most kick return yds by a running back in his fourth season in the playoffs

Dave Meggett scored the most kick-return yards by a running back in his 4th playoff, with 169 yards in 1996.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
169
1996
NE NE
3
8
21.1
56.3
0
14
131
9.4
43.7
0
2Clarence Davis
C. Davis
149
1975
OAK OAK
2
7
21.3
74.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
143
1999
WAS WAS
2
3
47.7
71.5
1
7
62
8.9
31.0
0
4Chad Morton
C. Morton
122
2005
NYG NYG
1
6
20.3
122.0
0
1
5
5.0
5.0
0
5Kenneth Gainwell
K. Gainwell
110
2024
PHI PHI
4
4
27.5
27.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Tom Moore
T. Moore
107
1965
GB GB
2
5
21.4
53.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Kenneth Davis
K. Davis
95
1992
BUF BUF
4
5
19.0
23.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
92
2011
NO NO
2
4
23.0
46.0
0
5
33
6.6
16.5
0
9Robert Miller
R. Miller
92
1978
MIN MIN
1
4
23.0
92.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Clint Jones
C. Jones
75
1971
MIN MIN
1
2
37.5
75.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
74
1975
DAL DAL
3
6
12.3
24.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Dexter Carter
D. Carter
63
1995
SF SF
1
3
21.0
63.0
0
3
14
4.7
14.0
0
13Fitzgerald Toussaint
F. Toussaint
59
2017
PIT PIT
1
2
29.5
59.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
55
1992
MIN MIN
1
3
18.3
55.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Allen Pinkett
A. Pinkett
48
1990
HOU HOU
1
2
24.0
48.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Roger Craig
R. Craig
48
1986
SF SF
1
4
12.0
48.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Hubert Ginn
H. Ginn
46
1974
MIA MIA
1
2
23.0
46.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Charles White
C. White
42
1986
RAM RAM
1
3
14.0
42.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Ronnie Harmon
R. Harmon
41
1994
SD SD
3
2
20.5
13.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Thomas Sanders
T. Sanders
31
1988
CHI CHI
2
2
15.5
15.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Boston Scott
B. Scott
29
2022
PHI PHI
3
1
29.0
9.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Joe Cribbs
J. Cribbs
28
1987
SF SF
1
3
9.3
28.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
28
1984
RAI RAI
1
2
14.0
28.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Don McCauley
D. McCauley
25
1977
BAL BAL
1
1
25.0
25.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Leroy Thompson
L. Thompson
21
1995
KC KC
1
1
21.0
21.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
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