who had the most punt return yards by a running back in first 6 seasons

Vai Sikahema had the most punt-return yards by a running back in his first 6 seasons, with 2,391 yards.

NAME PR YDS GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
2,391
86
179
3,826
21.4
44.5
0
219
10.9
27.8
3
2 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
2,230
96
146
2,989
20.5
31.1
1
202
11.0
23.2
6
3 Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
2,033
96
285
6,895
24.2
71.8
2
206
9.9
21.2
1
4 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
1,938
95
216
5,004
23.2
52.7
0
172
11.3
20.4
6
5 Bruce Harper
B. Harper
1,784
86
242
5,391
22.3
62.7
0
183
9.7
20.7
1
6 Howard Stevens
H. Stevens
1,559
66
103
2,336
22.7
35.4
0
163
9.6
23.6
0
7 Bobby Joe Edmonds
B. Joe Edmonds
1,471
65
173
3,646
21.1
56.1
0
134
11.0
22.6
1
8 Leon Johnson
L. Johnson
1,433
60
71
1,537
21.6
25.6
1
147
9.7
23.9
1
9 Johnny Bailey
J. Bailey
1,420
81
115
2,420
21.0
29.9
0
148
9.6
17.5
2
10 Eddie Payton
E. Payton
1,387
65
156
3,676
23.6
56.6
2
156
8.9
21.3
1
11 Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
1,377
87
167
3,786
22.7
43.5
0
156
8.8
15.8
1
12 Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
1,364
64
35
659
18.8
10.3
0
126
10.8
21.3
2
13 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
1,341
88
139
2,806
20.2
31.9
2
127
10.6
15.2
5
14 B.J. Sams
B.J. Sams
1,320
43
138
3,161
22.9
73.5
0
121
10.9
30.7
2
15 Leon Washington
L. Washington
1,312
87
217
5,531
25.5
63.6
7
127
10.3
15.1
0
16 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,229
94
298
7,558
25.4
80.4
2
143
8.6
13.1
3
17 Lionel James
L. James
1,193
67
99
2,094
21.2
31.3
0
124
9.6
17.8
2
18 Tiki Barber
T. Barber
1,181
90
27
544
20.1
6.0
0
122
9.7
13.1
1
19 Chad Morton
C. Morton
1,163
78
198
4,731
23.9
60.7
3
126
9.2
14.9
1
20 Leon Bright
L. Bright
1,149
50
77
1,544
20.1
30.9
0
141
8.1
23.0
0
21 George McAfee
G. McAfee
1,139
50
12
367
30.6
7.3
1
78
14.6
22.8
2
22 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
1,124
54
66
1,452
22.0
26.9
1
82
13.7
20.8
2
23 Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
1,072
60
41
938
22.9
15.6
1
95
11.3
17.9
2
24 Dexter Carter
D. Carter
1,041
84
209
4,503
21.5
53.6
2
102
10.2
12.4
2
25 Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
1,015
81
32
817
25.5
10.1
2
89
11.4
12.5
2
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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