| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Odell Barry | DEN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 149 | 1 | 52 | 9.3 | 47 | 1245 | 0 | 60 | 26.5 | 1432 |
| 2 | Hagood Clarke | BUF | 22 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 317 | 1 | 53 | 9.6 | 16 | 330 | 0 | 41 | 20.6 | 647 |
| 3 | Bo Roberson | OAK | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 36 | 975 | 0 | 59 | 27.1 | 1615 |
| 4 | J.D. Garrett | BOS | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 14.0 | 32 | 749 | 0 | 42 | 23.4 | 1137 |
| 5 | Bobby Jancik | HOU | 24 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 220 | 1 | 82 | 18.3 | 21 | 488 | 0 | 42 | 23.2 | 722 |
| 6 | Dave Grayson*+ | KAN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 679 | 0 | 80 | 22.6 | 679 | |||||
| 7 | Bill Baird | NYJ | 25 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 170 | 0 | 27 | 9.4 | 11 | 240 | 0 | 33 | 21.8 | 418 |
| 8 | Claude Gibson | OAK | 25 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 419 | 0 | 58 | 14.4 | 419 | |||||
| 9 | Ed Rutkowski | BUF | 23 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 10 | 5.6 | 21 | 498 | 0 | 57 | 23.7 | 777 |
| 10 | Charley Warner | 2TM | 24 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 165 | 0 | 40 | 13.8 | 12 | 301 | 0 | 44 | 25.1 | 466 |
| 11 | Billy Cannon | OAK | 27 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 518 | 0 | 45 | 24.7 | 1310 | |||||
| 12 | Dave Cloutier | BOS | 26 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 136 | 0 | 40 | 6.8 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 46.0 | 182 |
| 13 | Dick Westmoreland | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 | 18 | 360 | 0 | 43 | 20.0 | 370 |
| 14 | Charley Mitchell | DEN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 110 | 0 | 54 | 12.2 | 10 | 221 | 0 | 28 | 22.1 | 1146 |
| 15 | Lance Alworth*+ | SDG | 24 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 189 | 0 | 43 | 10.5 | 1484 | |||||
| 16 | Ode Burrell | HOU | 25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 449 | 1 | 93 | 26.4 | 532 |
| 17 | Ron Burton | BOS | 28 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 78 | 0 | 19 | 7.1 | 7 | 131 | 0 | 27 | 18.7 | 855 |
| 18 | Willie Mitchell | KAN | 24 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 160 | 0 | 36 | 8.9 | 160 | |||||
| 19 | Jimmy Warren | SDG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 353 | 0 | 54 | 27.2 | 353 |
| 20 | Speedy Duncan | SDG | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 4.8 | 9 | 318 | 0 | 91 | 35.3 | 337 |
| 21 | Jim Evans | NYJ | 25 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 259 | 0 | 30 | 19.9 | 315 | |||||
| 22 | Abner Haynes* | KAN | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 278 | 0 | 45 | 23.2 | 1548 |
| 23 | Benny Nelson | HOU | 23 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 304 | 0 | 47 | 23.4 | 304 | |||||
| 24 | Marshall Starks | NYJ | 25 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 7.2 | 7 | 183 | 0 | 41 | 26.1 | 219 |
| 25 | Frank Jackson | KAN | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 103 | 0 | 24 | 9.4 | 1051 | |||||
| 26 | Larry Garron* | BOS | 27 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 198 | 0 | 31 | 19.8 | 1133 | |||||
| 27 | Jerry Robinson | SDG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 5.9 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 26 | 23.3 | 214 |
| 28 | Sid Blanks* | HOU | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 207 | 0 | 32 | 23.0 | 1460 | |||||
| 29 | Kenny Graham | SDG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 12.0 | 7 | 172 | 0 | 34 | 24.6 | 196 |
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Gene Mingo | 2TM | 26 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 163 | 0 | 42 | 20.4 | 214 | |||||
| 31 | Dainard Paulson* | NYJ | 27 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 4.3 | 34 | |||||
| 32 | Fred Glick* | HOU | 27 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 5.3 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 59 |
| 33 | Matt Snell* | NYJ | 23 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 158 | 0 | 31 | 22.6 | 1499 | |||||
| 34 | Thomas Stephens | BOS | 29 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 6.8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 39 |
| 35 | Hewritt Dixon | DEN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 89 | 0 | 24 | 14.8 | 699 | |||||
| 36 | Bert Coan | KAN | 24 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 0 | 25 | 24.8 | 188 | |||||
| 37 | Willie West | 2TM | 26 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 142 | 0 | 64 | 28.4 | 142 | |||||
| 38 | Curley Johnson | NYJ | 29 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 19 | 15.5 | 84 | |||||
| 39 | Bill Pashe | NYJ | 24 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 7.0 | 28 | |||||
| 40 | Bobby Jackson | 2TM | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 16.0 | 177 |
| 41 | Bobby L. Smith | BUF | 22 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 0 | 28 | 22.7 | 446 | |||||
| 42 | Vince Turner | NYJ | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 27 |
| 43 | Stew Barber*+ | BUF | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 44 | Butch Byrd* | BUF | 23 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | |||||
| 45 | Mike Dukes | BOS | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 16.5 | 33 | |||||
| 46 | Dalton Hoffman | HOU | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 30 | 26.0 | 56 | |||||
| 47 | Harold Olson | DEN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 13.5 | 27 | |||||
| 48 | Mark Smolinski | NYJ | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 9.5 | 155 | |||||
| 49 | Ron D. Carpenter | SDG | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 50 | Dan Conners | OAK | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 51 | Clem Daniels* | OAK | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 1552 | |||||
| 52 | Bo Dickinson | OAK | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | |||||
| 53 | Willie Frazier | HOU | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 227 | |||||
| 54 | Gene Heeter | NYJ | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 153 | |||||
| 55 | Larry Jordan | DEN | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 56 | Dick Klein | OAK | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 57 | Joe Krakoski | OAK | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 58 | Ed Lothamer | KAN | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 59 | Paul Maguire | BUF | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Bill Mathis | NYJ | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | |||||
| 61 | Jim McCusker | NYJ | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 62 | Tommy Morrow | OAK | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 63 | Don Norton | SDG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 669 | |||||
| 64 | Don Oakes | BOS | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 65 | Pete Perreault | NYJ | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 66 | Bill Rademacher | NYJ | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 67 | Johnny Robinson* | KAN | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 68 | Tony Romeo | BOS | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 450 | |||||
| 69 | Hatch Rosdahl | 2TM | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 70 | Don Shackelford | DEN | 21 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | |||||
| 71 | Smokey Stover | KAN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 72 | Jerry Sturm* | DEN | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 73 | Dave Watson | BOS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 74 | Ernie Wright | SDG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 75 | Bob Yates | BOS | 26 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||