nfl player most return touchdowns in career month

Deion Sanders has scored the most touchdown returns, with 8 touchdown returns in Septembers.

NAMERET TDMONTHGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
8
September
36
18
474
26.3
13.2
1
62
728
11.7
20.2
3
2Devin Hester
D. Hester
6
October
36
47
1,127
24.0
31.3
1
76
1,128
14.8
31.3
5
3Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
6
October
60
1
-2
-2.0
0.0
0
23
181
7.9
3.0
0
4Eric Allen
E. Allen
6
December
51
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
6
November
66
65
1,404
21.6
21.3
1
68
523
7.7
7.9
0
6Devin Hester
D. Hester
5
December
42
91
2,340
25.7
55.7
2
80
875
10.9
20.8
3
7Devin Hester
D. Hester
5
September
33
66
1,736
26.3
52.6
1
69
779
11.3
23.6
4
8DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
5
October
36
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Charles Tillman
C. Tillman
5
October
38
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Ed Reed
E. Reed
5
November
48
0
0
0.0
0
12
45
3.8
0.9
0
11Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
5
November
44
143
3,395
23.7
77.2
3
101
1,119
11.1
25.4
2
12Ronde Barber
R. Barber
5
October
58
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
5
November
55
0
0
0.0
0
1
6
6.0
0.1
0
14Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
5
September
32
3
53
17.7
1.7
0
71
832
11.7
26.0
3
15Anthony Parker
A. Parker
5
October
25
0
0
0.0
0
13
149
11.5
6.0
0
16Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
5
October
53
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
5
September
52
133
3,129
23.5
60.2
1
114
1,449
12.7
27.9
4
18Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
5
October
42
69
1,363
19.8
32.5
0
70
824
11.8
19.6
5
19Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
5
October
50
44
998
22.7
20.0
1
65
711
10.9
14.2
2
20Erik McMillan
E. McMillan
5
October
24
4
89
22.3
3.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
5
October
37
32
895
28.0
24.2
1
67
1,047
15.6
28.3
4
22Lemar Parrish
L. Parrish
5
December
36
5
76
15.2
2.1
0
28
303
10.8
8.4
1
23Ken Houston
K. Houston
5
December
36
2
47
23.5
1.3
0
14
74
5.3
2.1
0
24Butch Byrd
B. Byrd
5
September
24
0
0
0.0
0
24
210
8.8
8.8
1
25Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
4
November
15
27
929
34.4
61.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
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11
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5
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10
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14
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10
7
0
.588
8
9
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11
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12
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14
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6
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11
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14
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11
6
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
.235
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176