who led the nfl in kick return yards in 2011

Brandon Banks scored the most kick-return yards in 2011, with 1,174 yards.

NAMEKR YDSSEASONTMGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brandon Banks
B. Banks
1,174
2011
16
51
23.0
73.4
0
36
328
9.1
20.5
0
2Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
1,089
2011
16
40
27.2
68.1
0
29
294
10.1
18.4
1
3Leon Washington
L. Washington
1,084
2011
16
43
25.2
67.8
0
41
464
11.3
29.0
0
4Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
1,073
2011
15
34
31.6
71.5
1
5
26
5.2
1.7
0
5Brandon Tate
B. Tate
998
2011
16
42
23.8
62.4
0
51
543
10.6
33.9
1
6Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
974
2011
16
39
25.0
60.9
0
34
388
11.4
24.3
1
7Randall Cobb
R. Cobb
941
2011
15
34
27.7
62.7
1
26
295
11.3
19.7
1
8Richard Goodman
R. Goodman
936
2011
16
34
27.5
58.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
9LaRod Stephens-Howling
L. Stephens-Howling
857
2011
14
36
23.8
61.2
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Clyde Gates
C. Gates
843
2011
15
34
24.8
56.2
0
3
32
10.7
2.1
0
11Stefan Logan
S. Logan
832
2011
16
33
25.2
52.0
0
37
301
8.1
18.8
0
12Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
800
2011
14
29
27.6
57.1
1
38
466
12.3
33.3
1
13Marc Mariani
M. Mariani
748
2011
16
32
23.4
46.8
0
46
490
10.7
30.6
1
14Antonio Brown
A. Brown
737
2011
16
27
27.3
46.1
0
30
325
10.8
20.3
1
15Devin Hester
D. Hester
723
2011
16
33
21.9
45.2
1
28
454
16.2
28.4
2
16Dion Lewis
D. Lewis
669
2011
15
31
21.6
44.6
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Deji Karim
D. Karim
652
2011
12
27
24.1
54.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Jerious Norwood
J. Norwood
611
2011
9
24
25.5
67.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Devin Thomas
D. Thomas
607
2011
16
25
24.3
37.9
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Kealoha Pilares
K. Pilares
590
2011
12
23
25.7
49.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
21Joe Young
J. Young
578
2011
16
31
18.6
36.1
0
9
42
4.7
2.6
0
22Eric Weems
E. Weems
563
2011
16
24
23.5
35.2
0
32
315
9.8
19.7
0
23Dexter McCluster
D. McCluster
557
2011
16
25
22.3
34.8
0
6
65
10.8
4.1
0
24Quinn Porter
Q. Porter
554
2011
12
25
22.2
46.2
0
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
25Sammie Stroughter
S. Stroughter
540
2011
6
20
27.0
90.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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