nfl player most punt return in a season since 2016

Since 2016, Tavon Austin has the most punt returns in a season, with 44 returns in 2016.

	NAME	PR	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Tavon Austin T. Austin	44	2016	LA	15	1	5	5.0	0.3	0	364	8.3	24.3	0
2	Dax Milne D. Milne	40	2022	WAS	15	15	300	20.0	20.0	0	311	7.8	20.7	0
3	Marcus Sherels M. Sherels	39	2017	MIN	16	11	271	24.6	16.9	0	372	9.5	23.3	0
4	Alex Erickson A. Erickson	39	2017	CIN	16	32	663	20.7	41.4	0	278	7.1	17.4	0
5	Tyreek Hill T. Hill	39	2016	KC	16	14	384	27.4	24.0	1	592	15.2	37.0	2
6	Ray-Ray McCloud R. McCloud	38	2021	PIT	16	35	776	22.2	48.5	0	367	9.7	22.9	0
7	Brandon Powell B. Powell	37	2023	MIN	17	0	0		0.0	0	289	7.8	17.0	0
8	Ihmir Smith-Marsette I. Smith-Marsette	37	2023	CAR	17	0	0		0.0	0	322	8.7	18.9	1
9	Deonte Harty D. Harty	36	2019	NO	14	24	644	26.8	46.0	0	338	9.4	24.1	1
10	Tyler Lockett T. Lockett	36	2017	SEA	16	37	949	25.6	59.3	1	237	6.6	14.8	0
11	Jamison Crowder J. Crowder	35	2023	WAS	17	0	0		0.0	0	278	7.9	16.4	0
12	Kenjon Barner K. Barner	35	2019	ATL	14	17	406	23.9	29.0	0	267	7.6	19.1	1
13	Adoree' Jackson A. Jackson	34	2017	TEN	16	25	578	23.1	36.1	0	290	8.5	18.1	0
14	Jalen Richard J. Richard	34	2016	OAK	16	17	402	23.6	25.1	0	306	9.0	19.1	0
15	Xavier Gipson X. Gipson	33	2024	NYJ	17	17	489	28.8	28.8	0	266	8.1	15.6	0
16	Xavier Gipson X. Gipson	33	2023	NYJ	17	22	511	23.2	30.1	0	319	9.7	18.8	1
17	Desmond King D. King	33	2022	HOU	17	1	50	50.0	2.9	0	309	9.4	18.2	0
18	Trent Taylor T. Taylor	33	2022	CIN	16	2	15	7.5	0.9	0	340	10.3	21.3	0
19	Ray-Ray McCloud R. McCloud	33	2022	SF	17	26	599	23.0	35.2	0	356	10.8	20.9	0
20	Jaelon Darden J. Darden	33	2022	TOT	14	3	67	22.3	4.8	0	345	10.5	24.6	0
21	Britain Covey B. Covey	33	2022	PHI	17	10	206	20.6	12.1	0	308	9.3	18.1	0
22	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	33	2019	CHI	16	2	23	11.5	1.4	0	302	9.2	18.9	0
23	Richie James R. James	33	2019	SF	16	20	428	21.4	26.8	0	264	8.0	16.5	0
24	Tarik Cohen T. Cohen	33	2018	CHI	16	2	22	11.0	1.4	0	411	12.5	25.7	0
25	Kalif Raymond K. Raymond	32	2025	DET	15	6	161	26.8	10.7	0	241	7.5	16.1	1

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