| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
| 1 | Merl Condit | 25 | BKN | HB | 11 | 11 | 21 | 210 | 0 | 23 | 10.0 | 8 | 172 | 0 | 34 | 21.5 | 1257 | PB,AP-2 |
| 2 | Bill Dudley | 21 | PIT | TB | 11 | 11 | 20 | 271 | 0 | 47 | 13.6 | 11 | 298 | 1 | 84 | 27.1 | 1349 | PB,AP-1 |
| 3 | Andy Farkas | 26 | WAS | FB | 10 | 8 | 16 | 219 | 0 | 51 | 13.7 | 4 | 206 | 1 | 95 | 51.5 | 1062 | PB,AP-1 |
| 4 | Steve Lach | 22 | CRD | WB | 9 | 6 | 13 | 158 | 0 | 44 | 12.2 | 7 | 164 | 0 | 34 | 23.4 | 732 | |
| 5 | Dick Todd | 28 | WAS | 11 | 1 | 13 | 143 | 0 | 24 | 11.0 | 2 | 92 | 0 | 48 | 46.0 | 797 | PB | |
| 6 | Parker Hall | 26 | RAM | TB | 10 | 8 | 12 | 148 | 0 | 32 | 12.3 | 10 | 155 | 0 | 22 | 15.5 | 360 | |
| 7 | Andy Tomasic | 25 | PIT | 11 | 0 | 12 | 199 | 0 | 52 | 16.6 | 4 | 94 | 0 | 31 | 23.5 | 609 | ||
| 8 | Merle Hapes | 23 | NYG | FB | 11 | 10 | 11 | 170 | 0 | 32 | 15.5 | 9 | 215 | 0 | 34 | 23.9 | 876 | |
| 9 | Bosh Pritchard | 23 | 2TM | 7 | 4 | 11 | 107 | 0 | 19 | 9.7 | 4 | 158 | 1 | 97 | 39.5 | 458 | PB | |
| 9 | Bosh Pritchard | 23 | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | -3 | |||
| 9 | Bosh Pritchard | 23 | PHI | 6 | 4 | 11 | 107 | 0 | 19 | 9.7 | 3 | 134 | 1 | 97 | 44.7 | 461 | ||
| 10 | Bob Davis | 28 | PHI | LH | 10 | 6 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 16 | 8.4 | 9 | 140 | 0 | 28 | 15.6 | 559 | |
| 11 | Hugh Gallarneau | 25 | CHI | RH | 10 | 9 | 9 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 11.2 | 5 | 151 | 0 | 61 | 30.2 | 835 | |
| 12 | Harry Hopp | 24 | DET | TB | 10 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 22 | 9.6 | 5 | 108 | 0 | 26 | 21.6 | 424 | PB |
| 13 | Ernie Steele | 25 | PHI | 10 | 1 | 9 | 184 | 0 | 0 | 20.4 | 6 | 140 | 0 | 36 | 23.3 | 611 | ||
| 14 | Lou Brock | 25 | GNB | 11 | 4 | 8 | 86 | 0 | 22 | 10.8 | 9 | 179 | 0 | 26 | 19.9 | 673 | ||
| 15 | Jack Jacobs | 23 | RAM | TB | 8 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 16 | 7.9 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 25 | 20.8 | 137 | |
| 16 | Tommy Thompson | 26 | PHI | QB | 11 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 12 | 7.5 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 22 | 15.2 | 132 | PB |
| 17 | Tony Canadeo | 23 | GNB | TB | 11 | 5 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 26 | 10.9 | 6 | 137 | 0 | 35 | 22.8 | 586 | |
| 18 | Joe Laws | 31 | GNB | HB | 10 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 12 | 8.0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 355 | |
| 19 | Ned Mathews | 24 | DET | WB | 9 | 6 | 7 | 82 | 0 | 26 | 11.7 | 5 | 97 | 0 | 30 | 19.4 | 296 | |
| 20 | Andy Uram | 27 | GNB | 11 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 24 | 7.1 | 8 | 208 | 1 | 98 | 26.0 | 771 | ||
| 21 | Marshall Goldberg | 25 | CRD | FB | 11 | 7 | 6 | 60 | 0 | 22 | 10.0 | 15 | 393 | 1 | 95 | 26.2 | 969 | |
| 22 | Johnny Knolla | 23 | CRD | 11 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 17 | 10.7 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 207 | ||
| 23 | Sid Luckman | 26 | CHI | QB | 11 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 13 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 24 | Frank Maznicki | 22 | CHI | 11 | 1 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 18 | 8.3 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 456 | PB | |
| 25 | Dean McAdams | 25 | BKN | TB | 11 | 10 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 22 | 15.8 | 7 | 165 | 0 | 55 | 23.6 | 585 | |
| 26 | Ray McLean | 27 | CHI | 11 | 2 | 6 | 118 | 1 | 89 | 19.7 | 4 | 106 | 0 | 44 | 26.5 | 932 | ||
| 27 | Curt Sandig | 24 | PIT | HB | 11 | 8 | 6 | 142 | 1 | 64 | 23.7 | 7 | 168 | 0 | 61 | 24.0 | 623 | |
| 28 | Gaylon Smith | 26 | RAM | FB | 11 | 6 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 21 | 10.3 | 6 | 109 | 0 | 25 | 18.2 | 584 | |
| 29 | Sammy Baugh | 28 | WAS | TB | 11 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 20 | 12.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 30 | Leo Cantor | 23 | NYG | 10 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 30 | 13.8 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 263 | ||
| 31 | Harry Clarke | 26 | CHI | LH | 10 | 7 | 5 | 76 | 0 | 35 | 15.2 | 5 | 159 | 0 | 62 | 31.8 | 639 | |
| 32 | Mickey Sanzotta | 21 | DET | FB | 10 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 346 | ||
| 33 | Ward Cuff | 30 | NYG | WB | 11 | 10 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 21 | 13.5 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 33 | 26.0 | 631 | |
| 34 | Johnny Hall | 26 | DET | 7 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 13 | 9.5 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 23 | 21.5 | 167 | ||
| 35 | Johnny Martin | 24 | CRD | WB | 11 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 16 | 12.5 | 8 | 202 | 0 | 36 | 25.3 | 619 | |
| 36 | Bob Seymour | 26 | WAS | 11 | 1 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 37 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 328 | PB | ||
| 37 | Lloyd Cheatham | 23 | CRD | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 10.7 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 18.5 | 103 | ||
| 38 | Steve Juzwik | 24 | WAS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 11.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 130 | ||
| 39 | Ray Nolting | 29 | CHI | 11 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 7.7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 301 | ||
| 40 | Hank Soar | 28 | NYG | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 9.7 | 5 | 134 | 0 | 42 | 26.8 | 381 | ||
| 41 | Lou Tomasetti | 26 | PHI | FB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 12.3 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 31 | 22.5 | 274 | |
| 42 | Chet Wetterlund | 24 | DET | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 8.7 | 5 | 89 | 0 | 26 | 17.8 | 121 | ||
| 43 | Emil Banjavic | 27 | DET | 10 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 14.5 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 24 | 17.3 | 230 | ||
| 44 | John Binotto | 23 | PIT | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | |||
| 45 | Lloyd Cardwell | 29 | DET | 7 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 26 | 22.5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 311 | ||
| 46 | Tom Colella | 24 | DET | 9 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 7.0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 25 | 18.5 | 149 | ||
| 47 | Bill Geyer | 23 | CHI | 5 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||
| 48 | George Gonda | 23 | PIT | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | |||
| 49 | Tuffy Leemans | 30 | NYG | TB | 8 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | AP-2 | |
| 50 | Dante Magnani | 25 | RAM | WB | 11 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 13.5 | 11 | 250 | 0 | 37 | 22.7 | 897 | PB |
| 51 | Charlie O'Rourke | 25 | CHI | QB | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 52 | Al Owen | 29 | NYG | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |||
| 53 | Bob Trocolor | 25 | NYG | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 12.0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 59 | ||
| 54 | Len Barnum | 30 | PHI | RH | 10 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 44.0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 189 | |
| 55 | Jack Boone | 24 | RAM | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| 56 | Ted Fritsch | 22 | GNB | FB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 23 | 21.5 | 457 | |
| 57 | Cece Hare | 23 | WAS | BB | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 107 | PB |
| 58 | Ray Hare | 25 | WAS | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 95 | 1 | 95 | 95.0 | 349 | PB | |
| 59 | Bill Hutchinson | 26 | NYG | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||
| 60 | Cecil Isbell | 27 | GNB | TB | 11 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 20 | 15.8 | 207 | PB,AP-2 |
| 61 | Bob Kahler | 25 | GNB | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||
| 62 | Don Lieberum | 24 | NYG | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 106 | ||
| 63 | Hal McCullough | 24 | BKN | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 | |||
| 64 | Wilbur Moore | 26 | WAS | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 189 | PB | |
| 65 | George Morris | 23 | RAM | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 89 | ||
| 66 | Dick Poillon | 22 | WAS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 26 | 21.7 | 213 | PB | |
| 67 | Dick Riffle | 27 | PIT | FB | 11 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 137 | 0 | 27 | 19.6 | 721 | |
| 68 | Bobby Robertson | 25 | BKN | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | ||
| 69 | Ki Aldrich | 26 | WAS | C | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | PB | |
| 70 | Paul Berezney | 27 | GNB | RT | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | ||
| 71 | Tony Bova | 25 | PIT | LE | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 55 | ||
| 72 | Ed Cifers | 26 | WAS | RE | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 196 | PB | |
| 73 | Al Coppage | 26 | CRD | RE | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 207 | ||
| 74 | Larry Craig | 26 | GNB | BB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 12.0 | 24 | PB | |
| 75 | Dutch Elston | 24 | RAM | BB | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 24 | 23.0 | 119 | ||
| 76 | Dick Erdlitz | 22 | PHI | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 172 | |||
| 77 | Gary Famiglietti | 29 | CHI | FB | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 534 | PB,AP-2 | |
| 78 | Walt Fedora | 24 | BKN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 25 | 18.8 | 109 | |||
| 79 | Bill Fisk | 26 | DET | LE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 187 | ||
| 80 | Elmer Hackney | 26 | DET | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 234 | |||
| 81 | Irv Hall | 29 | PHI | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 54 | |||
| 82 | Frank Hrabetin | 27 | PHI | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||
| 83 | Billy Jefferson | 24 | PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 22 | 24.7 | 131 | |||
| 84 | Bert Johnson | 30 | PHI | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 217 | |||
| 85 | Adolph Kissell | 22 | CHI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 43 | 31.5 | 62 | |||
| 86 | John Kovatch | 22 | WAS | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 103 | |||
| 87 | Al Krueger | 23 | WAS | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 84 | PB | ||
| 88 | Bill Lazetich | 26 | RAM | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 111 | |||
| 89 | Augie Lio | 24 | DET | RG | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | PB | |
| 90 | Pug Manders | 29 | BKN | FB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 210 | 0 | 36 | 23.3 | 602 | ||
| 91 | Bob Masterson | 27 | WAS | LE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 15.0 | 365 | PB,AP-2 | |
| 92 | Fred Meyer | 23 | PHI | RE | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 351 | ||
| 93 | John Petchel | 23 | RAM | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 13.0 | 40 | |||
| 94 | Warren Plunkett | 22 | RAM | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 20 | |||
| 95 | John Polanski | 24 | DET | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 25 | 24.5 | 136 | |||
| 96 | Tom Robertson | 25 | BKN | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | |||
| 97 | Chuck Sample | 22 | GNB | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 91 | 0 | 35 | 30.3 | 381 | |||
| 98 | Perry Schwartz | 27 | BKN | LE | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 12.5 | 245 | PB,AP-2 | |
| 99 | Bud Schwenk | 25 | CRD | TB | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 12.0 | 358 | ||
| 100 | Lee Shaffer | 30 | NYG | BB | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 22 | 20.0 | 63 | ||
| 101 | Jack Smith | 25 | PHI | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | |||
| 102 | Jack Stackpool | 25 | PHI | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 119 | |||
| 103 | Joe Stringfellow | 24 | DET | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 41 | 27.0 | 184 | |||
| 104 | Bulldog Turner | 23 | CHI | C | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 102 | AP-1 | |
| 105 | Will Walls | 30 | NYG | RE | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 13.0 | 218 | ||
| 106 | Willie Wilkin | 26 | WAS | LT | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 107 | Ted Williams | 26 | PHI | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 22 | 19.3 | 299 | |||
| 108 | Alex Wojciechowicz | 27 | DET | RE | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 14 | 10.0 | 79 | ||
| 109 | Roy Zimmerman | 24 | WAS | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 81 | PB | ||
| League Average | 11.9 | 22.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | Age | Team | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | PRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | Ret | Yds | KRTD | Lng | Y/Ret | APYd | Awards |
| 1 | Andy Farkas | 26 | WAS | FB | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||
| 2 | Bob Seymour | 26 | WAS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |||
| 3 | Dick Todd | 28 | WAS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |||
| 4 | Hugh Gallarneau | 25 | CHI | RH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Sid Luckman | 26 | CHI | QB | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 | ||
| 6 | Harry Clarke | 26 | CHI | LH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||
| 7 | Ray Hare | 25 | WAS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | |||
| 8 | Ray McLean | 27 | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 71 | |||
| 9 | Wilbur Moore | 26 | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 78 | |||
| 10 | Ray Nolting | 29 | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 59 | |||
| League Average | 5.1 | 22.4 | ||||||||||||||||
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