most years averaging a 20 yard kickoff return average

Brian Mitchell played the most seasons with 20.0+ yards per kick return, with 14 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most years averaging a 20 or more yard kickoff return average by a player
NAMESEASKR AVGGPKRKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14
23.1
223
607
14,014
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
12
29.0
183
284
8,229
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
3Mel Gray
M. Gray
12
24.3
169
421
10,250
60.7
6
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
4Devin Hester
D. Hester
11
24.9
156
295
7,333
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
5Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
11
23.5
151
491
11,516
76.3
5
296
2,947
10.0
19.5
2
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
11
26.2
128
143
3,746
29.3
6
65
595
9.2
4.6
3
7Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
10
26.1
136
426
11,113
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
8Corey Harris
C. Harris
10
23.2
154
238
5,528
35.9
1
6
17
2.8
0.1
0
9Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
10
21.5
139
244
5,249
37.8
2
261
2,686
10.3
19.3
9
10Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
9
25.6
135
170
4,346
32.2
0
10
91
9.1
0.7
0
11Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
9
26.1
132
256
6,683
50.6
3
210
1,850
8.8
14.0
3
12Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
9
25.3
138
329
8,316
60.3
2
233
2,052
8.8
14.9
5
13Dante Hall
D. Hall
9
23.8
112
426
10,136
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
14Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
9
22.8
126
175
3,989
31.7
2
69
667
9.7
5.3
0
15Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
9
22.9
122
156
3,572
29.3
0
23
180
7.8
1.5
0
16Ron Smith
R. Smith
9
25.2
125
274
6,905
55.2
3
234
1,786
7.6
14.3
2
17Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
9
26.3
95
169
4,438
46.7
2
252
2,142
8.5
22.5
1
18Speedy Duncan
S. Duncan
9
25.4
99
176
4,474
45.2
0
171
1,954
11.4
19.7
4
19Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
9
24.8
109
124
3,071
28.2
2
105
923
8.8
8.5
1
20Dick James
D. James
9
25.1
113
178
4,464
39.5
0
119
947
8.0
8.4
0
21Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
9
23.3
100
81
1,890
18.9
0
92
786
8.5
7.9
2
22Ty Montgomery
T. Montgomery
8
22.7
84
67
1,521
18.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Dwayne Harris
D. Harris
8
26.3
90
152
3,994
44.4
1
158
1,471
9.3
16.3
3
24Brandon Tate
B. Tate
8
24.4
113
219
5,342
47.3
2
180
1,716
9.5
15.2
1
25Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
8
23.2
120
277
6,417
53.5
3
185
1,943
10.5
16.2
3
StatMuse has season-level data for yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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