which nfl player has the most kickoff return touchdowns since 2000

Since 2000, Cordarrelle Patterson has scored the most kick-return touchdowns, with 9 touchdowns.

NAMEKR TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
9
183
284
8,229
29.0
45.0
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
2Leon Washington
L. Washington
8
126
292
7,553
25.9
59.9
181
1,793
9.9
14.2
0
3Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
8
136
426
11,113
26.1
81.7
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
4Dante Hall
D. Hall
6
112
426
10,136
23.8
90.5
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
5Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
5
51
89
2,640
29.7
51.8
0
0
0.0
0
6Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
5
75
152
4,127
27.2
55.0
0
0
0.0
0
7Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
5
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
8Devin Hester
D. Hester
5
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
9Justin Miller
J. Miller
5
46
152
3,966
26.1
86.2
6
9
1.5
0.2
0
10Terrence McGee
T. McGee
5
122
207
5,450
26.3
44.7
0
0
0.0
0
11Jacoby Ford
J. Ford
4
38
75
1,874
25.0
49.3
9
77
8.6
2.0
0
12Brad Smith
B. Smith
4
125
112
2,873
25.7
23.0
2
27
13.5
0.2
0
13Andre Davis
A. Davis
4
104
205
4,821
23.5
46.4
8
40
5.0
0.4
0
14Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
4
126
416
9,520
22.9
75.6
257
2,619
10.2
20.8
3
15Darrick Vaughn
D. Vaughn
4
48
103
2,620
25.4
54.6
0
0
0.0
0
16Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
3
182
260
6,751
26.0
37.1
219
1,880
8.6
10.3
3
17LaRod Stephens-Howling
L. Stephens-Howling
3
58
164
4,092
25.0
70.6
0
0
0.0
0
18Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
3
193
307
6,899
22.5
35.7
262
2,624
10.0
13.6
4
19Micheal Spurlock
M. Spurlock
3
68
107
2,594
24.2
38.1
81
780
9.6
11.5
2
20Ellis Hobbs
E. Hobbs
3
79
141
3,739
26.5
47.3
0
0
0.0
0
21Jerome Mathis
J. Mathis
3
17
72
2,054
28.5
120.8
12
68
5.7
4.0
0
22Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
3
76
248
5,989
24.1
78.8
186
1,818
9.8
23.9
1
23Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
3
52
190
4,550
23.9
87.5
0
0
0.0
0
24Chad Morton
C. Morton
3
93
229
5,401
23.6
58.1
155
1,431
9.2
15.4
1
25Charlie Jones
C. Jones
2
33
47
1,284
27.3
38.9
50
462
9.2
14.0
1
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