| 1965 NFL Kick Returns
| Kick Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Tom Watkins, DET | 17 | 584 | 34.4 | 0 | | Andy Livingston, CHI | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | | Gale Sayers, CHI | 21 | 660 | 31.4 | 1 | | Alvin Haymond, BAL | 20 | 614 | 30.7 | 0 | | Mel Renfro, DAL | 21 | 630 | 30.0 | 1 | | Jon Arnett, CHI | 5 | 150 | 30.0 | 0 | | Jerry Stovall, STL | 7 | 198 | 28.3 | 0 | | Jerry Simmons, PIT | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | | Ray Ogden, STL | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | | Walter Roberts, CLE | 18 | 493 | 27.4 | 0 | | Dale Messer, SF | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | | Irv Cross, PHI | 25 | 662 | 26.5 | 0 | | Bob Hayes, DAL | 17 | 450 | 26.5 | 0 | | Bobby Smith, LAM/DET | 18 | 475 | 26.4 | 0 | | Tom Matte, BAL | 8 | 211 | 26.4 | 0 | | Al Nelson, PHI | 26 | 683 | 26.3 | 0 | | Lance Rentzel, MIN | 23 | 602 | 26.2 | 1 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 24 | 621 | 25.9 | 0 | | Pat Studstill, DET | 10 | 257 | 25.7 | 0 | | Willie Brown, LAM | 24 | 615 | 25.6 | 0 | | Clarence Childs, NYG | 29 | 718 | 24.8 | 0 | | Abe Woodson, STL | 27 | 665 | 24.6 | 0 | | Tom Vaughn, DET | 13 | 316 | 24.3 | 0 | | Tom Moore, GB | 15 | 361 | 24.1 | 0 | | Billy Hunter, WAS | 18 | 432 | 24.0 | 0 | | Billy Gambrell, STL | 9 | 216 | 24.0 | 0 | | Carl Silvestri, STL | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | | Allan Webb, NYG | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | | Gary Lewis, SF | 15 | 355 | 23.7 | 0 | | Clancy Williams, LAM | 9 | 213 | 23.7 | 0 | | Dave Osborn, MIN | 18 | 422 | 23.4 | 0 | | Bobby Felts, DET/BAL | 18 | 422 | 23.4 | 0 | | Tony Lorick, BAL | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 0 | | Tom Hall, MIN | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | | Kermit Alexander, SF | 32 | 741 | 23.2 | 0 | | George Hughley, WAS | 13 | 295 | 22.7 | 0 | | Willie Williams, NYG | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 0 | | Dan Reeves, DAL | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | | Marv Woodson, PIT | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | | Herb Adderley, GB | 10 | 221 | 22.1 | 0 | | Charlie Scales, CLE | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | | Tommy Mason, MIN | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | | Ben Wilson, LAM | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | | Clarence Peaks, PIT | 20 | 429 | 21.5 | 0 | | Bobby Mitchell, WAS | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 0 | | Dave Kopay, SF | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Cannonball Butler, PIT | 25 | 509 | 20.4 | 0 | | Elijah Pitts, GB | 20 | 396 | 19.8 | 0 | | Jim Young, MIN | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | | Dick James, MIN | 11 | 212 | 19.3 | 0 | | Rickie Harris, WAS | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 0 | | Ernie Koy, NYG | 21 | 401 | 19.1 | 0 | | Steve Thurlow, NYG | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | Gary Ballman, PIT | 8 | 150 | 18.8 | 0 | | Rudy Johnson, SF | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | | Tommy Crutcher, GB | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | | Dick Gordon, CHI | 14 | 242 | 17.3 | 0 | | Ron Smith, CHI | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Theron Sapp, PIT | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 0 | | Timmy Brown, PHI | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | | Wayne Swinford, SF | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | | Tom Walters, WAS | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | | Charley Taylor, WAS | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Pervis Atkins, WAS/OAK | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Mike Lind, PIT | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Jim Stiger, DAL/LAM | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | | Phil King, MIN | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Carl Kammerer, WAS | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Billy Barnes, MIN | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | | Izzy Lang, PHI | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | | Willis Crenshaw, STL | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | | Mal Hammack, STL | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | | Ralph Kurek, CHI | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Junior Coffey, GB | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Harold Wells, PHI | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Ralph Neely, DAL | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Tom Nowatzke, DET | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | Mike Curtis, BAL | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Bob Briggs, WAS | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Ernie Green, CLE | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Chuck Mercein, NYG | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Mike Morgan, PHI | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jerry Hill, BAL | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Mike Howell, CLE | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
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