most yards gained, kickoff returning

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

Interpreted as:
most kickoff return yards gained, kickoff returning by a player
NAME KR YDS KR GP KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
14,014
607
223
23.1
62.8
4
463
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
11,947
514
157
23.2
76.1
5
307
3,056
10.0
19.5
3
3 Josh Cribbs
J. Cribbs
11,113
426
136
26.1
81.7
8
222
2,375
10.7
17.5
3
4 Mel Gray
M. Gray
10,250
421
169
24.3
60.7
6
252
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
5 Dante Hall
D. Hall
10,136
426
112
23.8
90.5
6
216
2,261
10.5
20.2
6
6 Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
9,788
407
138
24.0
70.9
2
304
2,984
9.8
21.6
1
7 Michael Bates
M. Bates
9,110
373
145
24.4
62.8
5
10
44
4.4
0.3
0
8 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
8,352
332
183
25.2
45.6
2
311
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
9 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
8,229
284
183
29.0
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
10 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
7,959
359
156
22.2
51.0
0
244
2,895
11.9
18.6
8
11 Leon Washington
L. Washington
7,553
292
126
25.9
59.9
8
181
1,793
9.9
14.2
0
12 Devin Hester
D. Hester
7,333
295
156
24.9
47.0
5
315
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
13 Kevin Williams
K. Williams
7,309
322
121
22.7
60.4
1
231
2,295
9.9
19.0
3
14 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
6,999
283
81
24.7
86.4
3
162
1,411
8.7
17.4
2
15 Ron Smith
R. Smith
6,922
275
139
25.2
49.8
3
235
1,788
7.6
12.9
2
16 Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
6,899
307
193
22.5
35.7
3
262
2,624
10.0
13.6
4
17 Andre Roberts
A. Roberts
6,751
260
182
26.0
37.1
3
219
1,880
8.6
10.3
3
18 Chris Carr
C. Carr
6,276
256
125
24.5
50.2
0
148
1,073
7.3
8.6
0
19 Michael L. Lewis
M. L. Lewis
5,989
248
76
24.1
78.8
3
186
1,818
9.8
23.9
1
20 Brandon Tate
B. Tate
5,890
247
127
23.8
46.4
2
203
1,924
9.5
15.1
1
21 Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
5,813
280
179
20.8
32.5
2
351
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
22 Eddie Drummond
E. Drummond
5,811
250
64
23.2
90.8
2
140
1,280
9.1
20.0
4
23 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
5,566
252
146
22.1
38.1
1
349
3,708
10.6
25.4
7
24 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
5,538
193
116
28.7
47.7
5
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
25 Corey Harris
C. Harris
5,528
238
183
23.2
30.2
1
6
17
2.8
0.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kick-return yards and kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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PPG

26.8

7th

OPP PPG

20.2

9th

RUSH YDS/G

156.4

1st

PASS YDS/G

205.4

27th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
Cowboys Cowboys
2
3
1
.417
Giants Giants
2
4
0
.333
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
WAS WAS
@
DAL DAL
4:25 PM
Mon
10/27
WAS WAS
@
KC KC
8:15 PM
Sun
11/2
SEA SEA
@
WAS WAS
8:20 PM
Sun
11/9
DET DET
@
WAS WAS
4:25 PM
Last Game
LAC Chargers

3 - 2 - 0

10

Final

27

WAS Commanders

3 - 2 - 0

Sun 5 Oct 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM