most kick returns yards by a player season

MarTay Jenkins has the most kick-return yards in a season, with 2,186 yards in 2000.

	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	MarTay Jenkins M. Jenkins	2,186	2000	ARI	16	82	26.7	136.6	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
2	KaVontae Turpin K. Turpin	1,814	2025	DAL	15	69	26.3	120.9	0	10	55	5.5	3.7	0
3	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,809	2007	CLE	16	59	30.7	113.1	2	30	405	13.5	25.3	1
4	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	1,807	2002	NO	16	70	25.8	112.9	2	44	625	14.2	39.1	1
5	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,791	1996	NO	16	70	25.6	111.9	0	30	152	5.1	9.5	0
6	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,762	2006	OAK	16	69	25.5	110.1	0	35	216	6.2	13.5	0
7	Josh Wilson J. Wilson	1,753	2008	SEA	16	69	25.4	109.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,752	2005	OAK	16	73	24.0	109.5	0	34	186	5.5	11.6	0
9	Dante Hall D. Hall	1,718	2004	KC	16	68	25.3	107.4	2	23	232	10.1	14.5	0
10	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	1,684	2003	ARI	15	73	23.1	112.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	1,629	2000	SEA	15	66	24.7	108.6	1	26	363	14.0	24.2	0
12	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,627	1996	DET	16	64	25.4	101.7	0	34	284	8.4	17.8	0
13	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	1,618	2009	STL	14	66	24.5	115.6	0	31	360	11.6	25.7	0
14	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,617	1995	NO	16	66	24.5	101.1	0	28	262	9.4	16.4	0
15	Chimere Dike C. Dike	1,588	2025	TEN	17	62	25.6	93.4	0	23	398	17.3	23.4	2
16	Justin Miller J. Miller	1,577	2005	NYJ	16	60	26.3	98.6	1	6	9	1.5	0.6	0
17	Tab Perry T. Perry	1,562	2005	CIN	16	64	24.4	97.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Dante Hall D. Hall	1,560	2005	KC	16	65	24.0	97.5	1	42	276	6.6	17.3	0
19	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,556	1994	NO	15	63	24.7	103.7	2	21	143	6.8	9.5	0
20	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,550	1998	CHI	16	62	25.0	96.9	2	25	291	11.6	18.2	1
21	LaRod Stephens-Howling L. Stephens-Howling	1,548	2010	ARI	13	57	27.2	119.1	2	0	0		0.0	0
22	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,542	2009	CLE	16	56	27.5	96.4	3	38	452	11.9	28.3	1
23	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	1,542	2005	HOU	12	54	28.6	128.5	2	12	68	5.7	5.7	0
24	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	1,541	2006	WAS	16	64	24.1	96.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	1,541	2001	SD	16	58	26.6	96.3	2	0	0		0.0	0

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