| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Al Carmichael | GNB | 29 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 190 | 0 | 48 | 7.6 | 31 | 690 | 0 | 33 | 22.3 | 1182 |
| 2 | Woodley Lewis | CRD | 32 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 175 | 0 | 31 | 7.3 | 26 | 682 | 0 | 52 | 26.2 | 1281 |
| 3 | Joe Arenas | SFO | 32 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 80 | 0 | 26 | 3.2 | 24 | 657 | 0 | 64 | 27.4 | 761 |
| 4 | Gene Filipski | NYG | 26 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 91 | 0 | 17 | 4.6 | 26 | 613 | 0 | 34 | 23.6 | 800 |
| 5 | Tommy McDonald | PHI | 23 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 127 | 0 | 28 | 4.9 | 11 | 304 | 0 | 50 | 27.6 | 695 |
| 6 | Ron Drzewiecki | CHI | 24 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 2.9 | 13 | 315 | 0 | 53 | 24.2 | 397 |
| 7 | Billy Wells | 2TM | 26 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 143 | 0 | 30 | 6.8 | 12 | 325 | 1 | 96 | 27.1 | 1089 |
| 8 | Jon Arnett* | RAM | 22 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 85 | 0 | 22 | 6.1 | 18 | 504 | 1 | 98 | 28.0 | 1258 |
| 9 | Billy Reynolds | CLE | 26 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 114 | 0 | 23 | 4.8 | 7 | 152 | 0 | 29 | 21.7 | 335 |
| 10 | Ron Waller | RAM | 24 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 2.1 | 13 | 289 | 0 | 46 | 22.2 | 654 |
| 11 | Bert Zagers | WAS | 24 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 217 | 2 | 76 | 15.5 | 15 | 348 | 0 | 35 | 23.2 | 565 |
| 12 | Yale Lary* | DET | 27 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 139 | 0 | 36 | 5.6 | 171 | |||||
| 13 | Ken Keller | PHI | 23 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 38 | 6.6 | 15 | 320 | 0 | 37 | 21.3 | 605 |
| 14 | Dick James | WAS | 23 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 83 | 0 | 27 | 7.5 | 12 | 259 | 0 | 38 | 21.6 | 361 |
| 15 | Bert Rechichar* | BAL | 27 | 12 | 0 | 22 | 71 | 0 | 22 | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 71 |
| 16 | Fred Bruney | PIT | 26 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 86 | 0 | 15 | 5.1 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 31 | 20.2 | 187 |
| 17 | Jimmy Patton | NYG | 24 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 2.6 | 10 | 223 | 0 | 33 | 22.3 | 252 |
| 18 | Vic Zucco | CHI | 22 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 25 | 5.3 | 8 | 224 | 0 | 73 | 28.0 | 282 |
| 19 | Terry Barr | DET | 22 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 3.7 | 9 | 153 | 0 | 27 | 17.0 | 186 |
| 20 | Ollie Matson*+ | CRD | 27 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 54 | 0 | 28 | 5.4 | 7 | 154 | 0 | 32 | 22.0 | 1236 |
| 21 | Dick Nyers | BAL | 23 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 350 | 0 | 46 | 20.6 | 346 | |||||
| 22 | Dean Derby | PIT | 22 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 14 | 3.6 | 6 | 137 | 0 | 30 | 22.8 | 297 |
| 23 | Jack Call | BAL | 22 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 329 | 0 | 45 | 23.5 | 492 | |||||
| 24 | Don McIlhenny | GNB | 23 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 362 | 0 | 53 | 25.9 | 956 | |||||
| 25 | J.D. Smith | SFO | 25 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 368 | 0 | 38 | 26.3 | 368 | |||||
| 26 | Tommy Runnels | WAS | 23 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 76 | 0 | 16 | 7.6 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 38 | 33.0 | 198 |
| 27 | Joe Scudero | WAS | 27 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 84 | 0 | 21 | 9.3 | 3 | 95 | 0 | 45 | 31.7 | 269 |
| 28 | Emlen Tunnell* | NYG | 32 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 60 | 0 | 23 | 5.0 | 60 | |||||
| 29 | Tommy Wilson* | RAM | 25 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 11 | 290 | 0 | 35 | 26.4 | 1029 |
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Milt Campbell | CLE | 24 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 263 | 0 | 36 | 23.9 | 311 | |||||
| 31 | Chet Hanulak | CLE | 24 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 2.6 | 442 | |||||
| 32 | J.C. Caroline | CHI | 24 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 23 | 19.3 | 131 |
| 33 | Howard Cassady | DET | 23 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 232 | 0 | 37 | 23.2 | 807 | |||||
| 34 | Hugh McElhenny* | SFO | 29 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 13 | 4.1 | 977 | |||||
| 35 | Marv Brown | DET | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | 6 | 106 | 0 | 23 | 17.7 | 128 |
| 36 | Don R. Paul* | CLE | 31 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 32 | 8.3 | 75 | |||||
| 37 | Jimmy Sears | CRD | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 220 | 0 | 33 | 27.5 | 354 |
| 38 | Jack Christiansen*+ | DET | 29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 80 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 92 |
| 39 | Carl Taseff | BAL | 29 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 40 | 8.6 | 60 | |||||
| 40 | Jim Brown*+ | CLE | 21 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 29 | 22.7 | 1133 | |||||
| 41 | Gene Gedman | DET | 25 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 158 | 0 | 45 | 26.3 | 571 | |||||
| 42 | Fred Cone | GNB | 31 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 25 | 16.6 | 248 | |||||
| 43 | Cotton Davidson | BAL | 26 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 21 | 15.8 | 79 | |||||
| 44 | Willie Galimore | CHI | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 140 | 0 | 47 | 28.0 | 879 | |||||
| 45 | Perry Jeter | CHI | 26 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 28 | 20.7 | 85 |
| 46 | Ed Modzelewski | CLE | 28 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 74 | 0 | 18 | 14.8 | 95 | |||||
| 47 | Clarence Peaks | PHI | 22 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 98 | 0 | 27 | 19.6 | 692 | |||||
| 48 | Johnny Bookman | NYG | 25 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 33 | 25.5 | 102 | |||||
| 49 | Bill Forester | GNB | 25 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 27 | 14.3 | 57 | |||||
| 50 | Joe Johnson | GNB | 28 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 9.8 | 120 | |||||
| 51 | Max McGee | GNB | 25 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 32 | 17.3 | 382 | |||||
| 52 | Corky Taylor | RAM | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 13.7 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 76 |
| 53 | Neil Worden | PHI | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | 199 | |||||
| 54 | M.L. Brackett | CHI | 24 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 | 5 | |||||
| 55 | Billy Kinard | GNB | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | |||||
| 56 | Ken Konz | CLE | 29 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 4.3 | 13 | |||||
| 57 | Jerry Norton* | PHI | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 18 | 16.5 | 119 |
| 58 | Jack Pardee | RAM | 21 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 21 | |||||
| 59 | Jim Podoley* | WAS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 18.7 | 1052 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | John Symank | GNB | 22 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 61 | Dick Alban | PIT | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 22 | 16.5 | 33 | |||||
| 62 | Frank Bernardi | CRD | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 6.0 | 29 | |||||
| 63 | Dick Bielski | PHI | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 5.5 | 92 | |||||
| 64 | Jimmy Carr | CRD | 24 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 19.5 | 39 | |||||
| 65 | Frank Clarke | CLE | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 11.0 | 99 | |||||
| 66 | Ed Crawford | NYG | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 19.0 | 78 | |||||
| 67 | Mal Hammack | CRD | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 16.5 | 205 | |||||
| 68 | Matt Hazeltine | SFO | 24 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 |
| 69 | Dave Mann | CRD | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 252 |
| 70 | Lenny Moore | BAL | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1267 | |||||
| 71 | Billy Pricer | BAL | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 23 | 20.0 | 58 | |||||
| 72 | Duane Putnam*+ | RAM | 29 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | |||||
| 73 | Ray Gene Smith | CHI | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 46 | |||||
| 74 | Gene Babb | SFO | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 471 | |||||
| 75 | Eddie Bell | PHI | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 76 | Don Burroughs | RAM | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| 77 | Jack Butler*+ | PIT | 30 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
| 78 | Lew Carpenter | CLE | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 404 | |||||
| 79 | Paul Carr | SFO | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
| 80 | Rick Casares* | CHI | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 925 | |||||
| 81 | Gene Cronin | DET | 24 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 82 | John Damore | CHI | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 83 | Milt Davis+ | BAL | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 84 | Bobby Dillon*+ | GNB | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 85 | Bobby Freeman | CLE | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 86 | Gary Glick | PIT | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 87 | Jimmy Harris | PHI | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 88 | Jimmy Hill | CRD | 29 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 89 | Dick Hughes | PIT | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Bill Jessup | SFO | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 37 | |||||
| 91 | Carl Karilivacz | DET | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 92 | Ed Khayat | WAS | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
| 93 | Night Train Lane | CRD | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 94 | Lamar Lundy | RAM | 22 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 114 | |||||
| 95 | Dicky Moegle | SFO | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | |||||
| 96 | Henry Moore | BAL | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 97 | Steve Myhra | BAL | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 20 | |||||
| 98 | Luke Owens | BAL | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | |||||
| 99 | Gerry Perry | DET | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | |||||
| 100 | Fred Robinson | CLE | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 101 | Fran Rogel | PIT | 30 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 364 | |||||
| 102 | Aubrey Rozzell | PIT | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 103 | Will Sherman | RAM | 30 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 104 | Don Shinnick | BAL | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 105 | Pat Summerall | CRD | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 106 | Ed Sutton | WAS | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 458 | |||||
| 107 | Fred Williams | CHI | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | |||||
| 108 | Frank Wydo | PHI | 33 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||