highest kick returns average career

Gale Sayers has the most career yards per kick return, averaging 30.6 per return.

Interpreted as:
highest kick returns average with a minimum of 75 kickoff returns by a player career
NAME KR AVG KR GP KR YDS KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
30.6
91
68
2,781
40.9
6
27
391
14.5
5.8
2
2 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
29.6
92
72
2,720
37.8
3
66
312
4.7
4.3
0
3 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
29.0
284
183
8,229
45.0
9
1
9
9.0
0.0
0
4 Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
28.7
79
41
2,270
55.4
2
7
69
9.9
1.7
0
5 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
28.7
193
116
5,538
47.7
5
123
956
7.8
8.2
2
6 Buddy Young
B. Young
27.9
90
67
2,514
37.5
2
48
389
8.1
5.8
1
7 Travis Williams
T. Williams
27.5
102
62
2,801
45.2
6
13
213
16.4
3.4
1
8 Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
27.3
139
84
3,798
45.2
1
124
774
6.2
9.2
1
9 Clifton Smith
C. Smith
27.2
75
24
2,038
84.9
1
48
565
11.8
23.5
1
10 Percy Harvin
P. Harvin
27.2
152
75
4,127
55.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
11 Clarence Davis
C. Davis
27.1
79
89
2,140
24.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
12 Keisean Nixon
K. Nixon
27.0
89
91
2,403
26.4
1
29
283
9.8
3.1
0
13 Jacoby Jones
J. Jones
27.0
183
128
4,940
38.6
5
276
2,688
9.7
21.0
4
14 Steve Van Buren
S. Van Buren
26.7
76
83
2,030
24.5
3
34
473
13.9
5.7
2
15 Lenny Lyles
L. Lyles
26.7
81
149
2,161
14.5
3
0
0
0.0
0
16 Quintin Demps
Q. Demps
26.6
110
110
2,931
26.6
2
0
0
0.0
0
17 Mercury Morris
M. Morris
26.5
111
99
2,947
29.8
3
27
171
6.3
1.7
0
18 Ellis Hobbs
E. Hobbs
26.5
141
79
3,739
47.3
3
0
0
0.0
0
19 Bobby Jancik
B. Jancik
26.5
158
81
4,185
51.7
0
67
647
9.7
8.0
1
20 Mel Renfro
M. Renfro
26.4
85
174
2,246
12.9
2
109
842
7.7
4.8
1
21 Bobby Mitchell
B. Mitchell
26.4
102
148
2,690
18.2
5
69
699
10.1
4.7
3
22 Jordan Todman
J. Todman
26.4
89
74
2,346
31.7
1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Terrence McGee
T. McGee
26.3
207
122
5,450
44.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
24 Benny Cunningham
B. Cunningham
26.3
110
86
2,895
33.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
25 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
26.2
143
169
3,746
22.2
6
65
595
9.2
3.5
3
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns and yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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