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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Whizzer White | DET | 24 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 262 | 0 | 64 | 13.8 | 11 | 285 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 945 |
| 2 | Marshall Goldberg* | CRD | 24 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 152 | 0 | 20 | 12.7 | 12 | 290 | 0 | 0 | 24.2 | 1182 |
| 3 | Art Jones* | PIT | 22 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 232 | 0 | 61 | 16.6 | 7 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 714 |
| 4 | Andy Farkas | WAS | 25 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 152 | 1 | 59 | 10.9 | 6 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 558 |
| 5 | Parker Hall | RAM | 25 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 125 | 0 | 25 | 9.6 | 7 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 488 |
| 6 | Lou Brock | GNB | 24 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 153 | 0 | 45 | 10.2 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 36 | 23.5 | 598 |
| 7 | Ace Parker | BKN | 29 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 153 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 591 |
| 8 | Boyd Brumbaugh | PIT | 26 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 8.6 | 11 | 271 | 0 | 53 | 24.6 | 446 |
| 9 | George Franck | NYG | 23 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 194 | 0 | 31 | 14.9 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 510 |
| 10 | Bill Leckonby | BKN | 24 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 119 | 0 | 19 | 7.9 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 406 |
| 11 | Tuffy Leemans* | NYG | 29 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 170 | 0 | 18 | 12.1 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 550 |
| 12 | Dick Todd | WAS | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 238 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 559 |
| 13 | Johnny Clement | CRD | 22 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 249 |
| 14 | Dan DeSantis | PHI | 23 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 6 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 402 |
| 15 | Merl Condit | BKN | 24 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 8 | 178 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 611 |
| 16 | Dante Magnani | RAM | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 10.8 | 8 | 241 | 1 | 93 | 30.1 | 612 |
| 17 | George Morris | RAM | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 6.6 | 8 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 14.8 | 237 |
| 18 | Bob Seymour | WAS | 25 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 128 | 0 | 25 | 12.8 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 446 |
| 19 | Frank Filchock* | WAS | 25 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 157 | 1 | 68 | 22.4 | 5 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 666 |
| 20 | George McAfee*+ | CHI | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 158 | 1 | 74 | 31.6 | 7 | 223 | 1 | 97 | 31.9 | 999 |
| 21 | Dick Riffle* | PIT | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 12.7 | 9 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 687 |
| 22 | Billy Jefferson | DET | 23 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 23 | 9.9 | 3 | 142 | 1 | 101 | 47.3 | 389 |
| 23 | Ned Mathews | DET | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 9 | 233 | 0 | 0 | 25.9 | 348 |
| 24 | Marty Slovak | RAM | 25 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 7.5 | 6 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 288 |
| 25 | Harry Clarke* | CHI | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 18 | 14.0 | 5 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 397 |
| 26 | Bob Swisher* | CHI | 27 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 14.4 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 499 |
| 27 | Andy Uram | GNB | 26 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 121 | 1 | 90 | 17.3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 13.5 | 530 |
| 28 | Tony Canadeo | GNB | 22 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 6.5 | 4 | 110 | 0 | 55 | 27.5 | 273 |
| 29 | Len Eshmont | NYG | 24 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 34 | 21.8 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 353 |
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Ray Nolting* | CHI | 28 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 12.5 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 360 |
| 31 | Frank Reagan | NYG | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 27 | 18.8 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 309 |
| 32 | Hal Van Every | GNB | 23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 20 | 14.5 | 4 | 99 | 0 | 31 | 24.8 | 287 |
| 33 | Jim Castiglia | PHI | 23 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 28.4 | 406 | |||||
| 34 | Owen Goodnight | RAM | 24 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 13.5 | 5 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 | 76 |
| 35 | Pug Manders*+ | BKN | 28 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 681 | |||||
| 36 | Herm Rohrig | GNB | 23 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 11.5 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 29 | 20.0 | 166 |
| 37 | Johnny Hall | CRD | 25 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 607 | |||||
| 38 | Ray Mallouf | CRD | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2.8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 146 |
| 39 | Coley McDonough | PIT | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 14.0 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 169 |
| 40 | Tommy Thompson | PHI | 25 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 5.4 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 78 |
| 41 | Al Donelli | PIT | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 139 |
| 42 | Clarke Hinkle | GNB | 32 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 30.5 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 12.7 | 570 |
| 43 | Cecil Isbell*+ | GNB | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 6.3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | 367 |
| 44 | Joe Laws | GNB | 30 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 26 | 25.0 | 184 |
| 45 | Wes McAfee | PHI | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 121 |
| 46 | Ray McLean* | CHI | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 1 | 61 | 33.0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 292 |
| 47 | Cotton Price | DET | 23 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 16.0 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 141 |
| 48 | Howie Yeager | NYG | 26 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 34 | 20.0 | 3 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 416 |
| 49 | Dick Booth | DET | 23 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 305 | |||||
| 50 | Lloyd Cardwell | DET | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 66 |
| 51 | Johnny Drake | RAM | 25 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 521 | |||||
| 52 | Hugh Gallarneau* | CHI | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 26 | 18.0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 579 |
| 53 | Mort Landsberg | PHI | 22 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 7.5 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 184 |
| 54 | Hugh McCullough | CRD | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 11.7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 80 |
| 55 | Rhoten Shetley | BKN | 23 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 128 | |||||
| 56 | Hank Soar | NYG | 27 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 30 | 13.5 | 144 | |||||
| 57 | Lou Tomasetti | 2TM | 25 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 161 |
| 58 | Foster Watkins | PHI | 24 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 5.7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 81 |
| 59 | Al Babartsky | CRD | 26 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 57 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Len Barnum | PHI | 29 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 16 | 19.3 | 133 | |||||
| 61 | Sam Bartholomew | PHI | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 141 |
| 62 | Ward Cuff* | NYG | 28 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 530 |
| 63 | Ray Hare | WAS | 24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 195 | |||||
| 64 | Johnny Martin | CRD | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 195 | |||||
| 65 | Leo Stasica | BKN | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 74 |
| 66 | Nick Basca | PHI | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 119 |
| 67 | Steve Belichick | DET | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 244 |
| 68 | Nello Falaschi* | NYG | 28 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 35 | |||||
| 69 | Lou Ghecas | PHI | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 28 |
| 70 | Len Janiak | RAM | 26 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 52 | |||||
| 71 | John Jett | DET | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 74 | |||||
| 72 | Ed Justice | WAS | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 190 | |||||
| 73 | Sid Luckman*+ | CHI | 25 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 | 47 | |||||
| 74 | Bob Masterson | WAS | 26 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 158 | |||||
| 75 | Dean McAdams | BKN | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 5.5 | 204 | |||||
| 76 | Norm Standlee* | CHI | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 443 | |||||
| 77 | Ben Starret | PIT | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 51 | |||||
| 78 | Will Walls | NYG | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 104 | |||||
| 79 | Willie Wilkin*+ | WAS | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 25 | |||||
| 80 | Stan Andersen | 2TM | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 93 | |||||
| 81 | Frank Balasz | 2TM | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 119 | |||||
| 82 | Larry Buhler | GNB | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
| 83 | Young Bussey* | CHI | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 13 | |||||
| 84 | Corby Davis | RAM | 27 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 180 | |||||
| 85 | Elwyn Dunstan | RAM | 26 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | |||||
| 86 | Terry Fox | PHI | 23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 184 | |||||
| 87 | Elmer Hackney | PIT | 25 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 266 | |||||
| 88 | Jack Hinkle | PHI | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 89 | Joe Hoague | PIT | 23 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 150 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Bill Hughes* | CHI | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | |||||
| 91 | Dick Humbert* | PHI | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 347 | |||||
| 92 | Don Hutson*+ | GNB | 28 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 768 | |||||
| 93 | Bert Johnson | CRD | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 112 | |||||
| 94 | Royal Kahler | PIT | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 95 | Ken Kavanaugh* | CHI | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 329 | |||||
| 96 | Walt Kichefski | PIT | 25 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 129 | |||||
| 97 | Bruiser Kinard* | BKN | 27 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 98 | George Kracum | BKN | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 206 | |||||
| 99 | Al Krueger | WAS | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 146 | |||||
| 100 | Augie Lio* | DET | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | |||||
| 101 | Don Looney | PIT | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 202 | |||||
| 102 | Paul McDonough | RAM | 25 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 207 | |||||
| 103 | Wilbur Moore | WAS | 25 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 75 | |||||
| 104 | John Noppenberg | 2TM | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 40 | |||||
| 105 | Bill Osmanski* | CHI | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 438 | |||||
| 106 | John Patrick | PIT | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 24 | |||||
| 107 | Hank Piro | PHI | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 174 | |||||
| 108 | Marion Pugh | NYG | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 55 | |||||
| 109 | Ray Riddick | GNB | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 47 | |||||
| 110 | Jack Sanders | PIT | 24 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 111 | Perry Schwartz*+ | BKN | 26 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 375 | |||||
| 112 | John Shonk | PHI | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 68 | |||||
| 113 | Clyde Shugart* | WAS | 25 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 114 | Gaylon Smith | RAM | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 55 | |||||
| 115 | Bud Svendsen | BKN | 26 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 116 | Paul Szakash | DET | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 94 | |||||
| 117 | Bulldog Turner*+ | CHI | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||