nfl player most kickoff return in a season including playoffs

MarTay Jenkins has the most kickoff returns in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 82 returns in 2000.

	NAME	KR	SEASON	TM	GP	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	MarTay Jenkins M. Jenkins	82	2000	ARI	16	2,186	26.7	136.6	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0
2	Chris Carr C. Carr	73	2005	OAK	16	1,752	24.0	109.5	0	34	186	5.5	11.6	0
3	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	73	2003	ARI	15	1,684	23.1	112.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
4	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	70	2002	NO	16	1,807	25.8	112.9	2	44	625	14.2	39.1	1
5	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	70	1996	NO	16	1,791	25.6	111.9	0	30	152	5.1	9.5	0
6	KaVontae Turpin K. Turpin	69	2025	DAL	15	1,814	26.3	120.9	0	10	55	5.5	3.7	0
7	Josh Wilson J. Wilson	69	2008	SEA	16	1,753	25.4	109.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Chris Carr C. Carr	69	2006	OAK	16	1,762	25.5	110.1	0	35	216	6.2	13.5	0
9	Tab Perry T. Perry	69	2005	CIN	17	1,681	24.4	98.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Brock Marion B. Marion	69	1999	MIA	18	1,702	24.7	94.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Dante Hall D. Hall	68	2004	KC	16	1,718	25.3	107.4	2	23	232	10.1	14.5	0
12	Andre Coleman A. Coleman	68	1995	SD	16	1,544	22.7	96.5	2	28	326	11.6	20.4	1
13	J.J. Arrington	67	2006	ARI	16	1,520	22.7	95.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
14	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	67	2005	SEA	19	1,481	22.1	77.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	67	2000	SD	16	1,531	22.9	95.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
16	Leon Washington L. Washington	66	2010	SEA	18	1,683	25.5	93.5	3	23	261	11.3	14.5	0
17	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	66	2009	STL	14	1,618	24.5	115.6	0	31	360	11.6	25.7	0
18	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	66	2004	ATL	18	1,432	21.7	79.6	0	42	629	15.0	34.9	2
19	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	66	2000	SEA	15	1,629	24.7	108.6	1	26	363	14.0	24.2	0
20	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	66	1995	NO	16	1,617	24.5	101.1	0	28	262	9.4	16.4	0
21	Terrence Wilkins T. Wilkins	65	2006	IND	19	1,540	23.7	81.1	0	33	336	10.2	17.7	1
22	Dante Hall D. Hall	65	2005	KC	16	1,560	24.0	97.5	1	42	276	6.6	17.3	0
23	Ernie Mills E. Mills	65	1995	PIT	19	1,532	23.6	80.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	64	2006	WAS	16	1,541	24.1	96.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Dante Hall D. Hall	64	2003	KC	17	1,686	26.3	99.2	3	29	472	16.3	27.8	2

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