Between the 1920 and 1969 seasons, George McAfee gained the most punt-return yards for the Bears, with 1,431 yards.
| NAME | PR YDS | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR AVG | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. McAfee | 1,431 | 65 | 18 | 488 | 27.1 | 7.5 | 1 | 112 | 12.8 | 22.0 | 2 |
| 2 | | J. Morris | 893 | 121 | 54 | 1,267 | 23.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 104 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 1 |
| 3 | | J.R. Boone | 635 | 43 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 0 | 56 | 11.3 | 14.8 | 0 |
| 4 | | R. McLean | 622 | 66 | 22 | 492 | 22.4 | 7.5 | 0 | 42 | 14.8 | 9.4 | 2 |
| 5 | | G. Sayers | 391 | 64 | 91 | 2,781 | 30.6 | 43.5 | 6 | 27 | 14.5 | 6.1 | 2 |
| 6 | | J. Arnett | 298 | 42 | 22 | 520 | 23.6 | 12.4 | 0 | 45 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 0 |
| 7 | | H. Clarke | 290 | 30 | 23 | 643 | 28.0 | 21.4 | 0 | 19 | 15.3 | 9.7 | 0 |
| 8 | | W. White | 248 | 17 | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 7.9 | 0 | 37 | 6.7 | 14.6 | 0 |
| 9 | | H. Gallarneau | 243 | 52 | 20 | 434 | 21.7 | 8.3 | 0 | 24 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 0 |
| 10 | | N. Mullins | 236 | 34 | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 1.9 | 0 | 20 | 11.8 | 6.9 | 0 |
| 11 | | V. Zucco | 176 | 38 | 12 | 304 | 25.3 | 8.0 | 0 | 37 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 0 |
| 12 | | B. Stone | 172 | 46 | 15 | 363 | 24.2 | 7.9 | 0 | 32 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 13 | | R. Drzewiecki | 164 | 20 | 38 | 906 | 23.8 | 45.3 | 0 | 42 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. Gene Smith | 156 | 36 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 2.2 | 0 | 27 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 15 | | B. Martin | 155 | 32 | 53 | 1,148 | 21.7 | 35.9 | 0 | 30 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 16 | | A. Grygo | 144 | 19 | 11 | 242 | 22.0 | 12.7 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 17 | | E. Macon | 142 | 23 | 22 | 672 | 30.5 | 29.2 | 1 | 24 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 18 | | W. Dreyer | 130 | 12 | 13 | 338 | 26.0 | 28.2 | 0 | 13 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 0 |
| 19 | | M. Moore | 108 | 35 | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 5.0 | 0 | 14 | 7.7 | 3.1 | 0 |
| 20 | | S. Luckman | 107 | 106 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0.6 | 0 | 11 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 21 | | R. Petitbon | 103 | 136 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0.5 | 0 | 15 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 22 | | B. Swisher | 101 | 14 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 | 14.4 | 7.2 | 0 |
| 23 | | D. Gordon | 90 | 70 | 58 | 1,362 | 23.5 | 19.5 | 0 | 19 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 24 | | R. Nolting | 86 | 27 | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 4.6 | 0 | 9 | 9.6 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 25 | | A. Lawler | 81 | 7 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 12.1 | 0 | 5 | 16.2 | 11.6 | 0 |
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.
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