what player has the most punt return yards in history

Brian Mitchell has gained the most career punt-return yards, with 4,999 yards.

NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
4,999
223
607
14,014
23.1
62.8
4
463
10.8
22.4
9
2Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
3,708
146
252
5,566
22.1
38.1
1
349
10.6
25.4
7
3Devin Hester
D. Hester
3,695
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
315
11.7
23.7
14
4Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
3,601
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
314
11.5
26.1
6
5Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
3,453
179
280
5,813
20.8
32.5
2
351
9.8
19.3
10
6Tim Brown
T. Brown
3,320
255
49
1,235
25.2
4.8
1
326
10.2
13.0
3
7Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
3,317
143
123
2,941
23.9
20.6
2
282
11.8
23.2
6
8Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
3,282
111
212
4,611
21.8
41.5
0
295
11.1
29.6
6
9Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
3,169
118
235
4,933
21.0
41.8
0
292
10.9
26.9
4
10Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
3,056
157
514
11,947
23.2
76.1
5
307
10.0
19.5
3
11Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
3,008
119
95
2,355
24.8
19.8
0
248
12.1
25.3
8
12Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
2,984
138
407
9,788
24.0
70.9
2
304
9.8
21.6
1
13Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
2,961
183
332
8,352
25.2
45.6
2
311
9.5
16.2
7
14Desmond Howard
D. Howard
2,895
156
359
7,959
22.2
51.0
0
244
11.9
18.6
8
15J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
2,764
169
25
473
18.9
2.8
0
267
10.4
16.4
4
16Mel Gray
M. Gray
2,753
169
421
10,250
24.3
60.7
6
252
10.9
16.3
3
17Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
2,688
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
5
276
9.7
21.0
4
18Mike Fuller
M. Fuller
2,660
114
79
1,701
21.5
14.9
0
252
10.6
23.3
2
19Troy Brown
T. Brown
2,625
192
87
1,862
21.4
9.7
0
252
10.4
13.7
3
20Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
2,624
193
307
6,899
22.5
35.7
3
262
10.0
13.6
4
21Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
2,592
144
4
92
23.0
0.6
0
255
10.2
18.0
3
22Wes Welker
W. Welker
2,584
175
183
4,138
22.6
23.6
1
264
9.8
14.8
0
23Kelvin Martin
K. Martin
2,567
139
76
1,453
19.1
10.5
0
261
9.8
18.5
3
24Karl Williams
K. Williams
2,565
130
56
1,245
22.2
9.6
0
255
10.1
19.7
5
25Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
2,557
143
79
1,759
22.3
12.3
1
311
8.2
17.9
5
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