Kick & Punt Returns
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | AV | Awards | ||
| 1993 | 24 | SEA | RB | 81 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 603 | 0 | 46 | 20.1 | 624 | 0 | |||||
| 1994 | 25 | SEA | RB | 81 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 508 | 0 | 38 | 19.5 | 616 | 1 | |||||
| 1995 | 26 | CLE | RB | 83 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 176 | 0 | 38 | 19.6 | 176 | 0 | |||||
| 1996*+ | 27 | CAR | RB | 82 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 998 | 1 | 93 | 30.2 | 998 | 1 | AP1, PB | ||||
| 1997* | 28 | CAR | RB | 82 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 47 | 1281 | 0 | 56 | 27.3 | 1289 | 0 | AP2, PB |
| 1998* | 29 | CAR | RB | 82 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1480 | 1 | 99 | 25.1 | 1480 | 1 | PB | ||||
| 1999* | 30 | CAR | RB | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 1287 | 2 | 100 | 24.8 | 1301 | 2 | PB | ||||
| 2000* | 31 | CAR | RB | 24 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 4.4 | 42 | 941 | 1 | 92 | 22.4 | 1023 | 1 | PB |
| 2001 | 32 | WAS | RB | 20 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 49 | 1150 | 0 | 41 | 23.5 | 1155 | 0 | |
| 2002 | Missed season - Injured (broken ankle) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | 34 | 2TM | RB | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 686 | 0 | 48 | 26.4 | 686 | 0 | ||||||
| NYJ | RB | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 596 | 0 | 48 | 27.1 | 596 | 0 | |||||||
| DAL | RB | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 30 | 22.5 | 90 | 0 | |||||||
| Career | 145 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 0 | 12 | 4.4 | 373 | 9110 | 5 | 100 | 24.4 | 9348 | 6 | |||||
| 5 yrs | CAR | 76 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 4.9 | 233 | 5987 | 5 | 100 | 25.7 | 6091 | 5 | ||||
| 2 yrs | SEA | 31 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 1111 | 0 | 46 | 19.8 | 1240 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | CLE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 176 | 0 | 38 | 19.6 | 176 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 30 | 22.5 | 90 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | NYJ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 596 | 0 | 48 | 27.1 | 596 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 yr | WAS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 49 | 1150 | 0 | 41 | 23.5 | 1155 | 0 | ||||
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Michael Bates is 54 years old.
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Michael Bates was born on December 19, 1969.
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