| 1961 NFL Kick Returns
| Kick Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Ray Norton, SF | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 0 | | Andy Stynchula, WAS | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | | Don McIlhenny, DAL/SF | 6 | 189 | 31.5 | 0 | | Dick Bass, LAM | 23 | 698 | 30.3 | 0 | | Johnny Symank, GB | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 0 | | Hugh McElhenny, MIN | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | | Dick James, WAS | 21 | 617 | 29.4 | 0 | | Jim Welch, BAL | 5 | 146 | 29.2 | 0 | | Abe Woodson, SF | 27 | 782 | 29.0 | 1 | | Pat Studstill, DET | 16 | 448 | 28.0 | 1 | | Bobby Joe Conrad, STL | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | | Timmy Brown, PHI | 29 | 811 | 28.0 | 1 | | Jim Kerr, WAS | 14 | 385 | 27.5 | 0 | | Tom Moore, GB | 15 | 409 | 27.3 | 0 | | Rosey Taylor, CHI | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 0 | | Bobby Mitchell, CLE | 16 | 428 | 26.8 | 1 | | Charlie Bivins, CHI | 25 | 668 | 26.7 | 0 | | Herb Adderley, GB | 18 | 478 | 26.6 | 0 | | Bob Gaiters, NYG | 11 | 288 | 26.2 | 0 | | Jon Arnett, LAM | 25 | 653 | 26.1 | 1 | | Amos Marsh, DAL | 26 | 667 | 25.7 | 0 | | Tom Watkins, CLE | 9 | 226 | 25.1 | 0 | | Pat Fischer, STL | 17 | 426 | 25.1 | 0 | | Jim Brown, CLE | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | | Tom Matte, BAL | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | | Mike Sommer, BAL/WAS | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | | Tommy Mason, MIN | 25 | 603 | 24.1 | 0 | | Lenny Lyles, BAL | 28 | 672 | 24.0 | 0 | | Jim Steffen, DET/WAS | 29 | 691 | 23.8 | 0 | | Ken Hall, HOU/STL | 6 | 140 | 23.3 | 0 | | Johnny Sample, PIT | 23 | 532 | 23.1 | 0 | | Johnny Morris, CHI | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | | Jamie Caleb, MIN | 22 | 504 | 22.9 | 0 | | Joel Wells, NYG | 12 | 273 | 22.8 | 0 | | Bob Harrison, BAL | 11 | 250 | 22.7 | 0 | | Dick Pesonan, MIN | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 0 | | J. D. Smith, SF | 7 | 158 | 22.6 | 0 | | Ted Dean, PHI | 21 | 462 | 22.0 | 0 | | Justin Rowland, MIN | 8 | 175 | 21.9 | 0 | | Bill Stits, NYG | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | | Dick Haley, MIN/PIT | 13 | 278 | 21.4 | 0 | | Willie West, STL | 16 | 340 | 21.3 | 0 | | Larry Wilson, STL | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | | Brady Keys, PIT | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | | Billy Gault, MIN | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | | Don Perkins, DAL | 22 | 443 | 20.1 | 0 | | Preston Powell, CLE | 16 | 321 | 20.1 | 0 | | Jim Cunningham, WAS | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | | Billy Stacy, STL | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | | Allan Webb, NYG | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 0 | | Bill Butler, PIT | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 0 | | Pervis Atkins, LAM | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | | Lew Luce, WAS | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | | Sam Baker, CLE | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | | Bruce Maher, DET | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | Sam Horner, WAS | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 0 | | L.G. Dupre, DAL | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 0 | | L.G. Dupre, BAL | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 0 | | Bill Forester, GB | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | | Carl Kammerer, SF | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | | J. D. Smith, CHI | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | | Gene Babb, DAL | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | | Mike Dowdle, DAL | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | | Willie Galimore, CHI | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 0 | | Joe Morrison, NYG | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | | Larry Stephens, CLE | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Johnny Olszewski, DET | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | | Bill Cooper, SF | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | | Clarence Peaks, PHI | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | | Hopalong Cassady, DET | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 0 | | Bob Simms, NYG | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Elijah Pitts, GB | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Marv Matuszak, BAL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Joe Lewis, BAL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Mel Triplett, MIN | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | | Charlie Scales, PIT | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | | Bill Brown, CHI | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 0 | | Frank Mestnik, STL | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | | J.W. Lockett, SF/DAL | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | | Dale Messer, SF | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | | Gordon Smith, MIN | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | | Monte Lee, STL | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Deacon Jones, LAM | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Merrill Douglas, DAL | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | John Henry Johnson, PIT | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Irv Cross, PHI | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Ross Fichtner, CLE | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | | Mark Smolinski, BAL | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | | Mal Hammack, STL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Frank Varrichione, LAM | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | | Dee Mackey, BAL | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Errol Linden, CLE | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Joe Driskill, STL | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | | Sam Williams, DET | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Jim Leo, MIN | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | | Ken Gregory, BAL | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Johnny Brewer, CLE | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Ken Webb, DET | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
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