which team has most kickoff return yards per game season

The Arizona Cardinals have the most kick-return yards per game by a team in a season, with 143.5 per game in 2000.

TEAMKR YDS/GSEASONGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Cardinals
Cardinals
143.5
2000
16
86
2,296
26.7
1
32
223
7.0
13.9
0
2Texans
Texans
135.8
2005
16
84
2,173
25.9
2
30
223
7.4
13.9
0
3Jets
Jets
134.1
2025
14
63
1,878
29.8
1
34
456
13.4
32.6
2
4Texans
Texans
132.2
1952
12
67
1,586
23.7
0
21
160
7.6
13.3
0
5Oilers
Oilers
130.3
1963
14
70
1,824
26.1
0
32
316
9.9
22.6
0
6Cardinals
Cardinals
130.3
2010
16
84
2,084
24.8
2
42
294
7.0
18.4
0
7Bengals
Bengals
129.6
2025
14
72
1,814
25.2
1
14
125
8.9
8.9
0
8Broncos
Broncos
128.6
1963
14
78
1,801
23.1
1
28
355
12.7
25.4
0
9Oilers
Oilers
128.5
1973
14
76
1,799
23.7
1
30
227
7.6
16.2
0
10Lions
Lions
128.1
2009
16
96
2,050
21.4
0
28
233
8.3
14.6
0
11Cardinals
Cardinals
127.7
1958
12
61
1,532
25.1
2
39
259
6.6
21.6
0
12Lions
Lions
127.4
2002
16
83
2,039
24.6
0
42
363
8.6
22.7
2
13Saints
Saints
126.7
2001
16
87
2,027
23.3
0
37
288
7.8
18.0
0
14Bengals
Bengals
126.3
1999
16
84
2,020
24.0
1
35
410
11.7
25.6
2
15Broncos
Broncos
125.6
1964
14
76
1,758
23.1
0
25
259
10.4
18.5
1
16Bears
Bears
124.9
2009
16
80
1,999
25.0
1
39
330
8.5
20.6
1
17Bills
Bills
124.5
2005
16
75
1,992
26.6
1
28
279
10.0
17.4
0
18Saints
Saints
124.2
1967
14
72
1,739
24.2
2
23
79
3.4
5.6
0
1949ers
49ers
124.2
1962
14
62
1,739
28.0
0
27
207
7.7
14.8
1
20Falcons
Falcons
124.1
1966
14
82
1,737
21.2
0
18
100
5.6
7.1
0
21Broncos
Broncos
123.6
1965
14
71
1,731
24.4
0
37
355
9.6
25.4
1
22Saints
Saints
123.3
1980
16
88
1,973
22.4
0
22
176
8.0
11.0
0
23Redskins
Redskins
122.9
1962
14
61
1,720
28.2
1
29
184
6.3
13.1
0
24Redskins
Redskins
122.7
1963
14
64
1,718
26.8
1
30
391
13.0
27.9
0
25Texans
Texans
122.6
2007
16
74
1,961
26.5
4
33
287
8.7
17.9
0
StatMuse has team, season-level data for kick-return yards per game going back to the 1940 season.

More Cardinals Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

2,708

Brissett

Jacoby Brissett

RUSH

269

Knight

Bam Knight

REC

1,071

McBride

Trey McBride
Team Rankings

PPG

21.6

21st

OPP PPG

27.7

27th

RUSH YDS/G

95.0

26th

PASS YDS/G

262.0

4th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
Cardinals Cardinals
3
11
0
.214
Schedule
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12/21
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Sun
12/28
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1:00 PM
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1/4
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1:00 PM
Last Game
ARI Cardinals

3 - 11

20

Final

40

HOU Texans

9 - 5

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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9/13
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26-21
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9/13
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33-27
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9/13
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22-27
Sat
9/13
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28-29
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9/13
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12/20
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12/21
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12/21
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1:00 PM