most kickoff return yards 1952 to 1961

Between the 1952 and 1961 seasons, Al Carmichael scored the most kick-return yards, with 4,798 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards by a player 1952 to 1961
NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
4,798
84
191
25.1
57.1
2
122
912
7.5
10.9
0
2Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
3,256
72
118
27.6
45.2
1
103
502
4.9
7.0
1
3Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
3,211
102
131
24.5
31.5
1
136
1,014
7.5
9.9
3
4Ollie Matson
O. Matson
3,037
108
111
27.4
28.1
6
63
585
9.3
5.4
3
5Dick James
D. James
2,230
71
93
24.0
31.4
0
63
435
6.9
6.1
0
6Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
2,224
62
90
24.7
35.9
2
69
627
9.1
10.1
1
7Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
2,161
50
81
26.7
43.2
3
0
0
0.0
0
8Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
1,979
48
68
29.1
41.2
3
51
224
4.4
4.7
0
9Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
1,901
47
68
28.0
40.4
2
51
542
10.6
11.5
1
10Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
1,553
110
67
23.2
14.1
0
107
803
7.5
7.3
2
11Buddy Young
B. Young
1,551
43
56
27.7
36.1
1
27
104
3.9
2.4
0
12Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,550
50
62
25.0
31.0
3
54
607
11.2
12.1
3
13Johnny Sample
J. Sample
1,508
49
58
26.0
30.8
1
62
513
8.3
10.5
1
14Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
1,382
69
51
27.1
20.0
1
3
28
9.3
0.4
0
15Dick Christy
D. Christy
1,361
39
55
24.7
34.9
0
43
609
14.2
15.6
2
16Sid Watson
S. Watson
1,269
45
50
25.4
28.2
0
28
38
1.4
0.8
0
17Johnny Morris
J. Morris
1,267
50
54
23.5
25.3
0
64
497
7.8
9.9
1
18Billy Wells
B. Wells
1,267
54
55
23.0
23.5
1
57
427
7.5
7.9
0
19Jimmy Sears
J. Sears
1,169
37
50
23.4
31.6
0
24
195
8.1
5.3
0
20Ron Waller
R. Waller
1,146
44
48
23.9
26.0
0
57
165
2.9
3.8
0
21Joe Scudero
J. Scudero
1,143
57
44
26.0
20.1
1
68
458
6.7
8.0
1
22Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
1,112
72
53
21.0
15.4
0
34
285
8.4
4.0
0
23Jack Larscheid
J. Larscheid
1,106
16
39
28.4
69.1
0
12
106
8.8
6.6
0
24Timmy Brown
T. Brown
1,106
26
40
27.7
42.5
1
18
172
9.6
6.6
1
25Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
1,081
62
42
25.7
17.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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