detroit lions all-time punt return yards leader

Mel Gray has gained the most career punt-return yards for the Lions, with 1,427 yards.

NAMEPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Mel Gray
M. Gray
1,427
84
216
5,478
25.4
65.2
5
132
10.8
17.0
2
2Kalif Raymond
K. Raymond
1,390
73
9
252
28.0
3.5
0
120
11.6
19.0
3
3Pete Mandley
P. Mandley
1,360
74
30
579
19.3
7.8
0
143
9.5
18.4
2
4Lem Barney
L. Barney
1,312
140
50
1,274
25.5
9.1
1
143
9.2
9.4
2
5Robbie Martin
R. Martin
1,118
49
59
1,061
18.0
21.7
0
118
9.5
22.8
2
6Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
1,084
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
85
12.8
12.2
8
7Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
1,058
52
213
5,026
23.6
96.7
2
108
9.8
20.3
4
8Tom Watkins
T. Watkins
970
64
91
2,262
24.9
35.3
0
94
10.3
15.2
3
9Stefan Logan
S. Logan
963
48
116
2,877
24.8
59.9
1
100
9.6
20.1
0
10Jamal Agnew
J. Agnew
857
46
64
1,649
25.8
35.8
1
74
11.6
18.6
4
11Desmond Howard
D. Howard
821
41
155
3,732
24.1
91.0
0
68
12.1
20.0
2
12Yale Lary
Y. Lary
758
133
22
495
22.5
3.7
0
126
6.0
5.7
3
13Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
717
32
119
2,942
24.7
91.9
0
81
8.9
22.4
0
14Pat Studstill
P. Studstill
716
77
75
1,924
25.7
25.0
1
59
12.1
9.3
0
15Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
527
26
38
1,023
26.9
39.3
1
47
11.2
20.3
1
16Walter Stanley
W. Stanley
496
14
9
95
10.6
6.8
0
36
13.8
35.4
0
17Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
448
28
38
809
21.3
28.9
0
30
14.9
16.0
2
18Reggie Swinton
R. Swinton
422
24
58
1,374
23.7
57.3
1
39
10.8
17.6
1
19Dick Jauron
D. Jauron
405
58
19
426
22.4
7.3
0
40
10.1
7.0
0
20Frankie Sinkwich
F. Sinkwich
376
20
11
272
24.7
13.6
0
22
17.1
18.8
0
21Wally Triplett
W. Triplett
375
18
8
411
51.4
22.8
1
32
11.7
20.8
1
22John Arnold
J. Arnold
368
17
32
684
21.4
40.2
0
47
7.8
21.6
0
23Terry Fair
T. Fair
338
52
101
2,516
24.9
48.4
2
47
7.2
6.5
0
24Tom Vaughn
T. Vaughn
298
88
62
1,595
25.7
18.1
0
33
9.0
3.4
0
25Howard Cassady
H. Cassady
292
74
53
1,112
21.0
15.0
0
35
8.3
3.9
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
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3
0
.727
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
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5
0
.583
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7
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AFC EastWLTPCT
Patriots Patriots
10
2
0
.833
Bills Bills
7
4
0
.636
AFC NorthWLTPCT
Steelers Steelers
6
5
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.545
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.500
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.727
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.636
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9
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.818
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NFC EastWLTPCT
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8
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.727
Cowboys Cowboys
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.542
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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8
3
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.727
Packers Packers
8
3
1
.708
NFC SouthWLTPCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
6
5
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.545
Panthers Panthers
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6
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.500
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Rams Rams
9
2
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.818
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3
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.727

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9/3
DAL DAL
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9/4
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