| 1961 AFL Kick Returns
| Kick Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Fred Brown, BUF | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 1 | | Goose Gonsoulin, DEN | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | | Abner Haynes, DLT | 8 | 270 | 33.8 | 1 | | Gene Mingo, DEN | 4 | 120 | 30.0 | 0 | | Dave Grayson, DLT | 16 | 453 | 28.3 | 0 | | Jack Larscheid, OAK | 9 | 254 | 28.2 | 0 | | Al Frazier, DEN | 18 | 504 | 28.0 | 1 | | Larry Garron, BOS | 16 | 438 | 27.4 | 1 | | Frank Jackson, DLT | 24 | 645 | 26.9 | 0 | | Ron Burton, BOS | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 1 | | Dewey Bohling, NYT/BUF | 10 | 246 | 24.6 | 0 | | Keith Lincoln, SD | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | | Billy Cannon, HOU | 18 | 439 | 24.4 | 0 | | Dick Christy, NYT | 15 | 360 | 24.0 | 0 | | Paul Lowe, SD | 10 | 240 | 24.0 | 0 | | Doug Cline, HOU | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | | Donnie Stone, DEN | 9 | 215 | 23.9 | 0 | | Claude King, HOU | 8 | 190 | 23.8 | 0 | | Mel West, BOS/NYT | 13 | 306 | 23.5 | 0 | | Art Baker, BUF | 12 | 281 | 23.4 | 0 | | Jon Gilliam, DLT | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | | Jack Hill, DEN | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | | Paul Hynes, DLT/NYT | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | | Henry Schmidt, SD | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | | Jack Laraway, HOU | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | | Bill Shockley, NYT/BUF | 12 | 261 | 21.8 | 0 | | Clem Daniels, OAK | 13 | 276 | 21.2 | 0 | | Charley Tolar, HOU | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | | Don Webb, BOS | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Elbert Dubenion, BUF | 16 | 329 | 20.6 | 0 | | George Fleming, OAK | 29 | 588 | 20.3 | 0 | | Bob Renn, NYT | 10 | 201 | 20.1 | 0 | | Dave Ames, NYT/DEN | 12 | 240 | 20.0 | 0 | | Al Carmichael, DEN | 16 | 310 | 19.4 | 0 | | Charley Fuller, OAK | 8 | 155 | 19.4 | 0 | | Walter Beach, BOS | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | | Billy Pricer, DLT | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | Jerry Fields, NYT | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | Walt Kowalczyk, OAK | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | Richie Lucas, BUF | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 0 | | Ray Ratkowski, BOS | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | | Curley Johnson, NYT | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 0 | | Bob Scarpitto, SD | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | | Jim Apple, NYT | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | | Bo Roberson, SD | 13 | 207 | 15.9 | 0 | | Wray Carlton, BUF | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | | Smokey Stover, DLT | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Bob Coolbaugh, OAK | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Mike Dukes, HOU | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | | Bob Brooks, NYT | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 0 | | Fred Bukaty, DEN | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | | Tom Saidock, NYT | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | | Jerry Mays, DLT | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | Bob McLeod, HOU | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | Alan Miller, OAK | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 0 | | Perry Richards, BUF | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Doug Asad, OAK | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | | Roger Ellis, NYT | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | | Hogan Wharton, HOU | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Gene Prebola, DEN | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Ed Walsh, NYT | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | Ken Rice, BUF | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | | Charley Long, BOS | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | | Thomas Stephens, BOS | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | James Stinnette, DEN | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Claude Gibson, SD | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | | Dave Smith, HOU | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Emil Karas, SD | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | George Blair, SD | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Gene Selawski, SD | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
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