nfl kick return leaders 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Brandon Tate had the most kickoff returns, with 243 returns.

NAMEKRGPKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brandon Tate
B. Tate
243
125
5,784
23.8
46.3
2
203
1,924
9.5
15.4
1
2Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
204
111
6,101
29.9
55.0
7
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
3Devin Hester
D. Hester
194
96
5,036
26.0
52.5
1
170
2,059
12.1
21.4
7
4Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
189
148
4,745
25.1
32.1
2
166
1,477
8.9
10.0
3
5Leon Washington
L. Washington
175
71
4,567
26.1
64.3
4
117
1,194
10.2
16.8
0
6Dwayne Harris
D. Harris
163
106
4,204
25.8
39.7
1
180
1,825
10.1
17.2
4
7Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
161
59
4,064
25.2
68.9
0
119
1,234
10.4
20.9
1
8Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
160
139
3,513
22.0
25.3
1
221
2,288
10.4
16.5
3
9Marc Mariani
M. Mariani
154
70
3,766
24.5
53.8
1
138
1,275
9.2
18.2
2
10Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
142
84
3,944
27.8
47.0
4
175
1,590
9.1
18.9
2
11Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
126
79
3,179
25.2
40.2
2
143
1,068
7.5
13.5
1
12Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
125
121
3,140
25.1
26.0
0
221
2,192
9.9
18.1
5
13Brandon Banks
B. Banks
119
41
2,856
24.0
69.7
1
100
937
9.4
22.9
0
14Eric Weems
E. Weems
118
128
2,797
23.7
21.9
1
96
1,054
11.0
8.2
1
15Stefan Logan
S. Logan
116
48
2,877
24.8
59.9
1
100
963
9.6
20.1
0
16LaRod Stephens-Howling
L. Stephens-Howling
112
42
2,835
25.3
67.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
17Benny Cunningham
B. Cunningham
110
86
2,895
26.3
33.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
110
60
2,971
27.0
49.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
19Marcus Thigpen
M. Thigpen
107
50
2,525
23.6
50.5
1
95
919
9.7
18.4
2
20Alex Erickson
A. Erickson
105
64
2,601
24.8
40.6
0
112
842
7.5
13.2
0
21Darius Reynaud
D. Reynaud
92
34
2,056
22.3
60.5
1
72
677
9.4
19.9
2
22Deji Karim
D. Karim
91
33
2,332
25.6
70.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Jordan Todman
J. Todman
89
74
2,346
26.4
31.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
24Deonte Thompson
D. Thompson
88
66
2,179
24.8
33.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Brad Smith
B. Smith
88
65
2,337
26.6
36.0
3
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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