most kickoff return yards 1960 to 1969

Between the 1960 and 1969 seasons, Abe Woodson scored the most kick-return yards, with 4,917 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards by a player 1960 to 1969
NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
4,917
95
169
29.1
51.8
4
101
760
7.5
8.0
2
2Timmy Brown
T. Brown
4,781
107
184
26.0
44.7
5
71
639
9.0
6.0
1
3Bobby Jancik
B. Jancik
4,185
81
158
26.5
51.7
0
67
647
9.7
8.0
1
4Dick James
D. James
3,521
72
136
25.9
48.9
0
76
653
8.6
9.1
0
5Clarence Childs
C. Childs
3,454
59
134
25.8
58.5
2
6
40
6.7
0.7
0
6Ron Smith
R. Smith
3,309
69
136
24.3
48.0
2
82
467
5.7
6.8
0
7Kermit Alexander
K. Alexander
3,271
94
137
23.9
34.8
0
120
782
6.5
8.3
2
8Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
3,080
125
120
25.7
24.6
2
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
9Bo Roberson
B. Roberson
3,057
81
130
23.5
37.7
1
3
54
18.0
0.7
0
10Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
3,025
112
121
25.0
27.0
1
85
875
10.3
7.8
1
11Speedy Duncan
S. Duncan
2,976
71
115
25.9
41.9
0
133
1,641
12.3
23.1
4
12Dave Grayson
D. Grayson
2,798
125
110
25.4
22.4
1
9
41
4.6
0.3
0
13Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,781
64
91
30.6
43.5
6
27
391
14.5
6.1
2
14Walter Roberts
W. Roberts
2,728
69
107
25.5
39.5
1
62
418
6.7
6.1
0
15Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
2,510
75
101
24.9
33.5
0
96
970
10.1
12.9
3
16Bill Butler
B. Butler
2,414
64
111
21.7
37.7
0
70
687
9.8
10.7
1
17Cannonball Butler
C. Butler
2,390
65
102
23.4
36.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Dick Christy
D. Christy
2,386
52
101
23.6
45.9
0
50
752
15.0
14.5
4
19Larry Garron
L. Garron
2,299
99
89
25.8
23.2
2
1
23
23.0
0.2
0
20Mel Renfro
M. Renfro
2,246
76
85
26.4
29.6
2
95
765
8.1
10.1
1
21Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
2,215
70
88
25.2
31.6
1
156
1,547
9.9
22.1
1
22Charley Warner
C. Warner
2,187
51
86
25.4
42.9
3
17
206
12.1
4.0
0
23Noland Smith
N. Smith
2,137
39
82
26.1
54.8
1
63
635
10.1
16.3
1
24Pervis Atkins
P. Atkins
2,124
78
95
22.4
27.2
0
40
292
7.3
3.7
0
25Rickie Harris
R. Harris
2,118
69
92
23.0
30.7
0
105
995
9.5
14.4
3
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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