nfl player most kickoff return in a game

Chris Williams, Richard Alston and Desmond Howard are tied for the most kickoff returns in a game, with 10 returns.

Interpreted as:
NFL player most kickoff return in a regular-season game
NAME KR DATE TM OPP KR YDS KR AVG KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD
1 Chris Williams
C. Williams
10
11/9/2014
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
288
28.8
1
1
13
13.0
0
2 Richard Alston
R. Alston
10
11/28/2004
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
212
21.2
0
0
0
0
3 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
10
10/26/1997
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
223
22.3
0
1
0
0.0
0
4 Brandon James
B. James
9
11/28/2010
IND IND
vs
SD SD
150
16.7
0
3
29
9.7
0
5 Danny Amendola
D. Amendola
9
12/13/2009
STL STL
@
TEN TEN
217
24.1
0
1
6
6.0
0
6 Steve Breaston
S. Breaston
9
12/21/2008
ARI ARI
@
NE NE
141
15.7
0
0
0
0
7 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
9
10/12/2008
SF SF
vs
PHI PHI
194
21.6
0
1
45
45.0
0
8 Aveion Cason
A. Cason
9
12/16/2007
DET DET
@
SD SD
150
16.7
0
0
0
0
9 Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
9
10/15/2006
SF SF
vs
SD SD
195
21.7
0
0
0
0
10 Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
9
11/16/2003
ARI ARI
@
CLE CLE
165
18.3
0
0
0
0
11 Ahmad Merritt
A. Merritt
9
9/7/2003
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
170
18.9
0
0
0
0
12 Nate Jacquet
N. Jacquet
9
11/11/2001
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
237
26.3
0
0
0
0
13 Michael Bates
M. Bates
9
10/4/1998
CAR CAR
@
ATL ATL
200
22.2
0
0
0
0
14 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
9
11/10/1996
ATL ATL
@
STL STL
144
16.0
0
0
0
0
15 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
9
9/29/1996
ATL ATL
@
SF SF
176
19.6
0
0
0
0
16 Paul Palmer
P. Palmer
9
9/20/1987
KC KC
@
SEA SEA
221
24.6
0
0
0
0
17 Dino Hall
D. Hall
9
10/7/1979
CLE CLE
vs
PIT PIT
172
19.1
0
2
58
29.0
0
18 Noland Smith
N. Smith
9
11/23/1967
KC KC
vs
OAK OAK
206
22.9
0
2
5
2.5
0
19 Raheem Blackshear
R. Blackshear
8
9/8/2024
CAR CAR
@
NO NO
204
25.5
0
0
0
0
20 Niles Paul
N. Paul
8
12/8/2013
WAS WAS
vs
KC KC
179
22.4
0
0
0
0
21 Quintin Demps
Q. Demps
8
11/24/2013
KC KC
vs
SD SD
199
24.9
0
0
0
0
22 Lorenzo Booker
L. Booker
8
12/20/2010
MIN MIN
vs
CHI CHI
157
19.6
0
0
0
0
23 Domenik Hixon
D. Hixon
8
1/3/2010
NYG NYG
@
MIN MIN
183
22.9
0
0
0
0
24 Domenik Hixon
D. Hixon
8
12/13/2009
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
172
21.5
0
2
19
9.5
0
25 Derrick Williams
D. Williams
8
11/8/2009
DET DET
@
SEA SEA
178
22.3
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1960 season.

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21.4

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RUSH YDS/G

105.8

23rd

PASS YDS/G

211.7

26th

2024 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
Packers Packers
9
4
0
.692
Bears Bears
4
9
0
.308
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
1/5
CHI CHI
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Thu
12/26
SEA SEA
@
CHI CHI
8:15 PM
Sun
12/22
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
1:00 PM
Mon
12/16
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

6 - 7 - 0

38

Final

13

CHI Bears

4 - 9 - 0

Sun 8 Dec 2024

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
7
6
0
.538
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
12/8
CIN CIN
@
DAL DAL
27-20
Sat
12/7
LAC LAC
@
KC KC
17-19
Sat
12/7
CHI CHI
@
SF SF
13-38
Sat
12/7
BUF BUF
@
LAR LAR
42-44
Sat
12/7
SEA SEA
@
ARI ARI
30-18

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
12/22
SF SF
@
MIA MIA
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
JAX JAX
@
LV LV
4:25 PM
Sun
12/22
MIN MIN
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
12/22
LAR LAR
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM
Sun
12/22
PHI PHI
@
WAS WAS
1:00 PM