most return yards in a season nfl player

Michael L. Lewis has gained the most return yards in a season, with 2,432 yards in 2002.

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	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	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	2,432	2002	NO	16	70	1,807	25.8	112.9	2	44	625	14.2	39.1	1
2	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	2,214	2007	CLE	16	59	1,809	30.7	113.1	2	30	405	13.5	25.3	1
3	MarTay Jenkins M. Jenkins	2,187	2000	ARI	16	82	2,186	26.7	136.6	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
4	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	1,994	2009	CLE	16	56	1,542	27.5	96.4	3	38	452	11.9	28.3	1
5	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	1,992	2000	SEA	15	66	1,629	24.7	108.6	1	26	363	14.0	24.2	0
6	Chimere Dike C. Dike	1,986	2025	TEN	17	62	1,588	25.6	93.4	0	23	398	17.3	23.4	2
7	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	1,978	2009	STL	14	66	1,618	24.5	115.6	0	31	360	11.6	25.7	0
8	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,978	2006	OAK	16	69	1,762	25.5	110.1	0	35	216	6.2	13.5	0
9	Dante Hall D. Hall	1,950	2004	KC	16	68	1,718	25.3	107.4	2	23	232	10.1	14.5	0
10	Dante Hall D. Hall	1,950	2003	KC	16	57	1,478	25.9	92.4	2	29	472	16.3	29.5	2
11	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,943	1996	NO	16	70	1,791	25.6	111.9	0	30	152	5.1	9.5	0
12	Chris Carr C. Carr	1,938	2005	OAK	16	73	1,752	24.0	109.5	0	34	186	5.5	11.6	0
13	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,930	1994	WAS	16	58	1,478	25.5	92.4	0	32	452	14.1	28.3	2
14	Kevin Williams K. Williams	1,920	1997	ARI	16	59	1,458	24.7	91.1	0	40	462	11.6	28.9	0
15	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,911	1996	DET	16	64	1,627	25.4	101.7	0	34	284	8.4	17.8	0
16	Roell Preston R. Preston	1,895	1998	GB	16	57	1,497	26.3	93.6	2	44	398	9.0	24.9	1
17	Wes Welker W. Welker	1,879	2004	TOT	15	61	1,415	23.2	94.3	1	43	464	10.8	30.9	0
18	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	1,879	1995	NO	16	66	1,617	24.5	101.1	0	28	262	9.4	16.4	0
19	KaVontae Turpin K. Turpin	1,869	2025	DAL	15	69	1,814	26.3	120.9	0	10	55	5.5	3.7	0
20	Marc Mariani M. Mariani	1,859	2010	TEN	16	60	1,530	25.5	95.6	1	27	329	12.2	20.6	1
21	Desmond Howard D. Howard	1,858	2000	DET	15	57	1,401	24.6	93.4	0	31	457	14.7	30.5	1
22	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,843	1998	WAS	16	59	1,337	22.7	83.6	1	44	506	11.5	31.6	0
23	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	1,841	1998	CHI	16	62	1,550	25.0	96.9	2	25	291	11.6	18.2	1
24	Dante Hall D. Hall	1,836	2005	KC	16	65	1,560	24.0	97.5	1	42	276	6.6	17.3	0
25	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	1,836	2003	ATL	16	62	1,291	20.8	80.7	0	39	545	14.0	34.1	1

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PASS

1,203

Shough

RUSH

128

Etienne

REC

491

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Team Rankings

PPG

26.3

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OPP PPG

32.0

32nd

RUSH YDS/G

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26th

PASS YDS/G

300.8

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Falcons	2	2	.500
Panthers	2	2	.500
Saints	1	3	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	.200

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Sun 10/11	MIN	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	NO	@	NYG	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	PIT	@	NO	9:30 AM
Sun 11/8	CLE	@	NO	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	CAR	@	NO	1:00 PM

Last Game

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2 - 2

Final

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1 - 3

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1,381

Prescott

1,268

Young

1,214

Goff

Rush Yards Leaders

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Walker

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Robinson

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Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

507

Lamb

491

Olave

481

Smith-Njigba

Pass TD Leaders

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Purdy

11

Cousins

9

Shough

Rush TD Leaders

7

Allen

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Henry

6

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

6

Smith-Njigba

5

St. Brown

4

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QB Rating Leaders

126.2

Purdy

119.6

Jackson

111.2

Lawrence

Sack Leaders

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

4.5

Anderson

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

31.8

30.5

30.3

29.8

29.5

29.0

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

13.3

16.0

16.3

18.3

19.3

Total Yards Rankings

429.0

417.0

412.0

405.8

395.0

389.3

Rush Yards Rankings

196.3

181.0

162.3

153.5

139.0

137.3

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

303.5

300.8

300.5

292.8

285.3

Sack Leaders

16.0

15.0

14.0

12.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

98.1

Walker

94

Gibbs

91.4

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

84.7

Smith-Njigba

76.1

Lamb

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St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

48.4

Kittle

39.2

Johnson

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Kelce

Fantasy K Rankings

54

Shrader

52

Reichard

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	0	.750
Eagles	2	2	0	.500
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	0	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	4	0	0	1.000
Bears	3	1	0	.750
Lions	2	2	0	.500
Packers	2	2	0	.500
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
Saints	1	3	0	.250
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	1	0	.750
Rams	2	2	0	.500
Cardinals	1	3	0	.250

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	3	1	0	.750
Patriots	2	2	0	.500
Jets	1	3	0	.250
Dolphins	0	4	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	3	1	0	.750
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
Bengals	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	3	1	0	.750
Colts	2	2	0	.500
Titans	0	4	0	.000
Texans	0	4	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	1	0	.750
Broncos	2	2	0	.500
Chargers	0	4	0	.000