Herschel Walker had the most kick-return yards by a running back in his 12th season, with 1,167 yards.
| NAME | KR YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | KR | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | H. Walker | 1,167 | 1997 |  DAL | 16 | 50 | 23.3 | 72.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2 | | B. Mitchell | 1,025 | 2001 |  PHI | 16 | 41 | 25.0 | 64.1 | 1 | 39 | 467 | 12.0 | 29.2 | 0 |
| 3 | | O. Matson | 544 | 1966 | PHI | 14 | 26 | 20.9 | 38.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 4 | | A. Green | 196 | 2009 |  GB | 8 | 9 | 21.8 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 5 | | H. McElhenny | 136 | 1963 |  NYG | 14 | 6 | 22.7 | 9.7 | 0 | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 0 |
| 6 | | P. Banaszak | 119 | 1977 |  OAK | 14 | 7 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 7 | | E. Byner | 98 | 1995 |  CLE | 16 | 5 | 19.6 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 8 | | F. McAfee | 69 | 2002 |  NO | 11 | 2 | 34.5 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 9 | | J. Brooks | 49 | 1992 | TOT | 6 | 3 | 16.3 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 10 | | W. Henderson | 41 | 2006 | GB | 14 | 4 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 11 | | B. Brown | 37 | 1972 |  MIN | 14 | 3 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 12 | | D. Osborn | 19 | 1976 | GB | 6 | 3 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 13 | | R. Harmon | 16 | 1997 | TOT | 12 | 1 | 16.0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 14 | | G. Pruitt | 16 | 1984 | RAI | 15 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.1 | 0 | 53 | 473 | 8.9 | 31.5 | 0 |
| 15 | | L. Neal | 12 | 2004 |  SD | 16 | 1 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 16 | | J. Kuhn | 9 | 2017 | NO | 2 | 1 | 9.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 17 | | M. Tatupu | 2 | 1989 |  NE | 14 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 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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