The New Orleans Saints, the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Ravens were tied for allowing the fewest yards per punt return in a regular-season game with 2+ punt returns in 2020, with -3.0 per return.
| TEAM | OPP AVG | PR | DATE | TM | OPP | RESULT | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR TD | PR YDS | PR AVG | PR TD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Saints | -3.0 | 2 | 12/20/2020 | vs | L 29-32 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | Lions | -3.0 | 2 | 11/8/2020 | @ | L 20-34 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | Ravens | -3.0 | 3 | 10/4/2020 | @ | W 31-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |||
| 4 |  | Giants | -2.0 | 2 | 1/3/2021 | vs | W 23-19 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | 49ers | -1.0 | 2 | 11/15/2020 | @ | L 13-27 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 6 |  | Cowboys | -1.0 | 2 | 10/19/2020 | vs | L 10-38 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | Titans | -1.0 | 2 | 10/13/2020 | vs | W 42-16 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | Seahawks | -0.5 | 3 | 12/20/2020 | @ | W 20-15 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  | Bills | 0.0 | 4 | 12/19/2020 | @ | W 48-19 | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | Bills | 0.0 | 2 | 12/13/2020 | vs | W 26-15 | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| 11 |  | Dolphins | 0.0 | 2 | 11/29/2020 | @ | W 20-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |||
| 12 |  | Panthers | 0.0 | 2 | 11/29/2020 | @ | L 27-28 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | Saints | 0.0 | 4 | 11/22/2020 | vs | W 24-9 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | Raiders | 0.0 | 2 | 11/22/2020 | vs | L 31-35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |||
| 15 |  | Bears | 0.0 | 3 | 11/16/2020 | vs | L 13-19 | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 1 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | Saints | 0.0 | 2 | 11/15/2020 | vs | W 27-13 | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | Raiders | 0.0 | 2 | 11/8/2020 | @ | W 31-26 | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | Cowboys | 0.0 | 3 | 11/8/2020 | vs | L 19-24 | 2 | 87 | 43.5 | 0 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | Chiefs | 0.0 | 2 | 10/25/2020 | @ | W 43-16 | 2 | 123 | 61.5 | 1 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | Titans | 0.0 | 3 | 10/18/2020 | vs | W 42-36 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | Cowboys | 0.0 | 4 | 9/27/2020 | @ | L 31-38 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | Panthers | 0.0 | 2 | 9/20/2020 | @ | L 17-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | Saints | 0.0 | 4 | 9/13/2020 | vs | W 34-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | |||
| 24 |  | Falcons | 1.0 | 3 | 12/13/2020 | @ | L 17-20 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | Saints | 1.0 | 3 | 11/8/2020 | @ | W 38-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |||
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| TEAM | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
 Saints | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
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| NFC East | W | L | T | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 2 | 1 | .643 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | |
| NFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
| NFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
| NFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
1 | 5 | 0 | .167 | |
| AFC North | W | L | T | PCT |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | |
| AFC South | W | L | T | PCT |
4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | |
1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | |
| AFC West | W | L | T | PCT |
5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | |
5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | |
3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | |
0 | 6 | 0 | .000 |
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