nfl player most kickoff return yard in a season including playoffs 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Dave Hampton had the most kick-return yards in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 1,314 yards in 1971.

	NAME	KR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Dave Hampton D. Hampton	1,314	1971	GB	13	46	28.6	101.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
2	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,280	1978	NYJ	16	55	23.3	80.0	0	30	378	12.6	23.6	1
3	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,158	1979	NYJ	16	55	21.1	72.4	0	33	290	8.8	18.1	0
4	Deacon Turner D. Turner	1,149	1979	CIN	16	55	20.9	71.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Nesby Glasgow N. Glasgow	1,126	1979	BAL	16	50	22.5	70.4	0	44	352	8.0	22.0	1
6	Jimmy Edwards J. Edwards	1,103	1979	MIN	14	44	25.1	78.8	0	33	186	5.6	13.3	0
7	Mack Herron M. Herron	1,092	1973	NE	14	41	26.6	78.0	1	27	282	10.4	20.1	0
8	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	1,089	1979	MIA	17	49	22.2	64.1	0	28	306	10.9	18.0	1
9	Larry Jones L. Jones	1,086	1975	WAS	14	47	23.1	77.6	0	53	407	7.7	29.1	1
10	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	1,084	1975	DEN	14	40	27.1	77.4	0	27	312	11.6	22.3	0
11	Herb Mul-Key H. Mul-Key	1,080	1973	WAS	15	39	27.7	72.0	1	12	113	9.4	7.5	0
12	Wally Francis W. Francis	1,065	1974	BUF	15	43	24.8	71.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Terry Metcalf T. Metcalf	1,062	1975	STL	14	37	28.7	75.9	1	25	291	11.6	20.8	1
14	Larry Anderson L. Anderson	1,047	1978	PIT	19	43	24.3	55.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
15	Bruce Harper B. Harper	1,035	1977	NYJ	14	42	24.6	73.9	0	34	425	12.5	30.4	0
16	Steve Odom S. Odom	1,034	1975	GB	14	42	24.6	73.9	1	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
17	Alvin Haymond A. Haymond	1,022	1970	LA	14	35	29.2	73.0	1	53	376	7.1	26.9	0
18	Margene Adkins M. Adkins	1,020	1972	NO	14	43	23.7	72.9	0	7	0	0.0	0.0	0
19	Dino Hall D. Hall	1,014	1979	CLE	11	50	20.3	92.2	0	29	295	10.2	26.8	0
20	Roy Green R. Green	1,005	1979	STL	16	41	24.5	62.8	1	8	42	5.3	2.6	0
21	Larry Anderson L. Anderson	1,002	1979	PIT	19	44	22.8	52.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	James Owens J. Owens	1,002	1979	SF	16	41	24.4	62.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Vic Washington V. Washington	972	1971	SF	16	39	24.9	60.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Lou Piccone L. Piccone	961	1974	NYJ	14	39	24.6	68.6	0	9	75	8.3	5.4	0
25	Steve Odom S. Odom	949	1979	TOT	15	44	21.6	63.3	0	24	106	4.4	7.1	0

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