most total yards in a season including kickoff return

Darren Sproles has the most all-purpose yards in a season, with 2,696 yards in 2011.

Interpreted as:
most total yards in a season including kickoff return by a player
NAMEYDSKRSEASONTMGPKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
2,696
40
2011
NO NO
16
1,089
27.2
68.1
0
29
294
10.1
18.4
1
2Derrick Mason
D. Mason
2,690
42
2000
TEN TEN
16
1,132
27.0
70.8
0
51
662
13.0
41.4
1
3Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
2,647
70
2002
NO NO
16
1,807
25.8
112.9
2
44
625
14.2
39.1
1
4Lionel James
L. James
2,535
36
1985
SD SD
16
779
21.6
48.7
0
25
213
8.5
13.3
0
5Fred Jackson
F. Jackson
2,516
41
2009
BUF BUF
16
1,014
24.7
63.4
0
6
69
11.5
4.3
0
6Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
2,510
56
2009
CLE CLE
16
1,542
27.5
96.4
3
38
452
11.9
28.3
1
7Chris Johnson
C. Johnson
2,509
0
2009
TEN TEN
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,477
58
1994
WAS WAS
16
1,478
25.5
92.4
0
32
452
14.1
28.3
2
9Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
2,462
35
1975
STL STL
13
960
27.4
73.8
1
23
285
12.4
21.9
1
10Dante Hall
D. Hall
2,446
57
2003
KC KC
16
1,478
25.9
92.4
2
29
472
16.3
29.5
2
11Mack Herron
M. Herron
2,444
28
1974
NE NE
14
629
22.5
44.9
0
35
517
14.8
36.9
0
12Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
2,440
23
1966
CHI CHI
14
718
31.2
51.3
2
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
13Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
2,429
0
1999
STL STL
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Timmy Brown
T. Brown
2,428
33
1963
PHI PHI
14
945
28.6
67.5
1
16
152
9.5
10.9
0
15MarTay Jenkins
M. Jenkins
2,402
82
2000
ARI ARI
16
2,186
26.7
136.6
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
16Christian McCaffrey
C. McCaffrey
2,392
0
2019
CAR CAR
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Tiki Barber
T. Barber
2,390
0
2005
NYG NYG
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
2,370
0
2003
SD SD
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
2,364
50
2010
STL STL
16
1,142
22.8
71.4
0
40
452
11.3
28.3
0
20Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
2,358
0
1997
DET DET
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,357
59
1998
WAS WAS
16
1,337
22.7
83.6
1
44
506
11.5
31.6
0
22Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
2,348
55
1995
WAS WAS
16
1,408
25.6
88.0
0
25
315
12.6
19.7
1
23Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
2,342
38
2012
GB GB
15
964
25.4
64.3
0
31
292
9.4
19.5
1
24Jamaal Charles
J. Charles
2,342
36
2009
KC KC
15
925
25.7
61.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Steven Jackson
S. Jackson
2,334
0
2006
STL STL
16
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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3
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5
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6
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.500
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