most return yards in a season by a defensive back

Chris Carr has gained the most return yards by a defensive back in a season, with 1,978 yards in 2006.

	NAME	RET YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,978	2006	OAK	16	69	1,762	25.5	110.1	0	35	216	6.2	13.5	0
2	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,943	1996	NO	16	70	1,791	25.6	111.9	0	30	152	5.1	9.5	0
3	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,938	2005	OAK	16	73	1,752	24.0	109.5	0	34	186	5.5	11.6	0
4	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,879	1995	NO	16	66	1,617	24.5	101.1	0	28	262	9.4	16.4	0
5	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,836	2003	ATL	16	62	1,291	20.8	80.7	0	39	545	14.0	34.1	1
6	Josh Wilson J. Wilson	1,753	2008	SEA	16	69	1,753	25.4	109.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,707	2004	ATL	16	58	1,250	21.6	78.1	0	37	457	12.4	28.6	1
8	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,699	1994	NO	15	63	1,556	24.7	103.7	2	21	143	6.8	9.5	0
9	Terry Fair T. Fair	1,617	1998	DET	14	51	1,428	28.0	102.0	2	30	189	6.3	13.5	0
10	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,597	1999	PHI	16	54	1,347	24.9	84.2	1	28	250	8.9	15.6	0
11	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	1,591	1981	WAS	16	37	1,099	29.7	68.7	0	45	492	10.9	30.8	2
12	Justin Miller J. Miller	1,586	2005	NYJ	16	60	1,577	26.3	98.6	1	6	9	1.5	0.6	0
13	Devin Hester D. Hester	1,585	2007	CHI	16	43	934	21.7	58.4	2	42	651	15.5	40.7	4
14	Will Blackmon W. Blackmon	1,555	2008	GB	16	55	1,157	21.0	72.3	0	36	398	11.1	24.9	2
15	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,536	2000	GB	16	50	1,288	25.8	80.5	1	29	248	8.6	15.5	0
16	Brock Marion B. Marion	1,524	1999	MIA	16	62	1,524	24.6	95.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Leodis McKelvin L. McKelvin	1,494	2008	BUF	16	52	1,468	28.2	91.8	1	2	26	13.0	1.6	0
18	Darrick Vaughn D. Vaughn	1,491	2001	ATL	16	61	1,491	24.4	93.2	1	0	0		0.0	0
19	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,482	2008	SF	13	47	1,259	26.8	96.8	1	15	223	14.9	17.2	0
20	Nesby Glasgow N. Glasgow	1,478	1979	BAL	16	50	1,126	22.5	70.4	0	44	352	8.0	22.0	1
21	Chris Watson C. Watson	1,472	1999	DEN	14	48	1,138	23.7	81.3	0	44	334	7.6	23.9	1
22	Bobby Jancik B. Jancik	1,462	1963	HOU	14	45	1,317	29.3	94.1	0	13	145	11.2	10.4	0
23	Deltha O'Neal D. O'Neal	1,456	2000	DEN	16	46	1,102	24.0	68.9	1	34	354	10.4	22.1	0
24	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,452	2002	ATL	14	53	1,164	22.0	83.1	1	24	288	12.0	20.6	0
25	Brian Witherspoon B. Witherspoon	1,442	2008	JAX	14	52	1,250	24.0	89.3	0	17	192	11.3	13.7	0

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