| 1961 AFL Punting
| Punting | Punts | Yds | Avg | Blocked | | Billy Atkins, BUF | 85 | 3783 | 44.5 | 0 | | Curley Johnson, NYT | 66 | 2821 | 42.7 | 0 | | Paul Maguire, SD | 63 | 2615 | 41.5 | 0 | | Wayne Crow, OAK | 63 | 2613 | 41.5 | 0 | | Jim Norton, HOU | 48 | 1952 | 40.7 | 0 | | Cotton Davidson, DLT | 62 | 2479 | 40.0 | 0 | | George Herring, DEN | 80 | 3149 | 39.4 | 0 | | Tom Yewcic, BOS | 64 | 2406 | 37.6 | 0 | | Junior Wren, NYT | 8 | 271 | 33.9 | 0 | | Jerry Burch, OAK | 12 | 315 | 26.3 | 0 |
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