| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Dan Sandifer | WAS | 21 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 236 | 0 | 35 | 11.8 | 26 | 594 | 1 | 96 | 22.8 | 1078 |
| 2 | Fred Gehrke | RAM | 30 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 217 | 0 | 48 | 11.4 | 17 | 464 | 1 | 92 | 27.3 | 1100 |
| 3 | Bosh Pritchard | PHI | 29 | 12 | 9 | 24 | 282 | 1 | 55 | 11.8 | 9 | 249 | 0 | 50 | 27.7 | 1300 |
| 4 | Jerry Davis | CRD | 24 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 334 | 2 | 70 | 20.9 | 15 | 437 | 0 | 83 | 29.1 | 848 |
| 5 | George McAfee | CHI | 30 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 417 | 1 | 60 | 13.9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 1061 |
| 6 | Fred Provo | GNB | 26 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 208 | 0 | 40 | 11.6 | 10 | 205 | 0 | 28 | 20.5 | 494 |
| 7 | Bill Paschal | BOS | 27 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 79 | 0 | 36 | 26.3 | 24 | 498 | 0 | 37 | 20.8 | 919 |
| 8 | Charlie Trippi+ | CRD | 26 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 213 | 2 | 67 | 19.4 | 16 | 354 | 0 | 50 | 22.1 | 1485 |
| 9 | Joe Scott | NYG | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 20 | 569 | 1 | 99 | 28.5 | 1027 |
| 10 | Frank Seno | BOS | 27 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 99 | 0 | 30 | 7.6 | 8 | 171 | 0 | 52 | 21.4 | 834 |
| 11 | Joe Margucci | DET | 27 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 100 | 0 | 22 | 10.0 | 10 | 199 | 0 | 37 | 19.9 | 763 |
| 12 | Ed Smith | GNB | 25 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 71 | 0 | 27 | 8.9 | 12 | 287 | 0 | 36 | 23.9 | 564 |
| 13 | Joe Watt | DET | 29 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 87 | 0 | 18 | 10.9 | 12 | 180 | 0 | 25 | 15.0 | 350 |
| 14 | Bill Dudley | DET | 29 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 18 | 8.4 | 10 | 204 | 0 | 47 | 20.4 | 578 |
| 15 | Pat McHugh | PHI | 29 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 220 | 0 | 55 | 12.2 | 232 | |||||
| 16 | Ray Evans | PIT | 26 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 133 | 0 | 22 | 13.3 | 7 | 122 | 0 | 27 | 17.4 | 691 |
| 17 | Joe Golding | BOS | 27 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 129 | 0 | 35 | 12.9 | 7 | 192 | 0 | 53 | 27.4 | 516 |
| 18 | Les Horvath | RAM | 27 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 203 | 0 | 27 | 15.6 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 15.5 | 394 |
| 19 | Steve Van Buren+ | PHI | 28 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 292 | 0 | 34 | 20.9 | 1333 | |||||
| 20 | J.R. Boone | CHI | 23 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 137 | 0 | 40 | 12.5 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 15.5 | 577 |
| 21 | Tony Canadeo | GNB | 29 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 13.8 | 9 | 166 | 0 | 28 | 18.4 | 891 |
| 22 | Ralph Earhart | GNB | 25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 137 | 0 | 27 | 12.5 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 27 | 25.5 | 522 |
| 23 | Emlen Tunnell | NYG | 23 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 115 | 0 | 25 | 9.6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 211 |
| 24 | Tom Farmer | WAS | 27 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 8.5 | 8 | 192 | 0 | 30 | 24.0 | 562 |
| 25 | Frank Minini | CHI | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 370 | 1 | 95 | 30.8 | 463 | |||||
| 26 | Gonzalo Morales | PIT | 26 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 83 | 0 | 20 | 10.4 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 24 | 20.7 | 174 |
| 27 | Phil Slosburg | BOS | 22 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 141 | 0 | 38 | 14.1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 | 296 |
| 28 | Bob Cifers | PIT | 28 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 245 | 0 | 55 | 27.2 | 669 |
| 29 | Billy deCorrevont | CHI | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 44 | 15.3 | 6 | 160 | 0 | 67 | 26.7 | 253 |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Eddie Saenz | WAS | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 13.0 | 8 | 173 | 0 | 27 | 21.6 | 282 |
| 31 | Camp Wilson | DET | 26 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 248 | 0 | 36 | 24.8 | 869 | |||||
| 32 | Red Cochran | CRD | 26 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 122 | 0 | 20 | 15.3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 143 |
| 33 | Joe Corn | RAM | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 12.3 | 5 | 112 | 0 | 22 | 22.4 | 188 |
| 34 | Joe Glamp | PIT | 27 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 7 | 158 | 0 | 30 | 22.6 | 478 |
| 35 | Al Lawler | CHI | 26 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 57 | 16.2 | 3 | 85 | 0 | 33 | 28.3 | 250 |
| 36 | Norm Mosley | PIT | 26 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 13 | 7.4 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 122 |
| 37 | Gene Roberts | NYG | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 160 | 0 | 33 | 22.9 | 883 |
| 38 | John Atwood | NYG | 25 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 8.0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 29 | 19.3 | 237 |
| 39 | Jack Banta | RAM | 31 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 119 | 0 | 28 | 19.8 | 272 |
| 40 | Skippy Minisi | NYG | 22 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 8.3 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 28 | 20.5 | 390 |
| 41 | Jerry Nuzum | PIT | 25 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 122 | 0 | 32 | 20.3 | 275 |
| 42 | Ray Coates | NYG | 24 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 107 | 0 | 26 | 17.8 | 283 | |||||
| 43 | Babe Dimancheff | CRD | 26 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 26 | 19.7 | 495 | |||||
| 44 | Howard Hartley | WAS | 24 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 21 | 20.5 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 22 | 16.0 | 155 |
| 45 | Dick Todd | WAS | 34 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 7.0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 16.7 | 822 |
| 46 | Paul Davis | PIT | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 8.5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 46 |
| 47 | Fred Enke | DET | 24 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 48 | 15.2 | 447 | |||||
| 48 | Frank Nelson | BOS | 25 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 13.5 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 11.3 | 131 |
| 49 | Paul Sarringhaus | DET | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 95 | 0 | 23 | 19.0 | 132 | |||||
| 50 | George Cheverko | 2TM | 28 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 35 | 26.7 | 136 |
| 51 | Tony Compagno | PIT | 27 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 5.3 | 126 | |||||
| 52 | Charlie Conerly | NYG | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 23 | 18.0 | 232 | |||||
| 53 | Andy Dudish | DET | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 30 | 19.0 | 53 |
| 54 | Noah Mullins | CHI | 30 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 41.0 | 409 |
| 55 | Walt Schlinkman | GNB | 26 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 0 | 34 | 22.3 | 530 | |||||
| 56 | Joe Sulaitis | NYG | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 18 | 16.5 | 382 | |||||
| 57 | Irv Comp | GNB | 29 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 11.7 | 38 | |||||
| 58 | Russ Craft | PHI | 29 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 10.7 | 237 | |||||
| 59 | Dick Hoerner | RAM | 26 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 17.5 | 622 |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Nolan Luhn | GNB | 27 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 6.0 | 303 | |||||
| 61 | Dante Magnani | RAM | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 22 | 16.3 | 221 | |||||
| 62 | Kelley Mote | DET | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 239 | |||||
| 63 | Bob Nussbaumer | WAS | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | -8.0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 19.0 | 341 |
| 64 | Ernie Steele | PHI | 31 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | 177 |
| 65 | Kenny Washington | RAM | 30 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 33 | 27.0 | 471 |
| 66 | Ed Cody | GNB | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 15.5 | 89 | |||||
| 67 | Ted Cook | GNB | 26 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 9.0 | 174 | |||||
| 68 | Gerry Cowhig | RAM | 27 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 230 |
| 69 | Hal Crisler | WAS | 25 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 10.0 | 619 | |||||
| 70 | Noble Doss | PHI | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 315 |
| 71 | Bob Forte | GNB | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 15.0 | 123 | |||||
| 72 | Jim Gillette | DET | 31 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 21 | |||||
| 73 | John Green | PHI | 27 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 12.0 | 24 | |||||
| 74 | Robert Hazelhurst | BOS | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 | 46 | |||||
| 75 | Bob Hoffman | RAM | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 115 | |||||
| 76 | Dick Humbert | PHI | 30 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | |||||
| 77 | Clyde LeForce | DET | 25 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 227 |
| 78 | Bob McClure | BOS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 7.0 | 14 | |||||
| 79 | Joe Osmanski | CHI | 31 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 410 | |||||
| 80 | Les Palmer | PHI | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 28 |
| 81 | John Poto | BOS | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 152 |
| 82 | Steve Pritko | BOS | 28 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 11.5 | 65 | |||||
| 83 | Jerry Shipkey | PIT | 23 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 17.0 | 339 | |||||
| 84 | Steve Bagarus | WAS | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 121 | |||||
| 85 | Gil Bouley | RAM | 27 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 23 | |||||
| 86 | Ray Bray | CHI | 31 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 87 | Jim Canady | CHI | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 37.0 | 45 | |||||
| 88 | Jim Castiglia | WAS | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 421 | |||||
| 89 | George Connor | CHI | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Bob B. Davis | PIT | 27 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 22 | |||||
| 91 | Joe Domnanovich | BOS | 29 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | |||||
| 92 | Fred Evans | CHI | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 28 | |||||
| 93 | Ted Fritsch | GNB | 28 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 190 | |||||
| 94 | Bill Garnaas | PIT | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | |||||
| 95 | Jug Girard | GNB | 21 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 48 | |||||
| 96 | Clyde Goodnight | GNB | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 460 | |||||
| 97 | John Greene | DET | 28 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 606 | |||||
| 98 | George Grimes | DET | 26 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 29 | |||||
| 99 | Ralph Heywood | 2TM | 27 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 227 | |||||
| 100 | Jack Jacobs | GNB | 29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 76 | |||||
| 101 | Ben Kish | PHI | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 106 | |||||
| 102 | Elmer Madarik | 2TM | 26 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 27 | |||||
| 103 | Bob Mann | DET | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 622 | |||||
| 104 | Charley Mehelich | PIT | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 105 | Frank Muehlheuser | BOS | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 215 | |||||
| 106 | George Papach | PIT | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 412 | |||||
| 107 | Jim Parmer | PHI | 22 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 181 | |||||
| 108 | Pete Pihos | PHI | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 772 | |||||
| 109 | Rudy Romboli | BOS | 25 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 189 | |||||
| 110 | Ken Roskie | 2TM | 28 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 59 | |||||
| 111 | Ed Royston | NYG | 25 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 112 | Charley Sarratt | DET | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | |||||
| 113 | Charlie Seabright | PIT | 30 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 67 | |||||
| 114 | Jules Siegle | NYG | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 18 | |||||
| 115 | Bruce Smith | 2TM | 28 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 98 | |||||
| 116 | Al Sparkman | RAM | 22 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 117 | Gil Steinke | PHI | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 34 | |||||
| 118 | Steve Suhey | PIT | 26 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| 119 | Bill Swiacki | NYG | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 550 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 120 | Jim Tyree | BOS | 26 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 123 | |||||
| 121 | Jim White | NYG | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | |||||