2020 NFL Kickoff Return Yards Allowed Leaders

Total return yards gained against a specialist's kickoffs. It reflects his kick and his coverage team.

Lower is better, but volume matters. In 2020, Cody Parkey (912) led NFL kickoff specialists in kickoff return yards allowed, ahead of Rigoberto Sanchez (905) and Graham Gano (888). 61 kickoff specialists qualify.

NFL rule from 2016 to 2023: a kickoff touchback started the receiving team at its 25 (from 2023 a fair catch inside the 25 did too), so a deep kick into the end zone was the safe, standard result. Kickoff Points Added accounts for the rule, so it is the fair way to compare kickoff specialists across leagues and seasons.

Final 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Cody Parkey	Cleveland Browns	912	81	63.5	56%	35	−7.3
2	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	905	76	63.1	43%	43	+11.8
3	Graham Gano	New York Giants	888	70	61.8	43%	40	−5.8
4	Mason Crosby	Green Bay Packers	856	82	63.9	59%	33	−5.9
5	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	851	58	62.9	33%	38	+2.3
6	Younghoe Koo	Atlanta Falcons	847	64	64.6	44%	36	+1.7
7	Cairo Santos	Chicago Bears	830	83	62.8	51%	41	+3.6
8	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	822	80	64.7	61%	31	+2.5
9	Jason Myers	Seattle Seahawks	815	90	64.0	58%	38	+11.1
10	Daniel Carlson	Las Vegas Raiders	748	93	64.0	66%	32	+4.2
11	Stephen Gostkowski	Tennessee Titans	715	84	63.4	61%	32	+2.9
12	Dan Bailey	Minnesota Vikings	649	78	62.7	68%	25	−10.1
13	Ka'imi Fairbairn	Houston Texans	642	83	64.0	63%	31	+5.9
14	Justin Tucker	Baltimore Ravens	634	95	64.1	68%	30	+4.6
15	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	624	71	64.4	59%	29	+3.8
16	Chris Boswell	Pittsburgh Steelers	613	73	63.3	60%	28	+1.2
17	Greg Zuerlein	Dallas Cowboys	583	87	63.7	69%	27	+0.5
18	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	583	65	64.8	65%	23	−1.6
19	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona Cardinals	549	64	64.2	56%	28	+7.6
20	Tyler Bass	Buffalo Bills	537	101	64.0	70%	30	+7.1
21	Jake Elliott	Philadelphia Eagles	531	70	63.8	66%	24	+1.0
22	Harrison Butker	Kansas City Chiefs	508	95	63.4	76%	21	−7.1
23	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	471	100	64.8	85%	14	−9.3
24	Brandon McManus	Denver Broncos	463	69	64.9	78%	15	−6.1
25	Sam Sloman	Los Angeles Rams	459	44	63.4	55%	19	−0.5
26	Wil Lutz	New Orleans Saints	379	92	64.3	77%	21	+6.0
27	Jason Sanders	Miami Dolphins	361	87	63.0	74%	22	+5.7
28	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	350	45	61.6	56%	18	+0.2
29	Braden Mann	New York Jets	315	28	64.8	57%	12	−2.4
30	Mike Nugent	Arizona Cardinals	304	19	63.3	16%	16	+9.5
31	Sam Ficken	New York Jets	300	31	63.3	58%	12	+0.1
32	Matthew Wright	Pittsburgh Steelers	295	14	61.0	7%	13	0.0
33	Randy Bullock	Cincinnati Bengals	273	57	63.3	75%	13	+0.3
34	Dustin Hopkins	Washington Commanders	235	74	64.3	88%	9	−4.9
35	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	221	16	60.3	25%	12	−0.5
36	Austin Seibert	Cincinnati Bengals	206	20	64.5	65%	7	−4.4
37	Matt Gay	Los Angeles Rams	184	35	63.8	80%	6	−3.2
38	Kai Forbath	Los Angeles Rams	181	9	65.0	44%	5	−3.8
39	Matt Prater	Detroit Lions	179	17	60.1	41%	10	−0.6
40	Robbie Gould	San Francisco 49ers	165	9	58.8	11%	8	−0.8
41	Joey Slye	Carolina Panthers	144	78	65.0	91%	7	+0.8
42	Rodrigo Blankenship	Indianapolis Colts	140	20	63.4	65%	7	+0.7
43	Sterling Hofrichter	Atlanta Falcons	109	22	62.9	73%	5	−1.0
44	Taylor Russolino	Denver Broncos	102	3	64.3	0%	3	−2.0
45	Michael Badgley	Los Angeles Chargers	91	3	59.0	0%	3	−2.2
46	Aldrick Rosas	Jacksonville Jaguars	76	20	63.3	75%	5	+0.2
47	Nick Folk	New England Patriots	56	3	57.3	0%	3	−0.2
48	Chase McLaughlin	Jacksonville Jaguars	55	3	59.0	0%	3	+1.9
49	Elliott Fry	Atlanta Falcons	54	4	64.8	50%	2	−1.2
50	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	50	2	59.0	0%	2	−2.6
51	Josh Lambo	Jacksonville Jaguars	43	4	53.8	50%	2	−1.4
52	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	42	2	60.5	0%	2	−1.9
53	Sam Martin	Denver Broncos	41	2	57.0	0%	2	−1.6
54	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	41	2	51.5	0%	2	−0.8
55	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	35	2	63.0	0%	2	−0.5
56	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	23	2	58.0	0%	2	−1.2
57	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	22	1	55.0	0%	1	−0.5
58	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	22	1	50.0	0%	1	−1.0
59	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	21	2	52.5	0%	2	−1.7
60	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	15	1	49.0	0%	1	−2.0
61	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	13	1	48.0	0%	1	−1.1

All 2020 NFL kickoff specialist rankings

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