most punt return return touchdowns in nfl history

Devin Hester returned 315 punts in his career.

Interpreted as:

most punt return return touchdowns by a player in NFL history

	NAME	PR	RET TD	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Devin Hester D. Hester	315	20	156	14,455	92.7	37	116	0.7	1	3,311	21.2	16	7,333	47.0	5	3,695	23.7	14
2	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	212	19	188	7,838	41.7	22	-14	-0.1	0	784	4.2	3	3,523	18.7	3	2,199	11.7	6
3	Rod Woodson R. Woodson	260	17	238	8,876	37.3	17	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	4,894	20.6	2	2,362	9.9	2
4	Ronde Barber R. Barber	3	14	241	1,043	4.3	14	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	30	0.1	1
5	Ed Reed E. Reed	30	13	174	1,947	11.2	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	205	1.2	1
6	Charles Woodson C. Woodson	90	13	254	1,915	7.5	13	-3	0.0	0	27	0.1	0	47	0.2	0	736	2.9	0
7	Darren Sharper D. Sharper	11	13	205	1,604	7.8	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	7	0.0	0	65	0.3	0
8	Aeneas Williams A. Williams	0	13	211	1,075	5.1	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	463	13	223	23,330	104.6	29	1,967	8.8	12	2,336	10.5	4	14,014	62.8	4	4,999	22.4	9
10	Lemar Parrish L. Parrish	131	13	166	3,236	19.5	13	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1,504	9.1	1	1,205	7.3	4
11	Dante Hall D. Hall	216	12	112	14,386	128.4	21	242	2.2	0	1,747	15.6	9	10,136	90.5	6	2,261	20.2	6
12	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	351	12	179	17,230	96.3	55	2,392	13.4	12	5,572	31.1	31	5,813	32.5	2	3,453	19.3	10
13	Ken Houston K. Houston	51	12	196	1,427	7.3	12	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	80	0.4	0	333	1.7	1
14	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	222	11	136	15,453	113.6	20	808	5.9	2	1,175	8.6	7	11,113	81.7	8	2,375	17.5	3
15	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	147	11	159	2,262	14.2	11	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	60	0.4	0	1,457	9.2	4
16	Lem Barney L. Barney	143	11	140	3,871	27.7	11	45	0.3	0	0	0.0	0	1,274	9.1	1	1,312	9.4	2
17	Jack Christiansen J. Christiansen	85	11	89	3,393	38.1	13	143	1.6	2	32	0.4	0	1,329	14.9	0	1,084	12.2	8
18	Janoris Jenkins J. Jenkins	10	10	144	637	4.4	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	51	0.4	0
19	Aqib Talib A. Talib	2	10	148	800	5.4	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0
20	DeAngelo Hall D. Hall	18	10	171	1,430	8.4	10	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	136	0.8	0	128	0.7	0
21	Ollie Matson O. Matson	65	10	169	12,884	76.2	73	5,173	30.6	40	3,285	19.4	23	3,746	22.2	6	595	3.5	3
22	Emlen Tunnell E. Tunnell	258	10	167	4,798	28.7	10	43	0.3	0	39	0.2	0	1,215	7.3	1	2,209	13.2	5
23	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	1	9	183	13,768	75.2	48	2,646	14.5	22	2,875	15.7	17	8,229	45.0	9	9	0.0	0
24	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	276	9	128	10,428	81.5	23	62	0.5	0	2,733	21.4	14	4,940	38.6	5	2,688	21.0	4
25	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	311	9	183	19,696	107.6	64	3,552	19.4	23	4,840	26.4	32	8,352	45.6	2	2,961	16.2	7

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