Brian Mitchell has gained the most career punt-return yards by a player 25 or older, with 4,021 yards.
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players with the most punt return yards after turning 25 years old| NAME | PR YDS | GP | KR | KR YDS | KR AVG | KR YDS/G | KR TD | PR | PR AVG | PR YDS/G | PR TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Mitchell | 4,021 | 176 | 537 | 12,574 | 23.4 | 71.4 | 4 | 377 | 10.7 | 22.8 | 6 |
| 2 | | E. Metcalf | 2,924 | 123 | 165 | 3,535 | 21.4 | 28.7 | 0 | 295 | 9.9 | 23.8 | 9 |
| 3 | | D. Howard | 2,786 | 108 | 316 | 7,092 | 22.4 | 65.7 | 0 | 234 | 11.9 | 25.8 | 7 |
| 4 | | M. Gray | 2,753 | 169 | 421 | 10,250 | 24.3 | 60.7 | 6 | 252 | 10.9 | 16.3 | 3 |
| 5 | | D. Gordon | 2,731 | 106 | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 0.7 | 0 | 247 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 4 |
| 6 | | D. Hester | 2,664 | 132 | 255 | 6,336 | 24.8 | 48.0 | 2 | 246 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 9 |
| 7 | | D. Meggett | 2,659 | 114 | 204 | 4,497 | 22.0 | 39.4 | 1 | 260 | 10.2 | 23.3 | 5 |
| 8 | | V. Sikahema | 2,647 | 102 | 198 | 4,086 | 20.6 | 40.1 | 0 | 249 | 10.6 | 26.0 | 2 |
| 9 | | D. Sproles | 2,624 | 153 | 232 | 5,816 | 25.1 | 38.0 | 1 | 269 | 9.8 | 17.2 | 6 |
| 10 | | K. Williams | 2,565 | 130 | 56 | 1,245 | 22.2 | 9.6 | 0 | 255 | 10.1 | 19.7 | 5 |
| 11 |  | T. Brown | 2,538 | 222 | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 0.3 | 0 | 239 | 10.6 | 11.4 | 3 |
| 12 | | A. Rossum | 2,506 | 119 | 395 | 9,002 | 22.8 | 75.6 | 4 | 244 | 10.3 | 21.1 | 3 |
| 13 | | T. Ginn | 2,312 | 145 | 160 | 3,513 | 22.0 | 24.2 | 1 | 226 | 10.2 | 15.9 | 3 |
| 14 | | T. Brown | 2,199 | 155 | 40 | 933 | 23.3 | 6.0 | 0 | 203 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 3 |
| 15 | | R. Upchurch | 2,160 | 92 | 33 | 757 | 22.9 | 8.2 | 0 | 182 | 11.9 | 23.5 | 4 |
| 16 | | M. Sherels | 2,153 | 108 | 40 | 948 | 23.7 | 8.8 | 0 | 203 | 10.6 | 19.9 | 5 |
| 17 | | J. Jones | 2,016 | 98 | 166 | 4,582 | 27.6 | 46.8 | 5 | 214 | 9.4 | 20.6 | 2 |
| 18 | | K. Martin | 1,959 | 105 | 52 | 1,006 | 19.3 | 9.6 | 0 | 191 | 10.3 | 18.7 | 3 |
| 19 | | J. Lewis | 1,957 | 63 | 123 | 2,659 | 21.6 | 42.2 | 0 | 182 | 10.8 | 31.1 | 2 |
| 20 | | M. Nelms | 1,948 | 68 | 175 | 4,128 | 23.6 | 60.7 | 0 | 212 | 9.2 | 28.6 | 2 |
| 21 | | J. Cribbs | 1,914 | 90 | 261 | 6,716 | 25.7 | 74.6 | 4 | 185 | 10.3 | 21.3 | 2 |
| 22 | | J.T. Smith | 1,902 | 136 | 24 | 455 | 19.0 | 3.3 | 0 | 187 | 10.2 | 14.0 | 2 |
| 23 | | B. Johnson | 1,893 | 101 | 35 | 779 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 1 | 174 | 10.9 | 18.7 | 3 |
| 24 | | L. Lewis | 1,868 | 143 | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 1.0 | 0 | 201 | 9.3 | 13.1 | 1 |
| 25 | | D. Northcutt | 1,858 | 106 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0.6 | 0 | 189 | 9.8 | 17.5 | 1 |
StatMuse has game-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1960 season.
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