49ers all-time return yards leaders

Dexter Carter has the most career return yards for the 49ers, with 5,920 yards.

NAMERET YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Dexter Carter
D. Carter
5,920
90
217
4,707
21.7
52.3
2
117
1,213
10.4
13.5
2
2Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5,822
89
166
4,873
29.4
54.8
5
105
949
9.0
10.7
2
3Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
4,572
84
139
3,798
27.3
45.2
1
124
774
6.2
9.2
1
4Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
4,242
55
185
4,242
22.9
77.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Kermit Alexander
K. Alexander
4,053
94
137
3,271
23.9
34.8
0
120
782
6.5
8.3
2
6Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
3,158
40
87
2,045
23.5
51.1
1
94
1,113
11.8
27.8
2
7Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
2,639
69
54
1,108
20.5
16.1
0
142
1,531
10.8
22.2
4
8Vic Washington
V. Washington
2,178
40
84
2,178
25.9
54.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
9Hugh McElhenny
H. McElhenny
2,142
97
65
1,494
23.0
15.4
0
99
648
6.5
6.7
1
10Doug Cunningham
D. Cunningham
1,885
82
68
1,613
23.7
19.7
0
30
272
9.1
3.3
0
11John Taylor
J. Taylor
1,793
121
14
276
19.7
2.3
0
149
1,517
10.2
12.5
2
12James Owens
J. Owens
1,728
30
72
1,728
24.0
57.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
13Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
1,718
16
54
1,411
26.1
88.2
1
27
307
11.4
19.2
0
14Carl Monroe
C. Monroe
1,660
43
76
1,660
21.8
38.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
15Jimmy Williams
J. Williams
1,606
50
49
1,030
21.0
20.6
0
55
576
10.5
11.5
1
16Bruce Ellington
B. Ellington
1,604
26
50
1,279
25.6
49.2
0
42
325
7.7
12.5
0
17Ralph McGill
R. McGill
1,530
70
27
566
21.0
8.1
0
105
964
9.2
13.8
1
18Bruce Taylor
B. Taylor
1,513
109
12
190
15.8
1.7
0
142
1,323
9.3
12.1
0
19Paul Hofer
P. Hofer
1,474
77
68
1,474
21.7
19.1
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Richie James
R. James
1,454
40
47
1,081
23.0
27.0
1
51
373
7.3
9.3
0
21Cedrick Wilson
C. Wilson
1,450
53
63
1,354
21.5
25.5
1
13
96
7.4
1.8
0
22R.W. McQuarters
R.W. McQuarters
1,403
27
43
907
21.1
33.6
0
65
496
7.6
18.4
1
23Ray-Ray McCloud
R. McCloud
1,383
29
36
824
22.9
28.4
0
57
559
9.8
19.3
0
24Manfred Moore
M. Moore
1,357
28
44
1,048
23.8
37.4
0
21
309
14.7
11.0
1
25Vinny Sutherland
V. Sutherland
1,287
15
50
1,140
22.8
76.0
0
21
147
7.0
9.8
0

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