League Kick Returns Per Game, By Season, Since 1978

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Data note: Kickoff Returns: team season data complete from 1941

	KR/GP	KR	GP	SEASON	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	3.65	1,633	448	1978	34,915	21.4	77.9	7	1,339	11,223	8.4	25.1	7
2	3.98	1,781	448	1979	36,110	20.3	80.6	6	1,215	9,299	7.7	20.8	6
3	3.94	1,764	448	1980	35,143	19.9	78.4	8	1,215	10,074	8.3	22.5	7
4	3.81	1,709	448	1981	34,681	20.3	77.4	5	1,220	10,442	8.6	23.3	11
5	3.87	975	252	1982	19,589	20.1	77.7	2	680	5,528	8.1	21.9	5
6	3.98	1,781	448	1983	34,816	19.5	77.7	3	1,233	10,610	8.6	23.7	12
7	3.89	1,744	448	1984	34,544	19.8	77.1	5	1,207	10,417	8.6	23.3	8
8	3.87	1,732	448	1985	36,363	21.0	81.2	8	1,138	10,565	9.3	23.6	8
9	3.78	1,693	448	1986	33,441	19.8	74.6	7	1,145	9,820	8.6	21.9	14
10	4	1,681	420	1987	32,664	19.4	77.8	6	1,088	9,909	9.1	23.6	11
11	3.78	1,695	448	1988	33,820	20.0	75.5	8	1,133	9,617	8.5	21.5	6
12	3.85	1,725	448	1989	33,473	19.4	74.7	9	1,041	9,480	9.1	21.2	5
13	3.64	1,632	448	1990	31,228	19.1	69.7	6	996	8,397	8.4	18.7	8
14	3.32	1,487	448	1991	28,094	18.9	62.7	8	993	8,679	8.7	19.4	9
15	3.11	1,393	448	1992	27,059	19.4	60.4	6	974	8,909	9.1	19.9	17
16	3.08	1,381	448	1993	26,888	19.5	60.0	4	1,044	9,500	9.1	21.2	14
17	4.11	1,842	448	1994	39,096	21.2	87.3	16	1,074	9,605	8.9	21.4	16
18	4.26	2,043	480	1995	43,767	21.4	91.2	9	1,042	9,819	9.4	20.5	10
19	4	1,919	480	1996	42,163	22.0	87.8	9	1,135	11,396	10.0	23.7	13
20	3.94	1,890	480	1997	41,587	22.0	86.6	14	1,222	12,105	9.9	25.2	15
21	3.87	1,857	480	1998	41,350	22.3	86.1	18	1,171	11,706	10.0	24.4	16
22	4.1	2,035	496	1999	43,196	21.2	87.1	13	1,229	11,497	9.4	23.2	16
23	4.11	2,040	496	2000	44,727	21.9	90.2	15	1,142	11,397	10.0	23.0	15
24	4.03	1,997	496	2001	43,208	21.6	87.1	10	1,160	11,337	9.8	22.9	12
25	4.31	2,205	512	2002	48,020	21.8	93.8	17	1,151	10,971	9.5	21.4	22

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
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Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
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Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000