nfl most kick return yards by a player 2016

Alex Erickson scored the most kick-return yards in 2016, with 810 yards in his rookie season.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Alex Erickson
A. Erickson
810
2016
16
29
27.9
50.6
0
28
195
7.0
12.2
0
2Deonte Thompson
D. Thompson
804
2016
16
35
23.0
50.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
792
2016
16
25
31.7
49.5
1
1
9
9.0
0.6
0
4Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
747
2016
16
33
22.6
46.7
0
20
246
12.3
15.4
2
5Brandon Tate
B. Tate
662
2016
15
29
22.8
44.1
0
26
301
11.6
20.1
0
6Tyler Lockett
T. Lockett
606
2016
15
23
26.3
40.4
0
29
243
8.4
16.2
0
7Benny Cunningham
B. Cunningham
599
2016
11
22
27.2
54.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Marc Mariani
M. Mariani
560
2016
16
26
21.5
35.0
0
29
235
8.1
14.7
0
9Marqise Lee
M. Lee
545
2016
16
18
30.3
34.1
1
2
3
1.5
0.2
0
10Dwayne Harris
D. Harris
533
2016
16
22
24.2
33.3
0
29
170
5.9
10.6
0
11Jordan Todman
J. Todman
478
2016
16
16
29.9
29.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
12Devin Hester
D. Hester
466
2016
12
19
24.5
38.8
0
25
180
7.2
15.0
0
13JaCorey Shepherd
J. Shepherd
456
2016
11
21
21.7
41.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Jakeem Grant
J. Grant
439
2016
16
19
23.1
27.4
0
20
165
8.3
10.3
1
15Jalen Richard
J. Richard
402
2016
16
17
23.6
25.1
0
34
306
9.0
19.1
0
16Kenyan Drake
K. Drake
397
2016
16
13
30.5
24.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
17Lucky Whitehead
L. Whitehead
394
2016
15
17
23.2
26.3
0
25
195
7.8
13.0
0
18Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
391
2016
16
18
21.7
24.4
0
29
202
7.0
12.6
0
19Eric Weems
E. Weems
391
2016
16
17
23.0
24.4
0
24
273
11.4
17.1
0
20Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
384
2016
16
14
27.4
24.0
1
39
592
15.2
37.0
2
21Ty Montgomery
T. Montgomery
366
2016
15
18
20.3
24.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Chris Thompson
C. Thompson
360
2016
16
17
21.2
22.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
23De'Anthony Thomas
D. Thomas
338
2016
12
15
22.5
28.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Josh Huff
J. Huff
324
2016
TOT
10
13
24.9
32.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Jalin Marshall
J. Marshall
324
2016
10
13
24.9
32.4
0
18
100
5.6
10.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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