| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 23 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 145 | 0 | 56 | 11.2 | 45 | 1317 | 0 | 53 | 29.3 | 1462 |
| 2 | Charley Mitchell | DEN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 141 | 0 | 28 | 11.8 | 37 | 954 | 1 | 90 | 25.8 | 1207 |
| 3 | Bob Suci | BOS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 233 | 0 | 22 | 9.3 | 17 | 360 | 0 | 35 | 21.2 | 593 |
| 4 | Bo Roberson | OAK | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 22 | 17.0 | 38 | 809 | 0 | 58 | 21.3 | 1297 |
| 5 | Fred Glick*+ | HOU | 26 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 171 | 0 | 22 | 9.0 | 20 | 451 | 0 | 43 | 22.6 | 622 |
| 6 | Dick Christy | NYJ | 28 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 13 | 5.1 | 24 | 585 | 0 | 71 | 24.4 | 792 |
| 7 | Larry Garron* | BOS | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 28 | 693 | 0 | 58 | 24.8 | 1884 |
| 8 | Claude Gibson | OAK | 24 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 307 | 2 | 85 | 11.8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 317 |
| 9 | Keith Lincoln*+ | SDG | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 98 | 0 | 47 | 14.0 | 17 | 439 | 0 | 44 | 25.8 | 1688 |
| 10 | Ray Abruzzese | BUF | 26 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 152 | 0 | 32 | 8.9 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 25 | 19.7 | 270 |
| 11 | Marshall Starks | NYJ | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2.3 | 19 | 336 | 0 | 30 | 17.7 | 343 |
| 12 | Lance Alworth*+ | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 120 | 0 | 61 | 10.9 | 10 | 216 | 0 | 34 | 21.6 | 1555 |
| 13 | Dave Grayson* | KAN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 20 | 564 | 1 | 99 | 28.2 | 566 |
| 14 | Ed Rutkowski | BUF | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 67 | 0 | 29 | 8.4 | 13 | 396 | 0 | 65 | 30.5 | 871 |
| 15 | Abner Haynes | KAN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 9.5 | 12 | 317 | 0 | 45 | 26.4 | 1196 |
| 16 | Willie West* | BUF | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 86 | 0 | 24 | 7.8 | 6 | 146 | 0 | 32 | 24.3 | 232 |
| 17 | Gene Mingo | DEN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 85 | 0 | 45 | 12.1 | 7 | 151 | 0 | 31 | 21.6 | 337 |
| 18 | Thomas Stephens | BOS | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 117 | 0 | 26 | 8.4 | 117 | |||||
| 19 | Bake Turner* | NYJ | 23 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 299 | 0 | 49 | 21.4 | 1308 | |||||
| 20 | Elbert Dubenion | BUF | 30 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 333 | 0 | 39 | 25.6 | 1292 | |||||
| 21 | Charley Warner | KAN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 6.3 | 9 | 215 | 0 | 33 | 23.9 | 240 |
| 22 | Hewritt Dixon | DEN | 23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 47 | 19.3 | 9 | 195 | 0 | 37 | 21.7 | 488 |
| 23 | Frank Jackson | KAN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 95 | 0 | 39 | 8.6 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 952 |
| 24 | Bob Gaiters | DEN | 25 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 225 | 0 | 29 | 20.5 | 319 | |||||
| 25 | Al Frazier | DEN | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 19 | 14.0 | 7 | 185 | 0 | 49 | 26.4 | 227 |
| 26 | Dick Westmoreland | SDG | 22 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 204 | 0 | 26 | 20.4 | 204 | |||||
| 27 | Mike Sommer | OAK | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 25 | 11.0 | 5 | 102 | 0 | 24 | 20.4 | 191 |
| 28 | George Saimes | BUF | 22 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 140 | 0 | 31 | 20.0 | 204 | |||||
| 29 | Willie Brown | DEN | 23 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 9.7 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 54 | 23.3 | 99 |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Dick Harris | SDG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 23 | 10.8 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 27 | 17.0 | 77 |
| 31 | Curley Johnson | NYJ | 28 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 77 | 0 | 17 | 12.8 | 83 | |||||
| 32 | Paul Lowe* | SDG | 27 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 132 | 0 | 41 | 26.4 | 1333 | |||||
| 33 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 143 | 1 | 93 | 35.8 | 143 | |||||
| 34 | Joe Krakoski | OAK | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 10 | |||||
| 35 | Bill Perkins | NYJ | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 18 | 13.8 | 63 | |||||
| 36 | Tony Stricker | NYJ | 23 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 31 | 22.5 | 90 | |||||
| 37 | Harry Crump | BOS | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 14 | 11.0 | 199 | |||||
| 38 | Gerry McDougall | SDG | 28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 26 | 25.7 | 391 | |||||
| 39 | Fred Brown | BUF | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 65 | |||||
| 40 | Billy Cannon | HOU | 26 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 19.5 | 123 | |||||
| 41 | Harold Olson | DEN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 42 | Jerry Robinson | SDG | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 | 13.5 | 342 | |||||
| 43 | Glenn Shaw | OAK | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 9.5 | 129 | |||||
| 44 | Jack Spikes | KAN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 394 | |||||
| 45 | Smokey Stover | KAN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | |||||
| 46 | Stew Barber*+ | BUF | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 47 | Dan Birdwell | OAK | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 48 | Jim Fraser* | DEN | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 49 | Ken Herock | OAK | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 272 | |||||
| 50 | Bobby Jackson | SDG | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 165 | |||||
| 51 | Dick Klein | OAK | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 52 | Roger Kochman | BUF | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 391 | |||||
| 53 | Dee Mackey | NYJ | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 263 | |||||
| 54 | Paul Maguire | SDG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 55 | Bill Mathis* | NYJ | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 456 | |||||
| 56 | Marv Matuszak | BUF | 32 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 57 | Don Maynard | NYJ | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 792 | |||||
| 58 | Jim McMillin | OAK | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | |||||
| 59 | Rich Michael* | HOU | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Jesse Murdock | 2TM | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | |||||
| 61 | Herb Paterra | BUF | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 62 | Hank Rivera | BUF | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| 63 | Johnny Robinson* | KAN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 64 | Bob Scarpitto | DEN | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 471 | |||||
| 65 | Jackie Simpson | OAK | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| 66 | Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 849 | |||||
| 67 | Walt Sweeney | SDG | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | |||||
| 68 | Bill Tobin | HOU | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 454 | |||||
| 69 | Charley Tolar | HOU | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 938 | |||||
| 70 | John Tracey | BUF | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | |||||
| 71 | Dave Watson | BOS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | ||||||
| 72 | Jerrel Wilson | KAN | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 82 | |||||
| 73 | Bob Yates | BOS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||