most punt return yards per punt return with 100+ punt returns in a career

George McAfee has the most career punt-return yards per punt return with 100+ punt returns, with 12.78.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards per punt return by a player with 100+ punt returns in a career
NAMEYDS/PRPRPR YDSGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1George McAfee
G. McAfee
12.78
112
1,431
65
18
488
27.1
7.5
1
12.8
22.0
2
2Claude Gibson
C. Gibson
12.55
110
1,381
70
16
268
16.8
3.8
0
12.6
19.7
3
3Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
12.22
124
1,515
90
78
1,743
22.3
19.4
1
12.2
16.8
3
4Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
12.13
248
3,008
119
95
2,355
24.8
19.8
0
12.1
25.3
8
5Desmond Howard
D. Howard
11.86
244
2,895
156
359
7,959
22.2
51.0
0
11.9
18.6
8
6Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
11.76
282
3,317
143
123
2,941
23.9
20.6
2
11.8
23.2
6
7Devin Hester
D. Hester
11.73
315
3,695
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
11.7
23.7
14
8Devin Duvernay
D. Duvernay
11.71
103
1,206
83
117
2,940
25.1
35.4
2
11.7
14.5
0
9Roscoe Parrish
R. Parrish
11.64
165
1,920
90
33
771
23.4
8.6
0
11.6
21.3
3
10Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
11.55
157
1,814
179
46
1,156
25.1
6.5
0
11.6
10.1
0
11Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
11.47
314
3,601
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
11.5
26.1
6
12Gunner Olszewski
G. Olszewski
11.42
117
1,336
78
61
1,461
24.0
18.7
0
11.4
17.1
2
13Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
11.31
135
1,527
228
19
364
19.2
1.6
0
11.3
6.7
4
14Braxton Berrios
B. Berrios
11.3
100
1,130
91
91
2,265
24.9
24.9
1
11.3
12.4
0
15Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
11.22
177
1,986
137
30
626
20.9
4.6
0
11.2
14.5
4
16Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
11.13
104
1,158
132
23
581
25.3
4.4
0
11.1
8.8
3
17Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
11.13
295
3,282
111
212
4,611
21.8
41.5
0
11.1
29.6
6
18Travis Benjamin
T. Benjamin
11.04
112
1,236
111
21
509
24.2
4.6
0
11.0
11.1
4
19Louis Lipps
L. Lipps
11.02
112
1,234
110
14
246
17.6
2.2
0
11.0
11.2
3
20Bobby Joe Edmonds
B. Joe Edmonds
10.98
134
1,471
65
173
3,646
21.1
56.1
0
11.0
22.6
1
21Mel Gray
M. Gray
10.92
252
2,753
169
421
10,250
24.3
60.7
6
10.9
16.3
3
22Speedy Duncan
S. Duncan
10.9
202
2,201
115
180
4,539
25.2
39.5
0
10.9
19.1
4
23Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
10.85
292
3,169
118
235
4,933
21.0
41.8
0
10.9
26.9
4
24Winslow Oliver
W. Oliver
10.83
126
1,364
64
35
659
18.8
10.3
0
10.8
21.3
2
25Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
10.8
463
4,999
223
607
14,014
23.1
62.8
4
10.8
22.4
9
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