| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Abe Woodson* | SFO | 28 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 179 | 1 | 85 | 9.4 | 37 | 1157 | 0 | 79 | 31.3 | 1336 |
| 2 | Dick James | WAS | 28 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 145 | 0 | 33 | 7.6 | 32 | 889 | 0 | 72 | 27.8 | 1420 |
| 3 | Pat Studstill | DET | 24 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 457 | 0 | 44 | 15.8 | 20 | 511 | 0 | 59 | 25.6 | 1436 |
| 4 | Billy Martin | CHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 62 | 0 | 19 | 3.6 | 25 | 515 | 0 | 47 | 20.6 | 613 |
| 5 | Pervis Atkins | RAM | 27 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 94 | 0 | 45 | 8.5 | 28 | 676 | 0 | 41 | 24.1 | 1182 |
| 6 | Bill Butler | MIN | 25 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 169 | 0 | 46 | 14.1 | 26 | 588 | 0 | 45 | 22.6 | 757 |
| 7 | Timmy Brown* | PHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 38 | 13.5 | 30 | 831 | 1 | 99 | 27.7 | 2306 |
| 8 | Brady Keys | PIT | 26 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 6.6 | 28 | 667 | 0 | 57 | 23.8 | 713 |
| 9 | Johnny Counts | NYG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 4.1 | 26 | 784 | 1 | 90 | 30.2 | 934 |
| 10 | Howard Cassady | 2TM | 28 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 13 | 6.1 | 24 | 482 | 0 | 34 | 20.1 | 725 |
| 11 | Amos Marsh | DAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.3 | 29 | 725 | 1 | 101 | 25.0 | 1998 |
| 12 | Bake Turner | BAL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 95 | 0 | 43 | 9.5 | 20 | 504 | 0 | 37 | 25.2 | 727 |
| 13 | Tom Matte | BAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 613 | 0 | 42 | 22.7 | 920 | |||||
| 14 | Dick Bass* | RAM | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 81 | 0 | 48 | 13.5 | 19 | 446 | 0 | 40 | 23.5 | 1822 |
| 15 | Tom Watkins | DET | 25 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 5.3 | 17 | 452 | 0 | 40 | 26.6 | 1064 |
| 16 | Bill Triplett | STL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 608 | 0 | 49 | 25.3 | 620 | |||||
| 17 | Norm Beal | STL | 22 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 6.6 | 16 | 394 | 0 | 66 | 24.6 | 440 |
| 18 | Willie Wood* | GNB | 26 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 273 | 0 | 65 | 11.9 | 273 | |||||
| 19 | Bobby Reed | MIN | 23 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 82 | 0 | 19 | 9.1 | 13 | 337 | 0 | 40 | 25.9 | 478 |
| 20 | Johnny Morris | CHI | 27 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 208 | 0 | 33 | 10.4 | 1104 | |||||
| 21 | Ernie Green | CLE | 24 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 6.2 | 13 | 250 | 0 | 41 | 19.2 | 614 |
| 22 | Tommy Mason* | MIN | 23 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 8.7 | 12 | 301 | 0 | 42 | 25.1 | 1696 |
| 23 | Glenn Glass | PIT | 22 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 396 | 0 | 55 | 24.8 | 396 | |||||
| 24 | Herb Adderley+ | GNB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 418 | 1 | 103 | 27.9 | 418 | |||||
| 25 | Bobby Mitchell*+ | WAS | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | 12 | 398 | 1 | 92 | 33.2 | 1794 |
| 26 | Amos Bullocks | DAL | 23 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 265 | 0 | 62 | 18.9 | 507 | |||||
| 27 | Sam Horner | NYG | 24 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 11 | 242 | 0 | 33 | 22.0 | 245 |
| 28 | J.W. Lockett | DAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 5.6 | 6 | 130 | 0 | 31 | 21.7 | 277 |
| 29 | Alex Hawkins | BAL | 25 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 3.8 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 25 | 17.5 | 201 |
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Tom Moore* | GNB | 24 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 284 | 0 | 28 | 21.8 | 761 | |||||
| 31 | Charlie Bivins | CHI | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 243 | 0 | 37 | 20.3 | 339 | |||||
| 32 | Alvin Hall | RAM | 28 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 5.3 | 8 | 178 | 0 | 32 | 22.3 | 199 |
| 33 | Hugh McElhenny | MIN | 34 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 8.6 | 7 | 160 | 0 | 40 | 22.9 | 594 |
| 34 | Pat Fischer | STL | 22 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 9.3 | 7 | 187 | 0 | 43 | 26.7 | 224 |
| 35 | Bob Gaiters | 2TM | 24 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 273 | 0 | 47 | 24.8 | 513 | |||||
| 36 | Wendell Harris | BAL | 22 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 7.6 | 3 | 86 | 0 | 31 | 28.7 | 147 |
| 37 | Tommy Wilson | CLE | 30 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 307 | 0 | 46 | 27.9 | 558 | |||||
| 38 | Leroy Jackson | WAS | 23 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 272 | 0 | 43 | 27.2 | 637 | |||||
| 39 | Joe Morrison | NYG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 4.4 | 5 | 113 | 0 | 28 | 22.6 | 388 |
| 40 | Billy Stacy | STL | 26 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 5 | 121 | 0 | 33 | 24.2 | 156 |
| 41 | Jim Steffen | WAS | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 4 | 107 | 0 | 39 | 26.8 | 137 |
| 42 | Ronnie Bull | CHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 235 | 0 | 35 | 26.1 | 929 | |||||
| 43 | Bruce Maher | DET | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 7 | 141 | 0 | 35 | 20.1 | 152 |
| 44 | Charlie Scales | CLE | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 154 | 0 | 22 | 17.1 | 460 | |||||
| 45 | Preston Carpenter* | PIT | 28 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 109 | 0 | 60 | 15.6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 627 |
| 46 | Paul Dudley | NYG | 23 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 229 | 0 | 56 | 28.6 | 441 | |||||
| 47 | Dick Haley | PIT | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 105 | 0 | 23 | 15.0 | 118 |
| 48 | Jim Shofner | CLE | 27 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 4.1 | 33 | |||||
| 49 | Jon Arnett | RAM | 27 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 21 | 9.8 | 2 | 87 | 0 | 50 | 43.5 | 511 |
| 50 | Mike Gaechter | DAL | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 5.3 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 48 |
| 51 | Dale Messer | SFO | 25 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 112 | 0 | 43 | 28.0 | 149 |
| 52 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2.4 | 171 | |||||
| 53 | Merrill Douglas | PHI | 26 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 40 | 22.7 | 143 | |||||
| 54 | Prentice Gautt | STL | 24 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 124 | 0 | 35 | 20.7 | 834 | |||||
| 55 | Johnny Sample | PIT | 25 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 30 | 26.0 | 53 |
| 56 | Rosey Taylor | CHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 33 | 24.5 | 109 |
| 57 | Jim Vollenweider | SFO | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 45 | 18.8 | 171 | |||||
| 58 | Eddie Dove | SFO | 25 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 4.2 | 21 | |||||
| 59 | Tommy McDonald* | PHI | 28 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.6 | 1154 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Donnie Davis | DAL | 22 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 23 | 16.5 | 97 | |||||
| 61 | Ted Dean | PHI | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 28 | 20.8 | 83 | |||||
| 62 | Ed Sharockman | MIN | 23 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 47 | 23.7 | 87 |
| 63 | Maxie Baughan | PHI | 24 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 9 | |||||
| 64 | Bobby Boyd | BAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 36 | |||||
| 65 | Joe Childress | STL | 29 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 6.3 | 388 | |||||
| 66 | Irv Cross | PHI | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 37 | 36.0 | 74 |
| 67 | Bobby Smith | RAM | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 41 | 30.0 | 67 |
| 68 | Lloyd Winston | SFO | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 29 | 22.3 | 54 | |||||
| 69 | Larry Bowie | MIN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 7 | |||||
| 70 | Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 964 | |||||
| 71 | John David Crow* | STL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | 1003 | |||||
| 72 | Jim Cunningham | WAS | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 31 | 27.0 | 241 | |||||
| 73 | Bob Ferguson | PIT | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 15.0 | 73 | |||||
| 74 | Mal Hammack | STL | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 19 | 18.0 | 223 | |||||
| 75 | Dick Hoak | PIT | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 615 | |||||
| 76 | Phil King | NYG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 18.5 | 683 | |||||
| 77 | Joe Marconi | CHI | 28 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 15.0 | 742 | |||||
| 78 | Lou Michaels* | PIT | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | |||||
| 79 | Andy Nelson | BAL | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 11.0 | 22 | |||||
| 80 | Pettis Norman | DAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 39 | |||||
| 81 | Jim Prestel | MIN | 25 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 14.5 | 29 | |||||
| 82 | Mark Smolinski | BAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 10.0 | 413 | |||||
| 83 | Sam Tidmore | CLE | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 31 | 19.5 | 39 | |||||
| 84 | Mike Woulfe | PHI | 23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | |||||
| 85 | Taz Anderson | STL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 541 | |||||
| 86 | Gail Cogdill* | DET | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 997 | |||||
| 87 | Jim Collier | NYG | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | |||||
| 88 | Gary Collins | CLE | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | |||||
| 89 | Bill Cooper | SFO | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Andy Cvercko | DAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 91 | Bob Denton | MIN | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | |||||
| 92 | John Diehl | BAL | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 93 | Tom Franckhauser | MIN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
| 94 | Earl Gros | GNB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 162 | |||||
| 95 | Tom Hall | DET | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 96 | Deacon Jones | RAM | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 97 | Jim Kerr | WAS | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 98 | Ron Kostelnik | GNB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 99 | Dale Memmelaar | DAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 100 | Al Miller | WAS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 101 | Ray Nitschke | GNB | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 102 | Ed O'Bradovich | CHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 103 | Jimmy Patton*+ | NYG | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 104 | Mike Sandusky | PIT | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 105 | Ralph Smith | PHI | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 44 | |||||
| 106 | Steve Stonebreaker | MIN | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 239 | |||||
| 107 | Don Talbert | DAL | 23 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 108 | Mickey Walker | NYG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 109 | Joe Womack | PIT | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 541 | |||||