most punt return yards in a season ever

Desmond Howard has gained the most punt-return yards in a season, with 875 yards in 1996.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards by a player in a season ever
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 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
875
1996
GB GB
16
22
460
20.9
28.8
0
58
15.1
54.7
3
2 Patrick Peterson
P. Peterson
699
2011
ARI ARI
16
0
0
0.0
0
44
15.9
43.7
4
3 Fulton Walker
F. Walker
692
1985
TOT
15
21
467
22.2
31.1
0
62
11.2
46.1
0
4 Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
686
2013
KC KC
15
1
3
3.0
0.2
0
58
11.8
45.7
2
5 Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
666
1983
RAI RAI
16
31
604
19.5
37.8
0
58
11.5
41.6
1
6 Derrick Mason
D. Mason
662
2000
TEN TEN
16
42
1,132
27.0
70.8
0
51
13.0
41.4
1
7 Nate Burleson
N. Burleson
658
2007
SEA SEA
16
27
590
21.9
36.9
1
58
11.3
41.1
1
8 Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
656
1984
PIT PIT
14
0
0
0.0
0
53
12.4
46.9
1
9 Neal Colzie
N. Colzie
655
1975
OAK OAK
13
0
0
0.0
0
48
13.6
50.4
0
10 Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
653
1977
DEN DEN
14
20
456
22.8
32.6
0
51
12.8
46.6
1
11 Devin Hester
D. Hester
651
2007
CHI CHI
16
43
934
21.7
58.4
2
42
15.5
40.7
4
12 Eddie Brown
E. Brown
646
1976
WAS WAS
14
30
738
24.6
52.7
0
48
13.5
46.1
1
13 Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
627
1999
KC KC
14
44
886
20.1
63.3
0
51
12.3
44.8
2
14 Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
625
2002
NO NO
16
70
1,807
25.8
112.9
2
44
14.2
39.1
1
15 Leon Johnson
L. Johnson
619
1997
NYJ NYJ
16
12
319
26.6
19.9
1
51
12.1
38.7
1
16 Jackie Wallace
J. Wallace
618
1978
LA LA
14
0
0
0.0
0
52
11.9
44.1
0
17 LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
615
1981
LA LA
16
0
0
0.0
0
46
13.4
38.4
3
18 J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
612
1979
KC KC
16
0
0
0.0
0
58
10.6
38.3
2
19 Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
612
1975
HOU HOU
14
33
798
24.2
57.0
1
40
15.3
43.7
3
20 Rodger Bird
R. Bird
612
1967
OAK OAK
14
6
143
23.8
10.2
0
46
13.3
43.7
0
21 Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
608
1976
NE NE
14
0
0
0.0
0
45
13.5
43.4
2
22 Devin Hester
D. Hester
600
2006
CHI CHI
16
20
528
26.4
33.0
2
47
12.8
37.5
3
23 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
600
1991
WAS WAS
16
29
583
20.1
36.4
0
45
13.3
37.5
2
24 Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
598
1996
CAR CAR
16
7
160
22.9
10.0
0
52
11.5
37.4
1
25 Karl Williams
K. Williams
597
1997
TB TB
16
15
277
18.5
17.3
0
46
13.0
37.3
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StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
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Bears Bears
4
9
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Sun
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SEA SEA
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11
2
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.846
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5
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.615
NFC North W L T PCT
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1
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.923
Vikings Vikings
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7
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6
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3
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.769
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.462
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3
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.769
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5
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.615
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5
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.615
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7
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.462
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1
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5
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