most kickoff returns in a game

Chris Williams, Richard Alston and Desmond Howard are tied for the most kickoff returns in a game, with 10 returns.

Interpreted as:
most kickoff returns by a player in a regular-season game
NAMEKRDATETMOPPKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR TD
1Chris Williams
C. Williams
10
11/9/2014
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
288
28.8
1
1
13
13.0
0
2Richard Alston
R. Alston
10
11/28/2004
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
212
21.2
0
0
0
0
3Desmond Howard
D. Howard
10
10/26/1997
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
223
22.3
0
1
0
0.0
0
4Brandon James
B. James
9
11/28/2010
IND IND
vs
SD SD
150
16.7
0
3
29
9.7
0
5Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
9
12/13/2009
STL STL
@
TEN TEN
217
24.1
0
1
6
6.0
0
6Steve Breaston
S. Breaston
9
12/21/2008
ARI ARI
@
NE NE
141
15.7
0
0
0
0
7Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
9
10/12/2008
SF SF
vs
PHI PHI
194
21.6
0
1
45
45.0
0
8Aveion Cason
A. Cason
9
12/16/2007
DET DET
@
SD SD
150
16.7
0
0
0
0
9Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
9
10/15/2006
SF SF
vs
SD SD
195
21.7
0
0
0
0
10Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
9
11/16/2003
ARI ARI
@
CLE CLE
165
18.3
0
0
0
0
11Ahmad Merritt
A. Merritt
9
9/7/2003
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
170
18.9
0
0
0
0
12Nate Jacquet
N. Jacquet
9
11/11/2001
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
237
26.3
0
0
0
0
13Michael Bates
M. Bates
9
10/4/1998
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
200
22.2
0
0
0
0
14Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
9
11/10/1996
ATL ATL
@
STL STL
144
16.0
0
0
0
0
15Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
9
9/29/1996
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
176
19.6
0
0
0
0
16Paul Palmer
P. Palmer
9
9/20/1987
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
221
24.6
0
0
0
0
17Dino Hall
D. Hall
9
10/7/1979
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
172
19.1
0
2
58
29.0
0
18Noland Smith
N. Smith
9
11/23/1967
KC KC
vs
OAK OAK
206
22.9
0
2
5
2.5
0
19Luke McCaffrey
L. McCaffrey
8
10/19/2025
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
209
26.1
0
0
0
0
20Kendre Miller
K. Miller
8
9/21/2025
NO NO
@
SEA SEA
182
22.8
0
0
0
0
21Raheem Blackshear
R. Blackshear
8
9/8/2024
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
204
25.5
0
0
0
0
22Niles Paul
N. Paul
8
12/8/2013
WAS WAS
vs
KC KC
179
22.4
0
0
0
0
23Quintin Demps
Q. Demps
8
11/24/2013
KC KC
vs
SD SD
199
24.9
0
0
0
0
24Lorenzo Booker
L. Booker
8
12/20/2010
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
157
19.6
0
0
0
0
25Domenik Hixon
D. Hixon
8
1/3/2010
NYG NYG
@
MIN MIN
183
22.9
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1960 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
Lions Lions
8
6
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
6
8
0
.429
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
12/28
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
8:20 PM
Sun
1/4
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
Ravens Ravens
7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Jaguars Jaguars
10
4
0
.714
Texans Texans
9
5
0
.643
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
12
2
0
.857
Chargers Chargers
10
4
0
.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
@
NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
26-21
Sat
9/13
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
33-27
Sat
9/13
CAR CAR
@
ARI ARI
22-27
Sat
9/13
DEN DEN
@
IND IND
28-29

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
MIA MIA
@
PIT PIT
8:15 PM
Thu
12/18
LAR LAR
@
SEA SEA
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
GB GB
@
CHI CHI
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
BUF BUF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM