most punt return touchdowns in a single season by player

4 players are tied for the most punt-return touchdowns in a season, with 4 touchdowns. The first three are Patrick Peterson in 2011, Devin Hester in 2007 and Rick Upchurch in 1976.

	NAME	PR TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G
1	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	4	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	44	699	15.9	43.7
2	Devin Hester D. Hester	4	2007	CHI	16	43	934	21.7	58.4	2	42	651	15.5	40.7
3	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	4	1976	DEN	13	22	514	23.4	39.5	0	39	536	13.7	41.2
4	Jack Christiansen J. Christiansen	4	1951	DET	12	11	270	24.5	22.5	0	18	343	19.1	28.6
5	Devin Hester D. Hester	3	2010	CHI	16	12	427	35.6	26.7	0	33	564	17.1	35.3
6	Reggie Bush R. Bush	3	2008	NO	10	0	0		0.0	0	20	270	13.5	27.0
7	Johnnie Lee Higgins J. Lee Higgins	3	2008	OAK	16	36	842	23.4	52.6	0	44	570	13.0	35.6
8	Devin Hester D. Hester	3	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	600	12.8	37.5
9	Adam Jones A. Jones	3	2006	TEN	15	20	521	26.1	34.7	0	34	440	12.9	29.3
10	Darrien Gordon D. Gordon	3	1997	DEN	16	0	0		0.0	0	40	543	13.6	33.9
11	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	3	1997	SD	16	16	355	22.2	22.2	0	45	489	10.9	30.6
12	Desmond Howard D. Howard	3	1996	GB	16	22	460	20.9	28.8	0	58	875	15.1	54.7
13	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	3	1981	LA	16	0	0		0.0	0	46	615	13.4	38.4
14	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	3	1975	HOU	14	33	798	24.2	57.0	1	40	612	15.3	43.7
15	Emlen Tunnell E. Tunnell	3	1951	NYG	12	6	227	37.8	18.9	1	34	489	14.4	40.8
16	Curly Oden C. Oden	3	1926	PRO	13					0
17	Marcus Jones M. Jones	2	2025	NE	16	0	0		0.0	0	21	363	17.3	22.7
18	Parker Washington P. Washington	2	2025	JAX	15	3	75	25.0	5.0	0	23	335	14.6	22.3
19	Isaiah Williams I. Williams	2	2025	NYJ	14	23	695	30.2	49.6	0	28	396	14.1	28.3
20	Jaylin Lane J. Lane	2	2025	WAS	15	3	56	18.7	3.7	0	23	314	13.7	20.9
21	Chimere Dike C. Dike	2	2025	TEN	16	61	1,568	25.7	98.0	0	22	389	17.7	24.3
22	Nyheim Miller-Hines N. Miller-Hines	2	2019	IND	16	6	123	20.5	7.7	0	9	281	31.2	17.6
23	Jamal Agnew J. Agnew	2	2017	DET	13	11	196	17.8	15.1	0	29	447	15.4	34.4
24	Andre Roberts A. Roberts	2	2016	DET	16	33	747	22.6	46.7	0	20	246	12.3	15.4
25	Marcus Sherels M. Sherels	2	2016	MIN	11	2	35	17.5	3.2	0	21	292	13.9	26.5

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