nfl player td return leader

Jerry Rice and Frank Gore had 11 returns in their careers.

NAMERETTDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Jerry Rice
J. Rice
11
208
303
1
6
6.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
15
175
226
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
3LaDainian Tomlinson
L. Tomlinson
9
162
170
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Randy Moss
R. Moss
29
157
218
2
33
16.5
0.2
0
18
162
9.0
0.7
1
5Terrell Owens
T. Owens
7
156
219
5
78
15.6
0.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Marcus Allen
M. Allen
15
145
222
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Marshall Faulk
M. Faulk
15
136
176
2
18
9.0
0.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Cris Carter
C. Carter
19
131
234
13
244
18.8
1.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Marvin Harrison
M. Harrison
23
128
190
1
3
3.0
0.0
0
20
189
9.5
1.0
0
10Derrick Henry
D. Henry
4
127
153
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Adrian Peterson
A. Peterson
34
126
184
17
428
25.2
2.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Jim Brown
J. Brown
37
126
118
29
648
22.3
5.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Walter Payton
W. Payton
38
125
190
17
539
31.7
2.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Larry Fitzgerald
L. Fitzgerald
2
121
263
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Davante Adams
D. Adams
1
117
178
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Antonio Gates
A. Gates
3
116
236
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
17John Riggins
J. Riggins
8
116
175
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Lenny Moore
L. Moore
78
113
143
49
1,180
24.1
8.3
1
14
56
4.0
0.4
0
19Shaun Alexander
S. Alexander
13
112
123
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Tony Gonzalez
T. Gonzalez
5
111
270
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Mike Evans
M. Evans
5
109
176
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Barry Sanders
B. Sanders
18
109
153
5
118
23.6
0.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Tim Brown
T. Brown
387
105
255
49
1,235
25.2
4.8
1
326
3,320
10.2
13.0
3
24Don Hutson
D. Hutson
35
105
116
5
45
9.0
0.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Steve Largent
S. Largent
20
101
200
8
156
19.5
0.8
0
8
68
8.5
0.3
0
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14
3
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers
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.706
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14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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13
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.765
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5
0
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9
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14
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14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
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