most punt returns and kick tds in a career in nfl history

Brian Mitchell has the most career punt returns, with 463 returns.

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	NAME	PR	TD	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	463	29	223	607	14,014	23.1	62.8	4	4,999	10.8	22.4	9
2	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	351	55	179	280	5,813	20.8	32.5	2	3,453	9.8	19.3	10
3	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	349	27	146	252	5,566	22.1	38.1	1	3,708	10.6	25.4	7
4	Tim Brown T. Brown	326	105	255	49	1,235	25.2	4.8	1	3,320	10.2	13.0	3
5	Devin Hester D. Hester	315	37	156	295	7,333	24.9	47.0	5	3,695	11.7	23.7	14
6	Darrien Gordon D. Gordon	314	9	138	5	70	14.0	0.5	0	3,601	11.5	26.1	6
7	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	311	64	183	332	8,352	25.2	45.6	2	2,961	9.5	16.2	7
8	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	311	21	143	79	1,759	22.3	12.3	1	2,557	8.2	17.9	5
9	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	307	9	157	514	11,947	23.2	76.1	5	3,056	10.0	19.5	3
10	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	304	11	138	407	9,788	24.0	70.9	2	2,984	9.8	21.6	1
11	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	295	23	111	212	4,611	21.8	41.5	0	3,282	11.1	29.6	6
12	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	292	5	118	235	4,933	21.0	41.8	0	3,169	10.9	26.9	4
13	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	282	35	143	123	2,941	23.9	20.6	2	3,317	11.8	23.2	6
14	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	276	23	128	183	4,940	27.0	38.6	5	2,688	9.7	21.0	4
15	J.T. Smith	267	39	169	25	473	18.9	2.8	0	2,764	10.4	16.4	4
16	Wes Welker W. Welker	264	51	175	183	4,138	22.6	23.6	1	2,584	9.8	14.8	0
17	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	262	42	193	307	6,899	22.5	35.7	3	2,624	10.0	13.6	4
18	Kelvin Martin K. Martin	261	18	139	76	1,453	19.1	10.5	0	2,567	9.8	18.5	3
19	Rod Woodson R. Woodson	260	17	238	220	4,894	22.2	20.6	2	2,362	9.1	9.9	2
20	Emlen Tunnell E. Tunnell	258	10	167	46	1,215	26.4	7.3	1	2,209	8.6	13.2	5
21	Dennis Northcutt D. Northcutt	255	22	144	4	92	23.0	0.6	0	2,592	10.2	18.0	3
22	Karl Williams K. Williams	255	12	130	56	1,245	22.2	9.6	0	2,565	10.1	19.7	5
23	Alvin Haymond A. Haymond	253	5	104	170	4,438	26.1	42.7	2	2,148	8.5	20.7	1
24	Troy Brown T. Brown	252	35	192	87	1,862	21.4	9.7	0	2,625	10.4	13.7	3
25	Mel Gray M. Gray	252	10	169	421	10,250	24.3	60.7	6	2,753	10.9	16.3	3

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