nfl punt return yards average leaders 2023

Derius Davis had the most yards per punt return in 2023, with 16.0 per return in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:
NFL punt return yards with a minimum of 1.25 punt returns per team game average leaders 2023
NAME PR AVG SEASON TM GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Derius Davis
D. Davis
16.0
2023
LAC LAC
17
17
374
22.0
22.0
0
24
385
22.6
1
2 Britain Covey
B. Covey
14.4
2023
PHI PHI
16
1
30
30.0
1.9
0
29
417
26.1
0
3 Rashid Shaheed
R. Shaheed
13.6
2023
NO NO
15
18
384
21.3
25.6
0
25
339
22.6
1
4 Devin Duvernay
D. Duvernay
12.6
2023
BAL BAL
13
9
174
19.3
13.4
0
23
290
22.3
0
5 Deonte Harty
D. Harty
12.4
2023
BUF BUF
16
1
7
7.0
0.4
0
26
323
20.2
1
6 Gunner Olszewski
G. Olszewski
11.7
2023
TOT
12
2
24
12.0
2.0
0
24
281
23.4
1
7 Kalif Raymond
K. Raymond
11.4
2023
DET DET
17
0
0
0.0
0
29
331
19.5
0
8 Charlie Jones
C. Jones
10.8
2023
CIN CIN
11
0
0
0.0
0
23
248
22.5
1
9 DeeJay Dallas
D. Dallas
10.6
2023
SEA SEA
17
17
440
25.9
25.9
0
25
265
15.6
0
10 Braxton Berrios
B. Berrios
10.2
2023
MIA MIA
16
18
441
24.5
27.6
0
23
235
14.7
0
11 DeAndre Carter
D. Carter
9.7
2023
LV LV
17
11
262
23.8
15.4
0
24
232
13.6
0
12 Xavier Gipson
X. Gipson
9.7
2023
NYJ NYJ
17
22
511
23.2
30.1
0
33
319
18.8
1
13 Greg Dortch
G. Dortch
9.5
2023
ARI ARI
16
17
360
21.2
22.5
0
29
275
17.2
0
14 Deven Thompkins
D. Thompkins
9.4
2023
TB TB
17
16
327
20.4
19.2
0
25
234
13.8
0
15 James Proche II
J. Proche II
9.0
2023
CLE CLE
10
1
19
19.0
1.9
0
22
197
19.7
0
16 Isaiah McKenzie
I. McKenzie
8.9
2023
IND IND
13
6
152
25.3
11.7
0
23
204
15.7
0
17 Ihmir Smith-Marsette
I. Smith-Marsette
8.7
2023
CAR CAR
17
0
0
0.0
0
37
322
18.9
1
18 Calvin Austin III
C. Austin III
8.6
2023
PIT PIT
17
0
0
0.0
0
29
249
14.6
0
19 Ray-Ray McCloud III
R. McCloud III
8.5
2023
SF SF
12
10
225
22.5
18.8
0
24
203
16.9
0
20 Trent Taylor
T. Taylor
8.2
2023
CHI CHI
17
0
0
0.0
0
23
188
11.1
0
21 Jamison Crowder
J. Crowder
7.9
2023
WAS WAS
17
0
0
0.0
0
35
278
16.4
0
22 Brandon Powell
B. Powell
7.8
2023
MIN MIN
17
0
0
0.0
0
37
289
17.0
0
23 Austin Trammell
A. Trammell
7.3
2023
LAR LAR
16
6
101
16.8
6.3
0
25
183
11.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns per team game and yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.

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PPG

22.0

20th

OPP PPG

17.8

4th

RUSH YDS/G

107.3

21st

PASS YDS/G

265.8

5th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Broncos Broncos
2
2
0
.500
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500
Raiders Raiders
1
3
0
.250
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Sun
10/12
LAC LAC
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
IND IND
@
LAC LAC
4:05 PM
Thu
10/23
MIN MIN
@
LAC LAC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
LAC LAC
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Last Game
NYG Giants

1 - 3 - 0

21

Final

18

LAC Chargers

3 - 1 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
1
0
.750
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM