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NFL Season Records
Punt Return Yards

1

1990 Washington Redskins

4,999

2

1989 New York Giants

3,708

3

2006 Chicago Bears

3,695

4

1993 San Diego Chargers

3,601

5

1991 Cleveland Browns

3,453

6

1988 Los Angeles Raiders

3,320

7

1974 Houston Oilers

3,317

8

1996 Baltimore Ravens

3,282

9

1986 St. Louis Cardinals

3,169

10

1998 Philadelphia Eagles

3,056

11

1975 Denver Broncos

3,008

12

1993 Denver Broncos

2,984

13

2005 San Diego Chargers

2,961

14

1992 Washington Redskins

2,895

15

1978 Two different teams

2,764

16

1987 New Orleans Saints

2,753

17

2007 Houston Texans

2,688

18

1975 San Diego Chargers

2,660

19

1993 New England Patriots

2,625

20

2007 Miami Dolphins

2,624

21

Dennis Northcutt

2000 Cleveland Browns

2,592

22

2004 Two different teams

2,584

23

1987 Dallas Cowboys

2,567

24

1996 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2,565

25

Antwaan Randle El

2002 Pittsburgh Steelers

2,557

26

2011 Minnesota Vikings

2,503

27

2005 Cleveland Browns

2,375

28

1987 Pittsburgh Steelers

2,362

29

1993 Dallas Cowboys

2,295

30

2000 Kansas City Chiefs

2,261

31

1948 New York Giants

2,209

32

1989 Atlanta Falcons

2,199

33

1964 Baltimore Colts

2,148

34

1984 New England Patriots

2,055

35

R.W. McQuarters

1998 San Francisco 49ers

2,020

36

Tamarick Vanover

1995 Kansas City Chiefs

2,016

37

1973 Cleveland Browns

2,007

38

2009 New England Patriots

1,986

39

1980 Washington Redskins

1,948

40

2005 Tennessee Titans

1,944

41

2010 New England Patriots

1,924

42

2005 Buffalo Bills

1,920

43

2011 Dallas Cowboys

1,906

44

1983 Minnesota Vikings

1,868

45

2010 Arizona Cardinals

1,862

46

2009 St. Louis Rams

1,860

47

1984 New York Giants

1,832

48

2001 New Orleans Saints

1,818

49

Patrick Peterson

2011 Arizona Cardinals

1,816

50

Leon Washington

2006 New York Jets

1,793

51

1965 Chicago Bears

1,788

52

1977 New York Jets

1,784

53

1998 Atlanta Falcons

1,773

54

1999 St. Louis Rams

1,773

55

2010 Pittsburgh Steelers

1,761

56

1975 Oakland Raiders

1,759

57

1986 Cleveland Browns

1,717

58

Steve Smith Sr.

2001 Carolina Panthers

1,684

59

1981 Detroit Lions

1,670

60

Clarence Verdin

1988 Indianapolis Colts

1,650

61

1997 Jacksonville Jaguars

1,639

62

1985 Green Bay Packers

1,619

63

1997 New York Jets

1,617

64

Freddie Solomon

1975 Miami Dolphins

1,614

65

1994 Minnesota Vikings

1,610

66

1982 San Francisco 49ers

1,598

67

1985 Houston Oilers

1,597

68

1997 Tennessee Oilers

1,590

69

1973 New Orleans Saints

1,559

70

1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1,554

71

1996 St. Louis Rams

1,528

72

1983 Los Angeles Rams

1,527

73

1970 Denver Broncos

1,526

74

2003 Minnesota Vikings

1,523

75

1987 San Francisco 49ers

1,517

76

1942 Pittsburgh Steelers

1,515

77

1974 Cleveland Browns

1,511

78

1984 Detroit Lions

1,511

79

1976 Pittsburgh Steelers

1,511

80

2011 New York Jets

1,503

81

1992 Los Angeles Rams

1,493

82

2004 New York Giants

1,483

83

2013 St. Louis Rams

1,483

84

Bobby Joe Edmonds

1986 Seattle Seahawks

1,471

85

1972 Kansas City Chiefs

1,466

86

1980 Los Angeles Rams

1,457

87

1981 Miami Dolphins

1,437

88

2000 New Orleans Saints

1,431

89

1941 Chicago Bears

1,431

90

1990 Chicago Bears

1,420

91

1993 New Orleans Saints

1,411

92

2001 New York Jets

1,398

93

1960 Green Bay Packers

1,391

94

Dexter McCluster

2010 Kansas City Chiefs

1,388

95

1977 Two different teams

1,387

96

1983 Cincinnati Bengals

1,381

97

2004 Baltimore Ravens

1,378

98

1981 St. Louis Cardinals

1,377

99

2000 Denver Broncos

1,370

100

1996 Carolina Panthers

1,364

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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