| PUNT RETURNS | TEAM | PR | FC | PRY | AVG | LG | TD |
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 8 | 7 | 184 | 23.0 | 84 | 2 |
| Gene Mingo | DEN | 6 | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Dick Christy | NYT | 17 | 10 | 195 | 11.5 | 72 | 1 |
| Ron Burton | BOS | 28 | 19 | 303 | 10.8 | 65 | 1 |
| Carl Taseff | BUF | 10 | 3 | 104 | 10.4 | 54 | 1 |
| Frank Jackson | DAT | 12 | 7 | 113 | 9.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Keith Lincoln | SDA | 20 | 4 | 184 | 9.2 | 45 | 1 |
| Bob Garner | OAK | 9 | 1 | 70 | 7.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Zeman | DEN | 7 | 8 | 54 | 7.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Claude Gibson | SDA | 8 | 4 | 57 | 7.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddy Glick | HOU | 9 | 5 | 47 | 5.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie West | BUF | 11 | 9 | 53 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Hal Lewis | OAK | 8 | 0 | 37 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Abner Haynes | DAT | 14 | 3 | 59 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Tiller | NYT | 9 | 4 | 30 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| KICK RETURNS | TEAM | KR | KRY | AVG | LG | TD | |
| Larry Garron | BOS | 25 | 716 | 28.6 | 100 | 2 | |
| Dave Grayson | DAT | 22 | 611 | 27.8 | 59 | 0 | |
| Bobby Jancik | HOU | 32 | 879 | 27.5 | 52 | 0 | |
| Willie D. Jones | BUF | 33 | 862 | 26.1 | 97 | 2 | |
| Billy Cannon | HOU | 16 | 400 | 25.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Dick Christy | NYT | 34 | 844 | 24.8 | 68 | 0 | |
| Al Frazier | DEN | 20 | 484 | 24.2 | 52 | 0 | |
| Frank Jackson | DAT | 8 | 188 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Jim Tiller | NYT | 13 | 305 | 23.5 | 61 | 0 | |
| Jerry Robinson | SDA | 41 | 952 | 23.2 | 57 | 0 | |
| Clem Daniels | OAK | 14 | 290 | 20.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jerry Tarr | DEN | 16 | 321 | 20.1 | 26 | 0 | |
| Keith Lincoln | SDA | 9 | 180 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ron Burton | BOS | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bo Roberson | OAK | 38 | 742 | 19.5 | 58 | 0 | |
| Ray Abruzzese | BUF | 13 | 225 | 17.3 | 20 | 0 |