what players have the most punt return yards in a season

Desmond Howard has the most punt-return yards in a season, with 875 yards in 1996.

	NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Desmond Howard D. Howard	875	1996	GB	16	22	460	20.9	28.8	0	58	15.1	54.7	3
2	Patrick Peterson P. Peterson	699	2011	ARI	16	0	0		0.0	0	44	15.9	43.7	4
3	Fulton Walker F. Walker	692	1985	TOT	15	21	467	22.2	31.1	0	62	11.2	46.1	0
4	Dexter McCluster D. McCluster	686	2013	KC	15	1	3	3.0	0.2	0	58	11.8	45.7	2
5	Greg Pruitt G. Pruitt	666	1983	RAI	16	31	604	19.5	37.8	0	58	11.5	41.6	1
6	Derrick Mason D. Mason	662	2000	TEN	16	42	1,132	27.0	70.8	0	51	13.0	41.4	1
7	Nate Burleson N. Burleson	658	2007	SEA	16	27	590	21.9	36.9	1	58	11.3	41.1	1
8	Louis Lipps L. Lipps	656	1984	PIT	14	0	0		0.0	0	53	12.4	46.9	1
9	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	655	1975	OAK	13	0	0		0.0	0	48	13.6	50.4	0
10	Rick Upchurch R. Upchurch	653	1977	DEN	14	20	456	22.8	32.6	0	51	12.8	46.6	1
11	Devin Hester D. Hester	651	2007	CHI	16	43	934	21.7	58.4	2	42	15.5	40.7	4
12	Eddie Brown E. Brown	646	1976	WAS	14	30	738	24.6	52.7	0	48	13.5	46.1	1
13	Tamarick Vanover T. Vanover	627	1999	KC	14	44	886	20.1	63.3	0	51	12.3	44.8	2
14	Michael L. Lewis M. L. Lewis	625	2002	NO	16	70	1,807	25.8	112.9	2	44	14.2	39.1	1
15	Leon Johnson L. Johnson	619	1997	NYJ	16	12	319	26.6	19.9	1	51	12.1	38.7	1
16	Jackie Wallace J. Wallace	618	1978	LA	14	0	0		0.0	0	52	11.9	44.1	0
17	LeRoy Irvin L. Irvin	615	1981	LA	16	0	0		0.0	0	46	13.4	38.4	3
18	J.T. Smith	612	1979	KC	16	0	0		0.0	0	58	10.6	38.3	2
19	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	612	1975	HOU	14	33	798	24.2	57.0	1	40	15.3	43.7	3
20	Rodger Bird R. Bird	612	1967	OAK	14	6	143	23.8	10.2	0	46	13.3	43.7	0
21	Mike Haynes M. Haynes	608	1976	NE	14	0	0		0.0	0	45	13.5	43.4	2
22	Devin Hester D. Hester	600	2006	CHI	16	20	528	26.4	33.0	2	47	12.8	37.5	3
23	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	600	1991	WAS	16	29	583	20.1	36.4	0	45	13.3	37.5	2
24	Winslow Oliver W. Oliver	598	1996	CAR	16	7	160	22.9	10.0	0	52	11.5	37.4	1
25	Karl Williams K. Williams	597	1997	TB	16	15	277	18.5	17.3	0	46	13.0	37.3	1

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