2020 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 2020, Cameron Johnston (41) led NFL punters in punts returned, ahead of Braden Mann (38) and Ty Long (37). 39 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	Returns	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	41	72	46.7	40.6	26	36%	8%	18%	+3.8
2	Braden Mann	New York Jets	38	82	43.9	37.2	19	23%	6%	24%	−22.2
3	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	37	60	46.8	34.1	12	20%	5%	14%	−37.5
4	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	36	73	48.0	44.3	23	32%	4%	34%	+19.0
5	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	33	56	45.1	36.7	11	20%	6%	20%	−11.7
6	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	29	71	47.2	42.8	19	27%	10%	23%	+7.9
7	Sam Martin	Denver Broncos	28	66	46.8	41.4	19	29%	6%	20%	+7.6
8	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	28	61	49.6	44.4	32	52%	10%	21%	+13.3
9	Sterling Hofrichter	Atlanta Falcons	26	56	42.5	39.3	17	30%	4%	34%	−7.8
10	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	25	66	44.8	38.8	28	42%	9%	28%	+5.2
11	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	25	64	45.7	39.5	28	44%	8%	34%	−0.9
12	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	25	51	44.0	38.3	14	27%	6%	29%	−6.5
13	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	24	68	44.7	39.8	26	38%	3%	32%	−5.8
14	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	23	69	45.6	39.2	28	41%	7%	29%	−20.6
15	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	23	67	46.9	41.6	25	37%	9%	42%	+3.9
16	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	55	45.2	40.2	19	35%	4%	27%	−5.1
17	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	22	58	44.8	39.6	21	36%	9%	34%	+10.6
18	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	21	59	49.1	44.8	26	44%	12%	29%	+3.0
19	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	57	45.8	40.5	23	40%	5%	39%	+5.1
20	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	21	56	47.7	43.2	19	34%	9%	20%	+7.3
21	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	20	62	43.1	41.7	23	37%	3%	47%	+1.5
22	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	19	54	46.4	41.8	19	35%	11%	39%	+2.2
23	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	19	43	46.2	40.0	18	42%	10%	24%	−6.7
24	Joseph Charlton	Carolina Panthers	18	45	46.3	40.4	21	47%	9%	36%	+8.1
25	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	17	51	44.5	42.5	22	43%	2%	39%	+10.2
26	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	17	47	45.5	37.0	15	32%	7%	22%	−16.1
27	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	16	41	50.8	44.0	18	44%	17%	15%	+7.5
28	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	15	52	45.0	40.4	20	38%	12%	35%	−1.2
29	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	14	44	44.1	40.1	20	45%	5%	36%	+3.8
30	Dustin Colquitt	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	26	43.6	38.1	8	31%	8%	31%	−5.0
31	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	13	37	45.8	41.5	22	59%	8%	30%	+7.7
32	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	12	55	48.7	45.6	31	56%	9%	33%	+16.8
33	Ryan Allen	Indianapolis Colts	10	14	48.6	38.6	2	14%	14%	0%	−0.6
34	Hunter Niswander	Dallas Cowboys	9	26	47.2	42.0	10	38%	8%	54%	+4.0
35	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	6	24	42.6	40.2	5	21%	4%	63%	−1.5
36	Aldrick Rosas	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	3	36.7	29.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.4
37	Jake Elliott	Philadelphia Eagles	2	2	38.5	38.5	1	50%	0%	0%	−0.9
38	Johnny Townsend	Baltimore Ravens	2	2	50.0	37.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
39	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee Titans	1	5	39.3	30.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−6.6

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