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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Kermit Alexander | SFO | 25 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 198 | 1 | 44 | 6.6 | 37 | 984 | 0 | 56 | 26.6 | 1182 |
| 2 | Ron Smith | ATL | 23 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 80 | 0 | 23 | 7.3 | 43 | 1013 | 0 | 80 | 23.6 | 1093 |
| 3 | Alvin Haymond | BAL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 347 | 0 | 64 | 8.7 | 10 | 223 | 0 | 29 | 22.3 | 570 |
| 4 | Roy Shivers | STL | 25 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 49 | 0 | 31 | 3.1 | 27 | 762 | 1 | 94 | 28.2 | 897 |
| 5 | Tom Vaughn | DET | 23 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 179 | 0 | 63 | 9.9 | 23 | 595 | 0 | 63 | 25.9 | 774 |
| 6 | Mel Renfro* | DAL | 25 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 123 | 0 | 38 | 5.9 | 19 | 487 | 1 | 87 | 25.6 | 727 |
| 7 | Jim Stiger | RAM | 25 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 259 | 0 | 49 | 7.8 | 7 | 150 | 0 | 28 | 21.4 | 576 |
| 8 | Rickie Harris | WAS | 23 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 108 | 1 | 52 | 6.0 | 20 | 405 | 0 | 53 | 20.3 | 513 |
| 9 | Johnny Roland* | STL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 221 | 1 | 86 | 11.1 | 15 | 347 | 0 | 33 | 23.1 | 1476 |
| 10 | Clarence Childs | NYG | 28 | 14 | 0 | 34 | 855 | 1 | 90 | 25.1 | 855 | |||||
| 11 | Leroy Kelly*+ | CLE | 24 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 104 | 0 | 52 | 8.0 | 19 | 403 | 0 | 49 | 21.2 | 2014 |
| 12 | Walter Roberts | CLE | 24 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 30 | 3.8 | 20 | 454 | 0 | 57 | 22.7 | 515 |
| 13 | Donny Anderson | GNB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 124 | 1 | 77 | 20.7 | 23 | 533 | 0 | 61 | 23.2 | 794 |
| 14 | Gale Sayers*+ | CHI | 23 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 27 | 7.3 | 23 | 718 | 2 | 93 | 31.2 | 2440 |
| 15 | Phil Harris | NYG | 22 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1.4 | 22 | 480 | 0 | 55 | 21.8 | 487 |
| 16 | Ollie Matson | PHI | 36 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 544 | 0 | 31 | 20.9 | 675 | |||||
| 17 | Irv Cross | RAM | 27 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 24 | 6.8 | 12 | 348 | 0 | 67 | 29.0 | 430 |
| 18 | Dick Gordon | CHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | -1.3 | 19 | 521 | 0 | 94 | 27.4 | 728 |
| 19 | Fred Mazurek | WAS | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 4.5 | 21 | 505 | 0 | 58 | 24.0 | 542 |
| 20 | Willie Wood*+ | GNB | 30 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 82 | 0 | 13 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 82 |
| 21 | Bobby Felts | DET | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 10.0 | 20 | 392 | 0 | 32 | 19.6 | 496 |
| 22 | Timmy Brown | PHI | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 562 | 2 | 93 | 28.1 | 1481 |
| 23 | Gary Ballman | PIT | 26 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 477 | 0 | 70 | 23.9 | 1140 | |||||
| 24 | Walt Garrison | DAL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 445 | 0 | 35 | 22.3 | 525 | |||||
| 25 | Lance Rentzel | MIN | 23 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1.5 | 9 | 181 | 0 | 28 | 20.1 | 207 |
| 26 | Johnnie Robinson | DET | 22 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 185 | 1 | 79 | 14.2 | 6 | 127 | 0 | 33 | 21.2 | 312 |
| 27 | Lenny Moore | BAL | 33 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 453 | 0 | 54 | 25.2 | 922 | |||||
| 28 | Jon Arnett | CHI | 31 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 20 | 3.9 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 25 | 19.5 | 317 |
| 29 | Cannonball Butler | PIT | 23 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 454 | 1 | 93 | 26.7 | 661 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Bob Hayes*+ | DAL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 106 | 0 | 18 | 6.2 | 1337 | |||||
| 31 | Spider Lockhart* | NYG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 113 | 0 | 21 | 6.6 | 113 | |||||
| 32 | Aaron Martin | PHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 118 | 1 | 67 | 10.7 | 4 | 132 | 0 | 58 | 33.0 | 250 |
| 33 | Clancy Williams | RAM | 24 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 420 | 0 | 81 | 28.0 | 420 | |||||
| 34 | Herb Adderley*+ | GNB | 27 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 320 | 0 | 65 | 22.9 | 320 | |||||
| 35 | Mike Fitzgerald | MIN | 25 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 301 | 0 | 30 | 21.5 | 301 | |||||
| 36 | Dan Lewis | NYG | 30 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 214 | 0 | 37 | 16.5 | 465 | |||||
| 37 | Joe Don Looney | 2TM | 24 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 265 | 0 | 34 | 20.4 | 534 | |||||
| 38 | Roy Jefferson | PIT | 23 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 2.4 | 837 | |||||
| 39 | Nick Rassas | ATL | 22 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2.5 | 8 | 203 | 0 | 32 | 25.4 | 213 |
| 40 | Jerry Simmons | PIT | 24 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 196 | 0 | 38 | 19.6 | 264 |
| 41 | Wayne Swinford | SFO | 23 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 21 | 18.3 | 85 |
| 42 | Ben Hawkins | PHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 0 | 38 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 190 |
| 43 | Jim Jackson | SFO | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 162 | 0 | 28 | 20.3 | 232 |
| 44 | Tony Lorick | BAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 214 | 0 | 37 | 21.4 | 819 | |||||
| 45 | Willie F. Brown | PHI | 24 | 7 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 2 | -0.2 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 14.5 | 57 |
| 46 | Charlie Harraway | CLE | 22 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 193 | 0 | 33 | 21.4 | 233 | |||||
| 47 | Ed Sharockman | MIN | 27 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 95 | 0 | 76 | 10.6 | 95 | |||||
| 48 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 28 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 862 |
| 49 | Charley Taylor* | WAS | 25 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 58 | 12.6 | 3 | 98 | 0 | 40 | 32.7 | 1542 |
| 50 | Jim Todd | DET | 23 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2.4 | 3 | 105 | 0 | 49 | 35.0 | 123 |
| 51 | Tom Hall | MIN | 26 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 141 | 0 | 27 | 20.1 | 412 | |||||
| 52 | Bobby Williams | STL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 132 | 0 | 34 | 18.9 | 132 | |||||
| 53 | Jeff Williams | MIN | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 4 | -0.5 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 26 | 20.3 | 61 |
| 54 | Jim Young | MIN | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 5 | 105 | 0 | 25 | 21.0 | 112 |
| 55 | Brady Keys* | PIT | 30 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2.2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 29 |
| 56 | Phil King | MIN | 30 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 0 | 26 | 13.0 | 142 | |||||
| 57 | Dave Kopay | SFO | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 7.0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 10.0 | 319 |
| 58 | Jim Lindsey | MIN | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 22 | 19.8 | 479 |
| 59 | Jimmy Sidle | ATL | 23 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 117 | 0 | 24 | 19.5 | 145 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Marv Woodson | PIT | 25 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 20 | 18.8 | 113 | |||||
| 61 | Henry Dyer | RAM | 21 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 12.2 | 61 | |||||
| 62 | Billy Gambrell | STL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 497 |
| 63 | Larry Morris | ATL | 33 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 50 | |||||
| 64 | Ken Reaves | ATL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 28 | 21.3 | 87 |
| 65 | Dan Reeves | DAL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 14 | -0.5 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 21 | 18.7 | 1369 |
| 66 | Charlie Scales | ATL | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 20.2 | 155 | |||||
| 67 | Gerry Allen | BAL | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 20 | 17.7 | 53 |
| 68 | Tom Matte | BAL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 31 | 18.3 | 743 |
| 69 | Bobby Mitchell | WAS | 31 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 5.3 | 1067 | |||||
| 70 | Dick Butkus* | CHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 10.7 | 32 | |||||
| 71 | Mike Curtis | BAL | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 34 | 21.3 | 64 | |||||
| 72 | Ernie Koy | NYG | 24 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 6.7 | 209 | |||||
| 73 | Gary Lewis | SFO | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 32 | 21.7 | 239 | |||||
| 74 | Tommy Mason | MIN | 27 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 283 | |||||
| 75 | Al Nelson | PHI | 23 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 17.0 | 37 |
| 76 | Ron Rector | 2TM | 22 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 24 | 21.7 | 114 | |||||
| 77 | Randy Schultz | CLE | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 23 | 17.3 | 84 | |||||
| 78 | Bob Sherlag | ATL | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 61 |
| 79 | Phil Vandersea | GNB | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 21 | 16.7 | 50 | |||||
| 80 | Bob Baldwin | BAL | 23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | |||||
| 81 | Tom Barrington | WAS | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 19.5 | 99 | |||||
| 82 | Jim Bradshaw | PIT | 27 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.5 | 3 | |||||
| 83 | Barry Brown | BAL | 23 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 7.0 | 14 | |||||
| 84 | Tom Brown | GNB | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 85 | Charlie Bryant | STL | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 49 | 35.0 | 101 | |||||
| 86 | Jack Concannon | PHI | 23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 205 | |||||
| 87 | Don Croftcheck | WAS | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 21 | 18.0 | 36 | |||||
| 88 | Ted Davis | BAL | 24 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3.5 | 7 | |||||
| 89 | Perry Lee Dunn | ATL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 18.0 | 133 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Steve Jackson | WAS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 13.0 | 26 | |||||
| 91 | Allen Jacobs | NYG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 360 | |||||
| 92 | Mitch Johnson | WAS | 24 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 11.0 | 23 | |||||
| 93 | Joe Kantor | WAS | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 17.5 | 37 | |||||
| 94 | Paul Martha | PIT | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 19.5 | 39 | |||||
| 95 | Ron Medved | PHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | |||||
| 96 | Ralph Neely | DAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 9.0 | 18 | |||||
| 97 | Nick Pietrosante | CLE | 29 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4.5 | 41 | |||||
| 98 | Frank Roy | STL | 24 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | |||||
| 99 | Marion Rushing | ATL | 30 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 35 | 26.0 | 52 | |||||
| 100 | Andy Russell | PIT | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 6.0 | 12 | |||||
| 101 | Bill Saul | PIT | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 17.5 | 35 | |||||
| 102 | Joe Scarpati | PHI | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | -3 | -4.0 | -8 | |||||
| 103 | Freeman White | NYG | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 7.0 | 14 | ||||||
| 104 | Fred Whittingham | PHI | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 16.5 | 33 | |||||
| 105 | Willie Young | NYG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | |||||
| 106 | Mike Alford | DET | 23 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 107 | Walt Barnes | WAS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 108 | Randy Beisler | PHI | 22 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | |||||
| 109 | John Campbell | PIT | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 110 | Junior Coffey | ATL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 922 | |||||
| 111 | Dan Currie | RAM | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | |||||
| 112 | Roger Davis | NYG | 28 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 113 | George Donnelly | SFO | 24 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 114 | Tom Goosby | WAS | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 115 | Wendell Harris | NYG | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 116 | Alex Hawkins | ATL | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 691 | |||||
| 117 | Ralph Heck | ATL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 118 | John Hilton | PIT | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 603 | |||||
| 119 | Stan Hindman | SFO | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 120 | Chuck Howley*+ | DAL | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | |||||
| 121 | T.J. Jackson | PHI | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 122 | Chuck Lamson | RAM | 27 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 123 | Dick Leftridge | PIT | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 27 | |||||
| 124 | Dave Lince | PHI | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | |||||
| 125 | Mike Lind | PIT | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 19 | |||||
| 126 | Jerry Logan | BAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 127 | Dave Long | STL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 128 | Bill Martin | ATL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 330 | |||||
| 129 | Jerry Mazzanti | DET | 26 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 130 | Marlin McKeever* | RAM | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 285 | |||||
| 131 | Mike Melinkovich | STL | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 132 | Ray Ogden | STL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 133 | Dave Osborn | MIN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 504 | |||||
| 134 | Mel Phillips | SFO | 24 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| 135 | George Rose | MIN | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| 136 | Lou Slaby | DET | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 137 | Ralph Smith | CLE | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 183 | |||||
| 138 | Milt Sunde* | MIN | 24 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 139 | Rosey Taylor | CHI | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 140 | Roy Winston | MIN | 26 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 141 | Bill Wolski | ATL | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | |||||