George McAfee gained the most yards per punt return by a running back in his 4th season, with 13.9 per return in 1948.
Interpreted as:
most punt return avg with a minimum of 1.25 punt returns per team game by a running back in their fourth season| NAME | PR AVG | SEASON | TM | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR YDS | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. McAfee | 13.9 | 1948 |  CHB | 12 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 2.1 | 0 | 30 | 417 | 34.8 | 1 |
| 2 | | L. James | 12.5 | 1987 |  SD | 12 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 3.4 | 0 | 32 | 400 | 33.3 | 1 |
| 3 | | D. Carter | 12.1 | 1993 |  SF | 16 | 25 | 494 | 19.8 | 30.9 | 0 | 34 | 411 | 25.7 | 1 |
| 4 | | B. Pritchard | 11.8 | 1948 |  PHI | 12 | 9 | 249 | 27.7 | 20.8 | 0 | 24 | 282 | 23.5 | 1 |
| 5 | | V. Sikahema | 11.7 | 1989 |  PHX | 16 | 43 | 874 | 20.3 | 54.6 | 0 | 37 | 433 | 27.1 | 0 |
| 6 | | F. Gehrke | 11.4 | 1948 |  LA | 12 | 17 | 464 | 27.3 | 38.7 | 1 | 19 | 217 | 18.1 | 0 |
| 7 | | D. Dallas | 10.6 | 2023 |  SEA | 17 | 17 | 440 | 25.9 | 25.9 | 0 | 25 | 265 | 15.6 | 0 |
| 8 | | E. Saenz | 10.5 | 1949 |  WAS | 12 | 24 | 465 | 19.4 | 38.8 | 0 | 17 | 178 | 14.8 | 0 |
| 9 | | F. Seno | 10.4 | 1946 |  CHC | 11 | 13 | 408 | 31.4 | 37.1 | 1 | 17 | 176 | 16.0 | 0 |
| 10 | | E. Metcalf | 9.8 | 1992 |  CLE | 16 | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 9.8 | 0 | 44 | 429 | 26.8 | 1 |
| 11 | | K. Jenkins | 9.6 | 1986 | WAS | 12 | 27 | 554 | 20.5 | 46.2 | 0 | 28 | 270 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 12 | | C. Leigh | 9.5 | 1972 |  MIA | 14 | 6 | 153 | 25.5 | 10.9 | 0 | 22 | 210 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 13 | | W. Harrell | 9.3 | 1978 |  STL | 13 | 19 | 389 | 20.5 | 29.9 | 0 | 21 | 196 | 15.1 | 1 |
| 14 | | D. McCluster | 9.0 | 2015 |  TEN | 11 | 13 | 285 | 21.9 | 25.9 | 0 | 24 | 217 | 19.7 | 0 |
| 15 | | T. Vigorito | 9.0 | 1985 | MIA | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 197 | 21.9 | 0 | |
| 16 | | K. Barner | 8.9 | 2017 | PHI | 13 | 10 | 194 | 19.4 | 14.9 | 0 | 27 | 240 | 18.5 | 0 |
| 17 | | D. Meggett | 8.9 | 1992 |  NYG | 16 | 20 | 455 | 22.8 | 28.4 | 1 | 27 | 240 | 15.0 | 0 |
| 18 | | C. Rogers | 8.9 | 2003 | MIA | 11 | 19 | 383 | 20.2 | 34.8 | 0 | 21 | 186 | 16.9 | 0 |
| 19 | | S. Mitchell | 8.8 | 1984 | STL | 16 | 35 | 804 | 23.0 | 50.3 | 0 | 38 | 333 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 20 | | B. Harper | 8.6 | 1980 |  NYJ | 15 | 49 | 1,070 | 21.8 | 71.3 | 0 | 28 | 242 | 16.1 | 0 |
| 21 | | T. Barber | 8.5 | 2000 | NYG | 16 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 1.8 | 0 | 39 | 332 | 20.8 | 0 |
| 22 | | F. Little | 8.5 | 1970 |  DEN | 14 | 6 | 126 | 21.0 | 9.0 | 0 | 22 | 187 | 13.4 | 0 |
| 23 | | G. Milburn | 8.4 | 1996 |  DET | 16 | 64 | 1,627 | 25.4 | 101.7 | 0 | 34 | 284 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 24 | | B. Wells | 8.3 | 1958 | PHI | 12 | 14 | 336 | 24.0 | 28.0 | 0 | 19 | 158 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 25 | | S. Blanks | 8.1 | 1968 | HOU | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 | 179 | 12.8 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns per team game and yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.
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