nfl player most return touchdowns in a season 1981

LeRoy Irvin and Ronnie Lott were tied for the most touchdown returns in 1981, with 3 touchdown returns.

	NAME	RET TD	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	3	1981	LA	16	0	0		0.0	0	46	615	13.4	38.4	3
2	Ronnie Lott R. Lott	3	1981	SF	16	7	111	15.9	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Cedric Brown C. Brown	2	1981	TB	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	John Harris J. Harris	2	1981	SEA	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
5	Dwight Hicks D. Hicks	2	1981	SF	16	1	22	22.0	1.4	0	19	171	9.0	10.7	0
6	Kenny Johnson K. Johnson	2	1981	ATL	16	0	0		0.0	0	4	6	1.5	0.4	0
7	George Martin G. Martin	2	1981	NYG	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	2	1981	WAS	16	37	1,099	29.7	68.7	0	45	492	10.9	30.8	2
9	Darrol Ray D. Ray	2	1981	NYJ	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Dave Ahrens D. Ahrens	1	1981	STL	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Benny Barnes B. Barnes	1	1981	DAL	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Todd Bell T. Bell	1	1981	CHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	Mel Blount M. Blount	1	1981	PIT	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
14	Louis Breeden L. Breeden	1	1981	CIN	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Greg Brown G. Brown	1	1981	PHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
16	Lloyd Burruss L. Burruss	1	1981	KC	16	5	91	18.2	5.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Monte Coleman M. Coleman	1	1981	WAS	12	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	1	1981	TB	16	0	0		0.0	0	2	12	6.0	0.8	0
19	Buddy Curry B. Curry	1	1981	ATL	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Mike Dennis M. Dennis	1	1981	NYG	16	3	51	17.0	3.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Kenny Easley K. Easley	1	1981	SEA	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Gary Fencik G. Fencik	1	1981	CHI	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Jeff Fisher J. Fisher	1	1981	CHI	16	7	102	14.6	6.4	0	43	509	11.8	31.8	1
24	Alvin Hall A. Hall	1	1981	DET	16	25	525	21.0	32.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Cedrick Hardman C. Hardman	1	1981	OAK	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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