highest kickoff return average in a season by an individual

Travis Williams has the most yards per kick return in a season, averaging 41.1 per return in his rookie season in 1967.

Interpreted as:
highest kickoff return average with a minimum of 1.25 kickoff returns per team game in a season by an individual
NAME KR AVG SEASON TM GP KR KR YDS KR YDS/G KR TD PR PR YDS PR AVG PR YDS/G PR TD
1 Travis Williams
T. Williams
41.1
1967
GB GB
14
18
739
52.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
2 Jim Duncan
J. Duncan
35.4
1970
BAL BAL
14
20
707
50.5
1
0
0
0.0
0
3 Lynn Chandnois
L. Chandnois
35.2
1952
PIT PIT
12
17
599
49.9
2
17
111
6.5
9.3
0
4 Joe Arenas
J. Arenas
34.4
1953
SF SF
12
16
551
45.9
0
8
93
11.6
7.8
0
5 Vitamin Smith
V. Smith
33.7
1950
LA LA
12
22
742
61.8
3
22
218
9.9
18.2
0
6 KaVontae Turpin
K. Turpin
33.5
2024
DAL DAL
17
27
904
53.2
1
18
187
10.4
11.0
1
7 Ron Brown
R. Brown
32.8
1985
RAM RAM
13
28
918
70.6
3
0
0
0.0
0
8 Cecil Turner
C. Turner
32.7
1970
CHI CHI
14
23
752
53.7
4
1
0
0.0
0.0
0
9 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
32.4
2013
MIN MIN
16
43
1,393
87.1
2
0
0
0.0
0
10 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
32.2
1963
SF SF
14
29
935
66.8
3
13
95
7.3
6.8
0
11 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31.8
2015
MIN MIN
16
32
1,019
63.7
2
0
0
0.0
0
12 Tommy Wilson
T. Wilson
31.8
1956
LA LA
12
15
477
39.8
1
2
0
0.0
0.0
0
13 Darius Jennings
D. Jennings
31.7
2018
TEN TEN
16
22
698
43.6
1
0
0
0.0
0
14 Gary Ballman
G. Ballman
31.7
1963
PIT PIT
14
22
698
49.9
1
0
0
0.0
0
15 Cordarrelle Patterson
C. Patterson
31.7
2016
MIN MIN
16
25
792
49.5
1
1
9
9.0
0.6
0
16 Jack Salscheider
J. Salscheider
31.6
1949
NYG NYG
11
15
474
43.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
17 Joe McKnight
J. McKnight
31.6
2011
NYJ NYJ
15
34
1,073
71.5
1
5
26
5.2
1.7
0
18 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.4
1965
CHI CHI
14
21
660
47.1
1
16
238
14.9
17.0
1
19 Abe Woodson
A. Woodson
31.3
1962
SF SF
14
37
1,157
82.6
0
19
179
9.4
12.8
1
20 Ken Hall
K. Hall
31.3
1960
HOU HOU
11
19
594
54.0
1
6
72
12.0
6.5
0
21 Adam Jones
A. Jones
31.3
2014
CIN CIN
16
27
844
52.8
0
22
265
12.0
16.6
0
22 Brandon Wilson
B. Wilson
31.3
2019
CIN CIN
12
20
625
52.1
1
0
0
0.0
0
23 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
31.2
1966
CHI CHI
14
23
718
51.3
2
6
44
7.3
3.1
0
24 Ollie Matson
O. Matson
31.2
1952
CHC CHC
12
20
624
52.0
2
9
86
9.6
7.2
0
25 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
31.2
1974
STL STL
14
20
623
44.5
1
26
340
13.1
24.3
0
StatMuse has season-level data for kickoff returns per team game and yards per kick return going back to the 1941 season.

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15
2
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
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5
12
0
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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
14
3
0
.824
Commanders Commanders
12
5
0
.706
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
15
2
0
.882
Vikings Vikings
14
3
0
.824
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
10
7
0
.588
Falcons Falcons
8
9
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7
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Bills Bills
13
4
0
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Dolphins Dolphins
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9
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Ravens Ravens
12
5
0
.706
Steelers Steelers
10
7
0
.588
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
10
7
0
.588
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
0
.882
Chargers Chargers
11
6
0
.647