most kickoff return yards by a player thru 2012

Before 2013, Brian Mitchell scored the most kick-return yards, with 14,014 yards.

NAME KR YDS GP KR KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14,014
223
607
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
11,947
157
514
23.2
76.1
5
307
3,056
10.0
19.5
3
3 Mel Gray
M. Gray
10,250
169
421
24.3
60.7
6
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
4 Dante Hall
D. Hall
10,136
112
426
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
5 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
10,015
124
387
25.9
80.8
8
195
2,154
11.0
17.4
3
6 Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
9,788
138
407
24.0
70.9
2
304
2,984
9.8
21.6
1
7 Michael Bates
M. Bates
9,110
145
373
24.4
62.8
5
10
44
4.4
0.3
0
8 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8,041
107
316
25.4
75.1
2
166
1,412
8.5
13.2
3
9 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
7,959
156
359
22.2
51.0
0
244
2,895
11.9
18.6
8
10 Kevin Williams
K. Williams
7,309
121
322
22.7
60.4
1
231
2,295
9.9
19.0
3
11 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6,999
81
283
24.7
86.4
3
162
1,411
8.7
17.4
2
12 Ron Smith
R. Smith
6,922
139
275
25.2
49.8
3
235
1,788
7.6
12.9
2
13 Leon Washington
L. Washington
6,315
103
244
25.9
61.3
8
168
1,668
9.9
16.2
0
14 Chris Carr
C. Carr
6,276
114
256
24.5
55.1
0
148
1,073
7.3
9.4
0
15 Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
5,989
76
248
24.1
78.8
3
186
1,818
9.8
23.9
1
16 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
5,813
179
280
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
17 Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5,811
64
250
23.2
90.8
2
140
1,280
9.1
20.0
4
18 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
5,566
146
252
22.1
38.1
1
349
3,708
10.6
25.4
7
19 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5,538
116
193
28.7
47.7
5
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
20 Corey Harris
C. Harris
5,528
183
238
23.2
30.2
1
6
17
2.8
0.1
0
21 Terrence McGee
T. McGee
5,450
122
207
26.3
44.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
22 Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
5,450
154
231
23.6
35.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
5,431
88
234
23.2
61.7
3
130
1,425
11.0
16.2
3
24 Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
5,422
77
226
24.0
70.4
4
197
2,016
10.2
26.2
4
25 Dexter Carter
D. Carter
5,412
100
250
21.6
54.1
2
138
1,358
9.8
13.6
2
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
Cowboys Cowboys
7
10
0
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Giants Giants
3
14
0
.176
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
NFC West W L T PCT
Rams Rams
10
7
0
.588
Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647