what is the longest single interception return in nfl history

Brian Mitchell has made the most career returns, with 1,090 returns.

	NAME	RET	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	1,090	223	607	14,014	23.1	62.8	4	463	4,999	10.8	22.4	9
2	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	833	157	514	11,947	23.2	76.1	5	307	3,056	10.0	19.5	3
3	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	721	138	407	9,788	24.0	70.9	2	304	2,984	9.8	21.6	1
4	Mel Gray M. Gray	684	169	421	10,250	24.3	60.7	6	252	2,753	10.9	16.3	3
5	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	662	136	426	11,113	26.1	81.7	8	222	2,375	10.7	17.5	3
6	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	652	183	332	8,352	25.2	45.6	2	311	2,961	9.5	16.2	7
7	Dante Hall D. Hall	647	112	426	10,136	23.8	90.5	6	216	2,261	10.5	20.2	6
8	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	642	179	280	5,813	20.8	32.5	2	351	3,453	9.8	19.3	10
9	Devin Hester D. Hester	629	156	295	7,333	24.9	47.0	5	315	3,695	11.7	23.7	14
10	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	623	146	252	5,566	22.1	38.1	1	349	3,708	10.6	25.4	7
11	Desmond Howard D. Howard	607	156	359	7,959	22.2	51.0	0	244	2,895	11.9	18.6	8
12	Rod Woodson R. Woodson	583	238	220	4,894	22.2	20.6	2	260	2,362	9.1	9.9	2
13	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	582	193	307	6,899	22.5	35.7	3	262	2,624	10.0	13.6	4
14	Kevin Williams K. Williams	564	121	322	7,309	22.7	60.4	1	231	2,295	9.9	19.0	3
15	Ron Smith R. Smith	547	139	275	6,922	25.2	49.8	3	235	1,788	7.6	12.9	2
16	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	532	118	235	4,933	21.0	41.8	0	292	3,169	10.9	26.9	4
17	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	516	111	212	4,611	21.8	41.5	0	295	3,282	11.1	29.6	6
18	Andre Roberts A. Roberts	488	182	260	6,751	26.0	37.1	3	219	1,880	8.6	10.3	3
19	Leon Washington L. Washington	484	126	292	7,553	25.9	59.9	8	181	1,793	9.9	14.2	0
20	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	468	128	183	4,940	27.0	38.6	5	276	2,688	9.7	21.0	4
21	Wes Welker W. Welker	462	175	183	4,138	22.6	23.6	1	264	2,584	9.8	14.8	0
22	Brandon Tate B. Tate	458	127	247	5,890	23.8	46.4	2	203	1,924	9.5	15.1	1
23	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	454	81	283	6,999	24.7	86.4	3	162	1,411	8.7	17.4	2
24	Alvin Haymond A. Haymond	446	104	170	4,438	26.1	42.7	2	253	2,148	8.5	20.7	1
25	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	440	76	248	5,989	24.1	78.8	3	186	1,818	9.8	23.9	1

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