nfl kick return leaders 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Dante Hall had the most kickoff returns, with 426 returns.

NAMEKRGPKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Dante Hall
D. Hall
426
112
10,136
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
2Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
416
126
9,520
22.9
75.6
4
257
2,619
10.2
20.8
3
3Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
265
77
7,049
26.6
91.5
8
103
1,141
11.1
14.8
2
4Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
250
64
5,811
23.2
90.8
2
140
1,280
9.1
20.0
4
5Chris Carr
C. Carr
249
80
6,140
24.7
76.8
0
141
1,039
7.4
13.0
0
6Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
248
76
5,989
24.1
78.8
3
186
1,818
9.8
23.9
1
7Chad Morton
C. Morton
229
93
5,401
23.6
58.1
3
155
1,431
9.2
15.4
1
8Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
222
123
5,332
24.0
43.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
214
66
4,932
23.0
74.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
208
69
4,919
23.6
71.3
2
132
1,311
9.9
19.0
2
11Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
207
62
5,212
25.2
84.1
2
90
769
8.5
12.4
2
12Terrence McGee
T. McGee
207
100
5,450
26.3
54.5
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Andre Davis
A. Davis
205
104
4,821
23.5
46.4
4
8
40
5.0
0.4
0
14Charlie Rogers
C. Rogers
199
55
4,412
22.2
80.2
2
98
930
9.5
16.9
0
15Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
190
52
4,550
23.9
87.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
16Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
186
62
4,160
22.4
67.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
186
64
4,428
23.8
69.2
2
146
1,523
10.4
23.8
2
18Wes Welker
W. Welker
180
93
4,105
22.8
44.1
1
203
2,056
10.1
22.1
0
19Terrence Wilkins
T. Wilkins
172
56
3,957
23.0
70.7
0
103
919
8.9
16.4
2
20Aaron Stecker
A. Stecker
170
129
3,934
23.1
30.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Justin Miller
J. Miller
152
44
3,966
26.1
90.1
5
6
9
1.5
0.2
0
22MarTay Jenkins
M. Jenkins
151
37
3,865
25.6
104.5
2
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
23Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
147
48
3,386
23.0
70.5
2
36
312
8.7
6.5
1
24B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
147
46
3,341
22.7
72.6
0
128
1,378
10.8
30.0
2
25Bethel Johnson
B. Johnson
147
50
3,611
24.6
72.2
2
6
21
3.5
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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