most punt returns yards in a single game in nfl history

LeRoy Irvin has the most punt-return yards in a game, with 207 yards against the Falcons on October 11, 1981.

Interpreted as:
most punt returns yards by a player in a single regular-season game in NFL history
NAME PR YDS DATE TM OPP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD PR PR AVG PR TD
1 LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
207
10/11/1981
LA LA
@
ATL ATL
0
0
0
6
34.5
2
2 George Atkinson
G. Atkinson
205
9/15/1968
OAK OAK
@
BUF BUF
1
25
25.0
0
5
41.0
1
3 Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
199
11/14/2004
DET DET
@
JAX JAX
2
58
29.0
0
6
33.2
2
4 Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
195
12/22/2019
IND IND
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
3
65.0
2
5 Kalif Raymond
K. Raymond
190
10/27/2024
DET DET
vs
TEN TEN
0
0
0
5
38.0
1
6 Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
184
12/7/1997
BAL BAL
vs
SEA SEA
3
91
30.3
0
5
36.8
2
7 Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
184
10/6/1963
DET DET
vs
SF SF
1
30
30.0
0
5
36.8
1
8 Travis Benjamin
T. Benjamin
179
10/3/2013
CLE CLE
vs
BUF BUF
0
0
0
7
25.6
1
9 Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
177
12/8/2013
KC KC
@
WAS WAS
0
0
0
7
25.3
1
10 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
176
10/6/2008
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
0
0
0
5
35.2
2
11 Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
173
12/24/2000
BAL BAL
vs
NYJ NYJ
1
23
23.0
0
4
43.3
2
12 Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
168
11/9/1997
DEN DEN
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
5
33.6
2
13 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
168
11/2/1997
SD SD
@
CIN CIN
1
22
22.0
0
4
42.0
2
14 Marcus Jones
M. Jones
167
9/28/2025
NE NE
vs
CAR CAR
0
0
0
3
55.7
1
15 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
167
12/15/1996
GB GB
@
DET DET
0
0
0
5
33.4
1
16 Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
167
11/6/1977
DEN DEN
vs
PIT PIT
0
0
0
5
33.4
1
17 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
166
10/24/1993
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
0
0
0
2
83.0
2
18 Pete Athas
P. Athas
161
10/3/1976
NO NO
vs
HOU HOU
2
68
34.0
0
6
26.8
0
19 Darius Reynaud
D. Reynaud
160
12/30/2012
TEN TEN
vs
JAX JAX
3
39
13.0
0
3
53.3
2
20 De'Anthony Thomas
D. Thomas
156
12/14/2014
KC KC
vs
OAK OAK
0
0
0
8
19.5
1
21 Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
156
11/7/1976
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
0
0
0
4
39.0
1
22 Travis Benjamin
T. Benjamin
154
9/20/2015
CLE CLE
vs
TEN TEN
0
0
0
6
25.7
1
23 Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
153
12/8/2002
CAR CAR
vs
CIN CIN
1
16
16.0
0
3
51.0
2
24 Devin Hester
D. Hester
152
10/16/2006
CHI CHI
@
ARI ARI
1
24
24.0
0
6
25.3
1
25 Cleo Montgomery
C. Montgomery
152
12/10/1984
RAI RAI
@
DET DET
2
54
27.0
0
9
16.9
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.

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