who has the most punt return all-time

Brian Mitchell has the most career punt returns, with 463 returns.

NAMEPRGPKRKR YDSKR AVGKR YDS/GKR TDPR YDSPR AVGPR YDS/GPR TD
1Brian Mitchell
B. Mitchell
463
223
607
14,014
23.1
62.8
4
4,999
10.8
22.4
9
2Eric Metcalf
E. Metcalf
351
179
280
5,813
20.8
32.5
2
3,453
9.8
19.3
10
3Dave Meggett
D. Meggett
349
146
252
5,566
22.1
38.1
1
3,708
10.6
25.4
7
4Tim Brown
T. Brown
326
255
49
1,235
25.2
4.8
1
3,320
10.2
13.0
3
5Devin Hester
D. Hester
315
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
3,695
11.7
23.7
14
6Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
314
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
3,601
11.5
26.1
6
7Darren Sproles
D. Sproles
311
183
332
8,352
25.2
45.6
2
2,961
9.5
16.2
7
8Antwaan Randle El
A. Randle El
311
143
79
1,759
22.3
12.3
1
2,557
8.2
17.9
5
9Allen Rossum
A. Rossum
307
157
514
11,947
23.2
76.1
5
3,056
10.0
19.5
3
10Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
304
138
407
9,788
24.0
70.9
2
2,984
9.8
21.6
1
11Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
295
111
212
4,611
21.8
41.5
0
3,282
11.1
29.6
6
12Vai Sikahema
V. Sikahema
292
118
235
4,933
21.0
41.8
0
3,169
10.9
26.9
4
13Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
282
143
123
2,941
23.9
20.6
2
3,317
11.8
23.2
6
14Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
276
128
183
4,940
27.0
38.6
5
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
15J.T. Smith
J.T. Smith
267
169
25
473
18.9
2.8
0
2,764
10.4
16.4
4
16Wes Welker
W. Welker
264
175
183
4,138
22.6
23.6
1
2,584
9.8
14.8
0
17Ted Ginn
T. Ginn
262
193
307
6,899
22.5
35.7
3
2,624
10.0
13.6
4
18Kelvin Martin
K. Martin
261
139
76
1,453
19.1
10.5
0
2,567
9.8
18.5
3
19Rod Woodson
R. Woodson
260
238
220
4,894
22.2
20.6
2
2,362
9.1
9.9
2
20Emlen Tunnell
E. Tunnell
258
167
46
1,215
26.4
7.3
1
2,209
8.6
13.2
5
21Dennis Northcutt
D. Northcutt
255
144
4
92
23.0
0.6
0
2,592
10.2
18.0
3
22Karl Williams
K. Williams
255
130
56
1,245
22.2
9.6
0
2,565
10.1
19.7
5
23Alvin Haymond
A. Haymond
253
104
170
4,438
26.1
42.7
2
2,148
8.5
20.7
1
24Troy Brown
T. Brown
252
192
87
1,862
21.4
9.7
0
2,625
10.4
13.7
3
25Mel Gray
M. Gray
252
169
421
10,250
24.3
60.7
6
2,753
10.9
16.3
3
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns going back to the 1941 season.

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