most kickoff return yards 1955 to 1964

Between the 1955 and 1964 seasons, Abe Woodson scored the most kick-return yards, with 4,873 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards by a player 1955 to 1964
NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
4,873
89
166
29.4
54.8
5
105
949
9.0
10.7
2
2Dick James
D. James
4,464
113
178
25.1
39.5
0
119
947
8.0
8.4
0
3Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
3,626
62
145
25.0
58.5
2
93
670
7.2
10.8
0
4Timmy Brown
T. Brown
3,574
64
133
26.9
55.8
3
50
501
10.0
7.8
1
5Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
2,921
95
119
24.5
30.7
2
94
871
9.3
9.2
1
6Bill Butler
B. Butler
2,886
75
132
21.9
38.5
0
88
850
9.7
11.3
2
7Dick Christy
D. Christy
2,770
64
117
23.7
43.3
0
67
905
13.5
14.1
4
8Bo Roberson
B. Roberson
2,739
56
114
24.0
48.9
1
3
54
18.0
1.0
0
9Bobby Jancik
B. Jancik
2,531
42
90
28.1
60.3
0
39
481
12.3
11.5
1
10Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,349
92
86
27.3
25.5
5
63
663
10.5
7.2
3
11Dave Grayson
D. Grayson
2,231
55
84
26.6
40.6
1
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
12Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
2,161
84
81
26.7
25.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Ollie Matson
O. Matson
2,129
119
80
26.6
17.9
3
45
409
9.1
3.4
2
14Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
2,052
36
75
27.4
57.0
1
65
252
3.9
7.0
1
15Larry Garron
L. Garron
2,036
57
79
25.8
35.7
2
1
23
23.0
0.4
0
16Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
2,001
55
72
27.8
36.4
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
1,704
62
67
25.4
27.5
1
13
166
12.8
2.7
0
18Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
1,689
91
62
27.2
18.6
1
3
28
9.3
0.3
0
19Pat Studstill
P. Studstill
1,667
42
65
25.6
39.7
1
54
669
12.4
15.9
0
20Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
1,594
84
77
20.7
19.0
0
43
341
7.9
4.1
0
21Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
1,561
54
65
24.0
28.9
1
17
75
4.4
1.4
0
22Johnny Sample
J. Sample
1,560
71
60
26.0
22.0
1
68
559
8.2
7.9
1
23Ted Dean
T. Dean
1,553
44
70
22.2
35.3
0
46
279
6.1
6.3
0
24Charlie Bivins
C. Bivins
1,531
63
62
24.7
24.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Tom Moore
T. Moore
1,521
65
56
27.2
23.4
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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