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This is a list of National Football League kickoff returners based on their career kickoff return yards. Brian Mitchell is the all-time leader with 14,014 kickoff return yards over 14 seasons. [1] [2]
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Kick return yards and punt return yards result from voluntary change in possession and most of the others result from involuntary forms of change in possession known as turnovers. Often kick return and punt return statistics are aggregated. and sometimes they are added to yards from scrimmage to yield all-purpose yards .
He holds the NFL record for most all-time return touchdowns—punt and kickoff combined—and most all-time punt return touchdowns. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024 after being a finalist in 2022 and 2023.
Mitchell is the NFL's second all-time leader in total yardage, second only to Jerry Rice with 23,330 yards, thanks in large part to his 14,014 yards from kickoff returns and his 4,999 punt return yards. Both are NFL records, and his 875 postseason kickoff return yards are a record as well.
Season Player Kickoff return yards Team Ref. 1960: Leon Burton: 862* New York Titans [3]1961: Frank Jackson: 645 Dallas Texans [4]1962: Dick Christy: 824 New York Titans
One of the greatest return specialists of all time, he became the Chicago Bears all-time leading kick returner with 4,596 yards. He had 9,788 NFL career kick returning total yards. He also holds the Denver Broncos' franchise record for the most kick return yards in a single season, with 1,269 in 1995.
Most kickoff return yards gained, rookie season: Noland Smith, 1,148 (1967) [169] Most kickoff returns yards gained, game : Jon Vaughn , 251 (1994) [ 170 ] Highest kickoff return average, career (min. 50 kickoff returns) : Knile Davis , 27.8 [ 171 ]