most kickoff return yards 1965 to 1974

Between the 1965 and 1974 seasons, Ron Smith scored the most kick-return yards, with 6,922 yards.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards by a player 1965 to 1974
NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Ron Smith
R. Smith
6,922
139
275
25.2
49.8
3
235
1,788
7.6
12.9
2
2Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
4,438
95
169
26.3
46.7
2
252
2,142
8.5
22.5
1
3Speedy Duncan
S. Duncan
4,221
110
171
24.7
38.4
0
198
2,182
11.0
19.8
4
4Cannonball Butler
C. Butler
3,131
97
133
23.5
32.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
5Mercury Morris
M. Morris
2,947
72
111
26.5
40.9
3
27
171
6.3
2.4
0
6Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
2,877
69
110
26.2
41.7
3
0
0
0.0
0
7Travis Williams
T. Williams
2,801
62
102
27.5
45.2
6
13
213
16.4
3.4
1
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,781
68
91
30.6
40.9
6
27
391
14.5
5.8
2
9Carl Garrett
C. Garrett
2,737
71
108
25.3
38.5
0
43
487
11.3
6.9
0
10Al Nelson
A. Nelson
2,625
105
101
26.0
25.0
0
1
3
3.0
0.0
0
11Cecil Turner
C. Turner
2,616
76
108
24.2
34.4
4
27
114
4.2
1.5
0
12Clarence Childs
C. Childs
2,467
46
100
24.7
53.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
13Kermit Alexander
K. Alexander
2,465
115
109
22.6
21.4
0
112
646
5.8
5.6
1
14Clint Jones
C. Jones
2,426
87
99
24.5
27.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Preston Pearson
P. Pearson
2,410
97
98
24.6
24.8
2
7
40
5.7
0.4
0
16Vic Washington
V. Washington
2,355
52
91
25.9
45.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Rickie Harris
R. Harris
2,326
111
102
22.8
21.0
0
128
1,029
8.0
9.3
3
18Floyd Little
F. Little
2,216
103
88
25.2
21.5
0
81
893
11.0
8.7
2
19Jerry LeVias
J. LeVias
2,213
70
94
23.5
31.6
0
88
687
7.8
9.8
0
20Noland Smith
N. Smith
2,137
39
82
26.1
54.8
1
63
635
10.1
16.3
1
21Walter Roberts
W. Roberts
2,067
69
83
24.9
30.0
1
62
314
5.1
4.6
0
22Charlie West
C. West
2,062
88
82
25.1
23.4
0
129
852
6.6
9.7
1
23Don Shy
D. Shy
2,047
84
81
25.3
24.4
1
1
-5
-5.0
-0.1
0
24Bobby Williams
B. Williams
1,934
69
77
25.1
28.0
2
0
0
0.0
0
25Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
1,925
115
79
24.4
16.7
0
31
149
4.8
1.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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