most punt return yards per return in nfl history

C.J. Goodwin has the most career punt-return yards per return, with 73.

Interpreted as:

most punt return yards per return by a player in NFL history

	NAME	YDS/RET	PR YDS	RET	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	C.J. Goodwin	73	73	1	136	73	0.5	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.5	0
2	Aaron Moorehead A. Moorehead	34	34	1	36	364	10.1	1	0	0.0	0	330	9.2	1	0	0.0	0	0.9	0
3	Tommie Campbell T. Campbell	32.5	65	2	44	149	3.4	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	84	1.9	1	1.5	1
4	Isaac Bruce I. Bruce	26	52	2	223	15,399	69.1	91	139	0.6	0	15,208	68.2	91	0	0.0	0	0.2	0
5	Stedman Bailey S. Bailey	22.5	90	4	38	1,016	26.7	4	46	1.2	1	843	22.2	2	37	1.0	0	2.4	1
6	D'Wayne Bates D. Bates	18.6	93	5	47	1,167	24.8	6	-2	0.0	0	1,061	22.6	6	15	0.3	0	2.0	0
7	Curtis Bolton III C. Bolton III	17	17	1	29	17	0.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.6	0
8	Ted Wilson T. Wilson	15.89	143	9	3	303	101.0	2	28	9.3	1	112	37.3	1	20	6.7	0	47.7	0
9	Richard Crawford R. Crawford	15.6	156	10	10	178	17.8	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	15.6	0
10	Tandon Doss T. Doss	15.26	412	27	35	840	24.0	2	0	0.0	0	428	12.2	1	0	0.0	0	11.8	1
11	Tory Horton T. Horton	14.88	238	16	8	399	49.9	6	0	0.0	0	161	20.1	5	0	0.0	0	29.8	1
12	Mike Swistowicz M. Swistowicz	14.75	59	4	9	59	6.6	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	6.6	0
13	Justin Gage J. Gage	14	56	4	100	3,016	30.2	16	0	0.0	0	2,958	29.6	16	2	0.0	0	0.6	0
14	Kevin Dyson K. Dyson	14	14	1	59	2,342	39.7	18	3	0.1	0	2,325	39.4	18	0	0.0	0	0.2	0
15	Mark Burke M. Burke	14	14	1	1	14	14.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	14.0	0
16	Walt Williams W. Williams	14	14	1	10	16	1.6	0	0	0.0	0	2	0.2	0	0	0.0	0	1.4	0
17	Ricky Pearsall R. Pearsall	13.67	41	3	20	1,012	50.6	3	43	2.2	0	928	46.4	3	0	0.0	0	2.1	0
18	Will Fuller W. Fuller	13.08	314	24	55	3,487	63.4	25	6	0.1	0	3,136	57.0	24	31	0.6	0	5.7	1
19	Dazz Newsome D. Newsome	12.5	75	6	3	98	32.7	0	0	0.0	0	23	7.7	0	0	0.0	0	25.0	0
20	Kendall Hinton K. Hinton	12.2	61	5	29	567	19.6	1	20	0.7	0	486	16.8	1	0	0.0	0	2.1	0
21	Stacey Mobley S. Mobley	12	12	1	13	277	21.3	1	0	0.0	0	265	20.4	1	0	0.0	0	0.9	0
22	Carl Capria C. Capria	12	12	1	13	12	0.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.9	0
23	Easop Winston E. Winston	11.9	119	10	4	124	31.0	0	0	0.0	0	5	1.3	0	0	0.0	0	29.8	0
24	Jack Steptoe J. Steptoe	11.73	129	11	6	175	29.2	1	0	0.0	0	46	7.7	1	0	0.0	0	21.5	0
25	Jaylin Lane J. Lane	11.63	314	27	15	602	40.1	2	7	0.5	0	225	15.0	0	56	3.7	0	20.9	2

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