2024 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 2024, Ryan Stonehouse (47) led NFL punters in punts returned, ahead of Tory Taylor (41) and Corey Bojorquez (40). 40 punters qualify.

Final 2024 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	47	75	50.6	38.6	22	29%	10%	12%	−20.6
2	Tory Taylor	Chicago Bears	41	82	47.7	41.6	34	41%	5%	28%	+5.4
3	Corey Bojorquez	Cleveland Browns	40	89	49.3	41.8	36	40%	8%	19%	+5.1
4	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	33	62	48.5	42.0	24	39%	5%	32%	−1.0
5	Bryce Baringer	New England Patriots	32	70	49.8	41.7	31	44%	11%	24%	+4.6
6	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	32	68	49.7	42.6	27	40%	6%	37%	−5.2
7	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	31	76	49.4	43.3	31	41%	12%	29%	+8.2
8	Riley Dixon	Denver Broncos	29	77	46.7	42.2	33	43%	6%	31%	+9.8
9	Corliss Waitman	Pittsburgh Steelers	29	65	46.4	41.9	27	42%	8%	25%	+23.2
10	Thomas Morstead	New York Jets	29	63	47.2	40.9	19	30%	11%	24%	+2.4
11	Matthew Hayball	New Orleans Saints	28	75	44.0	40.4	41	55%	4%	36%	−15.4
12	J.K. Scott	Los Angeles Chargers	28	72	46.7	41.9	28	39%	6%	33%	−9.5
13	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	28	68	49.4	44.8	34	50%	4%	28%	+16.3
14	Ryan Wright	Minnesota Vikings	28	57	46.5	40.6	27	47%	9%	18%	−5.2
15	Johnny Hekker	Carolina Panthers	26	74	45.7	41.9	24	32%	4%	27%	−3.5
16	AJ Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	26	67	50.8	42.5	27	40%	12%	22%	−14.4
17	Ryan Rehkow	Cincinnati Bengals	26	53	49.1	42.9	25	47%	9%	30%	+7.0
18	Tommy Townsend	Houston Texans	25	77	48.0	44.0	39	51%	9%	30%	+14.8
19	Matt Araiza	Kansas City Chiefs	25	62	48.8	41.8	25	40%	15%	34%	+2.6
20	Braden Mann	Philadelphia Eagles	24	55	48.8	42.1	20	36%	13%	15%	+1.5
21	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	24	50	46.9	43.1	22	44%	4%	24%	+9.3
22	Sam Martin	Buffalo Bills	23	55	46.7	40.2	25	45%	9%	24%	−7.6
23	Jake Bailey	Miami Dolphins	22	57	47.1	40.5	22	39%	9%	20%	−5.0
24	Ethan Evans	Los Angeles Rams	22	55	46.0	41.7	30	55%	4%	18%	−5.8
25	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	22	47	47.0	38.8	14	30%	9%	30%	−5.8
26	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	21	55	46.4	41.2	22	40%	11%	29%	+1.2
27	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	21	45	51.0	46.2	22	49%	9%	31%	+9.3
28	Daniel Whelan	Green Bay Packers	20	56	46.1	40.2	22	39%	9%	30%	+7.0
29	Jamie Gillan	New York Giants	17	56	43.7	40.6	27	48%	4%	45%	+2.4
30	Blake Gillikin	Arizona Cardinals	16	38	49.7	44.3	19	50%	3%	34%	+1.6
31	Trenton Gill	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	27	43.3	38.9	9	33%	4%	30%	+8.1
32	Pat O'Donnell	San Francisco 49ers	10	24	45.1	40.0	8	33%	4%	33%	−3.3
33	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	9	23	45.2	36.3	11	48%	0%	27%	−12.1
34	Matt Haack	New York Giants	9	21	47.0	39.5	9	43%	5%	43%	−2.2
35	Jake Camarda	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	13	45.3	36.5	5	38%	0%	23%	−5.9
36	Michael Palardy	Arizona Cardinals	5	13	43.0	39.1	1	8%	8%	38%	−6.4
37	Jack Browning	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	10	42.5	34.6	0	0%	10%	30%	−7.5
38	Ty Zentner	Los Angeles Rams	2	8	40.1	33.5	3	38%	0%	29%	−3.7
39	Cameron Johnston	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	2	51.5	37.5	1	50%	0%	50%	−0.8
40	Chris Boswell	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	1	43.0	43.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−0.2

All 2024 NFL punter rankings

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