san francsico 49ers player most return touchdowns in a season

4 players are tied for the most touchdown returns for the 49ers in a season, with 3 touchdown returns. The first three are Deion Sanders in 1994, Ronnie Lott in 1981 and Skip Vanderbundt in 1972.

	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	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	3	1994	SF	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
2	Ronnie Lott R. Lott	3	1981	SF	16	7	111	15.9	6.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
3	Skip Vanderbundt S. Vanderbundt	3	1972	SF	14	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
4	Abe Woodson A. Woodson	3	1963	SF	14	29	935	32.2	66.8	3	13	95	7.3	6.8	0
5	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	2	2011	SF	14	29	800	27.6	57.1	1	38	466	12.3	33.3	1
6	Zack Bronson Z. Bronson	2	2001	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
7	Darnell Walker D. Walker	2	1999	SF	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
8	Merton Hanks M. Hanks	2	1997	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	Tim McDonald T. McDonald	2	1995	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Ken Norton K. Norton	2	1995	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
11	Tim McDonald T. McDonald	2	1994	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Eric Davis E. Davis	2	1993	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
13	John Taylor J. Taylor	2	1988	SF	12	12	225	18.8	18.8	0	44	556	12.6	46.3	2
14	Tom Holmoe T. Holmoe	2	1986	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Dana McLemore D. McLemore	2	1984	SF	16	3	80	26.7	5.0	0	45	521	11.6	32.6	1
16	Dwight Hicks D. Hicks	2	1983	SF	15	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Eric Wright E. Wright	2	1983	SF	16	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Dwight Hicks D. Hicks	2	1981	SF	16	1	22	22.0	1.4	0	19	171	9.0	10.7	0
19	Freddie Solomon F. Solomon	2	1980	SF	16	4	61	15.3	3.8	0	27	298	11.0	18.6	2
20	Windlan Hall W. Hall	2	1973	SF	14	1	14	14.0	1.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Kermit Alexander K. Alexander	2	1966	SF	14	37	984	26.6	70.3	0	30	198	6.6	14.1	1
22	Abe Woodson A. Woodson	2	1962	SF	14	37	1,157	31.3	82.6	0	19	179	9.4	12.8	1
23	Abe Woodson A. Woodson	2	1961	SF	14	27	782	29.0	55.9	1	16	172	10.8	12.3	1
24	Joe Arenas J. Arenas	2	1956	SF	12	27	801	29.7	66.8	1	19	117	6.2	9.8	1
25	Dee Winters D. Winters	1	2025	SF	17	0	0		0.0	0	0	0		0.0	0

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