most punt return in a season

Danny Reece has the most punt returns in a season, with 70 returns in 1979.

Interpreted as:
most punt return by a player in a season
NAMEPRSEASONTMGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Danny Reece
D. Reece
70
1979
16
1
13
13.0
0.8
0
431
6.2
26.9
0
2Fulton Walker
F. Walker
62
1985
TOT
15
21
467
22.2
31.1
0
692
11.2
46.1
0
3Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
58
2013
15
1
3
3.0
0.2
0
686
11.8
45.7
2
4Nate Burleson
N. Burleson
58
2007
16
27
590
21.9
36.9
1
658
11.3
41.1
1
5Desmond Howard
D. Howard
58
1996
16
22
460
20.9
28.8
0
875
15.1
54.7
3
6Leo Lewis
L. Lewis
58
1988
16
1
12
12.0
0.8
0
550
9.5
34.4
0
7Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
58
1983
16
31
604
19.5
37.8
0
666
11.5
41.6
1
8J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
58
1979
16
0
0
0.0
0
612
10.6
38.3
2
9Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
57
1999
15
8
158
19.8
10.5
0
452
7.9
30.1
0
10Lew Barnes
L. Barnes
57
1986
16
3
94
31.3
5.9
1
482
8.5
30.1
0
11Jeff Fisher
J. Fisher
57
1984
16
0
0
0.0
0
492
8.6
30.8
0
12Danny Reece
D. Reece
57
1980
16
7
128
18.3
8.0
0
313
5.5
19.6
0
13Eddie Brown
E. Brown
57
1977
14
34
852
25.1
60.9
0
452
7.9
32.3
0
14Eddie Brown
E. Brown
56
1979
16
5
103
20.6
6.4
0
332
5.9
20.8
0
15B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
55
2004
16
59
1,251
21.2
78.2
0
575
10.5
35.9
2
16Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
55
2002
15
26
571
22.0
38.1
0
470
8.5
31.3
2
17Gary Allen
G. Allen
54
1984
16
33
666
20.2
41.6
0
446
8.3
27.9
0
18Wally Henry
W. Henry
54
1981
16
25
533
21.3
33.3
0
396
7.3
24.8
0
19James Jones
J. Jones
54
1980
16
32
720
22.5
45.0
0
548
10.1
34.3
0
20Rolland Lawrence
R. Lawrence
54
1976
14
21
521
24.8
37.2
0
372
6.9
26.6
0
21Todd Kinchen
T. Kinchen
53
1995
16
35
743
21.2
46.4
0
416
7.8
26.0
0
22Rod Harris
R. Harris
53
1991
16
28
473
16.9
29.6
0
416
7.8
26.0
0
23Phil McConkey
P. McConkey
53
1985
16
12
234
19.5
14.6
0
442
8.3
27.6
0
24Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
53
1984
14
0
0
0.0
0
656
12.4
46.9
1
25Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
53
1984
15
3
16
5.3
1.1
0
473
8.9
31.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns going back to the 1941 season.

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