most kickoff return yards 1953 to 1962

Between the 1953 and 1962 seasons, Al Carmichael scored the most kick-return yards, with 4,798 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards by a player 1953 to 1962
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
2Dick James
D. James
3,119
85
125
25.0
36.7
0
82
580
7.1
6.8
0
3Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
3,058
61
105
29.1
50.1
2
70
721
10.3
11.8
2
4Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
2,965
60
107
27.7
49.4
1
96
462
4.8
7.7
1
5Woodley Lewis
W. Lewis
2,866
90
115
24.9
31.8
1
117
663
5.7
7.4
1
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
2,413
109
91
26.5
22.1
4
54
499
9.2
4.6
3
7Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
2,311
72
92
25.1
32.1
2
74
676
9.1
9.4
1
8Dick Christy
D. Christy
2,185
53
93
23.5
41.2
0
58
859
14.8
16.2
4
9Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
2,161
56
81
26.7
38.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
10Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,948
64
74
26.3
30.4
4
57
614
10.8
9.6
3
11Timmy Brown
T. Brown
1,937
40
70
27.7
48.4
2
24
253
10.5
6.3
1
12Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
1,689
83
62
27.2
20.3
1
3
28
9.3
0.3
0
13Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
1,594
82
77
20.7
19.4
0
42
334
8.0
4.1
0
14Bill Butler
B. Butler
1,576
47
73
21.6
33.5
0
45
474
10.5
10.1
1
15Johnny Sample
J. Sample
1,560
55
60
26.0
28.4
1
66
514
7.8
9.3
1
16Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
1,392
28
55
25.3
49.7
1
17
75
4.4
2.7
0
17Dick Bass
D. Bass
1,390
40
53
26.2
34.8
0
21
252
12.0
6.3
1
18Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
1,380
36
51
27.1
38.3
1
34
113
3.3
3.1
0
19Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
1,317
109
56
23.5
12.1
0
92
562
6.1
5.2
1
20Charlie Bivins
C. Bivins
1,273
38
52
24.5
33.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Sid Watson
S. Watson
1,269
45
50
25.4
28.2
0
28
38
1.4
0.8
0
22Johnny Morris
J. Morris
1,267
64
54
23.5
19.8
0
84
705
8.4
11.0
1
23Billy Wells
B. Wells
1,267
54
55
23.0
23.5
1
57
427
7.5
7.9
0
24Jimmy Sears
J. Sears
1,169
37
50
23.4
31.6
0
24
195
8.1
5.3
0
25Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
1,147
42
44
26.1
27.3
1
13
166
12.8
4.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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