| 1972 NFL Kick Returns
Kick Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | Eldridge Small, NYG | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | 0 | Norm Bulaich, BAL | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 0 | Fred Hyatt, STL | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | Dick Gordon, LAM | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 0 | Tommy Casanova, CIN | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | Ron Smith, CHI | 30 | 924 | 30.8 | 1 | Steve Davis, PIT | 7 | 207 | 29.6 | 0 | Al Nelson, PHI | 25 | 728 | 29.1 | 0 | Alvin Haymond, WAS | 10 | 291 | 29.1 | 0 | Bruce Laird, BAL | 29 | 843 | 29.1 | 0 | Don McCauley, BAL | 13 | 377 | 29.0 | 1 | Vic Washington, SF | 27 | 771 | 28.6 | 1 | Reggie Rucker, NE | 8 | 227 | 28.4 | 0 | Rocky Thompson, NYG | 29 | 821 | 28.3 | 1 | Larry Marshall, KC | 23 | 651 | 28.3 | 0 | Glen Holloway, CHI | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | Clint Jones, MIN | 12 | 327 | 27.3 | 0 | Ike Thomas, GB | 21 | 572 | 27.2 | 0 | Bob Thomas, LAM | 8 | 212 | 26.5 | 0 | Craig Clemons, CHI | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | John Gilliam, MIN | 14 | 369 | 26.4 | 0 | Herb Mul-Key, WAS | 8 | 209 | 26.1 | 0 | Randy Montgomery, DEN | 29 | 756 | 26.1 | 1 | Tommy Maxwell, OAK | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | Clarence Davis, OAK | 18 | 464 | 25.8 | 0 | Carl Garrett, NE | 16 | 410 | 25.6 | 0 | Cecil Turner, CHI | 16 | 409 | 25.6 | 0 | Charlie Leigh, MIA | 6 | 153 | 25.5 | 0 | Gene Howard, LAM | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | Alvin Wyatt, BUF | 17 | 432 | 25.4 | 0 | Linzy Cole, HOU/BUF | 18 | 456 | 25.3 | 0 | Tony Greene, BUF | 15 | 378 | 25.2 | 0 | Butch Atkinson, OAK | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | Bill Thomas, DAL | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | Hubert Ginn, MIA | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | Clem Turner, DEN | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | Henry Matthews, NE | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | Willie Ellison, LAM | 14 | 345 | 24.6 | 0 | Lewis Jolley, HOU | 11 | 267 | 24.3 | 0 | Speedy Duncan, WAS | 15 | 364 | 24.3 | 0 | Ron Jessie, DET | 23 | 558 | 24.3 | 0 | Bernard Jackson, CIN | 21 | 509 | 24.2 | 0 | Chris Farasopoulos, NYJ | 26 | 627 | 24.1 | 0 | Tom Sullivan, PHI | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | Mercury Morris, MIA | 14 | 334 | 23.9 | 0 | Joe Dawkins, DEN | 15 | 357 | 23.8 | 0 | Bob Brunett, WAS | 8 | 190 | 23.8 | 0 | Margene Adkins, NO | 43 | 1020 | 23.7 | 0 | Mickey Zofko, DET | 26 | 616 | 23.7 | 0 | Cliff Harris, DAL | 26 | 615 | 23.7 | 0 | Ken Brown, CLE | 20 | 473 | 23.7 | 0 | Jon Staggers, GB | 11 | 260 | 23.6 | 0 | Roger Williams, LAM | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 0 | Chuck Detwiler, SD | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 0 | Bobby Duhon, NYG | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | Phil Wise, NYJ | 9 | 211 | 23.4 | 0 | Arthur Green, NO | 8 | 187 | 23.4 | 0 | George Hoey, NE | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 0 | Lemar Parrish, CIN | 15 | 348 | 23.2 | 0 | Mike Adamle, KC | 8 | 185 | 23.1 | 0 | Billy LeFear, CLE | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 0 | Bob Kroll, GB | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | Franco Harris, PIT | 8 | 183 | 22.9 | 0 | Lenny Dunlap, SD | 12 | 271 | 22.6 | 0 | Cliff McClain, NYJ | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | Preston Pearson, PIT | 13 | 292 | 22.5 | 0 | Bob Hudson, GB | 11 | 247 | 22.5 | 0 | Reece Morrison, CLE/CIN | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | Mel Gray, STL | 17 | 378 | 22.2 | 0 | Bobby Majors, CLE | 10 | 222 | 22.2 | 0 | Billy Walik, PHI | 21 | 466 | 22.2 | 0 | Al Johnson, HOU | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 0 | Jim Bertelsen, LAM | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | John Sykes, SD | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | Zeke Moore, HOU | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | Ahmad Rashad, STL | 20 | 437 | 21.9 | 0 | Jesse Taylor, SD | 31 | 676 | 21.8 | 0 | Charlie West, MIN | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 0 | Larry Willingham, STL | 9 | 194 | 21.6 | 0 | Hank Bjorklund, NYJ | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 0 | Dave Hampton, ATL | 25 | 535 | 21.4 | 0 | Cannonball Butler, STL | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 0 | Robert Newhouse, DAL | 18 | 382 | 21.2 | 0 | Cliff Branch, OAK | 9 | 191 | 21.2 | 0 | Willie Belton, ATL | 21 | 441 | 21.0 | 0 | Ted Vactor, WAS | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | O. J. Simpson, BUF | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | Tony Plummer, ATL | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | Frank Nunley, SF | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | John Love, LAM | 8 | 167 | 20.9 | 0 | Josh Ashton, NE | 15 | 309 | 20.6 | 0 | Larry Schreiber, SF | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | Bobby Bryant, MIN | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | Joe Orduna, NYG | 12 | 244 | 20.3 | 0 | Pat Gibbs, PHI | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | Rocky Bleier, PIT | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | Warren Bankston, PIT | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | Dave Robinson, GB | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | Reggie Berry, SD | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 0 | Willie Rodgers, HOU | 17 | 335 | 19.7 | 0 | Al Clark, LAM | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | Robert Holmes, HOU | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | Ralph McGill, SF | 10 | 192 | 19.2 | 0 | Rocky Turner, NYJ | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | Don Nottingham, BAL | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | Art Malone, ATL | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | W. K. Hicks, NYJ | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | Glen Edwards, PIT | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | Don Highsmith, OAK | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | Jim Krieg, DEN | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | Benny Johnson, HOU | 13 | 230 | 17.7 | 0 | Charlie Joiner, HOU/CIN | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 0 | Kerry Reardon, KC | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | Ed Podolak, KC | 7 | 119 | 17.0 | 0 | Bob Matheson, MIA | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | Lem Barney, DET | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | Jim Lindsey, MIN | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | Gary Pettigrew, PHI | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | Walter Johnson, CLE | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | Roy Kirksey, NYJ | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | Jack Maitland, NE | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | Floyd Little, DEN | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | J. D. Hill, BUF | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | Jeff Kinney, KC | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | John Pergine, LAM | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | Fran Lynch, DEN | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | Mike Fanucci, WAS | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Dick Butkus, CHI | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Harold McLinton, WAS | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Mike Montgomery, DAL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Dave Lewis, CIN | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Tom Beer, NE | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | Jimmy Warren, OAK | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | Cyril Pinder, CHI | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Matt Snell, NYJ | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Bill Butler, NO | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | Ray Jones, SD | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | Jim Strong, NO | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | Essex Johnson, CIN | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | Bobby Anderson, DEN | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | Ted Koy, BUF | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | Bill Brown, MIN | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | Andy Selfridge, BUF | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | Jim Braxton, BUF | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | Bill Triplett, DET | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | Joe Williams, NO | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | Bill Bradley, PHI | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | Mike Bass, WAS | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | Guy Dennis, CIN | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | John Douglas, NYG | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | Ken Ellis, GB | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | Roger Wehrli, STL | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | Pat Curran, LAM | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | Charlie Waters, DAL | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | Perry Williams, GB | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | Bob Hoskins, SF | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | Bill Zapalac, NYJ | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | Chuck Crist, NYG | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | Leon Burns, STL | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | Bob Newland, NO | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | Herb Orvis, DET | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | Hoyle Granger, HOU | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | Hugo Hollas, NO | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | Marv Upshaw, KC | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | Vern Winfield, PHI | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | Rusty Tillman, WAS | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | Larry Horton, CHI | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | Willie Germany, ATL | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | Stu Voigt, MIN | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | Jack Mildren, BAL | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | Larry Walton, DET | 0 | 96 | 0.0 | 0 | Earl Thomas, CHI | 0 | 82 | 0.0 | 1 | Dave Williams, SD | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
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