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

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

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Data note: Kick-Return Yards: player season data complete from 1941

	NAME	KR YDS	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Brian Mitchell B. Mitchell	14,014	223	607	23.1	62.8	4	463	4,999	10.8	22.4	9
2	Darren Sproles D. Sproles	8,352	183	332	25.2	45.6	2	311	2,961	9.5	16.2	7
3	Leon Washington L. Washington	7,553	126	292	25.9	59.9	8	181	1,793	9.9	14.2	0
4	Glyn Milburn G. Milburn	7,047	106	291	24.2	66.5	2	227	2,205	9.7	20.8	1
5	Dave Meggett D. Meggett	5,566	146	252	22.1	38.1	1	349	3,708	10.6	25.4	7
6	Rock Cartwright R. Cartwright	5,450	154	231	23.6	35.4	1	0	0		0.0	0
7	Dexter Carter D. Carter	5,412	100	250	21.6	54.1	2	138	1,358	9.8	13.6	2
8	Bruce Harper B. Harper	5,407	99	243	22.3	54.6	0	183	1,784	9.7	18.0	1
9	Chad Morton C. Morton	5,401	93	229	23.6	58.1	3	155	1,431	9.2	15.4	1
10	Herschel Walker H. Walker	5,084	187	215	23.6	27.2	2	0	0		0.0	0
11	Maurice Hicks M. Hicks	4,932	66	214	23.0	74.7	0	0	0		0.0	0
12	Timmy Brown T. Brown	4,781	108	184	26.0	44.3	5	71	639	9.0	5.9	1
13	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	4,776	162	185	25.8	29.5	0	10	91	9.1	0.6	0
14	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	4,550	52	190	23.9	87.5	3	0	0		0.0	0
15	Al Carmichael A. Carmichael	4,488	78	175	25.6	57.5	2	115	854	7.4	10.9	0
16	Charlie Rogers C. Rogers	4,412	55	199	22.2	80.2	2	98	930	9.5	16.9	0
17	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	4,160	62	186	22.4	67.1	1	0	0		0.0	0
18	Kevin Faulk K. Faulk	4,098	161	181	22.6	25.5	2	101	943	9.3	5.9	0
19	LaRod Stephens-Howling L. Stephens-Howling	4,092	58	164	25.0	70.6	3	0	0		0.0	0
20	Eric Metcalf E. Metcalf	4,065	105	198	20.5	38.7	2	173	1,635	9.5	15.6	5
21	Michael Bates M. Bates	4,064	57	169	24.0	71.3	3	9	36	4.0	0.6	0
22	Steve Broussard S. Broussard	4,060	121	175	23.2	33.6	1	0	0		0.0	0
23	Stump Mitchell S. Mitchell	4,007	116	177	22.6	34.5	0	156	1,377	8.8	11.9	1
24	Aaron Stecker A. Stecker	3,934	129	170	23.1	30.5	1	0	0		0.0	0
25	Vai Sikahema V. Sikahema	3,826	86	179	21.4	44.5	0	219	2,391	10.9	27.8	3

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Commanders	2	5	1	.313
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Thu 11/12	WAS	@	NYG	8:15 PM
Mon 11/23	CIN	@	WAS	8:15 PM
Sun 11/29	WAS	@	ARI	4:25 PM
Sun 12/6	WAS	@	TEN	1:00 PM
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Rush Yards Rankings

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Cowboys	4	5	0	.444
Commanders	2	5	1	.313
Eagles	2	7	0	.222
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Lions	6	2	0	.750
Vikings	6	2	0	.750
Packers	6	3	0	.667
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Falcons	3	6	0	.333
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Jets	2	7	0	.222
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Bengals	6	2	0	.750
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Texans	3	5	0	.375
Colts	2	7	0	.222
Titans	1	7	0	.125
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Raiders	4	5	0	.444
Chargers	0	8	0	.000