what nfl defensive back has the most kick return yards

Allen Rossum has the most career kick-return yards by a defensive back, with 11,947 yards.

	NAME	KR YDS	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	11,947	157	514	23.2	76.1	5	307	3,056	10.0	19.5	3
2	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	6,999	81	283	24.7	86.4	3	162	1,411	8.7	17.4	2
3	Chris Carr C. Carr	6,276	125	256	24.5	50.2	0	148	1,073	7.3	8.6	0
4	Ron Smith R. Smith	5,929	112	235	25.2	52.9	2	214	1,694	7.9	15.1	2
5	Abe Woodson A. Woodson	5,538	116	193	28.7	47.7	5	123	956	7.8	8.2	2
6	Terrence McGee T. McGee	5,450	122	207	26.3	44.7	5	0	0		0.0	0
7	Rod Woodson R. Woodson	4,894	238	220	22.2	20.6	2	260	2,362	9.1	9.9	2
8	Corey Harris C. Harris	4,837	168	205	23.6	28.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
9	Speedy Duncan S. Duncan	4,539	115	180	25.2	39.5	0	202	2,201	10.9	19.1	4
10	Alvin Haymond A. Haymond	4,438	104	170	26.1	42.7	2	253	2,148	8.5	20.7	1
11	Larry Anderson L. Anderson	4,217	82	189	22.3	51.4	1	75	582	7.8	7.1	0
12	Bobby Jancik B. Jancik	4,185	81	158	26.5	51.7	0	67	647	9.7	8.0	1
13	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	4,128	68	175	23.6	60.7	0	212	1,948	9.2	28.6	2
14	Justin Miller J. Miller	3,966	46	152	26.1	86.2	5	6	9	1.5	0.2	0
15	Fulton Walker F. Walker	3,779	81	167	22.6	46.7	1	145	1,437	9.9	17.7	1
16	Bruce Laird B. Laird	3,748	164	152	24.7	22.9	0	61	405	6.6	2.5	0
17	Ellis Hobbs E. Hobbs	3,739	79	141	26.5	47.3	3	0	0		0.0	0
18	Kermit Alexander K. Alexander	3,586	143	153	23.4	25.1	0	133	835	6.3	5.8	2
19	Tremain Mack T. Mack	3,583	44	146	24.5	81.4	2	0	0		0.0	0
20	Deion Sanders D. Sanders	3,523	188	155	22.7	18.7	3	212	2,199	10.4	11.7	6
21	Danieal Manning D. Manning	3,370	128	129	26.1	26.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
22	Adam Jones A. Jones	3,232	146	125	25.9	22.1	0	192	1,947	10.1	13.3	5
23	Herb Adderley H. Adderley	3,080	164	120	25.7	18.8	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
24	Donnie Elder D. Elder	3,040	82	150	20.3	37.1	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0
25	Brock Marion B. Marion	2,951	182	123	24.0	16.2	0	0	0		0.0	0

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