49ers all-time best punt returner

Dana McLemore has the most career punt-return yards for the 49ers, with 1,531 yards.

NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
1,531
69
54
1,108
20.5
16.1
0
142
10.8
22.2
4
2John Taylor
J. Taylor
1,517
121
14
276
19.7
2.3
0
149
10.2
12.5
2
3Bruce Taylor
B. Taylor
1,323
109
12
190
15.8
1.7
0
142
9.3
12.1
0
4Dexter Carter
D. Carter
1,213
90
217
4,707
21.7
52.3
2
117
10.4
13.5
2
5Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
1,113
40
87
2,045
23.5
51.1
1
94
11.8
27.8
2
6Ralph McGill
R. McGill
964
70
27
566
21.0
8.1
0
105
9.2
13.8
1
7Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
949
89
166
4,873
29.4
54.8
5
105
9.0
10.7
2
8Freddie Solomon
F. Solomon
804
114
4
61
15.3
0.5
0
106
7.6
7.1
2
9Kermit Alexander
K. Alexander
782
94
137
3,271
23.9
34.8
0
120
6.5
8.3
2
10Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
774
84
139
3,798
27.3
45.2
1
124
6.2
9.2
1
11Don Griffin
D. Griffin
667
114
6
112
18.7
1.0
0
74
9.0
5.9
1
12Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
648
97
65
1,494
23.0
15.4
0
99
6.5
6.7
1
13Jimmy Williams
J. Williams
576
50
49
1,030
21.0
20.6
0
55
10.5
11.5
1
14Ray-Ray McCloud III
R. McCloud III
559
29
36
824
22.9
28.4
0
57
9.8
19.3
0
15R.W. McQuarters
R.W. McQuarters
496
27
43
907
21.1
33.6
0
65
7.6
18.4
1
16Tony Leonard
T. Leonard
473
39
27
621
23.0
15.9
0
65
7.3
12.1
1
17Trent Taylor
T. Taylor
471
43
2
23
11.5
0.5
0
49
9.6
11.0
0
18Arnaz Battle
A. Battle
446
88
22
441
20.0
5.0
0
64
7.0
5.1
1
19Dwight Hicks
D. Hicks
403
96
3
58
19.3
0.6
0
54
7.5
4.2
0
20Richie James
R. James
373
40
47
1,081
23.0
27.0
1
51
7.3
9.3
0
21Iheanyi Uwaezuoke
I. Uwaezuoke
373
35
7
152
21.7
4.3
0
34
11.0
10.7
0
22Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
336
13
5
86
17.2
6.6
0
44
7.6
25.8
0
23Bruce Ellington
B. Ellington
325
26
50
1,279
25.6
49.2
0
42
7.7
12.5
0
24Manfred Moore
M. Moore
309
28
44
1,048
23.8
37.4
0
21
14.7
11.0
1
25Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
307
16
54
1,411
26.1
88.2
1
27
11.4
19.2
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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PPG

20.0

26th

OPP PPG

20.5

8th

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89.4

30th

PASS YDS/G

272.9

2nd

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
49ers 49ers
5
3
0
.625
Cardinals Cardinals
2
5
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
11/2
SF SF
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
LAR LAR
@
SF SF
4:25 PM
Sun
11/16
SF SF
@
ARI ARI
4:05 PM
Mon
11/24
CAR CAR
@
SF SF
8:15 PM
Sun
11/30
SF SF
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Last Game
SF 49ers

5 - 3 - 0

15

Final

26

HOU Texans

3 - 4 - 0

Sun 26 Oct 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
6
2
0
.750
Bills Bills
5
2
0
.714
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
4
3
0
.571
Bengals Bengals
3
5
0
.375
AFC SouthWLTPCT
Colts Colts
7
1
0
.875
Jaguars Jaguars
4
3
0
.571
AFC WestWLTPCT
Broncos Broncos
6
2
0
.750
Chargers Chargers
5
3
0
.625
NFC EastWLTPCT
Eagles Eagles
6
2
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
3
4
1
.438
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Packers Packers
5
1
1
.786
Lions Lions
5
2
0
.714
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
2
0
.750
Panthers Panthers
4
4
0
.500
NFC WestWLTPCT
Seahawks Seahawks
5
2
0
.714
Rams Rams
5
2
0
.714

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
BAL BAL
@
MIA MIA
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
CAR CAR
@
GB GB
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
MIN MIN
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
CHI CHI
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CIN CIN
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM