who has the most total return touchdowns not counting interceptions in their career since 1980

Since 1980, Devin Hester has the most touchdown returns, with 20 touchdown returns.

NAMERET TDGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Devin Hester
D. Hester
20
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
2Deion Sanders
D. Sanders
19
188
155
3,523
22.7
18.7
3
212
2,199
10.4
11.7
6
3Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
17
238
220
4,894
22.2
20.6
2
260
2,362
9.1
9.9
2
4Ronde Barber
R. Barber
14
241
0
0
0.0
0
3
30
10.0
0.1
1
5Ed Reed
E. Reed
13
174
0
0
0.0
0
30
205
6.8
1.2
1
6Charles Woodson
C. Woodson
13
254
5
47
9.4
0.2
0
90
736
8.2
2.9
0
7Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
13
205
2
7
3.5
0.0
0
11
65
5.9
0.3
0
8Aeneas Williams
A. Williams
13
211
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
13
223
607
14,014
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
10Dante Hall
D. Hall
12
112
426
10,136
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
11Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
12
179
280
5,813
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
12Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11
136
426
11,113
26.1
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
13LeRoy Irvin
L. Irvin
11
159
4
60
15.0
0.4
0
147
1,457
9.9
9.2
4
14Janoris Jenkins
J. Jenkins
10
144
0
0
0.0
0
10
51
5.1
0.4
0
15Aqib Talib
A. Talib
10
148
0
0
0.0
0
2
1
0.5
0.0
0
16DeAngelo Hall
D. Hall
10
171
4
136
34.0
0.8
0
18
128
7.1
0.7
0
17Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
9
183
284
8,229
29.0
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
18Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
9
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
5
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
19Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
9
183
332
8,352
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
20Charles Tillman
C. Tillman
9
168
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Nate Clements
N. Clements
9
180
32
646
20.2
3.6
0
82
816
10.0
4.5
2
22Jason Taylor
J. Taylor
9
233
0
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
9
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
314
3,601
11.5
26.1
6
24Eric Allen
E. Allen
9
217
1
2
2.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Mel Gray
M. Gray
9
169
421
10,250
24.3
60.7
6
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
StatMuse has season-level data for touchdown returns going back to the 1921 season.

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