| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Dick Christy* | NYT | 27 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 250 | 2 | 73 | 16.7 | 38 | 824 | 0 | 43 | 21.7 | 2147 |
| 2 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 22 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 116 | 0 | 21 | 8.3 | 24 | 726 | 0 | 61 | 30.3 | 842 |
| 3 | Ron Burton | BOS | 26 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 122 | 0 | 22 | 5.8 | 13 | 238 | 0 | 42 | 18.3 | 1369 |
| 4 | Jerry Robinson | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 748 | 0 | 57 | 23.4 | 1149 | |||||
| 5 | Jim Tiller | NYT | 27 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 5.2 | 22 | 462 | 0 | 40 | 21.0 | 660 |
| 6 | Bo Roberson | OAK | 27 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 748 | 1 | 87 | 27.7 | 1601 | |||||
| 7 | Keith Lincoln* | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 94 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 398 | 1 | 103 | 28.4 | 1280 |
| 8 | Clem Daniels | OAK | 25 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 530 | 0 | 34 | 22.1 | 1614 | |||||
| 9 | Al Frazier | DEN | 27 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 6.4 | 19 | 388 | 0 | 35 | 20.4 | 799 |
| 10 | Larry Garron | BOS | 25 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 686 | 1 | 95 | 28.6 | 1314 | |||||
| 11 | Bob Garner | OAK | 14 | 0 | 20 | 162 | 0 | 25 | 8.1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 170 | |
| 12 | Frank Jackson | DTX | 23 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 117 | 0 | 39 | 10.6 | 10 | 254 | 0 | 41 | 25.4 | 799 |
| 13 | Dave Grayson* | DTX | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 535 | 0 | 59 | 29.7 | 535 |
| 14 | Billy Cannon | HOU | 25 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 442 | 0 | 38 | 24.6 | 1367 | |||||
| 15 | Abner Haynes*+ | DTX | 25 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 119 | 0 | 30 | 7.9 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 1768 |
| 16 | Willie West | BUF | 24 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 124 | 0 | 45 | 8.3 | 124 | |||||
| 17 | Willie Jones | BUF | 23 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 287 | 0 | 27 | 20.5 | 304 | |||||
| 18 | Ray Abruzzese | BUF | 25 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 5.7 | 10 | 194 | 0 | 39 | 19.4 | 211 |
| 19 | Fred Glick* | HOU | 25 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 79 | 0 | 17 | 6.6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 101 |
| 20 | Gene Mingo* | DEN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 5.1 | 6 | 99 | 0 | 31 | 16.5 | 529 |
| 21 | Bobby Bethune | SDG | 24 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 251 | 0 | 27 | 20.9 | 251 | |||||
| 22 | Claude Gibson | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 27 | 8.9 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 39 | 27.5 | 144 |
| 23 | Hal Lewis | OAK | 27 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 65 | 0 | 22 | 7.2 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 34 | 21.7 | 201 |
| 24 | Tom Minter | 2TM | 23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 227 | 0 | 50 | 22.7 | 228 |
| 25 | Claude King | BOS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 177 | 0 | 28 | 19.7 | 363 | |||||
| 26 | Jerry Tarr | DEN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 217 | 0 | 50 | 27.1 | 428 | |||||
| 27 | Art Baker | BUF | 25 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 220 | 1 | 100 | 31.4 | 241 | |||||
| 28 | Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 29 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 231 | 1 | 93 | 33.0 | 842 | |||||
| 29 | Cookie Gilchrist*+ | BUF | 27 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 150 | 0 | 34 | 21.4 | 1565 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Dick Harris | SDG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 95 | 0 | 34 | 13.6 | 95 | |||||
| 31 | Alan Miller | OAK | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 7.5 | 486 | |||||
| 32 | Carey Henley | BUF | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 0 | 27 | 18.0 | 92 | |||||
| 33 | John McGeever | DEN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 143 | 0 | 52 | 28.6 | 143 | |||||
| 34 | Bob Zeman* | DEN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 47 | 11.8 | 59 | |||||
| 35 | Ed Kovac | NYT | 24 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 23 | 18.0 | 80 | |||||
| 36 | Jimmy Saxton | DTX | 22 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 77 | 0 | 32 | 19.3 | 142 | |||||
| 37 | Carl Taseff | BUF | 34 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 | 18 | |||||
| 38 | Mel West | NYT | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 131 | 0 | 68 | 43.7 | 148 |
| 39 | Fred Bruney* | BOS | 31 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2.7 | 8 | |||||
| 40 | Gerry McDougall | SDG | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 28 | 23.7 | 295 | |||||
| 41 | Johnny Olszewski | DEN | 32 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 | 24 | 22.0 | 330 | |||||
| 42 | Bill Shockley | NYT | 25 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 32 | 24.3 | 73 | |||||
| 43 | Bert Coan | SDG | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 15.5 | 93 | |||||
| 44 | Jim Crawford | BOS | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 12.0 | 707 | |||||
| 45 | Bo Dickinson | DEN | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 827 | |||||
| 46 | Curtis McClinton* | DTX | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 969 | |||||
| 47 | Tommy Morrow | OAK | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | |||||
| 48 | Dave Smith | HOU | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 23 | 18.5 | 403 | |||||
| 49 | Jack Spikes | DTX | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 15.0 | 394 | |||||
| 50 | Thomas Stephens | BOS | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 31 | 23.0 | 46 | |||||
| 51 | James Stinnette | DEN | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 13.5 | 223 | |||||
| 52 | Charley Tolar* | HOU | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 1281 | |||||
| 53 | Vern Valdez | OAK | 27 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 7.0 | 14 | |||||
| 54 | Hezekiah Braxton | SDG | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 52 | |||||
| 55 | Nick Buoniconti | BOS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 56 | Joe Cannavino | BUF | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 57 | Thurlow Cooper | NYT | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 125 | |||||
| 58 | Eldon Danenhauer* | DEN | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| 59 | Bob Dee | BOS | 29 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Jerry DeLucca | BUF | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 61 | Bob Dougherty | OAK | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| 62 | Booker Edgerson | BUF | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
| 63 | George Flint | BUF | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| 64 | Sid Fournet | NYT | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 65 | Ron Hall | BOS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 66 | Bobby Jackson | SDG | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 563 | |||||
| 67 | Harry Jacobs | BOS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 68 | Curley Johnson | NYT | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 190 | |||||
| 69 | Jack Klotz | 2TM | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 70 | Rommie Loudd | BOS | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 71 | Bob McLeod | HOU | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 578 | |||||
| 72 | Jim McMillin | DEN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | |||||
| 73 | Jim Norris | OAK | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 74 | Joe Novsek | OAK | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 75 | Tom Rychlec | BUF | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 90 | |||||
| 76 | Willie Simpson | OAK | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 39 | |||||
| 77 | Fred Williamson*+ | OAK | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||