what nfl player has the record for the most kickoff return touchdowns

Cordarrelle Patterson has the most career kick-return touchdowns, with 9 touchdowns.

NAME KR TD GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
9
183
284
8,229
29.0
45.0
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
2 Leon Washington
L. Washington
8
126
292
7,553
25.9
59.9
181
1,793
9.9
14.2
0
3 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
8
136
426
11,113
26.1
81.7
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
4 Dante Hall
D. Hall
6
112
426
10,136
23.8
90.5
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
5 Mel Gray
M. Gray
6
169
421
10,250
24.3
60.7
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
6 Travis Williams
T. Williams
6
62
102
2,801
27.5
45.2
13
213
16.4
3.4
1
7 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
6
68
91
2,781
30.6
40.9
27
391
14.5
5.8
2
8 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
6
169
143
3,746
26.2
22.2
65
595
9.2
3.5
3
9 Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
5
75
152
4,127
27.2
55.0
0
0
0.0
0
10 Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
5
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
11 Devin Hester
D. Hester
5
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
12 Justin Miller
J. Miller
5
46
152
3,966
26.1
86.2
6
9
1.5
0.2
0
13 Terrence McGee
T. McGee
5
122
207
5,450
26.3
44.7
0
0
0.0
0
14 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
5
157
514
11,947
23.2
76.1
307
3,056
10.0
19.5
3
15 Michael Bates
M. Bates
5
145
373
9,110
24.4
62.8
10
44
4.4
0.3
0
16 Timmy Brown
T. Brown
5
108
184
4,781
26.0
44.3
71
639
9.0
5.9
1
17 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
5
148
102
2,690
26.4
18.2
69
699
10.1
4.7
3
18 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5
116
193
5,538
28.7
47.7
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
19 Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
4
40
72
2,069
28.7
51.7
0
0
0.0
0
20 Jacoby Ford
J. Ford
4
38
75
1,874
25.0
49.3
9
77
8.6
2.0
0
21 Brad Smith
B. Smith
4
125
112
2,873
25.7
23.0
2
27
13.5
0.2
0
22 Andre Davis
A. Davis
4
104
205
4,821
23.5
46.4
8
40
5.0
0.4
0
23 Darrick Vaughn
D. Vaughn
4
48
103
2,620
25.4
54.6
0
0
0.0
0
24 Tony Horne
T. Horne
4
39
143
3,577
25.0
91.7
7
38
5.4
1.0
0
25 Tamarick Vanover
T. Vanover
4
77
226
5,422
24.0
70.4
197
2,016
10.2
26.2
4
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