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 | 32 | Bobby Joe Green | 821 | 2TM |
2 | 54 | Paul Maguire | 795 | 2TM |
3 | 64 | Sam Baker | 703 | 4TM |
4 | 72 | Don Chandler | 660 | 2TM |
5 | 19 | Jerrel Wilson | 582 | kan |
6 | 94 | Curley Johnson | 559 | 3TM |
7 | 31 | Bobby Walden | 557 | 2TM |
8 | 96 | Billy Lothridge | 528 | 3TM |
9 | 99 | Norm Van Brocklin | 523 | 2TM |
10 | 100 | Jim Norton | 522 | oti |
11 | 103 | Tommy Davis | 511 | sfo |
12 | 105 | Yale Lary | 503 | det |
13 | 106 | Ed Brown | 493 | 3TM |
14 | 107 | Horace Gillom | 492 | cle |
15 | 110 | Danny Villanueva | 488 | 2TM |
16 | 93 | Pat Studstill | 485 | 2TM |
17 | 112 | Adrian Burk | 474 | 2TM |
18 | 133 | Jug Girard | 397 | 3TM |
19 | 135 | Tom Landry | 389 | 2TM |
20 | 142 | Tom Yewcic | 377 | nwe |
21 | 148 | King Hill | 368 | 3TM |
22 | 92 | Mike Eischeid | 364 | rai |
23 | 154 | Jerry Norton | 358 | 4TM |
24 | 158 | Pat Richter | 338 | was |
158 | Sammy Baugh | 338 | was | |
25 | 162 | Gary Collins | 336 | cle |
26 | 75 | Larry Seiple | 335 | mia |
27 | 45 | David Lee | 329 | clt |
28 | 173 | Bob Waterfield | 315 | ram |
136 | Donny Anderson | 315 | gnb | |
29 | 175 | Mike Mercer | 308 | 6TM |
30 | 177 | Frankie Albert | 299 | sfo |
31 | 184 | Bob Scarpitto | 283 | 3TM |
32 | 185 | Fred Morrison | 281 | 2TM |
33 | 186 | Cotton Davidson | 280 | 3TM |
34 | 188 | Jim Fraser | 278 | 4TM |
188 | Roy Zimmerman | 278 | 4TM | |
35 | 90 | Billy Van Heusen | 276 | den |
36 | 30 | Mike Bragg | 265 | was |
37 | 170 | Tom McNeill | 264 | 3TM |
38 | 195 | Max McGee | 256 | gnb |
39 | 197 | Tom Janik | 253 | 3TM |
40 | 73 | Don Cockroft | 251 | cle |
41 | 199 | Chuck Latourette | 248 | crd |
42 | 101 | Dennis Partee | 247 | sdg |
148 | Ron Widby | 247 | dal | |
43 | 203 | Jon Kilgore | 234 | 3TM |
44 | 206 | Tom Gilburg | 232 | clt |
45 | 207 | Glenn Dobbs | 231 | 2TM |
207 | Dick Deschaine | 231 | 2TM | |
46 | 209 | Steve Spurrier | 230 | sfo |
209 | Sid Luckman | 230 | chi | |
47 | 211 | Frank Reagan | 227 | 2TM |
48 | 212 | Wayne Crow | 225 | 2TM |
49 | 214 | Pat Brady | 223 | pit |
214 | Ernie Koy | 223 | nyg | |
50 | 217 | Billy Atkins | 221 | 4TM |
51 | 161 | Steve O'Neal | 205 | nyj |
52 | 231 | Parker Hall | 200 | 2TM |
231 | Joe Geri | 200 | 2TM | |
53 | 234 | Tom Colella | 197 | 4TM |
54 | 235 | Charley Trippi | 196 | crd |
235 | Bob Smith | 196 | 4TM | |
55 | 237 | Bill Dudley | 193 | 3TM |
56 | 238 | Spec Sanders | 192 | 2TM |
57 | 239 | Ernie Lewis | 191 | cra |
58 | 240 | Ray Mallouf | 188 | 2TM |
59 | 242 | Jack Jacobs | 187 | 3TM |
60 | 245 | Joe Muha | 179 | phi |
61 | 247 | Eddie LeBaron | 171 | 2TM |
62 | 248 | George Taliaferro | 169 | 5TM |
63 | Bob Cifers | 161 | 3TM | |
64 | Len Barnum | 159 | 2TM | |
65 | 84 | Spike Jones | 156 | 2TM |
Frank Lambert | 156 | pit | ||
Bob Lee | 156 | min | ||
66 | 177 | Julian Fagan | 154 | nor |
67 | Del Shofner | 153 | 2TM | |
Rick Redman | 153 | sdg | ||
68 | Howard Maley | 152 | byk |
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