most kick returns yards in nfl in one game all-time

Tyrone Hughes has the most kick-return yards in a game, with 304 yards against the Rams on October 23, 1994.

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	NAME	KR YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	KR	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
1	Tyrone Hughes T. Hughes	304	10/23/1994	NO	vs	RAM	7	43.4	2	3	43	14.3	0
2	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	299	11/1/2009	MIA	@	NYJ	6	49.8	2	0	0		0
3	Chris Williams C. Williams	288	11/9/2014	CHI	@	GB	10	28.8	1	1	13	13.0	0
4	Chad Morton C. Morton	278	9/8/2002	NYJ	@	BUF	6	46.3	2	0	0		0
5	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	269	12/20/2009	CLE	@	KC	6	44.8	2	4	36	9.0	0
6	Tony Horne T. Horne	267	10/22/2000	STL	@	KC	8	33.4	0	0	0		0
7	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	266	11/20/2005	HOU	vs	KC	7	38.0	1	0	0		0
8	Jerome Mathis J. Mathis	266	10/23/2005	HOU	vs	IND	7	38.0	1	0	0		0
9	Willie Ponder W. Ponder	259	12/18/2004	NYG	vs	PIT	8	32.4	1	0	0		0
10	Roell Preston R. Preston	256	10/5/1998	GB	vs	MIN	8	32.0	1	0	0		0
11	Leon Washington L. Washington	253	9/26/2010	SEA	vs	SD	4	63.3	2	0	0		0
12	Derrick Witherspoon D. Witherspoon	253	11/24/1996	PHI	@	ARI	8	31.6	1	0	0		0
13	Josh Scobey J. Scobey	252	9/28/2003	ARI	@	STL	7	36.0	1	0	0		0
14	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	252	11/11/2001	CAR	@	STL	7	36.0	1	1	15	15.0	0
15	Jon Vaughn J. Vaughn	251	12/12/1994	KC	@	MIA	8	31.4	1	0	0		0
16	Ronney Jenkins R. Jenkins	250	11/18/2001	SD	@	OAK	6	41.7	1	0	0		0
17	Devin Hester D. Hester	249	9/15/2013	CHI	vs	MIN	5	49.8	0	0	0		0
18	Tony Smith T. Smith	249	9/27/1993	ATL	vs	PIT	6	41.5	1	1	12	12.0	0
19	Felix Jones F. Jones	247	9/15/2008	DAL	vs	PHI	6	41.2	1	0	0		0
20	Timmy Brown T. Brown	247	11/6/1966	PHI	vs	DAL	5	49.4	2	0	0		0
21	Josh Cribbs J. Cribbs	245	11/18/2007	CLE	@	BAL	7	35.0	0	4	61	15.3	0
22	Terry Fair T. Fair	244	9/6/1998	DET	@	GB	6	40.7	1	2	23	11.5	0
23	Noland Smith N. Smith	244	10/15/1967	KC	@	SD	6	40.7	0	1	4	4.0	0
24	Corey Harris C. Harris	243	12/13/1998	BAL	vs	MIN	8	30.4	1	0	0		0
25	Jonathan Carter J. Carter	242	11/16/2003	NYJ	@	IND	6	40.3	1	0	0		0

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