most return yards in a season for an nfl running back minimum 5 receiving touchdowns

Darren Sproles has the most return yards by a running back with 5+ receiving touchdowns in a season, with 1,625 yards in 2008.

NAME RET YDS REC TD SEASON TM GP REC TRG REC YDS AVG REC YDS/G RUSH YDS ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD
1 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,625
5
2008
SD SD
16
29
34
342
11.8
21.4
330
61
5.4
20.6
1
2 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,383
7
2011
NO NO
16
86
112
710
8.3
44.4
603
87
6.9
37.7
2
3 Mack Herron
M. Herron
1,146
5
1974
NE NE
14
38
474
12.5
33.9
824
231
3.6
58.9
7
4 Lionel James
L. James
992
6
1985
SD SD
16
86
1,027
11.9
64.2
516
105
4.9
32.3
2
5 Timmy Brown
T. Brown
912
6
1962
PHI PHI
14
52
849
16.3
60.6
545
137
4.0
38.9
5
6 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
898
6
1965
CHI CHI
14
29
507
17.5
36.2
867
166
5.2
61.9
14
7 Timmy Brown
T. Brown
788
5
1964
PHI PHI
10
15
244
16.3
24.4
356
90
4.0
35.6
5
8 Ray Mathews
R. Mathews
764
5
1952
PIT PIT
12
33
543
16.5
45.3
315
66
4.8
26.3
0
9 Gary Anderson
G. Anderson
709
8
1986
SD SD
16
80
871
10.9
54.4
442
127
3.5
27.6
1
10 Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
682
5
1960
DEN DEN
10
32
616
19.3
61.6
211
41
5.1
21.1
2
11 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
666
7
2012
NO NO
13
75
104
667
8.9
51.3
244
48
5.1
18.8
1
12 George Taliaferro
G. Taliaferro
602
5
1950
NYY NYY
12
21
299
14.2
24.9
411
88
4.7
34.3
4
13 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
587
6
1949
CHC CHC
12
34
412
12.1
34.3
553
112
4.9
46.1
3
14 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
586
5
1992
CLE CLE
16
47
614
13.1
38.4
301
73
4.1
18.8
1
15 Steve Bagarus
S. Bagarus
576
5
1945
WAS WAS
10
34
617
18.1
61.7
154
39
3.9
15.4
1
16 Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
559
10
1959
PHI PHI
12
47
846
18.0
70.5
-10
2
-5.0
-0.8
0
17 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
541
7
1947
DET DET
9
27
375
13.9
41.7
302
80
3.8
33.6
2
18 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
533
6
1960
CLE CLE
12
45
612
13.6
51.0
506
111
4.6
42.2
5
19 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
518
5
1964
OAK OAK
14
37
454
12.3
32.4
338
89
3.8
24.1
3
20 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
509
9
1961
HOU HOU
14
43
586
13.6
41.9
948
200
4.7
67.7
6
21 Harry Clarke
H. Clarke
484
7
1943
CHB CHB
10
23
535
23.3
53.5
556
120
4.6
55.6
2
22 Billy Cannon
B. Cannon
442
6
1962
HOU HOU
14
32
451
14.1
32.2
474
147
3.2
33.9
7
23 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
434
5
2021
ATL ATL
16
52
69
548
10.5
34.3
618
153
4.0
38.6
6
24 Tarik Cohen
T. Cohen
433
5
2018
CHI CHI
16
71
91
725
10.2
45.3
444
99
4.5
27.8
3
25 Tommy McDonald
T. McDonald
397
9
1958
PHI PHI
10
29
603
20.8
60.3
-4
3
-1.3
-0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for receiving touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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9
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