most years averaging a 23 yard kickoff return average

Cordarrelle Patterson played the most seasons with 23.0+ yards per kick return, with 10 seasons.

Interpreted as:
most years averaging a 23 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
2Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
9
26.7
121
386
10,299
85.1
8
202
2,207
10.9
18.2
3
3Leon Washington
L. Washington
8
26.1
110
286
7,474
67.9
8
168
1,696
10.1
15.4
0
4Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
8
26.5
81
159
4,215
52.0
2
212
1,795
8.5
22.2
1
5Speedy Duncan
S. Duncan
8
25.9
93
157
4,064
43.7
0
166
1,944
11.7
20.9
4
6Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
7
25.9
80
141
3,657
45.7
2
110
947
8.6
11.8
2
7Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
7
27.4
100
185
5,076
50.8
3
163
1,403
8.6
14.0
1
8Devin Hester
D. Hester
7
26.7
96
181
4,841
50.4
2
189
2,205
11.7
23.0
8
9Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
7
25.4
107
316
8,041
75.1
2
166
1,412
8.5
13.2
3
10Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
7
24.6
106
358
8,807
83.1
2
223
2,180
9.8
20.6
1
11Mel Gray
M. Gray
7
25.9
98
256
6,629
67.6
6
120
1,271
10.6
13.0
2
12Ron Smith
R. Smith
7
25.9
97
228
5,900
60.8
3
170
1,178
6.9
12.1
2
13Timmy Brown
T. Brown
7
26.7
83
166
4,437
53.5
5
51
501
9.8
6.0
1
14Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
7
29.1
93
182
5,299
57.0
5
116
903
7.8
9.7
2
15Ollie Matson
O. Matson
7
28.8
82
91
2,620
32.0
6
41
480
11.7
5.9
3
16Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
6
27.8
87
107
2,978
34.2
0
10
91
9.1
1.0
0
17Dwayne Harris
D. Harris
6
27.6
70
114
3,143
44.9
1
131
1,142
8.7
16.3
2
18Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
6
27.3
68
147
4,019
59.1
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
6
25.5
66
145
3,695
56.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
6
24.9
91
279
6,941
76.3
4
167
1,428
8.6
15.7
0
21Michael Bates
M. Bates
6
25.9
85
266
6,882
81.0
4
3
13
4.3
0.2
0
22Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
6
25.1
96
291
7,291
75.9
3
212
2,578
12.2
26.9
6
23Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6
24.7
81
283
6,999
86.4
3
162
1,411
8.7
17.4
2
24Greg Pruitt
G. Pruitt
6
27.5
77
57
1,570
20.4
1
70
738
10.5
9.6
0
25Charlie West
C. West
6
26.0
77
70
1,819
23.6
0
110
729
6.6
9.5
1
StatMuse has season-level data for yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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