most years averaging a 22 yard kickoff return average

Cordarrelle Patterson played the most seasons with 22.0+ yards per kick return, with 10 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most years averaging a 22 or more yard kickoff return average by a player
NAMESEASKR AVGGPKRKR YDSKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
10
29.5
156
266
7,836
50.2
9
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
2Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
9
26.1
132
256
6,683
50.6
3
210
1,850
8.8
14.0
3
3Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
9
26.7
121
386
10,299
85.1
8
202
2,207
10.9
18.2
3
4Mel Gray
M. Gray
9
25.0
129
350
8,751
67.8
6
184
1,935
10.5
15.0
2
5Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
9
26.3
95
169
4,438
46.7
2
252
2,142
8.5
22.5
1
6Ollie Matson
O. Matson
9
27.6
106
114
3,141
29.6
6
65
595
9.2
5.6
3
7Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
8
26.4
118
144
3,803
32.2
0
10
91
9.1
0.8
0
8Brandon Tate
B. Tate
8
24.4
113
219
5,342
47.3
2
180
1,716
9.5
15.2
1
9Leon Washington
L. Washington
8
26.1
110
286
7,474
67.9
8
168
1,696
10.1
15.4
0
10Devin Hester
D. Hester
8
26.6
109
188
4,997
45.8
2
213
2,392
11.2
21.9
8
11Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
8
24.3
128
406
9,886
77.2
4
279
3,342
12.0
26.1
6
12Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
8
23.2
106
127
2,946
27.8
0
23
180
7.8
1.7
0
13Ron Smith
R. Smith
8
25.6
111
247
6,320
56.9
3
211
1,664
7.9
15.0
2
14Speedy Duncan
S. Duncan
8
25.9
93
157
4,064
43.7
0
166
1,944
11.7
20.9
4
15Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
8
25.4
97
108
2,740
28.2
2
87
700
8.0
7.2
1
16Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
8
23.6
88
72
1,701
19.3
0
85
776
9.1
8.8
2
17Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
7
25.9
80
141
3,657
45.7
2
110
947
8.6
11.8
2
18Dwayne Harris
D. Harris
7
26.6
85
143
3,806
44.8
1
151
1,423
9.4
16.7
3
19Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
7
25.4
107
316
8,041
75.1
2
166
1,412
8.5
13.2
3
20Dante Hall
D. Hall
7
24.2
99
372
9,015
91.1
6
201
2,131
10.6
21.5
6
21Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
7
24.7
101
310
7,643
75.7
4
184
1,573
8.5
15.6
0
22Michael Bates
M. Bates
7
25.4
101
308
7,823
77.5
5
10
44
4.4
0.4
0
23Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
7
24.6
106
358
8,807
83.1
2
223
2,180
9.8
20.6
1
24Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
7
27.4
83
58
1,592
19.2
1
70
738
10.5
8.9
0
25Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
7
26.1
97
110
2,873
29.6
2
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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