most yards gained, punt returning in playoffs

Julian Edelman has the most career punt-return yards in the playoffs, with 443 yards.

Interpreted as:
most punt return yards gained, punt returning by a player in playoffs
NAME PR YDS PR GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
443
39
19
4
83
20.8
4.4
0
11.4
23.3
0
2 Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
339
34
16
36
875
24.3
54.7
1
10.0
21.2
0
3 Troy Brown
T. Brown
315
33
20
5
85
17.0
4.3
0
9.5
15.8
1
4 Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
312
34
13
25
427
17.1
32.8
0
9.2
24.0
0
5 Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
288
26
12
10
183
18.3
15.3
0
11.1
24.0
1
6 Anthony Carter
A. Carter
259
17
9
0
0
0.0
0
15.2
28.8
1
7 Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
239
10
6
20
416
20.8
69.3
0
23.9
39.8
1
8 Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
229
24
14
0
0
0.0
0
9.5
16.4
0
9 Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
224
16
6
11
293
26.6
48.8
1
14.0
37.3
1
10 Neal Colzie
N. Colzie
221
18
10
0
0
0.0
0
12.3
22.1
0
11 Robert Brooks
R. Brooks
214
14
11
2
36
18.0
3.3
0
15.3
19.5
0
12 Gerald McNeil
G. McNeil
211
21
8
14
246
17.6
30.8
0
10.0
26.4
0
13 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
210
9
3
9
277
30.8
92.3
1
23.3
70.0
1
14 Butch Johnson
B. Johnson
208
19
18
12
207
17.3
11.5
0
10.9
11.6
0
15 Theo Bell
T. Bell
204
25
10
2
76
38.0
7.6
0
8.2
20.4
0
16 John Taylor
J. Taylor
189
18
17
2
64
32.0
3.8
0
10.5
11.1
0
17 DeSean Jackson
D. Jackson
174
11
8
0
0
0.0
0
15.8
21.8
0
18 Micah Hyde
M. Hyde
173
13
17
2
38
19.0
2.2
0
13.3
10.2
0
19 Derrick Mason
D. Mason
173
21
17
17
492
28.9
28.9
1
8.2
10.2
0
20 Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
170
21
12
31
770
24.8
64.2
0
8.1
14.2
0
21 Terrence Wilkins
T. Wilkins
167
15
6
20
386
19.3
64.3
0
11.1
27.8
0
22 Mike Nelms
M. Nelms
164
15
5
13
308
23.7
61.6
0
10.9
32.8
0
23 Mike Fuller
M. Fuller
161
13
7
0
0
0.0
0
12.4
23.0
0
24 Dana McLemore
D. McLemore
156
17
7
7
142
20.3
20.3
0
9.2
22.3
0
25 Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
151
12
15
1
16
16.0
1.1
0
12.6
10.1
0
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns and punt-return yards going back to the 1941 playoffs.

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