14Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6,999
81
283
24.7
86.4
3
162
1,411
8.7
17.4
2
15Ron Smith
R. Smith
6,922
139
275
25.2
49.8
3
235
1,788
7.6
12.9
2
16Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
6,899
193
307
22.5
35.7
3
262
2,624
10.0
13.6
4
17Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
6,751
182
260
26.0
37.1
3
219
1,880
8.6
10.3
3
18Chris Carr
C. Carr
6,276
125
256
24.5
50.2
0
148
1,073
7.3
8.6
0
19Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
5,989
76
248
24.1
78.8
3
186
1,818
9.8
23.9
1
20Brandon Tate
B. Tate
5,890
127
247
23.8
46.4
2
203
1,924
9.5
15.1
1
21Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
5,813
179
280
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
22Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5,811
64
250
23.2
90.8
2
140
1,280
9.1
20.0
4
23Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
5,566
146
252
22.1
38.1
1
349
3,708
10.6
25.4
7
24Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5,538
116
193
28.7
47.7
5
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
25Corey Harris
C. Harris
5,528
183
238
23.2
30.2
1
6
17
2.8
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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12
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4
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.733
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9
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.400
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.200
AFC NorthWLTPCT
9
6
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.600
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10
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9
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13
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NFC EastWLTPCT
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5
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.667
6
8
1
.433
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11
0
.267
2
13
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.133
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11
4
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.733
9
5
1
.633
8
7
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.533
7
8
0
.467
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
7
0
.533
7
8
0
.467
6
9
0
.400
5
10
0
.333
NFC WestWLTPCT
12
3
0
.800
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11
4
0
.733
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10
4
0
.714
3
12
0
.200

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9/20
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12/25
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