| 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 | Pete Layden | 30 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 29 | 287 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 548 | ||
| 2 | Jim Cason | 22 | SFO | LH | 12 | 6 | 21 | 351 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 11 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 858 | |
| 3 | Cliff Lewis | 26 | CLE | 11 | 1 | 20 | 174 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | |||
| 4 | Sam Cathcart | 25 | SFO | 12 | 0 | 18 | 306 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 7 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 1038 | ||
| 5 | Bob Livingstone | 27 | 2TM | 11 | 0 | 17 | 292 | 1 | 79 | 17.2 | 6 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 14.2 | 463 | ||
| 5 | Bob Livingstone | 27 | CHH | 6 | 7 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 251 | |||
| 5 | Bob Livingstone | 27 | BUF | 5 | 0 | 10 | 171 | 1 | 79 | 17.1 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 212 | ||
| 6 | Herm Wedemeyer | 25 | BCL | LH | 11 | 5 | 16 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 13.8 | 30 | 602 | 0 | 0 | 20.1 | 1226 | |
| 7 | Jake Leicht | 30 | BCL | LH | 12 | 6 | 9 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 8 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | 285 | |
| 8 | Buddy Young | 23 | NYY | LH | 12 | 11 | 9 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 11 | 316 | 1 | 91 | 28.7 | 1153 | |
| 9 | Shorty McWilliams | 23 | LAD | 12 | 2 | 8 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |||
| 10 | Ray Ramsey | 28 | CHH | WB | 12 | 10 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 407 | 0 | 81 | 29.1 | 959 | |
| 11 | Chet Mutryn | 28 | BUF | LH | 11 | 11 | 7 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 22.4 | 1330 | AP-1 |
| 12 | Paul Crowe | 25 | LAD | 7 | 0 | 6 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123 | |||
| 13 | Warren Lahr | 26 | CLE | 11 | 0 | 6 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | |||
| 14 | Jim Spavital | 23 | LAD | 12 | 3 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 191 | ||
| 15 | Joe Sutton | 25 | BUF | 9 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 4 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 | 270 | ||
| 16 | Tom Colella | 31 | BUF | 11 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 7 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 195 | ||
| 17 | Billy Grimes | 22 | LAD | RH | 12 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 16 | 411 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 1096 | |
| 18 | Rex Bumgardner | 26 | BUF | RH | 10 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 9 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 18.1 | 757 | |
| 19 | Paul Patterson | 22 | CHH | 12 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441 | ||||
| 20 | Otto Schnellbacher | 26 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |||
| 21 | Les Horvath | 28 | CLE | 12 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | |||
| 22 | Tom Landry | 25 | NYY | 12 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 335 | ||
| 23 | Harper Davis | 24 | LAD | 11 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 4 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 | 175 | ||
| 24 | Wayne Kingery | 22 | BCL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||
| 25 | Johnny Strzykalski | 28 | SFO | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 | 462 | ||
| 26 | George Taliaferro | 22 | LAD | TB | 11 | 4 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 52 | 26.5 | 13 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 880 | |
| 27 | Lou Tomasetti | 33 | BUF | 12 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 337 | ||
| 28 | Eddie Carr | 26 | SFO | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 378 | |||
| 29 | John Donaldson | 24 | 2TM | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 66 | ||
| 29 | John Donaldson | 24 | LAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||
| 29 | John Donaldson | 24 | CHH | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | ||||
| 30 | Bob Hoernschemeyer | 24 | CHH | TB | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 14 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 26.6 | 833 | |
| 31 | Earl Howell | 25 | LAD | 12 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 208 | ||
| 32 | Ned Maloney | 26 | SFO | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 33 | Paul Mitchell | 29 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
| 34 | Paul Page | 22 | BCL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 4 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 267 | ||
| 35 | Barney Poole | 26 | NYY | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | |||
| 36 | Hal Shoener | 26 | SFO | LE | 12 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 109 | |
| 37 | Joe Vetrano | 31 | SFO | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||
| 38 | Lowell Wagner | 26 | SFO | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 | |||
| 39 | John Yonakor | 28 | CLE | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 40 | Bruce Alford | 28 | NYY | RE | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 244 | ||
| 41 | Frank Aschenbrenner | 24 | CHH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 45 | ||||
| 42 | Bill Boedeker | 25 | CLE | LH | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 829 | ||
| 43 | Gail Bruce | 26 | SFO | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 22 | |||
| 44 | Ollie Cline | 24 | BUF | FB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 649 | ||
| 45 | Rip Collins | 23 | CHH | FB | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 272 | ||
| 46 | Mickey Colmer | 31 | NYY | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 126 | |||
| 47 | Lamar Davis | 28 | BCL | LE | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 596 | ||
| 48 | Noble Doss | 29 | NYY | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 37 | |||
| 49 | Dan Dworsky | 22 | LAD | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 17 | |||
| 50 | Dan Edwards | 23 | CHH | RE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 17 | 14.5 | 602 | ||
| 51 | Len Eshmont | 32 | SFO | LH | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 340 | ||
| 52 | Don Garlin | 23 | SFO | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 198 | |||
| 53 | Dan Garza | 25 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 214 | |||
| 54 | Lou Groza | 25 | CLE | LT | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | ||
| 55 | Bob Hoffman | 32 | LAD | BB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 42 | ||
| 56 | Sherman Howard | 25 | NYY | RH | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 23.8 | 604 | ||
| 57 | Duke Iversen | 29 | NYY | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 76 | |||
| 58 | Chick Jagade | 23 | BCL | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 293 | |||
| 59 | Larry Joe | 26 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 82 | |||
| 60 | Dub Jones | 25 | CLE | RH | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 25.5 | 757 | ||
| 61 | Edgar Jones | 29 | CLE | LH | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 272 | ||
| 62 | Bob Kelly | 24 | BCL | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 97 | |||
| 63 | Bob Kennedy | 28 | NYY | FB | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 562 | ||
| 64 | Fay King | 27 | CHH | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 101 | |||
| 65 | Veto Kissell | 22 | BUF | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 71 | |||
| 66 | Lou Kusserow | 22 | NYY | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 272 | |||
| 67 | Bill Leonard | 22 | BCL | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 32 | |||
| 68 | Verl Lillywhite | 23 | SFO | RH | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 370 | ||
| 69 | Marion Motley | 29 | CLE | FB | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 262 | 0 | 0 | 21.8 | 1023 | ||
| 70 | Joe Perry | 22 | SFO | FB | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 24.1 | 1266 | AP-2 | |
| 71 | Bob Pfohl | 23 | BCL | RH | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 365 | ||
| 72 | Eddie Prokop | 27 | NYY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 178 | |||
| 73 | Ray Richeson | 26 | CHH | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| 74 | Lou Rymkus | 30 | CLE | RT | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||
| 75 | Billy Stone | 24 | BCL | LH | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 851 | ||
| 76 | Ed Sustersic | 27 | CLE | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 160 | |||
| 77 | Bob Sweiger | 30 | CHH | BB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 223 | ||
| 78 | Lowell Tew | 22 | NYY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 82 | |||
| 79 | Sam Vacanti | 27 | BCL | QB | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | ||
| 80 | Wilbur Volz | 25 | BUF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 56 | |||
| 81 | Alex Wizbicki | 28 | BUF | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 13 | |||
| League Average | 12.7 | 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Jim Cason | 22 | SFO | LH | 2 | 0 | 8 | 108 | 0 | 10 | 13.5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 182 | |
| 2 | Cliff Lewis | 26 | CLE | 2 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | |||
| 3 | Sam Cathcart | 25 | SFO | 2 | 1 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 22 | 20.5 | 145 | ||
| 4 | Otto Schnellbacher | 26 | NYY | 1 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | |||
| 5 | Warren Lahr | 26 | CLE | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 11.5 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 27 | 20.5 | 71 | ||
| 6 | Bob Livingstone | 27 | BUF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 9.5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 52 | ||
| 7 | Buddy Young | 23 | NYY | LH | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | ||
| 8 | Sherman Howard | 25 | NYY | RH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 55 | ||
| 9 | Dub Jones | 25 | CLE | RH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 110 | ||
| 10 | Bob Kennedy | 28 | NYY | FB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 40 | ||
| 11 | Paul Mitchell | 29 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||
| 12 | Marion Motley | 29 | CLE | FB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 69 | ||
| 13 | Chet Mutryn | 28 | BUF | LH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 29.5 | 164 | ||
| League Average | 12.1 | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||||
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