James Jones has gained the most punt-return yards for the Cowboys in a season, with 548 yards in his rookie season in 1980.
| NAME | PR YDS | SEASON | TM | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR AVG | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Jones | 548 | 1980 |  DAL | 16 | 32 | 720 | 22.5 | 45.0 | 0 | 54 | 10.1 | 34.3 | 0 |
| 2 | | K. Martin | 532 | 1992 | DAL | 16 | 24 | 503 | 21.0 | 31.4 | 0 | 42 | 12.7 | 33.3 | 2 |
| 3 | | B. Johnson | 489 | 1976 | DAL | 14 | 28 | 693 | 24.8 | 49.5 | 0 | 45 | 10.9 | 34.9 | 0 |
| 4 | | G. Allen | 446 | 1984 | DAL | 16 | 33 | 666 | 20.2 | 41.6 | 0 | 54 | 8.3 | 27.9 | 0 |
| 5 | | P. Crayton | 437 | 2009 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 36 | 12.1 | 27.3 | 2 | |
| 6 | | B. Johnson | 423 | 1977 | DAL | 14 | 22 | 536 | 24.4 | 38.3 | 0 | 50 | 8.5 | 30.2 | 0 |
| 7 | | M. Renfro | 418 | 1964 | DAL | 14 | 40 | 1,017 | 25.4 | 72.6 | 0 | 32 | 13.1 | 29.9 | 1 |
| 8 | | R. Swinton | 414 | 2001 | DAL | 15 | 56 | 1,327 | 23.7 | 88.5 | 0 | 31 | 13.4 | 27.6 | 1 |
| 9 |  | D. Sanders | 407 | 1997 | DAL | 13 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1.4 | 0 | 33 | 12.3 | 31.3 | 1 |
| 10 | | B. Johnson | 401 | 1978 | DAL | 16 | 29 | 603 | 20.8 | 37.7 | 0 | 51 | 7.9 | 25.1 | 0 |
| 11 | | K. Williams | 381 | 1993 | DAL | 16 | 31 | 689 | 22.2 | 43.1 | 0 | 36 | 10.6 | 23.8 | 2 |
| 12 | | D. Sanders | 375 | 1998 | DAL | 11 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 24 | 15.6 | 34.1 | 2 |
| 13 | | K. Martin | 373 | 1996 | DAL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 41 | 9.1 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| 14 | | K. Martin | 360 | 1988 | DAL | 16 | 12 | 210 | 17.5 | 13.1 | 0 | 44 | 8.2 | 22.5 | 0 |
| 15 | | D. Harris | 354 | 2012 | DAL | 16 | 11 | 210 | 19.1 | 13.1 | 0 | 22 | 16.1 | 22.1 | 1 |
| 16 | | W. McGarity | 353 | 2000 | DAL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | 11.8 | 25.2 | 2 | |
| 17 | | K. Williams | 349 | 1994 | DAL | 15 | 43 | 1,148 | 26.7 | 76.5 | 1 | 39 | 8.9 | 23.3 | 1 |
| 18 | | D. Sanders | 344 | 1999 | DAL | 14 | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 6.2 | 0 | 30 | 11.5 | 24.6 | 1 |
| 19 | | B. Hayes | 312 | 1968 | DAL | 14 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 1.4 | 0 | 15 | 20.8 | 22.3 | 2 |
| 20 | | K. Turpin | 303 | 2022 | DAL | 17 | 21 | 508 | 24.2 | 29.9 | 0 | 29 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 21 | | G. Richards | 288 | 1975 | DAL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 28 | 10.3 | 20.6 | 1 | |
| 22 | | D. Morgan | 287 | 1974 | DAL | 13 | 35 | 823 | 23.5 | 63.3 | 0 | 19 | 15.1 | 22.1 | 1 |
| 23 | | B. Hayes | 276 | 1967 | DAL | 13 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1.3 | 0 | 24 | 11.5 | 21.2 | 1 |
| 24 | | D. Harris | 275 | 2014 | DAL | 16 | 30 | 742 | 24.7 | 46.4 | 0 | 30 | 9.2 | 17.2 | 0 |
| 25 | | R. Switzer | 256 | 2017 | DAL | 16 | 24 | 600 | 25.0 | 37.5 | 0 | 29 | 8.8 | 16.0 | 1 |
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.
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