nfl player most kickoff return touchdown in season

MarTay Jenkins has the most kickoff returns in a season, with 82 returns in 2000.

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	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	Dante Hall D. Hall	68	2004	KC	16	1,718	25.3	107.4	2	23	232	10.1	14.5	0
10	J.J. Arrington	67	2006	ARI	16	1,520	22.7	95.0	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	67	2000	SD	16	1,531	22.9	95.7	1	0	0		0.0	0
12	Danny Amendola D. Amendola	66	2009	STL	14	1,618	24.5	115.6	0	31	360	11.6	25.7	0
13	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	66	2000	SEA	15	1,629	24.7	108.6	1	26	363	14.0	24.2	0
14	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	66	1995	NO	16	1,617	24.5	101.1	0	28	262	9.4	16.4	0
15	Dante Hall D. Hall	65	2005	KC	16	1,560	24.0	97.5	1	42	276	6.6	17.3	0
16	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	64	2006	WAS	16	1,541	24.1	96.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
17	Tab Perry T. Perry	64	2005	CIN	16	1,562	24.4	97.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	64	2002	BUF	16	1,280	20.0	80.0	1	26	137	5.3	8.6	0
19	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	64	1996	DET	16	1,627	25.4	101.7	0	34	284	8.4	17.8	0
20	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	63	2007	MIA	16	1,433	22.7	89.6	0	24	230	9.6	14.4	1
21	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	63	2007	SF	16	1,502	23.8	93.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	63	2005	SD	15	1,528	24.3	101.9	0	18	108	6.0	7.2	0
23	Reggie Swinton R. Swinton	63	2005	ARI	15	1,456	23.1	97.1	0	42	334	8.0	22.3	0
24	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	63	2000	CHI	16	1,468	23.3	91.8	0	35	300	8.6	18.8	0
25	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	63	1994	NO	15	1,556	24.7	103.7	2	21	143	6.8	9.5	0

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