NFL Career Punts Leaders Through 1971
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1971 season. See current punts leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1971
| Rank | Current | Player (age) | Pnt | Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Bobby Joe Green | 821 | 2TM |
| 2 | 56 | Paul Maguire | 795 | 2TM |
| 3 | 67 | Sam Baker | 703 | 4TM |
| 4 | 74 | Don Chandler | 660 | 2TM |
| 5 | 19 | Jerrel Wilson | 582 | kan |
| 6 | 94 | Curley Johnson | 559 | 3TM |
| 7 | 33 | Bobby Walden | 557 | 2TM |
| 8 | 98 | Billy Lothridge | 528 | 3TM |
| 9 | 102 | Norm Van Brocklin | 523 | 2TM |
| 10 | 103 | Jim Norton | 522 | oti |
| 11 | 106 | Tommy Davis | 511 | sfo |
| 12 | 108 | Yale Lary | 503 | det |
| 13 | 109 | Ed Brown | 493 | 3TM |
| 14 | 110 | Horace Gillom | 492 | cle |
| 15 | 113 | Danny Villanueva | 488 | 2TM |
| 16 | 93 | Pat Studstill | 485 | 2TM |
| 17 | 118 | Adrian Burk | 474 | 2TM |
| 18 | 138 | Jug Girard | 397 | 3TM |
| 19 | 141 | Tom Landry | 389 | 2TM |
| 20 | 148 | Tom Yewcic | 377 | nwe |
| 21 | 155 | King Hill | 368 | 3TM |
| 22 | 92 | Mike Eischeid | 364 | rai |
| 23 | 159 | Jerry Norton | 358 | 4TM |
| 24 | 164 | Pat Richter | 338 | was |
| 164 | Sammy Baugh | 338 | was | |
| 25 | 168 | Gary Collins | 336 | cle |
| 26 | 77 | Larry Seiple | 335 | mia |
| 27 | 46 | David Lee | 329 | clt |
| 28 | 179 | Bob Waterfield | 315 | ram |
| 142 | Donny Anderson | 315 | gnb | |
| 29 | 180 | Mike Mercer | 308 | 6TM |
| 30 | 182 | Frankie Albert | 299 | sfo |
| 31 | 188 | Bob Scarpitto | 283 | 3TM |
| 32 | 189 | Fred Morrison | 281 | 2TM |
| 33 | 190 | Cotton Davidson | 280 | 3TM |
| 34 | 192 | Jim Fraser | 278 | 4TM |
| 192 | Roy Zimmerman | 278 | 4TM | |
| 35 | 90 | Billy Van Heusen | 276 | den |
| 36 | 32 | Mike Bragg | 265 | was |
| 37 | 176 | Tom McNeill | 264 | 3TM |
| 38 | 199 | Max McGee | 256 | gnb |
| 39 | 201 | Tom Janik | 253 | 3TM |
| 40 | 76 | Don Cockroft | 251 | cle |
| 41 | 203 | Chuck Latourette | 248 | crd |
| 42 | 104 | Dennis Partee | 247 | sdg |
| 155 | Ron Widby | 247 | dal | |
| 43 | 207 | Jon Kilgore | 234 | 3TM |
| 44 | 209 | Tom Gilburg | 232 | clt |
| 45 | 210 | Glenn Dobbs | 231 | 2TM |
| 210 | Dick Deschaine | 231 | 2TM | |
| 46 | 213 | Steve Spurrier | 230 | sfo |
| 213 | Sid Luckman | 230 | chi | |
| 47 | 216 | Frank Reagan | 227 | 2TM |
| 48 | 217 | Wayne Crow | 225 | 2TM |
| 49 | 219 | Pat Brady | 223 | pit |
| 219 | Ernie Koy | 223 | nyg | |
| 50 | 222 | Billy Atkins | 221 | 4TM |
| 51 | 167 | Steve O'Neal | 205 | nyj |
| 52 | 236 | Parker Hall | 200 | 2TM |
| 236 | Joe Geri | 200 | 2TM | |
| 53 | 239 | Tom Colella | 197 | 4TM |
| 54 | 240 | Charley Trippi | 196 | crd |
| 240 | Bob Smith | 196 | 4TM | |
| 55 | 242 | Bill Dudley | 193 | 3TM |
| 56 | 243 | Spec Sanders | 192 | 2TM |
| 57 | 244 | Ernie Lewis | 191 | cra |
| 58 | 245 | Ray Mallouf | 188 | 2TM |
| 59 | 247 | Jack Jacobs | 187 | 3TM |
| 60 | 250 | Joe Muha | 179 | phi |
| 61 | Eddie LeBaron | 171 | 2TM | |
| 62 | George Taliaferro | 169 | 5TM | |
| 63 | Bob Cifers | 161 | 3TM | |
| 64 | Len Barnum | 159 | 2TM | |
| 65 | 85 | Spike Jones | 156 | 2TM |
| Frank Lambert | 156 | pit | ||
| Bob Lee | 156 | min | ||
| 66 | 182 | Julian Fagan | 154 | nor |
| 67 | Del Shofner | 153 | 2TM | |
| Rick Redman | 153 | sdg | ||
| 68 | Howard Maley | 152 | byk |

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