most punt return yards 1974 to 1985

Between the 1974 and 1985 seasons, Billy Johnson had the most punt-return yards, with 3,036 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player 1974 to 1985
NAME PR YDS GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
3,036
126
123
2,941
23.9
23.3
2
250
12.1
24.1
6
2 Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
3,008
119
95
2,355
24.8
19.8
0
248
12.1
25.3
8
3 Mike Fuller
M. Fuller
2,660
114
79
1,701
21.5
14.9
0
252
10.6
23.3
2
4 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
2,605
100
25
473
18.9
4.7
0
246
10.6
26.1
4
5 Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
1,948
68
175
4,128
23.6
60.7
0
212
9.2
28.6
2
6 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
1,827
145
90
2,061
22.9
14.2
1
178
10.3
12.6
1
7 Bruce Harper
B. Harper
1,784
99
243
5,407
22.3
54.6
0
183
9.7
18.0
1
8 Neal Colzie
N. Colzie
1,759
118
7
130
18.6
1.1
0
170
10.3
14.9
0
9 Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
1,614
151
32
694
21.7
4.6
1
177
9.1
10.7
4
10 Robbie Martin
R. Martin
1,561
65
91
1,699
18.7
26.1
0
158
9.9
24.0
3
11 Danny Reece
D. Reece
1,554
72
23
483
21.0
6.7
0
222
7.0
21.6
0
12 Theo Bell
T. Bell
1,511
127
3
50
16.7
0.4
0
189
8.0
11.9
0
13 Eddie Brown
E. Brown
1,511
72
81
1,957
24.2
27.2
0
172
8.8
21.0
1
14 LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
1,448
88
4
60
15.0
0.7
0
144
10.1
16.5
4
15 Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
1,388
52
77
1,746
22.7
33.6
0
146
9.5
26.7
0
16 Eddie Payton
E. Payton
1,387
65
156
3,676
23.6
56.6
2
156
8.9
21.3
1
17 Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,377
72
161
3,583
22.3
49.8
0
156
8.8
19.1
1
18 Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
1,313
144
79
1,832
23.2
12.7
0
146
9.0
9.1
0
19 Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
1,266
54
53
1,085
20.5
20.1
0
121
10.5
23.4
3
20 Wally Henry
W. Henry
1,231
56
87
1,950
22.4
34.8
0
148
8.3
22.0
1
21 Larry Marshall
L. Marshall
1,183
54
101
2,354
23.3
43.6
0
115
10.3
21.9
0
22 Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
1,168
127
0
0
0.0
0
112
10.4
9.2
2
23 Leon Bright
L. Bright
1,149
50
77
1,544
20.1
30.9
0
141
8.1
23.0
0
24 Jeff Fisher
J. Fisher
1,125
49
14
204
14.6
4.2
0
120
9.4
23.0
1
25 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
1,121
44
17
338
19.9
7.7
0
83
13.5
25.5
4
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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