NFL Punts returned leaders, 2000–2026

The NFL players with the most punts returned since 2000.

Player	POS	Team	GP	RET	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG40–49	FG50–59	XPM	XPA	XP%
#1Andy Lee	P		296	766	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#2Shane Lechler	P		286	754	0	1	0%	0	0	7	7
#3Donnie Jones	P		226	560	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#4Sam Koch	P	BAL	254	539	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#5Nick Harris	P		183	530	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#6Dustin Colquitt	P		254	496	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#7Brian Moorman	P		202	472	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#8Brett Kern	P		221	466	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#9Brad Maynard	P		190	458	0	0	—	0	0	1	1
#10Bryan Anger	P		228	442	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#11Jason Baker	P		167	433	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#12Thomas Morstead	P		263	430	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#13Dave Zastudil	P		159	421	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#14Kevin Huber	P	CIN	214	420	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#15Britton Colquitt	P		173	414	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#16Jon Ryan	P		191	405	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#17Tress Way	P	WAS	197	395	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#18Johnny Hekker	P		230	392	1	1	100%	0	0	1	1
#19Sam Martin	P		209	350	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#20Josh Bidwell	P		147	349	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#21Brandon Fields	P		130	332	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#22Mike Scifres	P	LAC	193	328	1	1	100%	1	0	3	3
#23Bradley Pinion	P		182	325	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0
#23Chris Kluwe	P	MIN	127	325	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#25Steve Weatherford	P		143	322	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#26Jeff Feagles	P		160	319	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0
#26Michael Koenen	P		160	319	4	13	30.8%	0	2	4	4
#28Chris Gardocki	P		109	305	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#28Mat McBriar	P		141	305	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#30Riley Dixon	P		167	300	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#30Scott Player	P		110	300	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#32Hunter Smith	P		164	299	0	0	—	0	0	0	1
#33Matt Turk	P		165	295	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#34Todd Sauerbrun	P		111	285	1	1	100%	0	0	4	4
#35Craig Hentrich	P	TEN	144	283	5	9	55.6%	2	1	1	1
#36Pat O'Donnell	P		156	278	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#37Mitch Berger	P		120	274	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#38Sav Rocca	P		112	260	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#39Patrick McAfee	P	IND	127	258	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#40Michael Dickson	P	SEA	134	251	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#41Chad Stanley	P		100	243	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#42Cameron Johnston	P		104	238	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#42Josh Miller	P		105	238	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#44Chris Hanson	P		133	234	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#45Corey Bojorquez	P		127	232	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#46Tom Tupa	P		78	217	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#47Logan Cooke	P	JAX	132	216	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#47Matt Bosher	P	ATL	130	216	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#49Ben Graham	P		99	215	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#49Bryan Barker	P		86	215	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#51Rigoberto Sanchez	P	IND	132	212	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#52Kyle Larson	P	CIN	79	207	0	0	—	0	0	0	1
#53Sean Landeta	P		75	201	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#54Brad Nortman	P		96	199	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#55Matt Haack	P		109	194	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#56Lachlan Edwards	P		74	193	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#57Marquette King	P		84	192	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#58Adam Podlesh	P		102	191	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#58AJ Cole	P	LV	121	191	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#60Dirk Johnson	P		80	190	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#60Ryan Allen	P		105	190	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#62Chris Jones	P	DAL	126	188	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#63Derrick Frost	P		74	183	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#64Braden Mann	P		96	182	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#64Darren Bennett	P		79	182	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#66Jordan Berry	P		108	175	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#67Toby Gowin	P		79	174	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#68Jamie Gillan	P		107	172	1	2	50%	1	0	0	2
#69Tom Rouen	P		76	168	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#70Micah Knorr	P		73	167	1	1	100%	0	0	2	2
#71Michael Palardy	P		84	166	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#72J.K. Scott	P		118	163	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#73Tim Masthay	P	GB	94	162	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#74Colton Schmidt	P	BUF	67	161	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#75Kyle Richardson	P		75	158	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#76Chris Mohr	P		79	157	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#76Jack Fox	P	DET	101	157	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#76Mark Royals	P		61	157	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#79John Jett	P	DET	49	147	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#80Brad Wing	P		66	141	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#80Jake Bailey	P		112	141	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#80Jeff Locke	P		69	141	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#83Tommy Townsend	P		103	140	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#84Reggie Hodges	P		64	137	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#85Blake Gillikin	P		68	134	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#86Mitch Wishnowsky	P		107	130	1	2	50%	0	0	2	4
#87Ryan Stonehouse	P	TEN	46	128	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#88Ryan Quigley	P		67	125	0	0	—	0	0	4	4
#88Ryan Wright	P		72	125	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#90Ken Walter	P		68	117	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#91Corliss Waitman	P		56	108	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#91Dan Stryzinski	P		64	108	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#93Jordan Stout	P		72	107	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#94Ryan Plackemeier	P		43	102	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#95Drew Butler	P		54	101	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#96Ty Long	P	LAC	46	99	7	9	77.8%	4	1	9	9
#97Bryce Baringer	P	NE	51	98	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#98Daniel Sepulveda	P	PIT	52	95	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#98Matt Darr	P		37	95	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—
#100Zoltan Mesko	P		55	91	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	—