most return touchdowns in career including playoffs

Devin Hester has the most career touchdown returns in the regular-season and playoffs, with 21 touchdown returns.

Interpreted as:
most return touchdowns by a player in career including playoffs
NAMERET TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Devin Hester
D. Hester
21
163
310
7,761
25.0
47.6
6
328
3,778
11.5
23.2
14
2Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
19
200
163
3,700
22.7
18.5
3
223
2,317
10.4
11.6
6
3Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
17
258
230
5,069
22.0
19.6
2
270
2,424
9.0
9.4
2
4Ronde Barber
R. Barber
15
251
0
0
0.0
0
3
30
10.0
0.1
1
5Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
15
217
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Ed Reed
E. Reed
14
189
0
0
0.0
0
31
205
6.6
1.1
1
7Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14
239
643
14,889
23.2
62.3
5
497
5,338
10.7
22.3
9
8Dante Hall
D. Hall
13
114
436
10,402
23.9
91.2
7
217
2,269
10.5
19.9
6
9Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
13
271
7
76
10.9
0.3
0
91
733
8.1
2.7
0
10Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
13
219
2
7
3.5
0.0
0
11
65
5.9
0.3
0
11Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
13
187
306
6,396
20.9
34.2
3
358
3,507
9.8
18.8
10
12Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
13
169
63
1,539
24.4
9.1
1
134
1,222
9.1
7.2
4
13Ken Houston
K. Houston
12
201
3
80
26.7
0.4
0
51
333
6.5
1.7
1
14Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11
139
432
11,287
26.1
81.2
8
231
2,417
10.5
17.4
3
15Darrell Green
D. Green
11
313
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
57
713
12.5
2.3
1
16LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
11
170
4
60
15.0
0.4
0
151
1,476
9.8
8.7
4
17Lem Barney
L. Barney
11
141
50
1,274
25.5
9.0
1
148
1,332
9.0
9.4
2
18Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
11
95
64
1,436
22.4
15.1
0
86
1,102
12.8
11.6
8
19Janoris Jenkins
J. Jenkins
10
152
0
0
0.0
0
10
51
5.1
0.3
0
20Aqib Talib
A. Talib
10
159
0
0
0.0
0
2
1
0.5
0.0
0
21Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
10
136
208
5,567
26.8
40.9
6
296
2,834
9.6
20.8
4
22DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
10
175
5
151
30.2
0.9
0
18
128
7.1
0.7
0
23Asante Samuel
A. Samuel
10
178
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Desmond Howard
D. Howard
10
159
368
8,236
22.4
51.8
1
253
3,105
12.3
19.5
9
25Eric Allen
E. Allen
10
226
1
2
2.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1921 season.

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.559
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14
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10
7
0
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8
9
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11
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12
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13
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8
9
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14
3
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11
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6
11
0
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3
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
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11
6
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.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
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8
9
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8
9
0
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8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
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14
3
0
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Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
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49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
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3
14
0
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