most return yards in a season by an nfl player minimum 1200 yards from scrimmage

Darren Sproles has the most return yards with 1,200+ scrimmage yards in a season, with 1,383 yards in 2011.

NAMERET YDSYDSSEASONTMGPYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,383
1,313
2011
16
168.5
10
603
37.7
2
710
44.4
7
1,089
68.1
0
294
18.4
1
2Mack Herron
M. Herron
1,146
1,298
1974
14
174.6
12
824
58.9
7
474
33.9
5
629
44.9
0
517
36.9
0
3Timmy Brown
T. Brown
1,097
1,328
1963
14
173.4
11
841
60.1
6
487
34.8
4
945
67.5
1
152
10.9
0
4Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
1,083
1,433
2009
16
157.3
4
1,062
66.4
2
371
23.2
2
1,014
63.4
0
69
4.3
0
5Lionel James
L. James
992
1,543
1985
16
158.4
8
516
32.3
2
1,027
64.2
6
779
48.7
0
213
13.3
0
6Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
925
1,417
2009
15
156.1
9
1,120
74.7
7
297
19.8
1
925
61.7
1
0
0.0
0
7Timmy Brown
T. Brown
912
1,394
1962
14
164.7
13
545
38.9
5
849
60.6
6
831
59.4
1
81
5.8
0
8Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
898
1,374
1965
14
162.3
22
867
61.9
14
507
36.2
6
660
47.1
1
238
17.0
1
9Maurice Jones-Drew
M. Jones-Drew
873
1,377
2006
16
140.6
16
941
58.8
13
436
27.3
2
860
53.8
1
13
0.8
0
10Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
762
1,678
1966
14
174.3
12
1,231
87.9
8
447
31.9
2
718
51.3
2
44
3.1
0
11Amos Marsh
A. Marsh
729
1,269
1962
14
142.7
9
802
57.3
6
467
33.4
2
725
51.8
1
4
0.3
0
12Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
709
1,313
1986
16
126.4
9
442
27.6
1
871
54.4
8
482
30.1
0
227
14.2
0
13Jarvis Landry
J. Landry
677
1,270
2015
16
121.7
6
113
7.1
1
1,157
72.3
4
321
20.1
0
356
22.3
1
14Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
661
1,322
1995
16
123.9
10
133
8.3
1
1,189
74.3
8
278
17.4
0
383
23.9
1
15Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
649
1,451
1960
14
150.0
12
875
62.5
9
576
41.1
3
434
31.0
0
215
15.4
0
16Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
611
1,232
1960
14
131.6
10
855
61.1
8
377
26.9
2
611
43.6
0
0
0.0
0
17Joe Washington
J. Washington
536
1,333
1978
16
116.8
2
956
59.8
0
377
23.6
1
499
31.2
1
37
2.3
0
18Dave Hampton
D. Hampton
535
1,239
1972
13
136.9
7
995
76.5
6
244
18.8
1
535
41.2
0
0
0.0
0
19Anthony Miller
A. Miller
533
1,273
1989
16
112.9
11
21
1.3
0
1,252
78.3
10
533
33.3
1
0
0.0
0
20Dick Bass
D. Bass
527
1,295
1962
14
130.1
8
1,033
73.8
6
262
18.7
2
446
31.9
0
81
5.8
0
21Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
520
1,312
2011
16
114.5
9
345
21.6
2
967
60.4
6
520
32.5
1
0
0.0
0
22Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
509
1,534
1961
14
145.9
15
948
67.7
6
586
41.9
9
439
31.4
0
70
5.0
0
23Leroy Kelly
L. Kelly
507
1,507
1966
14
143.9
16
1,141
81.5
15
366
26.1
1
403
28.8
0
104
7.4
0
24Tim Brown
T. Brown
487
1,309
1994
16
112.3
9
0
0.0
0
1,309
81.8
9
0
0.0
0
487
30.4
0
25Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
466
1,399
1961
14
133.2
13
841
60.1
9
558
39.9
3
270
19.3
1
196
14.0
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