| 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 | Rodger Bird | 24 | OAK | SS | 14 | 12 | 46 | 612 | 0 | 78 | 13.3 | 6 | 143 | 0 | 27 | 23.8 | 755 | AP-2 |
| 2 | Speedy Duncan | 25 | SDG | RCB | 14 | 14 | 36 | 434 | 0 | 50 | 12.1 | 9 | 231 | 0 | 60 | 25.7 | 800 | PB,AP-2 |
| 3 | Butch Byrd | 26 | BUF | RCB | 14 | 14 | 30 | 142 | 0 | 19 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | ||
| 4 | Noland Smith | 24 | KAN | WR | 14 | 0 | 26 | 212 | 0 | 59 | 8.2 | 41 | 1148 | 1 | 106 | 28.0 | 1400 | |
| 5 | Bill Baird | 28 | NYJ | FS | 14 | 14 | 25 | 219 | 0 | 33 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 | ||
| 6 | Jay Cunningham | 24 | BOS | DB | 12 | 0 | 17 | 105 | 0 | 44 | 6.2 | 30 | 627 | 0 | 41 | 20.9 | 786 | |
| 7 | Earl Christy | 24 | NYJ | HB | 10 | 0 | 16 | 83 | 0 | 16 | 5.2 | 23 | 521 | 0 | 33 | 22.7 | 604 | |
| 8 | Floyd Little | 25 | DEN | HB | 13 | 12 | 16 | 270 | 1 | 72 | 16.9 | 35 | 942 | 0 | 60 | 26.9 | 1626 | |
| 9 | Joe Bellino | 29 | BOS | HB | 14 | 2 | 15 | 129 | 0 | 18 | 8.6 | 18 | 357 | 0 | 32 | 19.8 | 501 | |
| 10 | Ed Rutkowski | 26 | BUF | SE | 14 | 3 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 2.9 | 3 | 71 | 0 | 38 | 23.7 | 173 | |
| 11 | Joe Auer | 26 | MIA | LHB | 13 | 5 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 4.7 | 21 | 441 | 0 | 47 | 21.0 | 828 | |
| 12 | Larry Carwell | 23 | HOU | DB | 9 | 0 | 9 | 154 | 0 | 54 | 17.1 | 8 | 164 | 0 | 27 | 20.5 | 349 | |
| 13 | Sherman Lewis | 25 | NYJ | DB | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 3.4 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 46 | |
| 14 | Abner Haynes | 30 | 2TM | HB | 14 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 6.2 | 26 | 569 | 0 | 51 | 21.9 | 1052 | |
| 14 | Abner Haynes | 30 | MIA | HB | 11 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 6.2 | 22 | 444 | 0 | 51 | 20.2 | 855 | |
| 14 | Abner Haynes | 30 | NYJ | HB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 125 | 0 | 42 | 31.3 | 197 | ||
| 15 | Bobby Jancik | 27 | HOU | SS | 11 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 3.2 | 16 | 349 | 0 | 49 | 21.8 | 370 | |
| 16 | Billy Johnson | 24 | BOS | DB | 6 | 2 | 6 | 124 | 0 | 52 | 20.7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 135 | |
| 17 | Bob Neff | 23 | MIA | FS/SS | 14 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 5.7 | 15 | 351 | 0 | 69 | 23.4 | 429 | |
| 18 | Bobby Leo | 22 | BOS | HB | 2 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 43 | 10.8 | 11 | 232 | 0 | 31 | 21.1 | 318 | |
| 19 | Zeke Moore | 24 | HOU | DB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 46 | 16.4 | 14 | 405 | 1 | 92 | 28.9 | 487 | |
| 20 | Mike Garrett | 23 | KAN | HB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1370 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 21 | Jack Harper | 23 | MIA | HB | 9 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 424 | ||
| 22 | Goldie Sellers | 25 | DEN | LCB | 13 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 6.0 | 6 | 120 | 0 | 32 | 20.0 | 222 | |
| 23 | Tom Cassese | 21 | DEN | SS | 14 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4.7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 62 | |
| 24 | Kenny Graham | 26 | SDG | SS | 13 | 11 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 42 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | PB | |
| 25 | Dave Grayson | 28 | OAK | FS | 14 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 3.7 | 19 | 405 | 0 | 29 | 21.3 | 479 | |
| 26 | Eric Crabtree | 23 | DEN | LE | 14 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 12.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 768 | |
| 27 | Warren Powers | 26 | OAK | DB | 14 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | ||
| 28 | Emmitt Thomas | 24 | KAN | LCB | 11 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | ||
| 29 | Booker Edgerson | 28 | BUF | LCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||
| 30 | John Huard | 23 | DEN | MLB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| 31 | Charlie King | 24 | BUF | DB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 316 | 0 | 38 | 26.3 | 328 | |
| 32 | Johnny Robinson | 29 | KAN | FS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 33 | Tom Beer | 23 | DEN | TE | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 165 | ||
| 34 | Duane Benson | 22 | OAK | LB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 35 | Charlie Bivins | 29 | BUF | HB | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 380 | 0 | 55 | 23.8 | 438 | ||
| 36 | Emerson Boozer | 24 | NYJ | HB | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 213 | 0 | 28 | 19.4 | 860 | ||
| 37 | Solomon Brannan | 25 | NYJ | DB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 204 | 0 | 47 | 22.7 | 214 | ||
| 38 | Buck Buchanan | 28 | KAN | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 39 | Woody Campbell | 23 | HOU | HB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 668 | PB | |
| 40 | Bob Cappadona | 25 | BOS | HB | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 8.7 | 230 | ||
| 41 | Reggie Carolan | 28 | KAN | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 28 | ||
| 42 | Preston Carpenter | 33 | MIA | TE | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 45 | 29.0 | 214 | ||
| 43 | Bert Coan | 27 | KAN | HB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 345 | ||
| 44 | Bernie Erickson | 23 | SDG | LB | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | ||
| 45 | Miller Farr | 24 | HOU | LCB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 281 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 46 | J.D. Garrett | 26 | BOS | HB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73 | 0 | 20 | 18.3 | 92 | ||
| 47 | Larry Garron | 30 | BOS | HB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 26 | 24.3 | 743 | PB | |
| 48 | Paul Guidry | 23 | BUF | LLB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 49 | Roger Hagberg | 28 | OAK | FB | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 272 | ||
| 50 | Wendell Hayes | 27 | DEN | FB | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 39 | 34.7 | 484 | ||
| 51 | Dave Hill | 26 | KAN | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 52 | Roy Hopkins | 22 | HOU | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 77 | ||
| 53 | Ken Houston | 23 | HOU | SS | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 20.0 | 191 | ||
| 54 | Ray Ilg | 22 | BOS | LLB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||
| 55 | Willie Lanier | 22 | KAN | MLB | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ||
| 56 | Ed Lothamer | 25 | KAN | DT | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 57 | Paul Lowe | 31 | SDG | HB | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 145 | 0 | 29 | 18.1 | 241 | ||
| 58 | Fran Lynch | 22 | DEN | RB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 27.0 | 34 | ||
| 59 | Carl McAdams | 23 | NYJ | LB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||
| 60 | Dudley Meredith | 32 | BUF | DT | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||
| 61 | Charley Mitchell | 27 | DEN | HB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 164 | 0 | 32 | 20.5 | 487 | ||
| 62 | Stan Mitchell | 23 | MIA | FB | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 37 | 28.5 | 459 | ||
| 63 | Frank Pitts | 24 | KAN | SE | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 159 | |||
| 64 | Dickie Post | 22 | SDG | HB | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 371 | 0 | 50 | 24.7 | 1312 | PB | |
| 65 | Alvin Reed | 23 | HOU | TE | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 144 | ||
| 66 | John Roderick | 23 | MIA | WR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | 63 | ||
| 67 | Rod Sherman | 23 | OAK | FL | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 279 | 0 | 49 | 23.3 | 353 | ||
| 68 | Karl Singer | 24 | BOS | RT | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 14.5 | 29 | ||
| 69 | Allen Smith | 25 | BUF | RB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 346 | 0 | 64 | 21.6 | 346 | ||
| 70 | Russ Smith | 23 | SDG | RB | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 19 | 17.0 | 172 | ||
| 71 | Mark Smolinski | 28 | NYJ | FB | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 319 | ||
| 72 | Gene Thomas | 25 | KAN | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 17 | 9.3 | 288 | ||
| 73 | Larry Todd | 25 | OAK | RB | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 0 | 40 | 24.6 | 281 | ||
| 74 | Jim Tolbert | 23 | SDG | DB | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 441 | 0 | 45 | 24.5 | 460 | ||
| 75 | Bake Turner | 27 | NYJ | SE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 10.0 | 80 | ||
| 76 | Jim Waskiewicz | 23 | NYJ | LB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 77 | Bert Wilder | 28 | NYJ | DT | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 78 | Nemiah Wilson | 24 | DEN | RCB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 0 | 37 | 26.5 | 259 | PB | |
| League Average | 9.2 | 22.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Rodger Bird | 24 | OAK | SS | 2 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 19 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | ||
| 2 | Rod Sherman | 23 | OAK | FL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | ||
| 3 | Warren Wells | 25 | OAK | SE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 4 | Ode Burrell | 28 | HOU | FL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | ||
| 5 | Dave Grayson | 28 | OAK | FS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 108 | 0 | 47 | 36.0 | 108 | ||
| 6 | Wayne Hawkins | 29 | OAK | RG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Bobby Jancik | 27 | HOU | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 27 | 25.0 | 100 | ||
| 8 | Dave Kocourek | 30 | OAK | TE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | Zeke Moore | 24 | HOU | DB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 0 | 34 | 29.0 | 87 | ||
| 10 | Walt Suggs | 28 | HOU | LT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | Larry Todd | 25 | OAK | RB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 32 | 23.8 | 124 | ||
| League Average | 6.6 | 23.4 | ||||||||||||||||
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