2022 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 2022, Ryan Stonehouse (59) led NFL punters in punts returned, ahead of Cameron Johnston (45) and Corliss Waitman (44). 35 punters qualify.

Final 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Returns	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Stonehouse	Tennessee Titans	59	90	53.1	44.0	30	33%	10%	12%	+12.9
2	Cameron Johnston	Houston Texans	45	88	48.1	42.6	37	42%	5%	25%	+4.4
3	Corliss Waitman	Denver Broncos	44	96	46.6	41.5	30	31%	6%	30%	+7.9
4	Ryan Wright	Minnesota Vikings	38	74	47.4	42.5	32	43%	1%	30%	−3.6
5	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	37	68	47.1	40.3	18	26%	6%	24%	−16.5
6	Riley Dixon	Los Angeles Rams	36	73	48.4	40.8	19	26%	6%	20%	−16.2
7	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	35	66	48.5	44.4	22	33%	5%	18%	+18.4
8	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	34	83	46.8	43.0	37	45%	6%	31%	+20.5
9	Braden Mann	New York Jets	32	83	46.9	40.6	27	33%	10%	19%	−13.5
10	Jake Camarda	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	32	79	48.8	41.6	22	28%	13%	27%	−6.4
11	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	32	68	48.4	42.8	27	40%	9%	34%	−1.2
12	Trenton Gill	Chicago Bears	31	67	46.0	40.3	20	30%	5%	30%	+3.0
13	Thomas Morstead	Miami Dolphins	31	61	46.4	40.6	28	46%	3%	25%	−1.4
14	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	30	52	48.6	41.4	14	27%	6%	17%	+0.3
15	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	29	58	49.3	43.8	24	41%	10%	17%	+9.5
16	Jamie Gillan	New York Giants	28	75	46.8	40.1	26	35%	12%	32%	+2.6
17	Johnny Hekker	Carolina Panthers	27	81	48.5	44.1	39	48%	7%	38%	+4.8
18	Blake Gillikin	New Orleans Saints	26	77	46.4	41.5	32	42%	9%	32%	+2.2
19	Matt Haack	Indianapolis Colts	26	71	44.8	40.6	28	39%	4%	31%	−4.5
20	Corey Bojorquez	Cleveland Browns	26	61	48.5	41.0	23	38%	11%	15%	+5.6
21	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	25	62	45.9	41.2	23	37%	3%	35%	−3.7
22	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	25	59	48.9	43.6	26	44%	3%	27%	−0.8
23	Pressley Harvin	Pittsburgh Steelers	24	69	44.5	41.1	20	29%	7%	32%	−7.1
24	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	22	57	45.9	40.5	26	46%	14%	35%	+7.2
25	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	22	53	50.4	45.6	22	42%	8%	30%	+5.4
26	Pat O'Donnell	Green Bay Packers	20	54	44.5	38.9	24	44%	2%	35%	−10.3
27	Arryn Siposs	Philadelphia Eagles	20	45	45.6	39.6	16	36%	7%	25%	−2.6
28	J.K. Scott	Los Angeles Chargers	19	73	43.6	41.5	28	38%	7%	45%	−3.3
29	Michael Palardy	New England Patriots	18	43	42.4	36.4	10	23%	12%	26%	−15.0
30	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	17	61	43.9	39.7	32	52%	8%	28%	+3.2
31	Sam Martin	Buffalo Bills	16	46	47.7	41.3	16	35%	11%	29%	+8.3
32	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	16	37	42.1	35.3	12	32%	14%	22%	+3.0
33	Drue Chrisman	Cincinnati Bengals	14	28	47.8	42.6	13	46%	7%	25%	−1.5
34	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	11	31	43.2	37.4	9	29%	3%	42%	−11.4
35	Brett Kern	Philadelphia Eagles	5	10	40.8	36.6	1	10%	0%	30%	−4.2

All 2022 NFL punter rankings

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