| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Bob Davis | BOS | 30 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 271 | 0 | 32 | 12.3 | 7 | 152 | 0 | 26 | 21.7 | 883 |
| 2 | John Grigas | CRD | 24 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 11 | 8.0 | 23 | 471 | 0 | 35 | 20.5 | 1154 |
| 3 | Joe Laws | GNB | 33 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 118 | 0 | 23 | 7.9 | 8 | 132 | 0 | 25 | 16.5 | 511 |
| 4 | Steve Van Buren+ | PHI | 24 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 230 | 1 | 55 | 15.3 | 8 | 266 | 1 | 97 | 33.3 | 940 |
| 5 | Andy Farkas | WAS | 28 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 91 | 0 | 22 | 13.0 | 11 | 229 | 0 | 35 | 20.8 | 434 |
| 6 | Al Grygo | CHI | 26 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 100 | 0 | 15 | 9.1 | 7 | 162 | 0 | 52 | 23.1 | 626 |
| 7 | Frank Seno | WAS | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 129 | 0 | 60 | 12.9 | 8 | 193 | 0 | 37 | 24.1 | 608 |
| 8 | Bob Margarita | CHI | 24 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1.8 | 12 | 279 | 0 | 30 | 23.3 | 881 |
| 9 | Albie Reisz | RAM | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 21 | 13.6 | 12 | 285 | 0 | 44 | 23.8 | 487 |
| 10 | Frankie Sinkwich+ | DET | 24 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 148 | 0 | 25 | 13.5 | 6 | 144 | 0 | 31 | 24.0 | 855 |
| 11 | Bill Paschal+ | NYG | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 102 | 0 | 20 | 14.6 | 9 | 260 | 0 | 66 | 28.9 | 1099 |
| 12 | Ernie Steele | PHI | 27 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 181 | 0 | 25 | 16.5 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 51 | 25.6 | 578 |
| 13 | Tom Colella | RAM | 26 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 65 | 0 | 29 | 16.3 | 10 | 241 | 0 | 41 | 24.1 | 578 |
| 14 | Art Van Tone | DET | 26 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 20 | 14.0 | 9 | 227 | 1 | 92 | 25.2 | 564 |
| 15 | Johnny Butler | 2TM | 26 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 99 | 0 | 20 | 11.0 | 4 | 92 | 0 | 29 | 23.0 | 394 |
| 16 | Ward Cuff | NYG | 31 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 115 | 0 | 16 | 10.5 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 41 | 31.5 | 738 |
| 17 | Bob Thurbon | CRD | 26 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 291 | 0 | 55 | 24.3 | 612 |
| 18 | George Magulick | CRD | 25 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 86 | 0 | 28 | 12.3 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 30 | 20.2 | 339 |
| 19 | Ray McLean | CHI | 29 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 79 | 0 | 19 | 9.9 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 35 | 25.5 | 620 |
| 20 | Ted Fritsch | GNB | 24 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 288 | 0 | 44 | 26.2 | 615 | |||||
| 21 | Mike Kabealo | RAM | 29 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 16 | 9.1 | 4 | 126 | 0 | 51 | 31.5 | 362 |
| 22 | Bob Keene | DET | 25 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 128 | 0 | 25 | 18.3 | 4 | 93 | 0 | 27 | 23.3 | 338 |
| 23 | Pug Manders | BKN | 31 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 227 | 0 | 35 | 20.6 | 735 | |||||
| 24 | Johnny Martin | 2TM | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 16.7 | 8 | 265 | 0 | 55 | 33.1 | 364 |
| 25 | Jack Banta | PHI | 27 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 81 | 0 | 10 | 11.6 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 25 | 18.0 | 341 |
| 26 | Jack Hinkle | PHI | 27 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 | 6 | 134 | 0 | 30 | 22.3 | 621 |
| 27 | Wilbur Moore | WAS | 28 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 143 | 0 | 32 | 17.9 | 719 |
| 28 | Howie Livingston | NYG | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 11.0 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 29 | 28.5 | 483 |
| 29 | George Cafego | BOS | 29 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 16 | 12.3 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 23 | 16.0 | 136 |
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Cecil Johnson | BKN | 23 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 102 | 0 | 27 | 14.6 | 143 | |||||
| 31 | Harvey Jones | RAM | 23 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 66 | 0 | 18 | 11.0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 291 |
| 32 | Charlie McGibbony | BKN | 29 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 19 | 13.2 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 20.0 | 187 |
| 33 | Ted Williams | BOS | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 18 | 13.7 | 136 |
| 34 | Lou Zontini | RAM | 27 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 14 | 11.8 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 34 | 22.0 | 306 |
| 35 | Lou Brock | GNB | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 9.0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 21 | 20.5 | 351 |
| 36 | Frank Filchock | WAS | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.7 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 27 | 14.0 | 64 |
| 37 | Ray Hare | BKN | 27 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 120 | 0 | 36 | 30.0 | 527 |
| 38 | Hank Soar | NYG | 30 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 8.7 | 62 | |||||
| 39 | Leo Stasica | BOS | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 10.0 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 35 | 25.0 | 89 |
| 40 | Bob Westfall | DET | 25 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 12.7 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 31 | 26.3 | 612 |
| 41 | Jim Gillette | RAM | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 4 | 115 | 0 | 38 | 28.8 | 262 |
| 42 | Sammy Baugh | WAS | 30 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 5.8 | -15 | |||||
| 43 | Irv Comp | GNB | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 17.5 | 217 |
| 44 | Milt Crain | BOS | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 16.5 | 137 |
| 45 | Paul Duhart | GNB | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 10.7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 409 |
| 46 | Scott Gudmundson | BOS | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 32 | 18.3 | 61 |
| 47 | Tipp Mooney | CHI | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 29 | 21.7 | 273 |
| 48 | Bill Petrilas | NYG | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 24 | 14.5 | 87 | |||||
| 49 | Bill Brown | BKN | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 8.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 48 |
| 50 | Bill Callihan | DET | 28 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 20 | 15.3 | 116 | |||||
| 51 | Johnny Long | CHI | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 30 |
| 52 | Steve Marko | BKN | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 35 | 26.7 | 90 | |||||
| 53 | Frank Martin | BKN | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | 49 | |||||
| 54 | John Popovich | CRD | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 28 | 25.0 | 103 | |||||
| 55 | Keith Ranspot | BOS | 31 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 12.3 | 306 | |||||
| 56 | Ed Rucinski | CRD | 28 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 28 | 22.3 | 423 | |||||
| 57 | Chuck Taylor | BKN | 24 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 12.5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 78 |
| 58 | Larry Weldon | WAS | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 9.3 | 36 | |||||
| 59 | Neal Adams | NYG | 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 14.5 | 371 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Jim Benton | RAM | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 509 | |||||
| 61 | Tony Canadeo | GNB | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 177 |
| 62 | Jake Fawcett | RAM | 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 11 | |||||
| 63 | Jim Fordham | CHI | 28 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 21.0 | 436 | |||||
| 64 | Toimi Jarvi | PHI | 24 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 | 47 | |||||
| 65 | Ben Kish | PHI | 27 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 18.0 | 205 | |||||
| 66 | Jackie Lowther | DET | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 14.0 | 46 | |||||
| 67 | Art Macioszczyk | PHI | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 101 |
| 68 | Roy McKay | GNB | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 9.5 | 31 | |||||
| 69 | Don Perkins | GNB | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 17.0 | 242 | |||||
| 70 | Bill Reynolds | BKN | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 101 |
| 71 | Frank Sachse | BKN | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 61 |
| 72 | Walter West | RAM | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 299 |
| 73 | Tony Aiello | 2TM | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 31 | |||||
| 74 | Frank Akins | WAS | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 195 | |||||
| 75 | Mel Bleeker | PHI | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 617 | |||||
| 76 | Chet Bulger | CRD | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 77 | Victor Carroll | NYG | 32 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | |||||
| 78 | Larry Craig | GNB | 28 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 34 | |||||
| 79 | Don Currivan | CRD | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 177 | |||||
| 80 | Al Fiorentino | WAS | 27 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 81 | Sam Goldman | BOS | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | |||||
| 82 | Al Kaporch | DET | 31 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 83 | Bruiser Kinard+ | BKN | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | |||||
| 84 | Sonny Liles | DET | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 85 | Sid Luckman+ | CHI | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | -90 | |||||
| 86 | Lou Marotti | CRD | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 87 | John McCarthy | CRD | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | -40 | |||||
| 88 | John McMichaels | BKN | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | |||||
| 89 | Tom Miller | PHI | 26 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 141 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Andy Natowich | WAS | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 91 | Norm Olsen | RAM | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | |||||
| 92 | John Perko | CRD | 30 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 93 | John Petchel | RAM | 25 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 71 | |||||
| 94 | Dick Plasman | CHI | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | 16 | |||||
| 95 | Frank Santora | BOS | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | |||||
| 96 | Bob Seymour | WAS | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 584 | |||||
| 97 | Rudy Smeja | CHI | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 117 | |||||
| 98 | Ben Starret | GNB | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 40 | |||||
| 99 | Morgan Tiller | BOS | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
| 100 | Frank Turbert | BOS | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 101 | Doug Turley | WAS | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 124 | |||||
| 102 | Bulldog Turner+ | CHI | 25 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 57 | |||||
| 103 | Rocky Uguccioni | BKN | 26 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 106 | |||||
| 104 | Alex Urban | GNB | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 32 | |||||
| 105 | Harry Wynne | BOS | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 216 | |||||