What Is Yards Per Kickoff Return?
Yards per kickoff return calculate the average yards gained per kickoff return. This stat shows efficiency and consistency in special teams play.
Yards Per Kickoff Return | NFL Player Stats
| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Ollie Gordon II |  | RB | 20.0 | - | - | - | - | 20.0 | - |
| 101 | Velus Jones Jr. |  | RB | 20.0 | - | - | - | - | 20.0 | - |
| 103 | Darius Cooper |  | WR | 19.0 | 19.0 | - | - | - | 19.0 | - |
| 104 | Kendre Miller |  | RB | 18.5 | - | - | - | - | 18.0 | 19.0 |
| 104 | Deonte Banks |   | CB | 18.5 | - | - | - | - | 18.5 | - |
| 106 | Khalil Shakir |  | WR | 11.0 | - | - | - | - | 11.0 | - |
| 107 | Josh Downs |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Matthew Golden |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Efton Chism III |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Denzel Boston |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Kalif Raymond |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Antonio Williams |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | KC Concepcion | | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Siran Neal |  | DB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Jalen Coker |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Marcus Jones | | CB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Malik Benson |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Amon-Ra St. Brown |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Coleman Owen | | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Jonathan Mingo |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Tre Tucker | | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Kris Abrams-Draine |  | CB | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 107 | Parker Washington |  | WR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Who leads the NFL in yards per kickoff return in 2026?
The top player in yards per kickoff return is Josh Williams of Tampa Bay, at 47.0 through games played October 22, 2026. Ashton Dulin of Indianapolis ranks second at 33.0, with Dylan Sampson of Cleveland third at 32.0. Williams's average puts him 14.0 yards clear of second place & 19.7 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Ashton Dulin of Indianapolis is the highest-ranked wide receiver on the board at 33.0 yards, second overall, & the first Indianapolis player inside the top ten. Ray Davis of Buffalo ranks fourth at 31.0, with Anthony Gould of Indianapolis fifth at 30.7, Jordan James of San Francisco sixth at 30.2, Dylan Laube of Las Vegas & Myles Price of Minnesota are tied for seventh at 29.8, Tyrone Tracy Jr. of the New York Giants ranks ninth at 29.6 & Ameer Abdullah of Jacksonville tenth at 29.4.
A gap of 0.5 yards separates fifth from sixth, the widest single step anywhere below the top four. Raheim Sanders of Cleveland ranks 11th at 29.3, with RJ Harvey of Denver 12th at 29.2, Kevin Coleman Jr. of Miami & Tory Horton of Seattle are tied 13th at 29.0, Chris Moore of Baltimore ranks 15th at 28.6, Seth McGowan of Indianapolis 16th at 28.4 & Kameron Johnson of Tampa Bay 17th at 28.3.
All 8 players are within 0.8 yards of each other. Devin Duvernay of Arizona ranks 18th at 28.2, with Rachaad White of Washington 19th at 28.1, Jaylen Wright of Miami 20th at 27.9, Corey Kiner of New England, Braxton Berrios of the New York Giants & Brian Robinson of Atlanta are tied 21st at 27.6, Skyy Moore of Green Bay ranks 24th at 27.5 & Emmett Johnson of Kansas City 25th at 27.3. Cleveland, Indianapolis, Miami, Tampa Bay & the New York Giants are the only teams with two or more players in the top 25. Fifteen of the 25 are running backs; the ten wide receivers are Dulin second, Gould fifth, Price seventh, Coleman 13th, Horton 13th, Chris Moore 15th, Johnson 17th, Duvernay 18th, Berrios 21st & Skyy Moore 24th. Three ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
How this ranking is measured
123 NFL players are ranked for the 2026 regular season. The top 25 appear above. Yards per kickoff return calculate the average yards gained per kickoff return. This stat shows efficiency and consistency in special teams play. Figures are as of October 22, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
