most return touchdowns in nfl history

Devin Hester has scored the most career touchdown returns, with 20 touchdown returns.

Interpreted as:
most return touchdowns by a player in NFL history
NAMERET TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Devin Hester
D. Hester
20
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
2Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
19
188
155
3,523
22.7
18.7
3
212
2,199
10.4
11.7
6
3Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
17
238
220
4,894
22.2
20.6
2
260
2,362
9.1
9.9
2
4Ronde Barber
R. Barber
14
241
0
0
0.0
0
3
30
10.0
0.1
1
5Ed Reed
E. Reed
13
174
0
0
0.0
0
30
205
6.8
1.2
1
6Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
13
254
5
47
9.4
0.2
0
90
736
8.2
2.9
0
7Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
13
205
2
7
3.5
0.0
0
11
65
5.9
0.3
0
8Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
13
211
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
13
223
607
14,014
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
10Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
13
166
61
1,504
24.7
9.1
1
131
1,205
9.2
7.3
4
11Dante Hall
D. Hall
12
112
426
10,136
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
12Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
12
179
280
5,813
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
13Ken Houston
K. Houston
12
196
3
80
26.7
0.4
0
51
333
6.5
1.7
1
14Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11
136
426
11,113
26.1
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
15LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
11
159
4
60
15.0
0.4
0
147
1,457
9.9
9.2
4
16Lem Barney
L. Barney
11
140
50
1,274
25.5
9.1
1
143
1,312
9.2
9.4
2
17Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
11
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
85
1,084
12.8
12.2
8
18Janoris Jenkins
J. Jenkins
10
144
0
0
0.0
0
10
51
5.1
0.4
0
19Aqib Talib
A. Talib
10
148
0
0
0.0
0
2
1
0.5
0.0
0
20DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
10
171
4
136
34.0
0.8
0
18
128
7.1
0.7
0
21Ollie Matson
O. Matson
10
169
143
3,746
26.2
22.2
6
65
595
9.2
3.5
3
22Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
10
167
46
1,215
26.4
7.3
1
258
2,209
8.6
13.2
5
23Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
9
183
284
8,229
29.0
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
24Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
9
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
5
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
25Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
9
183
332
8,352
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1921 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
Lions Lions
8
6
0
.571
Vikings Vikings
6
8
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.429
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Patriots Patriots
11
3
0
.786
Bills Bills
10
4
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
7
6
0
.538
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7
7
0
.500
AFC SouthWLTPCT
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10
4
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.714
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5
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.643
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12
2
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.857
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10
4
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.714
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
9
5
0
.643
Cowboys Cowboys
6
7
1
.464
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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10
4
0
.714
Packers Packers
9
4
1
.679
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
7
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
7
7
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams
11
3
0
.786
Seahawks Seahawks
11
3
0
.786

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Sat
9/13
BUF BUF
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NYJ NYJ
30-10
Sat
9/13
SF SF
@
NO NO
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Sat
9/13
NE NE
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MIA MIA
33-27
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9/13
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ARI ARI
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