| PUNT RETURNS | TEAM | PR | FC | PRY | AVG | LG | TD | PUNT RETURNS | TEAM | PR | FC | PRY | AVG | LG | TD |
| Ed Podolak | KCA | 31 | 20 | 570 | 18.4 | 60 | 1 | Tom McCauley | ATL | 13 | 8 | 275 | 21.2 | 89 | 3 |
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 13 | 8 | 180 | 13.8 | 41 | 0 | Lem Barney | DET | 18 | 2 | 288 | 16.0 | 87 | 1 |
| Sid Blanks | BOS | 18 | 4 | 214 | 11.9 | 45 | 0 | Al Dodd | NON | 18 | 6 | 209 | 11.6 | 57 | 1 |
| Walt Sumner | CLE | 21 | 12 | 243 | 11.6 | 49 | 0 | Bruce Taylor | SFN | 39 | 2 | 426 | 10.9 | 61 | 1 |
| Ron Gardin | BAL | 31 | 18 | 318 | 10.3 | 90 | 1 | Bob Hayes | DAL | 20 | 6 | 176 | 8.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 13 | 0 | 123 | 9.5 | 45 | 0 | Hugo Hollas | NON | 11 | 8 | 80 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | NYJ | 8 | 10 | 71 | 8.9 | 18 | 0 | Spider Lockhart | NYG | 11 | 6 | 75 | 6.8 | 59 | 1 |
| Chris Fletcher | SDA | 19 | 4 | 160 | 8.4 | 16 | 0 | Nick Eddy | DET | 8 | 13 | 52 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jake E. Scott | MIA | 25 | 18 | 206 | 8.2 | 13 | 0 | Mel Renfro | DAL | 13 | 9 | 80 | 6.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 4 | 8 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 | Johnny Roland | STL | 5 | 3 | 29 | 5.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | DEN | 31 | 6 | 240 | 7.7 | 65 | 0 | Chuck Latourette | STL | 27 | 13 | 153 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Tommy Pharr | BUF | 17 | 1 | 130 | 7.6 | 54 | 0 | Charlie West | MIN | 41 | 12 | 192 | 4.7 | 67 | 1 |
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 16 | 9 | 121 | 7.6 | 46 | 1 | John Mallory | ATL | 22 | 5 | 100 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | BOS | 18 | 11 | 133 | 7.4 | 15 | 0 | Alvin Haymond | LAN | 39 | 15 | 175 | 4.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Hubie Bryant | PIT | 19 | 7 | 125 | 6.6 | 33 | 0 | Linzy Cole | CHI | 21 | 3 | 84 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jerry LeVias | HOU | 21 | 7 | 120 | 5.7 | 27 | 0 | Billy Walik | PHI | 24 | 17 | 92 | 3.8 | 56 | 1 |
| Alvin Wyatt | OAK | 23 | 2 | 116 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | Bobby Duhon | NYG | 16 | 10 | 44 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Sherman | OAK | 8 | 11 | 39 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 | Ron Smith | CHI | 23 | 0 | 61 | 2.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Battle | NYJ | 26 | 6 | 124 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 | Willie Wood | GBN | 15 | 11 | 36 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | BUF | 18 | 7 | 74 | 4.1 | 54 | 0 | Ben Hawkins | PHI | 15 | 4 | 12 | 0.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Russ Smith | SDA | 11 | 7 | 12 | 1.1 | 13 | 0 | Ken Ellis | GBN | 26 | 0 | 15 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | CLE | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | Rickie Harris | WAS | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike W. Richardson | HOU | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 | Walter Roberts | WAS | 9 | 8 | -10 | -1.1 | 4 | 0 |
| KICK RETURNS | TEAM | KR | KRY | AVG | LG | TD | KICK RETURNS | TEAM | KR | KRY | AVG | LG | TD | ||
| Jim Duncan | BAL | 24 | 833 | 34.7 | 97 | 1 | Cecil Turner | CHI | 23 | 721 | 31.3 | 102 | 2 | ||
| Mel Blount | PIT | 29 | 797 | 27.5 | 39 | 0 | Mark Washington | DAL | 13 | 385 | 29.6 | 92 | 1 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 13 | 354 | 27.2 | 35 | 0 | Billy Walik | PHI | 35 | 990 | 28.3 | 82 | 0 | ||
| Robert 'Tank' Holmes | KCA | 20 | 500 | 25.0 | 48 | 0 | Larry Krause | GBN | 15 | 420 | 28.0 | 53 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 30 | 733 | 24.4 | 60 | 0 | Alvin Haymond | LAN | 52 | 1318 | 25.3 | 54 | 0 | ||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 28 | 655 | 23.4 | 85 | 2 | Les Shy | NYG | 20 | 482 | 24.1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Odell Lawson | BOS | 40 | 934 | 23.4 | 54 | 0 | Bill Tucker | SFN | 27 | 635 | 23.5 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 26 | 599 | 23.0 | 28 | 0 | Clint Jones | MIN | 23 | 530 | 23.0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 41 | 931 | 22.7 | 100 | 2 | Ted Vactor | WAS | 30 | 652 | 21.7 | 51 | 0 | ||
| George Atkinson | OAK | 25 | 560 | 22.4 | 33 | 0 | Bobby Williams | DET | 40 | 855 | 21.4 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Wyatt | OAK | 19 | 417 | 21.9 | 32 | 0 | Duane Thomas | DAL | 34 | 720 | 21.2 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Jerry LeVias | HOU | 27 | 579 | 21.4 | 27 | 0 | Cannonball Butler | ATL | 26 | 547 | 21.0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| Homer Jones | CLE | 38 | 788 | 20.7 | 48 | 0 | Ron Smith | CHI | 38 | 794 | 20.9 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Mike Battle | NYJ | 54 | 1087 | 20.1 | 52 | 0 | Charlie West | MIN | 13 | 271 | 20.8 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 23 | 445 | 19.3 | 34 | 0 | Al Dodd | NON | 36 | 737 | 20.5 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | SDA | 33 | 638 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 | Charlie Pittman | STL | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 22 | 412 | 18.7 | 33 | 0 | Ken Ellis | GBN | 33 | 633 | 19.2 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Carl Garrett | BOS | 16 | 279 | 17.4 | 30 | 0 | Sonny Campbell | ATL | 22 | 422 | 19.2 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Jon Staggers | PIT | 18 | 306 | 17.0 | 31 | 0 | Clifton McNeil | NYG | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Ed Podolak | KCA | 16 | 262 | 16.4 | 28 | 0 | Chuck Latourette | STL | 26 | 481 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Chris Fletcher | SDA | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 25 | 0 | Rickie Harris | WAS | 14 | 237 | 16.9 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Alexander | BUF | 36 | 583 | 16.2 | 30 | 0 | Al Nelson | PHI | 18 | 281 | 15.6 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Ron Shanklin | PIT | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Ken Burrough | NON | 12 | 186 | 15.5 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Wendell Hayes | KCA | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | Cid Edwards | STL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Ron Gardin | BAL | 18 | 212 | 11.8 | 20 | 0 | Bill Brown | MIN | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Joe Dawkins | HOU | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Bobby Duhon | NYG | 22 | 284 | 12.9 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Warren Wells | OAK | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Bruce Taylor | SFN | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Jim Nance | BOS | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Bob Wallace | CHI | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | John Beasley | MIN | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 | Larry Walton | DET | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fred Arbanas | KCA | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Jim Mitchell | ATL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Dave L. Williams | STL | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Austin Denney | BUF | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Bob Tucker | NYG | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| George Sauer | NYJ | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Snow | LAN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Brown | BOS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Hawkins | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Otis Taylor | KCA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | John W. Henderson | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Roy Jefferson | BAL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Otis | NON | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Gilliam | STL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |