| 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 | Jerry LeVias | 23 | HOU | WR | 14 | 7 | 35 | 292 | 0 | 46 | 8.3 | 38 | 940 | 0 | 87 | 24.7 | 1946 | PB |
| 2 | Mike Battle | 23 | NYJ | DB | 14 | 0 | 34 | 235 | 0 | 22 | 6.9 | 31 | 750 | 0 | 45 | 24.2 | 1010 | |
| 3 | Speedy Duncan | 27 | SDG | RCB | 14 | 10 | 27 | 280 | 0 | 38 | 10.4 | 21 | 587 | 0 | 52 | 28.0 | 985 | |
| 4 | George Atkinson | 22 | OAK | SS | 14 | 12 | 25 | 153 | 0 | 30 | 6.1 | 16 | 382 | 0 | 39 | 23.9 | 573 | PB |
| 5 | Mercury Morris | 22 | MIA | RB | 14 | 0 | 25 | 172 | 0 | 38 | 6.9 | 43 | 1136 | 1 | 105 | 26.4 | 1483 | |
| 6 | Bill Thompson | 23 | DEN | RCB | 14 | 14 | 25 | 288 | 0 | 40 | 11.5 | 18 | 513 | 0 | 63 | 28.5 | 893 | AP-2 |
| 7 | Max Anderson | 24 | BUF | RB | 11 | 1 | 19 | 142 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 4 | 86 | 0 | 28 | 21.5 | 367 | |
| 8 | Essex Johnson | 23 | CIN | RB | 12 | 0 | 17 | 85 | 0 | 17 | 5.0 | 16 | 362 | 0 | 51 | 22.6 | 504 | |
| 9 | Willie Mitchell | 29 | KAN | DB | 14 | 0 | 13 | 101 | 0 | 35 | 7.8 | 7 | 178 | 0 | 36 | 25.4 | 307 | |
| 10 | Dick Anderson | 23 | MIA | FS | 14 | 14 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 29 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | ||
| 11 | Carl Garrett | 22 | BOS | RB | 14 | 9 | 12 | 159 | 0 | 45 | 13.3 | 28 | 792 | 0 | 63 | 28.3 | 1909 | PB |
| 12 | Rod Sherman | 25 | OAK | WR | 14 | 0 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 14 | 5.1 | 12 | 300 | 0 | 31 | 25.0 | 346 | |
| 13 | Noland Smith | 26 | KAN | WR | 6 | 0 | 9 | 107 | 0 | 64 | 11.9 | 4 | 125 | 0 | 37 | 31.3 | 232 | |
| 14 | Mike Garrett | 25 | KAN | RB | 14 | 14 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1192 | ||
| 15 | Butch Byrd | 28 | BUF | RCB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 16 | Mike Richardson | 23 | HOU | RB | 14 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 27 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | ||
| 17 | Floyd Little | 27 | DEN | RB | 9 | 9 | 6 | 70 | 0 | 52 | 11.7 | 3 | 81 | 0 | 30 | 27.0 | 1098 | PB,AP-1 |
| 18 | Tom Beier | 24 | MIA | SS | 14 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1.6 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 17 | 14.5 | 73 | |
| 19 | Sid Blanks | 29 | BOS | RB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2.0 | 6 | 131 | 0 | 25 | 21.8 | 187 | |
| 20 | George Burrell | 21 | DEN | FS | 14 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 42 | 11.2 | 6 | 108 | 0 | 30 | 18.0 | 229 | |
| 21 | Larry Carwell | 25 | BOS | LCB | 13 | 13 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 13 | 8.6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 185 | |
| 22 | Bill Baird | 30 | NYJ | FS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| 23 | Dave Grayson | 30 | OAK | FS | 14 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 24 | Speedy Thomas | 22 | CIN | WR | 14 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 512 | ||
| 25 | Kenny Graham | 28 | SDG | SS | 14 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | PB,AP-2 | |
| 26 | Roy Reeves | 23 | BUF | WR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 27 | Goldie Sellers | 27 | KAN | DB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | ||
| 28 | Jackie Allen | 22 | OAK | DB | 5 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 38 | 22.3 | 65 | |
| 29 | Ode Burrell | 30 | HOU | RB | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 101 | 0 | 32 | 20.2 | 282 | |
| 30 | Al Coleman | 25 | CIN | SS | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Charlie Greer | 23 | DEN | SS | 12 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | ||
| 32 | John Guillory | 24 | CIN | RCB | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 170 | 0 | 28 | 21.3 | 170 | |
| 33 | Robert James | 22 | BUF | DB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 34 | Tom Janik | 29 | BOS | DB | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 35 | Cecil Leonard | 23 | NYJ | DB | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 120 | 0 | 23 | 17.1 | 133 | |
| 36 | Dale McCullers | 22 | MIA | LB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Gene Milton | 25 | MIA | WR | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 166 | 0 | 37 | 20.8 | 412 | |
| 38 | Pete Richardson | 23 | BUF | FS | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 39 | Preston Ridlehuber | 26 | BUF | RB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | ||
| 40 | Russ Smith | 25 | SDG | RB | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 138 | 0 | 27 | 23.0 | 498 | |
| 41 | Howard Twilley | 26 | MIA | WR | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 | ||
| 42 | Walt Barnes | 25 | DEN | DT | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | ||
| 43 | Bobby Bell | 29 | KAN | LLB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | PB,AP-1 | |
| 44 | Duane Benson | 24 | OAK | LB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Ron Berger | 26 | BOS | DE | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||
| 46 | Bob Briggs | 24 | SDG | LDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 47 | Jim Carroll | 26 | NYJ | LB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 48 | Jerald Collins | 22 | BUF | LB | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | ||
| 49 | Hilton Crawford | 24 | BUF | DB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 31 | 24.7 | 81 | ||
| 50 | Ken Criter | 22 | DEN | LB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 10.3 | 31 | ||
| 51 | Bill Enyart | 22 | BUF | RB | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 389 | ||
| 52 | Jim Fetherston | 24 | SDG | LB | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 53 | Gene Foster | 27 | SDG | RB | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 320 | ||
| 54 | R.C. Gamble | 23 | BOS | RB | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 132 | ||
| 55 | Bob Gladieux | 22 | BOS | RB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 20 | 15.3 | 61 | ||
| 56 | Harry Gunner | 25 | CIN | DE | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | ||
| 57 | Waddey Harvey | 22 | BUF | DT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | ||
| 58 | Wendell Hayes | 29 | KAN | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 0 | 45 | 40.5 | 353 | ||
| 59 | Jimmy Hines | 23 | MIA | WR | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 52 | ||
| 60 | Gus Hollomon | 24 | DEN | SS | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| 61 | Robert Holmes | 24 | KAN | RB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 36 | 27.0 | 932 | PB | |
| 62 | Ken Houston | 25 | HOU | SS | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 121 | PB,AP-2 | ||
| 63 | Gene Huey | 22 | SDG | DB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 64 | Charlie Joiner | 22 | HOU | WR | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 0 | 28 | 24.3 | 150 | ||
| 65 | Charlie King | 26 | CIN | DB | 9 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||
| 66 | Ron Lamb | 26 | CIN | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 12.8 | 106 | ||
| 67 | Paul Lowe | 33 | KAN | HB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 0 | 30 | 23.2 | 149 | ||
| 68 | Aaron Marsh | 24 | BOS | WR | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 41 | 22.7 | 244 | ||
| 69 | Warren McVea | 23 | KAN | RB | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 318 | 0 | 40 | 24.5 | 889 | ||
| 70 | Jim Mertens | 22 | MIA | TE | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 27 | ||
| 71 | Lloyd Mumphord | 23 | MIA | RCB | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | ||
| 72 | Chip Myrtle | 24 | DEN | RLB | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 73 | Jess Phillips | 22 | CIN | RB | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 29 | 17.3 | 758 | ||
| 74 | Ed Podolak | 22 | KAN | RB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 0 | 28 | 23.6 | 165 | ||
| 75 | Dickie Post | 24 | SDG | RB | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 27 | 18.5 | 1182 | PB,AP-2 | |
| 76 | Alvin Reed | 25 | HOU | TE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 664 | PB,AP-2 | |
| 77 | Jim Richards | 23 | NYJ | SS | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 18.0 | 84 | ||
| 78 | Ken Riley | 22 | CIN | RCB | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 334 | 0 | 40 | 23.9 | 415 | ||
| 79 | Paul Robinson | 25 | CIN | RB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 168 | 0 | 74 | 33.6 | 761 | PB | |
| 80 | George Sauer | 26 | NYJ | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 750 | PB | |
| 81 | Ron Sayers | 22 | SDG | RB | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 95 | ||
| 82 | Marty Schottenheimer | 26 | BOS | LB | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 16 | ||
| 83 | Clarence Scott | 25 | BOS | DB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 14 | 7.2 | 43 | ||
| 84 | O.J. Simpson | 22 | BUF | RB | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 529 | 0 | 73 | 25.2 | 1569 | PB | |
| 85 | Charlie Smith | 23 | OAK | RB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 247 | 0 | 41 | 24.7 | 1169 | ||
| 86 | Bubba Thornton | 22 | BUF | WR | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 749 | 0 | 58 | 25.0 | 883 | ||
| 87 | Bake Turner | 29 | NYJ | WR | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 28 | 24.7 | 291 | ||
| 88 | Clem Turner | 24 | CIN | RB | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 5.0 | 134 | ||
| 89 | Jimmy Warren | 30 | MIA | LCB | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Lee White | 23 | NYJ | RB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 91 | ||
| 91 | Wandy Williams | 23 | DEN | RB | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 574 | 0 | 38 | 25.0 | 648 | ||
| League Average | 7.8 | 23.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Mike Garrett | 25 | KAN | RB | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 3.2 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 185 | |
| 2 | George Atkinson | 22 | OAK | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 4.5 | 4 | 133 | 0 | 52 | 33.3 | 208 | |
| 3 | Mike Battle | 23 | NYJ | DB | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 5.0 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 44 | 21.3 | 74 | |
| 4 | Jerry LeVias | 23 | HOU | WR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 23 | 17.3 | 84 | |
| 5 | Willie Mitchell | 29 | KAN | DB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Rod Sherman | 25 | OAK | WR | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 26 | 21.5 | 156 | |
| 7 | Ode Burrell | 30 | HOU | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 29 | 20.3 | 61 | ||
| 8 | Wendell Hayes | 29 | KAN | RB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 31 | 33.0 | 213 | ||
| 9 | Dave Hill | 28 | KAN | RT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Robert Holmes | 24 | KAN | RB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 26 | 19.7 | 118 | ||
| 11 | George Nock | 23 | NYJ | RB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | ||
| League Average | 3.9 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||||||
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