who has the most punt return plus kick return touchdowns in a career

Brian Mitchell has the most career punt returns + kick-return touchdowns, with 467.

NAMEPR+TDPRKR TDGPYDSYDS/GTDRUSH YDSRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSREC YDS/GREC TDKR YDSKR YDS/GPR YDSPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
467
463
4
223
23,330
104.6
29
1,967
8.8
12
2,336
10.5
4
14,014
62.8
4,999
22.4
9
2Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
353
351
2
179
17,230
96.3
55
2,392
13.4
12
5,572
31.1
31
5,813
32.5
3,453
19.3
10
3Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
350
349
1
146
13,996
95.9
27
1,684
11.5
8
3,038
20.8
11
5,566
38.1
3,708
25.4
7
4Tim Brown
T. Brown
327
326
1
255
19,682
77.2
105
190
0.7
1
14,934
58.6
100
1,235
4.8
3,320
13.0
3
5Devin Hester
D. Hester
320
315
5
156
14,455
92.7
37
116
0.7
1
3,311
21.2
16
7,333
47.0
3,695
23.7
14
6Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
314
314
0
138
4,128
29.9
9
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
70
0.5
3,601
26.1
6
7Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
313
311
2
183
19,696
107.6
64
3,552
19.4
23
4,840
26.4
32
8,352
45.6
2,961
16.2
7
8Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
312
311
1
143
9,211
64.4
21
438
3.1
0
4,467
31.2
15
1,759
12.3
2,557
17.9
5
9Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
312
307
5
157
15,046
95.8
9
17
0.1
1
4
0.0
0
11,947
76.1
3,056
19.5
3
10Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
306
304
2
138
14,911
108.1
11
817
5.9
2
1,322
9.6
6
9,788
70.9
2,984
21.6
1
11Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
295
295
0
111
10,170
91.6
23
148
1.3
0
2,129
19.2
17
4,611
41.5
3,282
29.6
6
12Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
292
292
0
118
8,856
75.1
5
217
1.8
0
537
4.6
1
4,933
41.8
3,169
26.9
4
13Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
284
282
2
143
10,785
75.4
35
316
2.2
2
4,211
29.4
25
2,941
20.6
3,317
23.2
6
14Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
281
276
5
128
10,428
81.5
23
62
0.5
0
2,733
21.4
14
4,940
38.6
2,688
21.0
4
15J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
267
267
0
169
10,307
61.0
39
76
0.4
0
6,974
41.3
35
473
2.8
2,764
16.4
4
16Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
265
262
3
193
15,742
81.6
42
486
2.5
2
5,742
29.8
33
6,899
35.7
2,624
13.6
4
17Wes Welker
W. Welker
265
264
1
175
16,797
96.0
51
151
0.9
0
9,924
56.7
50
4,138
23.6
2,584
14.8
0
18Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
262
260
2
238
8,876
37.3
17
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4,894
20.6
2,362
9.9
2
19Kelvin Martin
K. Martin
261
261
0
139
8,795
63.3
18
7
0.1
0
4,768
34.3
15
1,453
10.5
2,567
18.5
3
20Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
259
258
1
167
4,798
28.7
10
43
0.3
0
39
0.2
0
1,215
7.3
2,209
13.2
5
21Mel Gray
M. Gray
258
252
6
169
13,279
78.6
10
99
0.6
1
164
1.0
0
10,250
60.7
2,753
16.3
3
22Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
255
255
0
144
7,991
55.5
22
366
2.5
1
4,941
34.3
18
92
0.6
2,592
18.0
3
23Karl Williams
K. Williams
255
255
0
130
5,712
43.9
12
5
0.0
0
1,897
14.6
7
1,245
9.6
2,565
19.7
5
24Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
255
253
2
104
6,749
64.9
5
0
0.0
0
0
0.0
0
4,438
42.7
2,148
20.7
1
25Troy Brown
T. Brown
252
252
0
192
11,128
58.0
35
178
0.9
0
6,366
33.2
31
1,862
9.7
2,625
13.7
3
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