nfl player most kickoff return touchdowns in 1920 to 1949

Between the 1920 and 1949 seasons, Steve Van Buren scored the most kick-return touchdowns, with 3 touchdowns.

NAMEKR TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
3
63
71
1,920
27.0
30.5
34
473
13.9
7.5
2
2Eddie Saenz
E. Saenz
2
38
72
1,699
23.6
44.7
43
512
11.9
13.5
0
3Dante Magnani
D. Magnani
2
77
37
947
25.6
14.3
11
121
11.0
1.8
0
4George McAfee
G. McAfee
2
63
17
465
27.4
8.8
79
1,147
14.5
21.6
2
5Andy Farkas
A. Farkas
2
70
38
984
25.9
20.1
59
731
12.4
14.9
1
6Jack Salscheider
J. Salscheider
1
11
15
474
31.6
43.1
0
0
0.0
0
7Dan Sandifer
D. Sandifer
1
24
50
1,112
22.2
46.3
38
435
11.4
18.1
0
8Joe Scott
J. Scott
1
18
27
772
28.6
42.9
3
25
8.3
1.4
0
9Frank Minini
F. Minini
1
36
39
1,021
26.2
28.4
0
0
0.0
0
10Abe Karnofsky
A. Karnofsky
1
19
27
763
28.3
40.2
9
141
15.7
7.4
0
11Bob Shaw
B. Shaw
1
26
2
53
26.5
2.0
0
0
0.0
0
12Frank Seno
F. Seno
1
67
80
1,916
24.0
28.6
64
747
11.7
11.1
1
13Art Van Tone
A. Van Tone
1
22
9
227
25.2
10.3
8
117
14.6
5.3
0
14Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1
54
66
1,452
22.0
26.9
82
1,124
13.7
20.8
2
15Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
1
49
34
818
24.1
16.7
84
925
11.0
18.9
1
16Billy Jefferson
B. Jefferson
1
19
6
216
36.0
11.4
7
69
9.9
3.6
0
17Ned Mathews
N. Mathews
1
37
25
684
27.4
18.5
12
122
10.2
3.3
0
18Fred Gehrke
F. Gehrke
1
58
36
852
23.7
15.5
39
508
13.0
9.2
1
19Johnny Hall
J. Hall
1
37
12
261
21.8
10.0
5
55
11.0
2.1
0
20Ray Hare
R. Hare
1
47
10
308
30.8
7.3
4
10
2.5
0.2
0
21Elbie Schultz
E. Schultz
1
86
0
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
22Marshall Goldberg
M. Goldberg
1
77
34
844
24.8
15.1
21
259
12.3
4.6
0
23Bill Leckonby
B. Leckonby
1
27
2
76
38.0
6.9
15
119
7.9
10.8
0
24Andy Uram
A. Uram
1
62
10
235
23.5
7.8
19
219
11.5
7.3
1
25Ray Nolting
R. Nolting
1
82
7
123
17.6
4.6
9
86
9.6
3.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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