most return touchdowns in a season by a cornerback

Devin Hester has scored the most touchdown returns by a defensive back in a season, with 6 touchdown returns in 2007 and in 2006.

	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Devin Hester D. Hester	6	2007	CHI	16	43	934	21.7	58.4	2	42	651	15.5	40.7	4
2	Devin Hester D. Hester	6	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	600	12.8	37.5	3
3	DaRon Bland D. Bland	5	2023	DAL	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Ken Houston K. Houston	5	1971	HOU	14	0	0		0.0	0	16	91	5.7	6.5	0
5	Janoris Jenkins J. Jenkins	4	2012	STL	15	0	0		0.0	0	9	46	5.1	3.1	0
6	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	4	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	44	699	15.9	43.7	4
7	Adam Jones A. Jones	4	2006	TEN	15	20	521	26.1	34.7	0	34	440	12.9	29.3	3
8	Phillip Buchanon P. Buchanon	4	2003	OAK	16	2	25	12.5	1.6	0	36	491	13.6	30.7	2
9	Darrien Gordon D. Gordon	4	1997	DEN	16	0	0		0.0	0	40	543	13.6	33.9	3
10	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	4	1994	NO	15	63	1,556	24.7	103.7	2	21	143	6.8	9.5	0
11	Eric Allen E. Allen	4	1993	PHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Lloyd Burruss L. Burruss	4	1986	KC	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Jim Kearney J. Kearney	4	1972	KC	14	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Don Webb D. Webb	4	1961	BOS	14	1	21	21.0	1.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jack Christiansen J. Christiansen	4	1951	DET	12	11	270	24.5	22.5	0	18	343	19.1	28.6	4
16	Emlen Tunnell E. Tunnell	4	1951	NYG	12	6	227	37.8	18.9	1	34	489	14.4	40.8	3
17	Marcus Jones M. Jones	3	2025	NE	17	0	0		0.0	0	21	363	17.3	21.4	2
18	Kyle Dugger K. Dugger	3	2022	NE	15	1	37	37.0	2.5	0	0	0		0.0	0
19	Darius Slay D. Slay	3	2021	PHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Troy Hill T. Hill	3	2020	LAR	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Marcus Peters M. Peters	3	2019	TOT	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Eddie Jackson E. Jackson	3	2018	CHI	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	William Gay W. Gay	3	2014	PIT	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	DeAngelo Hall D. Hall	3	2013	WAS	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Charles Tillman C. Tillman	3	2012	CHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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