| 1961 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Dick Bass, LAM | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 1 | | Lew Carpenter, GB | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 0 | | Bobby Joe Conrad, STL | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 1 | | Hugh McElhenny, MIN | 8 | 155 | 19.4 | 1 | | Willie Wood, GB | 14 | 225 | 16.1 | 2 | | Bob Harrison, BAL | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | | Timmy Brown, PHI | 8 | 125 | 15.6 | 1 | | Brady Keys, PIT | 9 | 135 | 15.0 | 0 | | Jim Gibbons, DET | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Mike Sommer, BAL/WAS | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | | Allan Webb, NYG | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | | Bobby Mitchell, CLE | 14 | 164 | 11.7 | 1 | | Irv Cross, PHI | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | | Maxie Baughan, PHI | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Johnny Sample, PIT | 26 | 283 | 10.9 | 1 | | Abe Woodson, SF | 16 | 172 | 10.8 | 1 | | Tommy Mason, MIN | 14 | 146 | 10.4 | 0 | | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 16 | 159 | 9.9 | 0 | | Bobby Boyd, BAL | 18 | 173 | 9.6 | 0 | | Pat Studstill, DET | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 0 | | Willie West, STL | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 0 | | Jim Shofner, CLE | 14 | 119 | 8.5 | 0 | | Eddie Dove, SF | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 0 | | Jim Steffen, DET/WAS | 19 | 153 | 8.1 | 0 | | Yale Lary, DET | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Don Perkins, DAL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Jamie Caleb, MIN | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Joe Driskill, STL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Carl Taseff, BAL/PHI | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 0 | | Ted Dean, PHI | 18 | 140 | 7.8 | 0 | | Bill Stits, NYG | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 0 | | Dick James, WAS | 12 | 90 | 7.5 | 0 | | Jon Arnett, LAM | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 0 | | Johnny Morris, CHI | 23 | 155 | 6.7 | 0 | | Preston Carpenter, PIT | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | | Night Train Lane, DET | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Bill Butler, PIT | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | | Dale Messer, SF | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | | Joel Wells, NYG | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 0 | | Amos Marsh, DAL | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 0 | | Alex Hawkins, BAL | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | | Andy Nelson, BAL | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | | Jim Kerr, WAS | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | | Pat Fischer, STL | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | | Richie Petitbon, CHI | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Rosey Taylor, CHI | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Warren Livingston, DAL | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | | L.G. Dupre, DAL | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Larry Morris, CHI | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Mark Smolinski, BAL | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Billy Stacy, STL | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | | Ken Hall, HOU/STL | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 |
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