2024 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 2024, Blake Grupe (1483) led NFL kickoff specialists in kickoff return yards allowed, ahead of Austin Seibert (1194) and Chris Boswell (1157). 53 kickoff specialists qualify.

NFL rule in 2024: a kickoff touchback started the receiving team at its 30, so kickers began aiming short of the goal line and fewer touchbacks was better. Kickoff Points Added accounts for the rule, so it is the fair way to compare kickoff specialists across leagues and seasons.

Final 2024 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Ret yds	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Blake Grupe	New Orleans Saints	1483	78	63.8	27%	57	+6.8
2	Austin Seibert	Washington Commanders	1194	58	63.0	24%	44	−2.5
3	Chris Boswell	Pittsburgh Steelers	1157	90	63.5	54%	40	−6.9
4	Ka'imi Fairbairn	Houston Texans	1126	86	62.9	49%	42	+2.8
5	Jason Myers	Seattle Seahawks	1114	86	64.2	53%	40	−4.5
6	Brandon Aubrey	Dallas Cowboys	1058	85	62.5	51%	41	−0.4
7	Brandon McManus	Green Bay Packers	913	60	64.3	45%	33	0.0
8	Eddy Pineiro	Carolina Panthers	906	72	61.9	44%	40	+1.3
9	Cairo Santos	Chicago Bears	853	69	64.5	55%	31	+1.5
10	Braden Mann	Philadelphia Eagles	780	86	63.5	66%	28	−5.2
11	Tyler Bass	Buffalo Bills	770	102	63.8	74%	26	−5.3
12	Cameron Dicker	Los Angeles Chargers	743	93	64.0	70%	28	−4.1
13	Justin Tucker	Baltimore Ravens	716	94	64.5	72%	26	−0.5
14	Jake Bates	Detroit Lions	709	108	65.1	79%	23	−1.0
15	Dustin Hopkins	Cleveland Browns	700	61	64.0	59%	25	+5.0
16	Nick Folk	Tennessee Titans	644	57	64.1	65%	20	−0.8
17	Wil Lutz	Denver Broncos	604	93	64.5	75%	22	0.0
18	Daniel Carlson	Las Vegas Raiders	588	75	64.0	68%	24	+1.8
19	Anders Carlson	New York Jets	548	36	62.4	36%	22	+13.5
20	Matthew Wright	Kansas City Chiefs	547	20	61.7	15%	16	−2.6
21	Joey Slye	New England Patriots	529	68	63.6	68%	22	+5.8
22	Zane Gonzalez	Washington Commanders	521	32	62.9	31%	22	+8.2
23	Brayden Narveson	Green Bay Packers	520	38	64.3	47%	20	+1.5
24	Matt Gay	Indianapolis Colts	452	81	65.1	84%	13	−6.7
25	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	436	75	64.1	76%	17	+1.0
26	Jason Sanders	Miami Dolphins	429	84	64.3	79%	17	−1.3
27	Jake Moody	San Francisco 49ers	419	67	63.3	73%	18	−1.6
28	Greg Joseph	New York Giants	397	38	63.5	63%	14	−2.3
29	Chad Ryland	Arizona Cardinals	377	67	65.3	81%	13	0.0
30	Ethan Evans	Los Angeles Rams	349	78	65.1	85%	12	−2.3
31	Harrison Butker	Kansas City Chiefs	342	62	64.3	79%	13	−0.3
32	Evan McPherson	Cincinnati Bengals	324	67	64.6	81%	13	+1.0
33	Graham Gano	New York Giants	312	35	64.0	69%	11	+0.2
34	Younghoe Koo	Atlanta Falcons	287	15	64.6	33%	10	−1.6
35	Cam Little	Jacksonville Jaguars	274	75	64.7	87%	10	+2.1
36	Will Reichard	Minnesota Vikings	271	74	63.8	84%	11	+2.4
37	Jack Browning	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	260	29	64.0	66%	10	+1.2
38	Justin Reid	Kansas City Chiefs	223	9	61.8	11%	8	−1.1
39	Trenton Gill	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	212	46	63.8	83%	8	−2.6
40	Cade York	Cincinnati Bengals	188	31	61.9	68%	9	−0.1
41	Jake Camarda	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	154	24	64.5	75%	6	+0.5
42	John Parker Romo	Minnesota Vikings	128	23	64.7	83%	4	−2.0
43	Greg Zuerlein	New York Jets	111	33	64.2	85%	5	+1.1
44	Riley Patterson	Atlanta Falcons	106	6	64.2	33%	4	−0.1
45	Matt Prater	Arizona Cardinals	94	20	62.4	85%	3	−4.6
46	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	79	10	66.3	80%	2	−1.9
47	Thomas Morstead	New York Jets	77	4	63.3	25%	3	−1.1
48	Johnny Hekker	Carolina Panthers	64	3	57.3	0%	3	−0.7
49	Jake Elliott	Philadelphia Eagles	48	11	64.9	82%	2	+0.7
50	Jude McAtamney	New York Giants	35	5	65.0	80%	1	−0.5
51	Joshua Karty	Los Angeles Rams	32	6	65.2	83%	1	−0.5
52	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	27	1	66.0	0%	1	+0.2
53	Spencer Shrader	Kansas City Chiefs	23	18	65.0	94%	1	−0.7

All 2024 NFL kickoff specialist rankings

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