nfl most kick return yards by a player 1956

Al Carmichael had the most kick-return yards in 1956, with 927 yards.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
927
1956
12
33
28.1
77.3
1
21
165
7.9
13.8
0
2Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
801
1956
12
27
29.7
66.8
1
19
117
6.2
9.8
1
3Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
477
1956
12
15
31.8
39.8
1
2
0
0.0
0.0
0
4Don Bingham
D. Bingham
444
1956
12
17
26.1
37.0
1
13
7
0.5
0.6
0
5Gene Filipski
G. Filipski
390
1956
12
19
20.5
32.5
0
1
25
25.0
2.1
0
6Jack Losch
J. Losch
390
1956
12
15
26.0
32.5
0
8
74
9.3
6.2
0
7Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
382
1956
12
16
23.9
31.8
0
13
83
6.4
6.9
0
8Preston Carpenter
P. Carpenter
381
1956
12
15
25.4
31.8
0
1
18
18.0
1.5
0
9Lee Riley
L. Riley
381
1956
9
15
25.4
42.3
0
17
73
4.3
8.1
0
10Billy Vessels
B. Vessels
379
1956
12
16
23.7
31.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Tommy Runnels
T. Runnels
375
1956
11
17
22.1
34.1
0
8
91
11.4
8.3
0
12Ollie Matson
O. Matson
362
1956
12
13
27.8
30.2
1
5
39
7.8
3.3
0
13Ken Keller
K. Keller
353
1956
11
15
23.5
32.1
0
15
146
9.7
13.3
0
14Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
300
1956
12
13
23.1
25.0
0
15
38
2.5
3.2
0
15Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
291
1956
5
8
36.4
58.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Jimmy Patton
J. Patton
283
1956
12
13
21.8
23.6
0
12
17
1.4
1.4
0
17Ron Waller
R. Waller
276
1956
9
11
25.1
30.7
0
14
65
4.6
7.2
0
18Skeets Quinlan
S. Quinlan
256
1956
TOT
8
12
21.3
32.0
0
14
50
3.6
6.3
0
19Fred Bruney
F. Bruney
235
1956
TOT
10
9
26.1
23.5
0
5
20
4.0
2.0
0
20Lowell Perry
L. Perry
219
1956
6
9
24.3
36.5
0
11
127
11.5
21.2
0
21Carl Taseff
C. Taseff
206
1956
12
9
22.9
17.2
0
27
233
8.6
19.4
1
22Billy Kinard
B. Kinard
196
1956
7
7
28.0
28.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Hal Giancanelli
H. Giancanelli
187
1956
7
8
23.4
26.7
0
4
22
5.5
3.1
0
24Dick James
D. James
181
1956
10
9
20.1
18.1
0
6
84
14.0
8.4
0
25Joe Scudero
J. Scudero
157
1956
11
9
17.4
14.3
0
10
50
5.0
4.5
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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