| 1956 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Brad Myers, LAM | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | | Gene Filipski, NYG | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | | Lindon Crow, CHC | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Billy Wells, WAS | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | | Preston Carpenter, CLE | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | | J. C. Caroline, CHI | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | | Kenny Konz, CLE | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 1 | | Dick James, WAS | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 0 | | Jack Christiansen, DET | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 1 | | Frank Bernardi, CHC | 18 | 217 | 12.1 | 1 | | Dale Atkeson, WAS | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Lowell Perry, PIT | 11 | 127 | 11.5 | 0 | | Tom Runnels, WAS | 8 | 91 | 11.4 | 0 | | Perry Jeter, CHI | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 1 | | Ray Gene Smith, CHI | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | | Ken Keller, PHI | 15 | 146 | 9.7 | 0 | | McNeil Moore, CHI | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | | Jack Losch, GB | 8 | 74 | 9.3 | 0 | | Carl Taseff, BAL | 27 | 233 | 8.6 | 1 | | Will Sherman, LAM | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 1 | | Dick Nyers, BAL | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | | Al Carmichael, GB | 21 | 165 | 7.9 | 0 | | Ollie Matson, CHC | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 13 | 83 | 6.4 | 0 | | Joe Arenas, SF | 19 | 117 | 6.2 | 1 | | Don Paul, CLE | 17 | 103 | 6.1 | 0 | | Leo Sanford, CHC | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Henry Ford, PIT | 25 | 145 | 5.8 | 0 | | Hal Giancanelli, PHI | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | | Emlen Tunnell, NYG | 22 | 120 | 5.5 | 0 | | Scooter Scudero, WAS | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 0 | | Dicky Moegle, SF | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Lenny Moore, BAL | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | | Ron Waller, LAM | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 0 | | Woodley Lewis, CHC | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | | Lee Riley, PHI | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 0 | | Fred Bruney, SF/PIT | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | | Skeets Quinlan, LAM/CLE | 14 | 50 | 3.6 | 0 | | Jug Girard, DET | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Yale Lary, DET | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 0 | | Hugh McElhenny, SF | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | | Jesse Whittenton, LAM | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | | Bert Rechicher, BAL | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | | Sid Watson, PIT | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Art Davis, PIT | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Jimmy Patton, NYG | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 0 | | Don Bingham, CHI | 13 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 |
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