who has the most punt return yards in a postseason

Anthony Carter has the most punt-return yards in a playoff season, with 221 yards in 1987.

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Data note: Punt-Return Yards: player season data complete from 1941 · postseason

	NAME	PR YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Anthony Carter A. Carter	221	1987	MIN	3	0	0		0.0	0	12	18.4	73.7	1
2	Desmond Howard D. Howard	210	1996	GB	3	9	277	30.8	92.3	1	9	23.3	70.0	1
3	Allen Rossum A. Rossum	172	2004	ATL	2	8	182	22.8	91.0	0	5	34.4	86.0	1
4	Julian Edelman J. Edelman	143	2014	NE	3	0	0		0.0	0	9	15.9	47.7	0
5	Terrence Wilkins T. Wilkins	143	2006	IND	4	13	268	20.6	67.0	0	12	11.9	35.8	0
6	Antonio Freeman A. Freeman	143	1995	GB	3	11	255	23.2	85.0	0	10	14.3	47.7	1
7	Bob Hayes B. Hayes	141	1967	DAL	2	0	0		0.0	0	3	47.0	70.5	0
8	Mike Nelms M. Nelms	135	1982	WAS	4	9	231	25.7	57.8	0	12	11.3	33.8	0
9	Troy Brown T. Brown	133	2001	NE	3	1	15	15.0	5.0	0	9	14.8	44.3	1
10	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	131	1996	NE	3	8	169	21.1	56.3	0	14	9.4	43.7	0
11	Dana McLemore D. McLemore	127	1984	SF	3	0	0		0.0	0	11	11.5	42.3	0
12	Theo Bell T. Bell	125	1978	PIT	3	0	0		0.0	0	13	9.6	41.7	0
13	DeSean Jackson D. Jackson	122	2008	PHI	3	0	0		0.0	0	7	17.4	40.7	0
14	Jermaine Lewis J. Lewis	122	2000	BAL	4	5	189	37.8	47.3	1	11	11.1	30.5	0
15	Antwaan Randle El A. Randle El	116	2005	PIT	4	0	0		0.0	0	10	11.6	29.0	0
16	Jim Leonhard J. Leonhard	115	2008	BAL	3	0	0		0.0	0	9	12.8	38.3	0
17	Neal Colzie N. Colzie	115	1976	OAK	3	0	0		0.0	0	9	12.8	38.3	0
18	Reggie Bush R. Bush	113	2009	NO	3	0	0		0.0	0	5	22.6	37.7	1
19	Kadarius Toney K. Toney	112	2022	KC	3	0	0		0.0	0	6	18.7	37.3	0
20	Jahine Arnold J. Arnold	111	1996	PIT	2	2	38	19.0	19.0	0	10	11.1	55.5	0
21	Jacoby Jones J. Jones	110	2012	BAL	4	14	362	25.9	90.5	1	8	13.8	27.5	0
22	Nate Jacquet N. Jacquet	110	1999	MIA	2	3	77	25.7	38.5	0	8	13.8	55.0	0
23	Phil McConkey P. McConkey	109	1986	NYG	3	0	0		0.0	0	13	8.4	36.3	0
24	John Taylor J. Taylor	107	1988	SF	3	2	35	17.5	11.7	0	9	11.9	35.7	0
25	Butch Johnson B. Johnson	105	1978	DAL	3	7	113	16.1	37.7	0	10	10.5	35.0	0

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