| Rank | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 0.124 | -0.161 | 0.019 | 0.029 | - | 0.530 | -0.174 | -0.224 |
| 2 |  | 0.110 | 0.015 | 0.128 | 0.154 | - | 0.142 | 0.080 | 0.010 |
| 3 |  | 0.040 | 0.046 | -0.004 | 0.011 | - | 0.029 | 0.052 | 0.164 |
| 4 |  | 0.008 | -0.179 | -0.099 | -0.020 | - | 0.029 | -0.004 | -0.037 |
| 5 |  | -0.005 | -0.758 | 0.118 | -0.004 | - | 0.111 | -0.250 | 0.012 |
Minnesota ranks first in the NFL in kick return EPA at 0.124 through games played November 3, 2026. Buffalo is second at 0.110, San Francisco third at 0.040, Indianapolis fourth at 0.008 & Jacksonville fifth at -0.005. Minnesota's total is 0.014 above second place & 0.33 above the 25th-ranked team.
Only 0.18 separate first from tenth. Las Vegas is sixth at -0.015, Kansas City seventh at -0.020, Washington eighth at -0.024, Baltimore ninth at -0.039 & Seattle tenth at -0.056.
Las Vegas ranks sixth on the season at -0.015 but has led the league in kick return EPA over the last three weeks at 0.340. Arizona is 11th at -0.059, the New York Jets 12th at -0.067, Tampa Bay 13th at -0.080, Detroit 14th at -0.110, New England 15th at -0.110, Denver 16th at -0.112, Dallas 17th at -0.116 & Cincinnati 18th at -0.118.
Eight teams sit inside 0.045 of each other from 14th to 21st, the tightest stretch of the ranking. Chicago is 19th at -0.132, Pittsburgh 20th at -0.132, Philadelphia 21st at -0.155, Miami 22nd at -0.168, the New York Giants 23rd at -0.186, Carolina 24th at -0.204 & the Los Angeles Rams 25th at -0.206.
Of the 32 NFL teams ranked in the 2026 regular season, the top 25 are listed above. Kick return EPA is the average expected points added by a team's kickoff return unit on each kickoff it receives -- kickoff EPA is valued from the receiving team's perspective. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
