2018 NFL Punts Returned Leaders

Punts the receiving team fielded and ran back, including muffs. Fewer returns mean the punter and coverage team gave the returner less to work with.

Compare with return yards allowed. In 2018, Andy Lee (44) led NFL punters in punts returned, ahead of Lac Edwards (42) and Matt Haack (37). 37 punters qualify.

Final 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Returns	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	44	94	48.6	42.6	32	34%	7%	26%	+4.4
2	Lac Edwards	New York Jets	42	82	45.9	40.8	23	28%	6%	18%	−1.8
3	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	37	88	44.6	38.4	35	40%	7%	29%	+4.8
4	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	37	86	45.0	41.3	37	43%	8%	21%	+12.0
5	Britton Colquitt	Cleveland Browns	37	85	45.4	38.2	32	38%	7%	27%	−8.8
6	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	36	79	48.2	42.5	28	35%	6%	13%	+7.6
7	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	33	75	47.1	41.7	39	52%	4%	22%	+11.5
8	Trevor Daniel	Houston Texans	32	74	43.7	39.1	36	49%	7%	31%	+8.3
9	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	31	79	45.3	41.5	41	52%	0%	33%	+11.1
10	Matt Wile	Minnesota Vikings	31	73	45.2	41.5	27	37%	3%	26%	+4.9
11	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	31	61	48.1	42.7	24	39%	11%	26%	+12.1
12	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	31	61	47.4	39.8	27	44%	8%	17%	+0.7
13	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	30	72	43.9	39.4	29	40%	4%	34%	−0.2
14	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	30	60	44.5	39.6	17	28%	3%	27%	−14.1
15	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions	29	74	44.7	39.2	32	43%	5%	34%	−9.1
16	Johnny Townsend	Las Vegas Raiders	28	70	43.2	38.3	17	24%	7%	31%	−9.9
17	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	27	71	45.4	41.5	20	28%	7%	23%	+10.0
18	Colby Wadman	Denver Broncos	27	65	44.7	37.9	22	34%	11%	28%	0.0
19	Matt Bosher	Atlanta Falcons	27	62	45.5	40.1	22	35%	5%	35%	−7.3
20	Bryan Anger	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	58	45.0	38.9	15	26%	7%	28%	+3.0
21	Bradley Pinion	San Francisco 49ers	25	69	43.7	39.1	22	32%	6%	41%	−2.6
22	Ryan Allen	New England Patriots	25	64	45.1	39.5	21	33%	8%	13%	−5.1
23	Michael Palardy	Carolina Panthers	22	61	45.2	41.0	24	39%	7%	39%	+11.9
24	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	21	57	46.1	42.7	24	42%	9%	32%	+6.6
25	Donnie Jones	Los Angeles Chargers	21	47	42.3	38.0	15	32%	6%	28%	−4.0
26	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	20	72	44.7	38.8	19	26%	13%	38%	−5.4
27	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	20	63	45.0	39.7	28	44%	11%	32%	−4.5
28	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	20	46	45.1	39.4	22	48%	9%	20%	−6.7
29	Dustin Colquitt	Kansas City Chiefs	17	45	44.9	40.5	21	47%	11%	27%	+11.9
30	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	63	43.7	38.8	28	44%	6%	40%	−6.8
31	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	12	43	46.3	43.0	21	49%	5%	16%	+3.8
32	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	12	43	46.4	43.2	15	35%	9%	35%	−2.7
33	Marquette King	Denver Broncos	8	20	44.0	39.7	7	35%	5%	10%	−1.8
34	Matt Darr	Buffalo Bills	8	20	40.5	36.3	5	25%	5%	25%	−4.9
35	Drew Kaser	Los Angeles Chargers	7	14	48.4	35.4	5	36%	8%	15%	−11.4
36	Colton Schmidt	Buffalo Bills	6	16	42.3	33.8	4	25%	13%	25%	−5.6
37	Ben Roethlisberger	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	1	27.0	9.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3

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