most return yards in lions history

Mel Gray has gained the most career return yards for the Lions, with 6,905 yards.

Interpreted as:
most return yards by a player in lions history
NAMERET YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Mel Gray
M. Gray
6,905
84
216
5,478
25.4
65.2
5
132
1,427
10.8
17.0
2
2Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
6,084
52
213
5,026
23.6
96.7
2
108
1,058
9.8
20.3
4
3Desmond Howard
D. Howard
4,553
41
155
3,732
24.1
91.0
0
68
821
12.1
20.0
2
4Stefan Logan
S. Logan
3,840
48
116
2,877
24.8
59.9
1
100
963
9.6
20.1
0
5Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
3,659
32
119
2,942
24.7
91.9
0
81
717
8.9
22.4
0
6Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
3,232
64
91
2,262
24.9
35.3
0
94
970
10.3
15.2
3
7Alvin Hall
A. Hall
2,958
76
128
2,819
22.0
37.1
1
15
139
9.3
1.8
0
8Terry Fair
T. Fair
2,854
52
101
2,516
24.9
48.4
2
47
338
7.2
6.5
0
9Pat Studstill
P. Studstill
2,640
77
75
1,924
25.7
25.0
1
59
716
12.1
9.3
0
10Lem Barney
L. Barney
2,586
140
50
1,274
25.5
9.1
1
143
1,312
9.2
9.4
2
11Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
2,506
46
64
1,649
25.8
35.8
1
74
857
11.6
18.6
4
12Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
2,413
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
85
1,084
12.8
12.2
8
13Robbie Martin
R. Martin
2,179
49
59
1,061
18.0
21.7
0
118
1,118
9.5
22.8
2
14Aveion Cason
A. Cason
1,972
40
80
1,945
24.3
48.6
0
3
27
9.0
0.7
0
15Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
1,939
74
30
579
19.3
7.8
0
143
1,360
9.5
18.4
2
16Tom Vaughn
T. Vaughn
1,893
88
62
1,595
25.7
18.1
0
33
298
9.0
3.4
0
17Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
1,796
24
58
1,374
23.7
57.3
1
39
422
10.8
17.6
1
18Kalif Raymond
K. Raymond
1,737
77
9
252
28.0
3.3
0
132
1,485
11.3
19.3
3
19Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
1,550
26
38
1,023
26.9
39.3
1
47
527
11.2
20.3
1
20Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
1,404
74
53
1,112
21.0
15.0
0
35
292
8.3
3.9
0
21Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
1,363
35
49
1,363
27.8
38.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Rick Kane
R. Kane
1,340
113
61
1,327
21.8
11.7
0
1
13
13.0
0.1
0
23Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,257
28
38
809
21.3
28.9
0
30
448
14.9
16.0
2
24Yale Lary
Y. Lary
1,253
133
22
495
22.5
3.7
0
126
758
6.0
5.7
3
25Doak Walker
D. Walker
1,252
67
38
968
25.5
14.4
0
18
284
15.8
4.2
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