2025 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 2025, Corey Bojorquez (41) led NFL punters in punts returned, ahead of Johnny Hekker (38) and Braden Mann (34). 36 punters qualify.

Final 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Returns	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Corey Bojorquez	Cleveland Browns	41	93	45.8	36.8	23	25%	12%	19%	−19.1
2	Johnny Hekker	Tennessee Titans	38	78	46.8	40.3	22	28%	9%	27%	−2.5
3	Braden Mann	Philadelphia Eagles	34	72	49.9	42.8	20	28%	11%	15%	+1.5
4	AJ Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	33	73	47.6	39.7	24	33%	6%	18%	−12.8
5	Tommy Townsend	Houston Texans	33	72	47.6	41.6	30	42%	7%	19%	+0.6
6	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	30	64	45.1	40.6	34	53%	5%	27%	+5.0
7	Jeremy Crawshaw	Denver Broncos	29	75	47.6	41.1	30	40%	12%	31%	−1.0
8	Ryan Rehkow	Cincinnati Bengals	28	65	50.5	42.9	28	43%	17%	18%	+7.2
9	Ryan Wright	Minnesota Vikings	27	65	49.0	44.5	25	38%	5%	34%	−0.7
10	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	27	60	48.0	43.0	22	37%	10%	15%	+12.4
11	Tory Taylor	Chicago Bears	26	60	47.8	40.4	21	35%	12%	15%	−8.7
12	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	26	41	48.6	42.6	14	34%	0%	32%	+7.9
13	Jake Bailey	Miami Dolphins	25	63	47.7	42.6	21	33%	5%	30%	+9.2
14	Corliss Waitman	Pittsburgh Steelers	25	62	45.5	41.7	26	42%	5%	35%	+4.4
15	Kai Kroeger	New Orleans Saints	25	58	44.8	37.3	18	31%	7%	20%	−22.1
16	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	25	56	47.3	43.9	29	52%	7%	32%	+13.6
17	Riley Dixon	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	65	44.7	38.9	29	45%	6%	33%	−7.3
18	Matt Araiza	Kansas City Chiefs	24	56	47.6	41.3	25	45%	5%	29%	+1.7
19	Sam Martin	Carolina Panthers	24	56	47.2	40.5	27	48%	5%	29%	+0.5
20	Jamie Gillan	New York Giants	24	55	44.5	38.0	17	31%	7%	31%	−9.4
21	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	23	53	50.1	44.9	24	45%	11%	11%	+8.8
22	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	22	56	46.6	42.8	28	50%	4%	46%	+4.7
23	Bryce Baringer	New England Patriots	22	51	47.4	40.6	21	41%	8%	29%	−1.0
24	Thomas Morstead	San Francisco 49ers	22	44	43.6	36.8	22	50%	2%	36%	−8.6
25	Austin McNamara	New York Jets	21	71	46.7	43.2	32	45%	8%	35%	+15.3
26	J.K. Scott	Los Angeles Chargers	21	60	47.9	41.4	23	38%	7%	38%	+0.1
27	Ethan Evans	Los Angeles Rams	21	50	46.3	38.0	20	40%	8%	20%	−11.6
28	Daniel Whelan	Green Bay Packers	21	49	51.7	43.9	18	37%	16%	24%	+9.2
29	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	19	52	49.0	42.2	20	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
30	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	19	44	48.8	44.7	22	50%	7%	34%	+1.7
31	Matt Haack	Arizona Cardinals	15	25	51.3	43.4	10	40%	0%	16%	+2.2
32	Mitch Wishnowsky	Buffalo Bills	11	38	45.3	41.9	18	47%	8%	39%	−1.1
33	Blake Gillikin	Arizona Cardinals	11	22	51.7	45.4	8	36%	9%	32%	+1.9
34	Cameron Johnston	Buffalo Bills	7	11	44.5	32.4	2	18%	0%	27%	−11.0
35	Pat O'Donnell	Arizona Cardinals	3	13	42.2	36.2	3	23%	8%	50%	−7.3
36	Brad Robbins	Buffalo Bills	1	4	39.5	38.0	1	25%	0%	25%	−0.7

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