panthers all-time kick return yard leaders

Michael Bates has scored the most career kick-return yards for the Panthers, with 5,987 yards.

	NAME	KR YDS	GP	KR	KR AVG	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1	Michael Bates M. Bates	5,987	76	233	25.7	78.8	5	8	39	4.9	0.5	0
2	Steve Smith Sr. S. Smith Sr.	2,371	182	98	24.2	13.0	2	178	1,652	9.3	9.1	4
3	Raheem Blackshear R. Blackshear	1,734	41	66	26.3	42.3	0	23	200	8.7	4.9	0
4	Rod Smart R. Smart	1,731	47	78	22.2	36.8	1	0	0		0.0	0
5	Mike Goodson M. Goodson	1,650	28	76	21.7	58.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
6	Ted Ginn T. Ginn	994	47	44	22.6	21.1	0	82	795	9.7	16.9	0
7	Mark Jones M. Jones	958	16	40	24.0	59.9	0	39	443	11.4	27.7	0
8	Fozzy Whittaker F. Whittaker	856	53	38	22.5	16.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
9	DeAngelo Williams D. Williams	854	117	45	19.0	7.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
10	Kealoha Pilares K. Pilares	806	20	32	25.2	40.3	1	0	0		0.0	0
11	Isaac Byrd I. Byrd	691	43	33	20.9	16.1	0	8	83	10.4	1.9	0
12	Trevor Etienne T. Etienne	642	15	27	23.8	42.8	0	19	160	8.4	10.7	0
13	Ryne Robinson R. Robinson	598	16	26	23.0	37.4	0	30	262	8.7	16.4	0
14	Dwight Stone D. Stone	597	64	24	24.9	9.3	0	0	0		0.0	0
15	Jamall Broussard J. Broussard	555	8	24	23.1	69.4	0	10	43	4.3	5.4	0
16	Jamal Robertson J. Robertson	523	12	22	23.8	43.6	0	0	0		0.0	0
17	Ameer Abdullah A. Abdullah	484	11	22	22.0	44.0	0	0	0		0.0	0
18	Pharoh Cooper P. Cooper	430	16	18	23.9	26.9	0	20	117	5.9	7.3	0
19	Curtis Samuel C. Samuel	430	53	20	21.5	8.1	0	0	0		0.0	0
20	Nick Goings N. Goings	413	105	19	21.7	3.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
21	Jonathan Stewart J. Stewart	366	131	17	21.5	2.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	Joe Webb J. Webb	362	37	16	22.6	9.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
23	Butler By'Not'e B. By'Not'e	335	7	18	18.6	47.9	0	0	0		0.0	0
24	Tyrell Sutton T. Sutton	332	16	16	20.8	20.8	0	0	0		0.0	0
25	Chuba Hubbard C. Hubbard	331	77	14	23.6	4.3	0	0	0		0.0	0

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