which team has the most kick return yards since 2004

Since 2004, the Chicago Bears have scored the most kick-return yards by a team, with 26,317 yards.

TEAMKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Bears
Bears
26,317
357
1,132
23.2
73.7
10
711
7,464
10.5
20.9
21
2Jets
Jets
26,197
357
1,080
24.3
73.4
17
702
6,287
9.0
17.6
5
3Chiefs
Chiefs
24,887
357
1,076
23.1
69.7
10
803
7,377
9.2
20.7
10
4Bengals
Bengals
24,644
356
1,059
23.3
69.2
6
783
6,853
8.8
19.3
3
5Giants
Giants
24,641
357
1,060
23.2
69.0
8
731
5,751
7.9
16.1
4
6Browns
Browns
24,507
357
1,086
22.6
68.6
9
746
7,125
9.6
20.0
8
7Raiders
Raiders
24,292
357
1,079
22.5
68.0
6
722
5,504
7.6
15.4
4
8Vikings
Vikings
24,142
357
1,007
24.0
67.6
15
702
6,261
8.9
17.5
9
9Rams
Rams
24,131
357
1,077
22.4
67.6
2
712
6,264
8.8
17.5
7
10Commanders
Commanders
23,920
357
1,032
23.2
67.0
8
711
5,598
7.9
15.7
5
11Bills
Bills
23,859
356
1,008
23.7
67.0
13
698
7,130
10.2
20.0
11
12Titans
Titans
23,779
357
1,038
22.9
66.6
5
739
6,755
9.1
18.9
11
13Lions
Lions
23,696
357
1,013
23.4
66.4
6
656
6,487
9.9
18.2
12
1449ers
49ers
23,192
357
1,027
22.6
65.0
3
740
6,485
8.8
18.2
4
15Seahawks
Seahawks
22,930
357
975
23.5
64.2
11
759
6,915
9.1
19.4
5
16Ravens
Ravens
22,637
357
933
24.3
63.4
10
763
7,647
10.0
21.4
11
17Cardinals
Cardinals
22,533
357
995
22.6
63.1
7
781
6,446
8.3
18.1
6
18Dolphins
Dolphins
22,376
357
983
22.8
62.7
7
710
6,723
9.5
18.8
7
19Jaguars
Jaguars
22,336
357
965
23.1
62.6
5
717
6,133
8.6
17.2
8
20Saints
Saints
22,237
357
958
23.2
62.3
4
686
5,903
8.6
16.5
9
21Texans
Texans
22,203
357
955
23.2
62.2
10
777
7,003
9.0
19.6
5
22Colts
Colts
21,911
357
936
23.4
61.4
6
617
5,137
8.3
14.4
5
23Cowboys
Cowboys
21,796
357
937
23.3
61.1
5
663
5,682
8.6
15.9
10
24Packers
Packers
21,721
357
1,000
21.7
60.8
2
689
5,911
8.6
16.6
10
25Chargers
Chargers
21,290
357
914
23.3
59.6
6
614
5,337
8.7
14.9
7
StatMuse has team, season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1940 season.

More Bears Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
Team Rankings

PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
Last Game
LAR Rams

2 - 0

20

Final

17

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14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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.471
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11
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13
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.765
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14
3
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11
6
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.647
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11
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3
14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176