who has the most kick return yards in a career

Brian Mitchell has scored the most career kick-return yards, with 14,014 yards.

NAME KR YDS GP KR KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14,014
223
607
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
11,947
157
514
23.2
76.1
5
307
3,056
10.0
19.5
3
3 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11,113
136
426
26.1
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
4 Mel Gray
M. Gray
10,250
169
421
24.3
60.7
6
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
5 Dante Hall
D. Hall
10,136
112
426
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
6 Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
9,788
138
407
24.0
70.9
2
304
2,984
9.8
21.6
1
7 Michael Bates
M. Bates
9,110
145
373
24.4
62.8
5
10
44
4.4
0.3
0
8 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8,352
183
332
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
9 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
8,105
179
279
29.1
45.3
9
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
10 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
7,959
156
359
22.2
51.0
0
244
2,895
11.9
18.6
8
11 Leon Washington
L. Washington
7,553
126
292
25.9
59.9
8
181
1,793
9.9
14.2
0
12 Devin Hester
D. Hester
7,333
156
295
24.9
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
13 Kevin Williams
K. Williams
7,309
121
322
22.7
60.4
1
231
2,295
9.9
19.0
3
14 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6,999
81
283
24.7
86.4
3
162
1,411
8.7
17.4
2
15 Ron Smith
R. Smith
6,922
139
275
25.2
49.8
3
235
1,788
7.6
12.9
2
16 Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
6,899
193
307
22.5
35.7
3
262
2,624
10.0
13.6
4
17 Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
6,751
182
260
26.0
37.1
3
219
1,880
8.6
10.3
3
18 Chris Carr
C. Carr
6,276
125
256
24.5
50.2
0
148
1,073
7.3
8.6
0
19 Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
5,989
76
248
24.1
78.8
3
186
1,818
9.8
23.9
1
20 Brandon Tate
B. Tate
5,890
127
247
23.8
46.4
2
203
1,924
9.5
15.1
1
21 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
5,813
179
280
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
22 Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5,811
64
250
23.2
90.8
2
140
1,280
9.1
20.0
4
23 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
5,566
146
252
22.1
38.1
1
349
3,708
10.6
25.4
7
24 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5,538
116
193
28.7
47.7
5
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
25 Corey Harris
C. Harris
5,528
183
238
23.2
30.2
1
6
17
2.8
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
11
2
0
.846
Commanders Commanders
8
5
0
.615
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
12
1
0
.923
Vikings Vikings
11
2
0
.846
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
7
6
0
.538
Falcons Falcons
6
7
0
.462
NFC West W L T PCT
Seahawks Seahawks
8
5
0
.615
Rams Rams
8
6
0
.571
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
10
3
0
.769
Dolphins Dolphins
6
7
0
.462
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
10
3
0
.769
Ravens Ravens
8
5
0
.615
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Texans Texans
8
5
0
.615
Colts Colts
6
7
0
.462
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
12
1
0
.923
Chargers Chargers
8
5
0
.615

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12/7
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17-19
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12/7
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12/22
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12/22
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12/22
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4:25 PM
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12/22
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12/22
LAR LAR
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1:00 PM