who has the most return yards for the panthers ever

Michael Bates has gained the most career return yards for the Panthers, with 6,026 yards.

NAMERET YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Michael Bates
M. Bates
6,026
76
233
5,987
25.7
78.8
5
8
39
4.9
0.5
0
2Steve Smith Sr.
S. Smith Sr.
4,023
182
98
2,371
24.2
13.0
2
178
1,652
9.3
9.1
4
3Raheem Blackshear
R. Blackshear
1,934
41
66
1,734
26.3
42.3
0
23
200
8.7
4.9
0
4Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
1,789
47
44
994
22.6
21.1
0
82
795
9.7
16.9
0
5Rod Smart
R. Smart
1,731
47
78
1,731
22.2
36.8
1
0
0
0.0
0
6Mike Goodson
M. Goodson
1,650
28
76
1,650
21.7
58.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Mark Jones
M. Jones
1,401
16
40
958
24.0
59.9
0
39
443
11.4
27.7
0
8Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
1,376
38
9
203
22.6
5.3
0
110
1,173
10.7
30.9
1
9Trevor Etienne
T. Etienne
896
17
31
733
23.6
43.1
0
20
163
8.2
9.6
0
10Ryne Robinson
R. Robinson
860
16
26
598
23.0
37.4
0
30
262
8.7
16.4
0
11Fozzy Whittaker
F. Whittaker
856
53
38
856
22.5
16.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
12DeAngelo Williams
D. Williams
854
117
45
854
19.0
7.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Kealoha Pilares
K. Pilares
806
20
32
806
25.2
40.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
14Captain Munnerlyn
C. Munnerlyn
796
107
4
119
29.8
1.1
0
75
677
9.0
6.3
0
15Isaac Byrd
I. Byrd
774
43
33
691
20.9
16.1
0
8
83
10.4
1.9
0
16Jamall Broussard
J. Broussard
598
8
24
555
23.1
69.4
0
10
43
4.3
5.4
0
17Dwight Stone
D. Stone
597
64
24
597
24.9
9.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Armanti Edwards
A. Edwards
548
39
15
295
19.7
7.6
0
36
253
7.0
6.5
0
19Pharoh Cooper
P. Cooper
547
16
18
430
23.9
26.9
0
20
117
5.9
7.3
0
20Jamal Robertson
J. Robertson
523
12
22
523
23.8
43.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
484
11
22
484
22.0
44.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Eric Guliford
E. Guliford
475
14
0
0
0.0
0
43
475
11.0
33.9
1
23Curtis Samuel
C. Samuel
430
53
20
430
21.5
8.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Corey Brown
C. Brown
426
43
12
273
22.8
6.3
0
16
153
9.6
3.6
1
25Nick Goings
N. Goings
413
105
19
413
21.7
3.9
0
0
0
0.0
0

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