most kick return yards of all-time by a running back

Brian Mitchell has scored the most career kick-return yards by a running back, with 14,014 yards.

NAMEKR YDSGPKRKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPRPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14,014
223
607
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8,352
183
332
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
3Leon Washington
L. Washington
7,553
126
292
25.9
59.9
8
181
1,793
9.9
14.2
0
4Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
7,047
106
291
24.2
66.5
2
227
2,205
9.7
20.8
1
5Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
5,566
146
252
22.1
38.1
1
349
3,708
10.6
25.4
7
6Rock Cartwright
R. Cartwright
5,450
154
231
23.6
35.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
7Dexter Carter
D. Carter
5,412
100
250
21.6
54.1
2
138
1,358
9.8
13.6
2
8Bruce Harper
B. Harper
5,407
99
243
22.3
54.6
0
183
1,784
9.7
18.0
1
9Chad Morton
C. Morton
5,401
93
229
23.6
58.1
3
155
1,431
9.2
15.4
1
10Herschel Walker
H. Walker
5,084
187
215
23.6
27.2
2
0
0
0.0
0
11Maurice Hicks
M. Hicks
4,932
66
214
23.0
74.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Timmy Brown
T. Brown
4,781
108
184
26.0
44.3
5
71
639
9.0
5.9
1
13Ronney Jenkins
R. Jenkins
4,550
52
190
23.9
87.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
14Al Carmichael
A. Carmichael
4,488
78
175
25.6
57.5
2
115
854
7.4
10.9
0
15Charlie Rogers
C. Rogers
4,412
55
199
22.2
80.2
2
98
930
9.5
16.9
0
16Ameer Abdullah
A. Abdullah
4,346
154
170
25.6
28.2
0
10
91
9.1
0.6
0
17Josh Scobey
J. Scobey
4,160
62
186
22.4
67.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
18Kevin Faulk
K. Faulk
4,098
161
181
22.6
25.5
2
101
943
9.3
5.9
0
19LaRod Stephens-Howling
L. Stephens-Howling
4,092
58
164
25.0
70.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
20Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
4,065
105
198
20.5
38.7
2
173
1,635
9.5
15.6
5
21Michael Bates
M. Bates
4,064
57
169
24.0
71.3
3
9
36
4.0
0.6
0
22Steve Broussard
S. Broussard
4,060
121
175
23.2
33.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
23Stump Mitchell
S. Mitchell
4,007
116
177
22.6
34.5
0
156
1,377
8.8
11.9
1
24Aaron Stecker
A. Stecker
3,934
129
170
23.1
30.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
25Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
3,826
86
179
21.4
44.5
0
219
2,391
10.9
27.8
3
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards going back to the 1941 season.

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