nfl most kick return yards by a player 1960

Leon Burton had the most kick-return yards in 1960, with 862 yards in his rookie season.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Leon Burton
L. Burton
862
1960
14
30
28.7
61.6
2
12
93
7.8
6.6
0
2Jack Larscheid
J. Larscheid
852
1960
14
30
28.4
60.9
0
12
106
8.8
7.6
0
3Dick Christy
D. Christy
617
1960
13
24
25.7
47.5
0
8
73
9.1
5.6
0
4Paul Lowe
P. Lowe
611
1960
14
28
21.8
43.6
0
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
5Ken Hall
K. Hall
594
1960
11
19
31.3
54.0
1
6
72
12.0
6.5
0
6Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
581
1960
10
22
26.4
58.1
0
15
101
6.7
10.1
0
7Ted Dean
T. Dean
533
1960
12
26
20.5
44.4
0
16
65
4.1
5.4
0
8Tom Franckhauser
T. Franckhauser
526
1960
12
26
20.2
43.8
0
2
7
3.5
0.6
0
9Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
526
1960
12
17
30.9
43.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
10Johnny Sample
J. Sample
519
1960
11
18
28.8
47.2
1
14
101
7.2
9.2
0
11Sam Horner
S. Horner
511
1960
10
24
21.3
51.1
0
3
16
5.3
1.6
0
12Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
498
1960
12
17
29.3
41.5
0
13
174
13.4
14.5
0
13Bill Stits
B. Stits
486
1960
12
20
24.3
40.5
0
18
166
9.2
13.8
0
14Dick James
D. James
458
1960
12
19
24.1
38.2
0
7
46
6.6
3.8
0
15Abner Haynes
A. Haynes
434
1960
14
19
22.8
31.0
0
14
215
15.4
15.4
0
16Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
432
1960
12
17
25.4
36.0
1
9
101
11.2
8.4
0
17Jon Arnett
J. Arnett
416
1960
12
17
24.5
34.7
0
10
60
6.0
5.0
0
18Bill Shockley
B. Shockley
411
1960
14
17
24.2
29.4
0
3
12
4.0
0.9
0
19Fred Ford
F. Ford
400
1960
TOT
9
18
22.2
44.4
0
2
6
3.0
0.7
0
20Bill Butler
B. Butler
399
1960
12
20
20.0
33.3
0
13
131
10.1
10.9
0
21Tom Moore
T. Moore
397
1960
12
12
33.1
33.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Rex Johnston
R. Johnston
393
1960
12
18
21.8
32.8
0
12
45
3.8
3.8
0
23Johnny Morris
J. Morris
384
1960
12
19
20.2
32.0
0
13
75
5.8
6.3
0
24J.D. Smith
J.D. Smith
373
1960
14
14
26.6
26.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Willie West
W. West
370
1960
7
13
28.5
52.9
0
5
58
11.6
8.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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