most interception return yards in a single game

Charlie McNeil has the most interception-return yards in a game, with 177 yards against the Houston Oilers on September 24, 1961.

Interpreted as:
most interception return yards by a player in a single regular-season game
NAME INT YDS DATE TM OPP TKL AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT TD FF FR FR TD
1 Charlie McNeil
C. McNeil
177
9/24/1961
SD SD
vs
HOU HOU
3
1
0
2 Louis Oliver
L. Oliver
170
10/4/1992
MIA MIA
@
BUF BUF
0.0
3
1
0
3 Dick Jauron
D. Jauron
167
11/18/1973
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
3
1
0
4 Mike Haynes
M. Haynes
151
12/2/1984
RAI RAI
@
MIA MIA
0.0
2
1
0
5 Tom Myers
T. Myers
151
9/3/1978
NO NO
vs
MIN MIN
3
1
0
6 Ed Reed
E. Reed
150
11/23/2008
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
2
0
2
0.0
0
2
1
0
0
0
7 Dave Brown
D. Brown
148
11/4/1984
SEA SEA
vs
KC KC
0.0
2
2
0
8 Tom Janik
T. Janik
137
9/29/1968
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
2
1
0
9 Aaron Glenn
A. Glenn
135
12/8/2002
HOU HOU
@
PIT PIT
8
0
8
0.0
0
2
2
0
0
0
10 Terry McDaniel
T. McDaniel
134
11/22/1992
RAI RAI
vs
DEN DEN
0.0
2
0
0
11 Cedric Brown
C. Brown
131
11/22/1981
TB TB
vs
GB GB
2
1
0
12 Dewayne Washington
D. Washington
130
11/22/1998
PIT PIT
vs
JAX JAX
0.0
2
2
0
13 Miller Farr
M. Farr
128
10/15/1967
HOU HOU
@
NYJ NYJ
3
1
0
14 Antrel Rolle
A. Rolle
127
11/18/2007
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
3
1
4
0.0
0
3
2
0
0
0
15 Kenny Easley
K. Easley
125
12/20/1981
SEA SEA
vs
CLE CLE
2
1
0
16 Darren Sharper
D. Sharper
123
11/13/2005
MIN MIN
@
NYG NYG
3
1
4
0.0
0
3
1
0
0
0
17 Brandon McDonald
B. McDonald
122
12/15/2008
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
6
0
6
0.0
0
2
1
0
0
0
18 Lloyd Burruss
L. Burruss
121
10/19/1986
KC KC
vs
SD SD
0.0
3
2
0
19 Dick Anderson
D. Anderson
121
12/3/1973
MIA MIA
vs
PIT PIT
4
2
0
20 Mike Gaechter
M. Gaechter
121
11/3/1963
DAL DAL
vs
WAS WAS
2
0
0
21 Brandon Flowers
B. Flowers
118
10/26/2008
KC KC
@
NYJ NYJ
5
3
8
0.0
0
2
1
0
0
0
22 Prentice McCray
P. McCray
118
11/21/1976
NE NE
@
NYJ NYJ
2
2
0
23 Charlie Peprah
C. Peprah
116
11/6/2011
GB GB
@
SD SD
3
2
5
0.0
0
2
1
0
0
0
24 Marcus Turner
M. Turner
116
11/20/1994
NYJ NYJ
@
MIN MIN
0.0
3
1
0
25 Kenny Moore II
K. Moore II
115
11/5/2023
IND IND
@
CAR CAR
7
1
8
0.0
0
2
2
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for interception yards going back to the 1960 season.

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6
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3
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4
0
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5
0
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7
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1
0
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3
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