highest punt returns average career

George McAfee has gained the most career yards per punt return, with 12.8 per return.

Interpreted as:
highest punt returns average with a minimum of 75 punt returns by a player career
NAME PR AVG PR GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR YDS/G KR TD PR YDS PR YDS/G PR TD
1 George McAfee
G. McAfee
12.8
112
65
18
488
27.1
7.5
1
1,431
22.0
2
2 Jack Christiansen
J. Christiansen
12.8
85
89
59
1,329
22.5
14.9
0
1,084
12.2
8
3 Claude Gibson
C. Gibson
12.6
110
70
16
268
16.8
3.8
0
1,381
19.7
3
4 Bill Dudley
B. Dudley
12.2
124
90
78
1,743
22.3
19.4
1
1,515
16.8
3
5 Rick Upchurch
R. Upchurch
12.1
248
119
95
2,355
24.8
19.8
0
3,008
25.3
8
6 Devin Duvernay
D. Duvernay
12.0
88
72
87
2,162
24.9
30.0
2
1,053
14.6
0
7 Gunner Olszewski
G. Olszewski
11.9
98
66
41
904
22.0
13.7
0
1,170
17.7
2
8 Desmond Howard
D. Howard
11.9
244
156
359
7,959
22.2
51.0
0
2,895
18.6
8
9 Billy Johnson
B. Johnson
11.8
282
143
123
2,941
23.9
20.6
2
3,317
23.2
6
10 Devin Hester
D. Hester
11.7
315
156
295
7,333
24.9
47.0
5
3,695
23.7
14
11 Mack Herron
M. Herron
11.7
84
39
82
1,985
24.2
50.9
1
982
25.2
0
12 Roscoe Parrish
R. Parrish
11.6
165
90
33
771
23.4
8.6
0
1,920
21.3
3
13 Bill Thompson
B. Thompson
11.6
157
179
46
1,156
25.1
6.5
0
1,814
10.1
0
14 Darrien Gordon
D. Gordon
11.5
314
138
5
70
14.0
0.5
0
3,601
26.1
6
15 Nyheim Hines
N. Hines
11.4
89
81
32
817
25.5
10.1
2
1,015
12.5
2
16 Braxton Berrios
B. Berrios
11.4
97
87
88
2,184
24.8
25.1
1
1,105
12.7
0
17 Tyreek Hill
T. Hill
11.4
91
141
14
384
27.4
2.7
1
1,036
7.3
4
18 Henry Ellard
H. Ellard
11.3
135
228
19
364
19.2
1.6
0
1,527
6.7
4
19 Rodger Bird
R. Bird
11.3
94
38
25
533
21.3
14.0
0
1,063
28.0
0
20 Bosh Pritchard
B. Pritchard
11.3
95
60
41
938
22.9
15.6
1
1,072
17.9
2
21 Julian Edelman
J. Edelman
11.2
177
137
30
626
20.9
4.6
0
1,986
14.5
4
22 Jeremy Ross
J. Ross
11.2
78
51
77
1,878
24.4
36.8
1
874
17.1
1
23 Terry Metcalf
T. Metcalf
11.1
84
81
121
3,087
25.5
38.1
2
936
11.6
1
24 Bob Hayes
B. Hayes
11.1
104
132
23
581
25.3
4.4
0
1,158
8.8
3
25 Jermaine Lewis
J. Lewis
11.1
295
111
212
4,611
21.8
41.5
0
3,282
29.6
6
StatMuse has season-level data for punt returns and yards per punt return going back to the 1941 season.

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15
2
0
.882
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
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5
12
0
.294
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14
3
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Lions Lions
15
2
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14
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Texans Texans
10
7
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.588
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8
9
0
.471
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Chiefs Chiefs
15
2
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.882
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11
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.647