most 20+ yard punt returns nfl history by player

Jack Banta returned 16 punts when gaining 20+ punt-return yards in his career.

Regular season

	NAME	PR	PR YDS	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Jack Banta J. Banta	16	214	53	21	402	19.1	7.6	0	13.4	4.0	0
2	Len Barnum L. Barnum	1	44	21	4	74	18.5	3.5	0	44.0	2.1	0
3	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	11	99	125	0	0		0.0	0	9.0	0.8	0
4	Steve Belichick S. Belichick	1	77	6	1	36	36.0	6.0	0	77.0	12.8	1
5	Lou Brock L. Brock	39	438	47	21	438	20.9	9.3	0	11.2	9.3	0
6	Boyd Brumbaugh B. Brumbaugh	7	60	10	11	271	24.6	27.1	0	8.6	6.0	0
7	Young Bussey Y. Bussey	1	40	10	0	0		0.0	0	40.0	4.0	0
8	Tony Canadeo T. Canadeo	46	513	116	75	1,736	23.1	15.0	0	11.2	4.4	0
9	Lloyd Cardwell L. Cardwell	7	91	18	5	91	18.2	5.1	0	13.0	5.1	0
10	Victor Carroll V. Carroll	1	28	55	1	11	11.0	0.2	0	28.0	0.5	1
11	Harry Clarke H. Clarke	19	290	30	23	643	28.0	21.4	0	15.3	9.7	0
12	Johnny Clement J. Clement	16	139	35	6	132	22.0	3.8	0	8.7	4.0	0
13	Merl Condit M. Condit	35	332	44	25	547	21.9	12.4	0	9.5	7.5	0
14	Ward Cuff W. Cuff	37	447	71	14	351	25.1	4.9	0	12.1	6.3	0
15	Dan DeSantis D. DeSantis	9	80	11	6	144	24.0	13.1	0	8.9	7.3	0
16	Elwyn Dunstan E. Dunstan	1	35	11	0	0		0.0	0	35.0	3.2	1
17	Len Eshmont L. Eshmont	6	131	9	2	54	27.0	6.0	0	21.8	14.6	0
18	Andy Farkas A. Farkas	59	731	49	38	984	25.9	20.1	1	12.4	14.9	1
19	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	17	229	43	12	277	23.1	6.4	0	13.5	5.3	1
20	George Franck G. Franck	24	330	33	20	461	23.1	14.0	0	13.8	10.0	0
21	Hugh Gallarneau H. Gallarneau	24	243	52	20	434	21.7	8.3	0	10.1	4.7	0
22	Marshall Goldberg M. Goldberg	21	259	56	34	844	24.8	15.1	1	12.3	4.6	0
23	Owen Goodnight O. Goodnight	2	27	9	5	103	20.6	11.4	0	13.5	3.0	0
24	Elmer Hackney E. Hackney	2	43	53	3	40	13.3	0.8	0	21.5	0.8	1
25	Johnny Hall J. Hall	5	55	26	12	261	21.8	10.0	0	11.0	2.1	0

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Team Leaders

PASS

155

Stafford

RUSH

54

Corum

REC

74

Nacua

Team Rankings

PPG

7.0

32nd

OPP PPG

27.0

18th

RUSH YDS/G

122.0

14th

PASS YDS/G

168.0

25th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Cardinals	1	0	1.000
49ers	1	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/21	NYG	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Sun 9/27	LAR	@	DEN	8:20 PM
Sun 10/4	LAR	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Mon 10/12	BUF	@	LAR	8:15 PM
Sun 10/18	ARI	@	LAR	4:05 PM

Last Game

49ers

1 - 0

Final

Rams

0 - 1

Thu 10 Sep 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

410

Shough

387

Love

361

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

173

Walker

156

Gibbs

144

Henry

Rec Yards Leaders

182

Olave

150

Flowers

147

Watson

Pass TD Leaders

4

Lawrence

3

Shough

3

Dart

Rush TD Leaders

3

Swift

3

Henry

2

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

2

Jeanty

2

Watson

2

St. Brown

QB Rating Leaders

150.6

Lawrence

134.2

Dart

130.5

Allen

Sack Leaders

2.0

Hutchinson

2.0

Watt

2.0

Paye

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.0

41.0

39.0

37.0

36.0

34.0

Opp PPG Rankings

7.0

10.0

13.0

Total Yards Rankings

552.0

506.0

478.0

469.0

419.0

409.0

Rush Yards Rankings

291.0

220.0

202.0

174.0

165.0

Pass Yards Rankings

410.0

387.0

361.0

334.0

324.0

277.0

Sack Leaders

5.0

4.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

34.3

Henry

31.4

Swift

31.1

Walker

Fantasy WR Rankings

26.7

Watson

25.8

Coker

23.2

Jefferson

Fantasy TE Rankings

19.8

Likely

19.7

Goedert

15.5

McBride

Fantasy K Rankings

19

McPherson

16

Ryland

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NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	1	0	0	1.000
Eagles	1	0	0	1.000
Commanders	0	1	0	.000
Cowboys	0	1	0	.000
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	1	0	0	1.000
Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	1	0	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	1	0	0	1.000
Rams	0	1	0	.000

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Jets	1	0	0	1.000
Bills	1	0	0	1.000
Patriots	0	1	0	.000
Dolphins	0	1	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	1	0	0	1.000
Raiders	1	0	0	1.000
Chargers	0	1	0	.000
Broncos	0	1	0	.000