nfl player most return touchdowns in a decade including playoffs

Deion Sanders has the most touchdown returns in the regular-season and playoffs, with 17 touchdown returns in the 1990s.

NAME RET TD DECADE GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
17
1990s
144
127
2,976
23.4
20.7
3
165
1,784
10.8
12.4
5
2 Devin Hester
D. Hester
13
2000s
63
108
2,481
23.0
39.4
5
151
1,668
11.0
26.5
7
3 Ed Reed
E. Reed
13
2000s
125
0
0
0.0
0
23
164
7.1
1.3
1
4 Ronde Barber
R. Barber
13
2000s
167
0
0
0.0
0
2
7
3.5
0.0
0
5 Dante Hall
D. Hall
13
2000s
114
436
10,402
23.9
91.2
7
217
2,269
10.5
19.9
6
6 Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
13
1970s
135
63
1,539
24.4
11.4
1
134
1,222
9.1
9.1
4
7 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
11
1990s
157
261
5,317
20.4
33.9
2
322
3,096
9.6
19.7
9
8 Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
11
1990s
150
138
2,840
20.6
18.9
0
190
1,781
9.4
11.9
2
9 LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
11
1980s
154
4
60
15.0
0.4
0
151
1,476
9.8
9.6
4
10 Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
11
1950s
95
64
1,436
22.4
15.1
0
86
1,102
12.8
11.6
8
11 Aqib Talib
A. Talib
10
2010s
129
0
0
0.0
0
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
12 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
10
2000s
77
265
7,049
26.6
91.5
8
103
1,141
11.1
14.8
2
13 Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
10
2000s
160
0
0
0.0
0
4
33
8.3
0.2
0
14 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
10
1990s
168
435
9,939
22.8
59.2
3
335
3,680
11.0
21.9
7
15 Herb Adderley
H. Adderley
10
1960s
134
128
3,241
25.3
24.2
2
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
16 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
10
1950s
82
102
2,821
27.7
34.4
6
62
585
9.4
7.1
3
17 Janoris Jenkins
J. Jenkins
9
2010s
117
0
0
0.0
0
10
51
5.1
0.4
0
18 Nate Clements
N. Clements
9
2000s
134
31
642
20.7
4.8
0
82
816
10.0
6.1
2
19 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
9
1990s
123
228
4,802
21.1
39.0
1
191
2,399
12.6
19.5
8
20 Devin Hester
D. Hester
8
2010s
100
202
5,280
26.1
52.8
1
177
2,110
11.9
21.1
7
21 Asante Samuel
A. Samuel
8
2000s
124
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22 Phillip Buchanon
P. Buchanon
8
2000s
106
9
146
16.2
1.4
0
118
1,075
9.1
10.1
3
23 Derrick Brooks
D. Brooks
8
2000s
151
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
8
2000s
132
436
9,936
22.8
75.3
4
267
2,858
10.7
21.7
4
25 Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
8
2000s
160
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1921 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
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5
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10
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8:20 PM
Sun
10/5
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NYJ NYJ
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Final

23

WAS Commanders

12 - 5 - 0

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Commanders Commanders
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5
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.706
NFC North W L T PCT
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15
2
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Vikings Vikings
14
3
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.824
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7
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9
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7
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Seahawks Seahawks
10
7
0
.588
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
13
4
0
.765
Dolphins Dolphins
8
9
0
.471
AFC North W L T PCT
Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
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10/12
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10/12
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8:00 PM
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1:00 PM
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9/7
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1:00 PM