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	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	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	14	38		474	12.5	33.9	824	231	3.6	58.9	7
4	Lionel James L. James	992	6	1985	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	14	52		849	16.3	60.6	545	137	4.0	38.9	5
6	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	898	6	1965	CHI	14	29		507	17.5	36.2	867	166	5.2	61.9	14
7	Timmy Brown T. Brown	788	5	1964	PHI	10	15		244	16.3	24.4	356	90	4.0	35.6	5
8	Ray Mathews R. Mathews	764	5	1952	PIT	12	33		543	16.5	45.3	315	66	4.8	26.3	0
9	Gary Anderson G. Anderson	709	8	1986	SD	16	80		871	10.9	54.4	442	127	3.5	27.6	1
10	Al Carmichael A. Carmichael	682	5	1960	DEN	10	32		616	19.3	61.6	211	41	5.1	21.1	2
11	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	666	7	2012	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	12	21		299	14.2	24.9	411	88	4.7	34.3	4
13	Charley Trippi C. Trippi	587	6	1949	CHC	12	34		412	12.1	34.3	553	112	4.9	46.1	3
14	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	586	5	1992	CLE	16	47		614	13.1	38.4	301	73	4.1	18.8	1
15	Steve Bagarus S. Bagarus	576	5	1945	WAS	10	34		617	18.1	61.7	154	39	3.9	15.4	1
16	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	559	10	1959	PHI	12	47		846	18.0	70.5	-10	2	-5.0	-0.8	0
17	Bill Dudley B. Dudley	541	7	1947	DET	9	27		375	13.9	41.7	302	80	3.8	33.6	2
18	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	533	6	1960	CLE	12	45		612	13.6	51.0	506	111	4.6	42.2	5
19	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	518	5	1964	OAK	14	37		454	12.3	32.4	338	89	3.8	24.1	3
20	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	509	9	1961	HOU	14	43		586	13.6	41.9	948	200	4.7	67.7	6
21	Harry Clarke H. Clarke	484	7	1943	CHB	10	23		535	23.3	53.5	556	120	4.6	55.6	2
22	Billy Cannon B. Cannon	442	6	1962	HOU	14	32		451	14.1	32.2	474	147	3.2	33.9	7
23	Cordarrelle Patterson C. Patterson	434	5	2021	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	16	71	91	725	10.2	45.3	444	99	4.5	27.8	3
25	Tommy McDonald T. McDonald	397	9	1958	PHI	10	29		603	20.8	60.3	-4	3	-1.3	-0.4	0

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