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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 1 | Chuck Latourette | STL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 345 | 1 | 86 | 12.3 | 46 | 1237 | 0 | 75 | 26.9 | 1597 |
| 2 | Ron Smith | RAM | 25 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 171 | 0 | 24 | 6.3 | 26 | 718 | 1 | 94 | 27.6 | 889 |
| 3 | Kermit Alexander* | SFO | 27 | 14 | 14 | 24 | 87 | 0 | 26 | 3.6 | 20 | 360 | 0 | 35 | 18.0 | 447 |
| 4 | Alvin Haymond | PHI | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 201 | 1 | 54 | 13.4 | 28 | 677 | 1 | 98 | 24.2 | 878 |
| 5 | Rickie Harris | WAS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 144 | 0 | 20 | 7.6 | 23 | 579 | 0 | 49 | 25.2 | 723 |
| 6 | Charlie West | MIN | 22 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 201 | 1 | 98 | 10.1 | 22 | 576 | 0 | 82 | 26.2 | 777 |
| 7 | Lem Barney*+ | DET | 23 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 79 | 0 | 18 | 6.1 | 25 | 670 | 1 | 98 | 26.8 | 749 |
| 8 | Cannonball Butler | ATL | 25 | 12 | 0 | 37 | 799 | 0 | 42 | 21.6 | 1291 | |||||
| 9 | Ronnie Blye | NYG | 25 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 734 | 0 | 66 | 21.0 | 1068 | |||||
| 10 | Timmy Brown | BAL | 31 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 125 | 0 | 25 | 7.8 | 15 | 298 | 0 | 29 | 19.9 | 635 |
| 11 | Gene Howard | NOR | 22 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 5.3 | 23 | 533 | 0 | 36 | 23.2 | 575 |
| 12 | John Gilliam | NOR | 23 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 21 | 4.0 | 15 | 328 | 0 | 48 | 21.9 | 708 |
| 13 | Bobby Bryant | MIN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 4.9 | 19 | 373 | 0 | 35 | 19.6 | 422 |
| 14 | Jon Henderson | PIT | 24 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 589 | 0 | 44 | 20.3 | 615 | |||||
| 15 | Cecil Turner | CHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 2.1 | 20 | 363 | 0 | 33 | 18.2 | 606 |
| 16 | Roy Jefferson* | PIT | 25 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 274 | 1 | 80 | 9.8 | 1405 | |||||
| 17 | Charlie Leigh | CLE | 23 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 76 | 0 | 29 | 5.4 | 14 | 322 | 0 | 41 | 23.0 | 538 |
| 18 | Don Shy | PIT | 23 | 13 | 0 | 28 | 682 | 0 | 90 | 24.4 | 894 | |||||
| 19 | Travis Williams | GNB | 22 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 599 | 0 | 60 | 21.4 | 710 | |||||
| 20 | Willie Wood* | GNB | 32 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 126 | 0 | 16 | 4.8 | 126 | |||||
| 21 | Rick Volk | BAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 198 | 0 | 24 | 7.9 | 198 | |||||
| 22 | Craig Baynham | DAL | 24 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 590 | 0 | 40 | 25.7 | 1408 | |||||
| 23 | Bobby Duhon | NYG | 22 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 4.9 | 13 | 214 | 0 | 30 | 16.5 | 983 |
| 24 | Gale Sayers+ | CHI | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 14.5 | 17 | 461 | 0 | 48 | 27.1 | 1463 |
| 25 | Eddie Meador*+ | RAM | 31 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 136 | 0 | 40 | 8.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 167 |
| 26 | Ben Davis | CLE | 23 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1.2 | 8 | 152 | 0 | 33 | 19.0 | 163 |
| 27 | Bobby Thompson | DET | 29 | 14 | 0 | 17 | 363 | 0 | 40 | 21.4 | 363 | |||||
| 28 | Charlie R. Brown | NOR | 23 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 1 | 53 | 7.5 | 8 | 137 | 0 | 28 | 17.1 | 197 |
| 29 | Tom Brown | GNB | 28 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 111 | 1 | 52 | 6.9 | 111 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Bob Hayes+ | DAL | 26 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 312 | 2 | 90 | 20.8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 1243 |
| 31 | Preston Pearson | BAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 527 | 2 | 102 | 35.1 | 675 | |||||
| 32 | Herb Adderley | GNB | 29 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 331 | 0 | 50 | 23.6 | 331 | |||||
| 33 | Doug Cunningham | SFO | 23 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 286 | 0 | 38 | 20.4 | 318 | |||||
| 34 | Nick Rassas | ATL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 10 | 180 | 0 | 24 | 18.0 | 190 |
| 35 | Lance Rentzel | DAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 93 | 0 | 27 | 6.6 | 1102 | |||||
| 36 | Johnny Fuller | SFO | 22 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 9 | 2.8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 56 |
| 37 | Spider Lockhart* | NYG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 69 | 0 | 28 | 5.3 | 69 | |||||
| 38 | Carl Ward | CLE | 24 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 236 | 0 | 35 | 18.2 | 236 | |||||
| 39 | Willie Ellison | RAM | 23 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 268 | 0 | 40 | 22.3 | 1132 | |||||
| 40 | Ben Hawkins | PHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 254 | 0 | 46 | 21.2 | 961 | |||||
| 41 | Bobby Mitchell | WAS | 33 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 235 | 0 | 43 | 21.4 | 411 |
| 42 | Jimmy Burson | ATL | 28 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 5.1 | 56 | |||||
| 43 | Al Nelson | PHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 308 | 0 | 69 | 28.0 | 308 | |||||
| 44 | Clem Daniels | SFO | 31 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 206 | 0 | 29 | 20.6 | 266 | |||||
| 45 | John Mallory | PHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 28 | 11.5 | 6 | 94 | 0 | 23 | 15.7 | 198 |
| 46 | Dick Smith | WAS | 24 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 228 | 0 | 30 | 22.8 | 248 | |||||
| 47 | Dick Daniels | DAL | 24 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 193 | 0 | 32 | 21.4 | 193 | |||||
| 48 | Aaron Martin | WAS | 26 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 6.0 | 7 | 146 | 0 | 31 | 20.9 | 158 |
| 49 | Jim Smith | WAS | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 26 | 20.3 | 99 |
| 50 | Bob Wallace | CHI | 23 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 80 | 0 | 42 | 26.7 | 417 |
| 51 | Rocky Bleier | PIT | 22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 6.5 | 6 | 119 | 0 | 27 | 19.8 | 239 |
| 52 | Clarence Childs | CHI | 30 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 291 | 0 | 88 | 36.4 | 291 | |||||
| 53 | Nate James | CLE | 23 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 166 | 0 | 43 | 20.8 | 166 | |||||
| 54 | Lou Harris | PIT | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 3.5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 40 |
| 55 | Jim Holifield | NYG | 22 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 111 | 0 | 20 | 15.9 | 111 | |||||
| 56 | Tom Vaughn | DET | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 128 | 0 | 31 | 25.6 | 128 |
| 57 | Willis Crenshaw | STL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 104 | 0 | 25 | 17.3 | 1149 | |||||
| 58 | Pete Larson | WAS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 151 | 0 | 49 | 25.2 | 429 | |||||
| 59 | Charlie Bryant | ATL | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 0 | 29 | 22.4 | 152 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 60 | Terry Cole | BAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 0 | 34 | 24.6 | 616 | |||||
| 61 | Elijah Nevett | NOR | 24 | 10 | 0 | 3 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 31 | 47.0 | 85 |
| 62 | Joe Scarpati | PHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3.4 | 17 | |||||
| 63 | Bill Tucker | SFO | 25 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 103 | 0 | 30 | 20.6 | 435 | |||||
| 64 | Nick Eddy | DET | 24 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2.5 | 277 | |||||
| 65 | Dick Gordon | CHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 97 | 0 | 37 | 32.3 | 579 |
| 66 | Clint Jones | MIN | 23 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 22 | 15.0 | 622 | |||||
| 67 | Ralph Kurek | CHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 12.0 | 193 | |||||
| 68 | Reece Morrison | CLE | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 33 | 21.3 | 164 | |||||
| 69 | Marshall Cropper | PIT | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 23 | 17.7 | 107 | |||||
| 70 | Earl Denny | MIN | 23 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 6.3 | 28 | |||||
| 71 | Dennis Homan | DAL | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 113 |
| 72 | Dwight Lee | 2TM | 23 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 22 | 21.0 | 70 | |||||
| 73 | Ralph Neely+ | DAL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 5.7 | 17 | |||||
| 74 | Tom Nowatzke | DET | 26 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 11.3 | 156 | |||||
| 75 | Elijah Pitts | GNB | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 27 | 20.0 | 447 |
| 76 | Johnny Roland | STL | 25 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3.7 | 563 | |||||
| 77 | Roy Shivers | STL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 0 | 23 | 21.0 | 350 | |||||
| 78 | Joe Szczecko | ATL | 26 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | |||||
| 79 | Don Talbert | ATL | 29 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 13 | 10.0 | 30 | |||||
| 80 | Tom Watkins | PIT | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 |
| 81 | Joe Auer | ATL | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 15.5 | 50 | |||||
| 82 | Dick Butkus*+ | CHI | 26 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 15.0 | 30 | |||||
| 83 | Mike Dennis | RAM | 24 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 191 | |||||
| 84 | Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 6.5 | 563 | |||||
| 85 | Harold Hays | SFO | 29 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 10.5 | 21 | |||||
| 86 | Leroy Kelly*+ | CLE | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1555 |
| 87 | Dave Kopay | DET | 26 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 14.5 | 366 | |||||
| 88 | Jerry Logan | BAL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 41 |
| 89 | Frank Nunley | SFO | 23 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 90 | Dave Pivec | RAM | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | |||||
| 91 | Dave Robinson | GNB | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 19 | 14.5 | 29 | |||||
| 92 | Walt Rock | WAS | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | |||||
| 93 | Tim Rossovich | PHI | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 10.0 | 20 | |||||
| 94 | Grady Alderman | MIN | 30 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 95 | Grady Allen | ATL | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 96 | Billy Andrews | CLE | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 97 | Cas Banaszek | SFO | 23 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | |||||
| 98 | Erich Barnes* | CLE | 33 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 99 | Walt Barnes | WAS | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 100 | Joe Cerne | ATL | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 101 | Jim Copeland | CLE | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 102 | Mike Donohoe | ATL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 74 | |||||
| 103 | John H. Douglas | NOR | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
| 104 | Scott Eaton | NYG | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | |||||
| 105 | Vilnis Ezerins | RAM | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | |||||
| 106 | Billy Gambrell | DET | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 504 | |||||
| 107 | Dave Graham | PHI | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 108 | Dan Grimm | ATL | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| 109 | Billy Harris | ATL | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 278 | |||||
| 110 | Tommy Hart | SFO | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | |||||
| 111 | Major Hazelton | CHI | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||
| 112 | John Hilton | PIT | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 294 | |||||
| 113 | Chuck R. Hinton | NYG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
| 114 | Jim Houston | CLE | 31 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 115 | Mike Howell | CLE | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 116 | Harry Jones | PHI | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 129 | |||||
| 117 | Jerry Jones | NOR | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | |||||
| 118 | Les Kelley | NOR | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | |||||
| 119 | Joe Koontz | NYG | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | |||||
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| Rk | Tm | Age | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 120 | Rudy Kuechenberg | CHI | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 121 | Jim Lindsey | MIN | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 307 | |||||
| 122 | Dave Long | STL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 123 | Bob Lurtsema | NYG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| 124 | Bill Martin | MIN | 26 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 101 | |||||
| 125 | Tom Matte* | BAL | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 959 | |||||
| 126 | Marlin McKeever | WAS | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 127 | Ed Mooney | DET | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||
| 128 | Pettis Norman | DAL | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 255 | |||||
| 129 | Dave Olerich | SFO | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | |||||
| 130 | Brig Owens | WAS | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 131 | Woody Peoples | SFO | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 132 | Ron Porter | BAL | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | |||||
| 133 | Ed Sharockman | MIN | 29 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | |||||
| 134 | Ralph Smith | CLE | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 27 | |||||
| 135 | Steve Stonebreaker | NOR | 30 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | |||||
| 136 | Mike Taylor | PIT | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | |||||
| 137 | Phil Vandersea | GNB | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | |||||
| 138 | Harmon Wages | ATL | 22 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 355 | |||||
| 139 | Dave Whitsell | NOR | 32 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | |||||
| 140 | Clancy Williams | RAM | 26 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | |||||
| 141 | Willie Williams | NYG | 26 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 142 | Francis Winkler | GNB | 22 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||