who has the most return yards for the vikings ever

David Palmer has the most career return yards for the Vikings, with 4,884 yards.

NAMERET YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1David Palmer
D. Palmer
4,884
84
145
3,274
22.6
39.0
1
162
1,610
9.9
19.2
2
2Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
4,084
64
134
4,075
30.4
63.7
5
1
9
9.0
0.1
0
3Darrin Nelson
D. Nelson
3,936
129
159
3,623
22.8
28.1
0
39
313
8.0
2.4
0
4Marcus Sherels
M. Sherels
3,839
123
54
1,359
25.2
11.0
0
237
2,480
10.5
20.2
5
5Qadry Ismail
Q. Ismail
3,273
63
147
3,273
22.3
52.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
3,183
54
114
3,183
27.9
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
7Eddie Payton
E. Payton
3,086
41
104
2,353
22.6
57.4
1
94
733
7.8
17.9
0
8Charlie West
C. West
2,811
75
78
1,991
25.5
26.5
0
123
820
6.7
10.9
1
9Bill Butler
B. Butler
2,443
42
85
1,898
22.3
45.2
0
55
545
9.9
13.0
1
10Clint Jones
C. Jones
2,209
75
89
2,209
24.8
29.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
11Leo Lewis
L. Lewis
1,949
140
8
137
17.1
1.0
0
193
1,812
9.4
12.9
1
12Kene Nwangwu
K. Nwangwu
1,879
37
68
1,879
27.6
50.8
3
0
0
0.0
0
13Myles Price
M. Price
1,777
16
57
1,479
25.9
92.4
0
30
298
9.9
18.6
0
14Buster Rhymes
B. Rhymes
1,558
20
62
1,558
25.1
77.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Tommy Mason
T. Mason
1,550
70
45
1,067
23.7
15.2
0
46
483
10.5
6.9
0
16Brent McClanahan
B. McClanahan
1,500
95
66
1,500
22.7
15.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Rufus Bess
R. Bess
1,430
68
48
998
20.8
14.7
0
55
432
7.9
6.4
0
18Herschel Walker
H. Walker
1,423
42
62
1,423
23.0
33.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
19Troy Walters
T. Walters
1,403
18
48
1,117
23.3
62.1
0
26
286
11.0
15.9
0
20Moe Williams
M. Williams
1,393
117
63
1,393
22.1
11.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Jimmy Edwards
J. Edwards
1,289
14
44
1,103
25.1
78.8
0
33
186
5.6
13.3
0
22Mewelde Moore
M. Moore
1,271
54
26
503
19.3
9.3
0
74
768
10.4
14.2
2
23Nate Jacquet
N. Jacquet
1,231
11
46
1,012
22.0
92.0
0
29
219
7.6
19.9
0
24Koren Robinson
K. Robinson
1,221
14
47
1,221
26.0
87.2
1
2
0
0.0
0.0
0
25Kevin Miller
K. Miller
1,178
23
40
854
21.4
37.1
0
66
324
4.9
14.1
0

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