who is the all-time kick return leader for the bears

Devin Hester has the most career kickoff returns for the Bears, with 222 returns.

NAME KR GP KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Devin Hester
D. Hester
222
123
5,504
24.8
44.7
5
264
3,241
12.3
26.3
13
2 Glyn Milburn
G. Milburn
192
52
4,596
23.9
88.4
2
94
970
10.3
18.7
1
3 Dennis Gentry
D. Gentry
192
159
4,353
22.7
27.4
3
17
136
8.0
0.9
0
4 Jerry Azumah
J. Azumah
119
105
2,885
24.2
27.5
2
0
16
0.2
0
5 Cecil Turner
C. Turner
108
76
2,616
24.2
34.4
4
27
114
4.2
1.5
0
6 Danieal Manning
D. Manning
101
77
2,711
26.8
35.2
1
0
0
0.0
0
7 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
91
68
2,781
30.6
40.9
6
27
391
14.5
5.8
2
8 Brian Baschnagel
B. Baschnagel
89
129
2,102
23.6
16.3
1
6
58
9.7
0.4
0
9 Ron Smith
R. Smith
85
56
2,263
26.6
40.4
1
86
485
5.6
8.7
0
10 Thomas Sanders
T. Sanders
79
75
1,497
18.9
20.0
1
0
0
0.0
0
11 Nate Lewis
N. Lewis
77
24
1,778
23.1
74.1
0
1
7
7.0
0.3
0
12 Rashied Davis
R. Davis
70
92
1,366
19.5
14.8
0
5
31
6.2
0.3
0
13 Ahmad Merritt
A. Merritt
65
29
1,434
22.1
49.4
0
10
71
7.1
2.4
0
14 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
63
32
1,842
29.2
57.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
15 Charlie Bivins
C. Bivins
62
91
1,531
24.7
16.8
0
0
0
0.0
0
16 Deonte Thompson
D. Thompson
60
28
1,442
24.0
51.5
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Dick Gordon
D. Gordon
58
97
1,362
23.5
14.0
0
19
90
4.7
0.9
0
18 Johnny Knox
J. Knox
55
45
1,506
27.4
33.5
1
2
9
4.5
0.2
0
19 Johnny Morris
J. Morris
54
121
1,267
23.5
10.5
0
104
893
8.6
7.4
1
20 Billy Martin
B. Martin
53
32
1,148
21.7
35.9
0
30
155
5.2
4.8
0
21 Dave Williams
D. Williams
50
38
1,152
23.0
30.3
1
0
0
0.0
0
22 Tyrone Hughes
T. Hughes
43
14
1,008
23.4
72.0
0
36
258
7.2
18.4
0
23 Willie Galimore
W. Galimore
43
82
1,100
25.6
13.4
1
0
0
0.0
0
24 Velus Jones Jr.
V. Jones Jr.
39
27
1,042
26.7
38.6
0
5
35
7.0
1.3
0
25 Johnny Bailey
J. Bailey
39
30
674
17.3
22.5
0
72
680
9.4
22.7
1
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns going back to the 1941 season.

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