| 1970 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Mel Blount, PIT | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 0 | | Kenny Graham, CIN/PIT | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 0 | | Larry Carwell, BOS | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | | Doug Wyatt, NO | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | | Johnny Roland, STL | 10 | 140 | 14.0 | 1 | | Ed Podolak, KC | 23 | 311 | 13.5 | 0 | | Bruce Taylor, SF | 43 | 516 | 12.0 | 0 | | John Mallory, ATL | 17 | 203 | 11.9 | 1 | | Ron Gardin, BAL | 28 | 330 | 11.8 | 1 | | Margene Adkins, DAL | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | | Jake Scott, MIA | 27 | 290 | 10.7 | 1 | | Lem Barney, DET | 25 | 259 | 10.4 | 1 | | Essex Johnson, CIN | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | | Billy Thompson, DEN | 23 | 233 | 10.1 | 0 | | Mike Garrett, KC/SD | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | | Carl Garrett, BOS | 17 | 168 | 9.9 | 0 | | Tom McCauley, ATL | 14 | 138 | 9.9 | 1 | | Alvin Wyatt, OAK | 25 | 231 | 9.2 | 1 | | Sid Blanks, BOS | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 0 | | Al Dodd, NO | 14 | 129 | 9.2 | 0 | | Bob Grim, MIN | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 0 | | Reece Morrison, CLE | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 0 | | Charlie Greer, DEN | 14 | 123 | 8.8 | 0 | | Walt Sumner, CLE | 8 | 70 | 8.8 | 0 | | Chris Fletcher, SD | 16 | 137 | 8.6 | 0 | | Jerry LeVias, HOU | 25 | 213 | 8.5 | 0 | | Floyd Little, DEN | 22 | 187 | 8.5 | 0 | | Lemar Parrish, CIN | 23 | 194 | 8.4 | 1 | | Bobby Duhon, NYG | 19 | 157 | 8.3 | 1 | | Willie Mitchell, KC | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | | Rod Sherman, OAK | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 0 | | Tommy Pharr, BUF | 23 | 184 | 8.0 | 0 | | Bob Hayes, DAL | 15 | 116 | 7.7 | 0 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | Tom Vaughn, DET | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | | Johnny Fuller, SF | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | | Alvin Haymond, LAM | 53 | 376 | 7.1 | 0 | | Dicky Lyons, NO | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | | Nick Eddy, DET | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | | Mike Battle, NYJ | 19 | 117 | 6.2 | 0 | | Dick Anderson, MIA | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Linzy Cole, CHI | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 0 | | Mel Renfro, DAL | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 0 | | Charlie West, MIN | 29 | 169 | 5.8 | 0 | | Chuck Latourette, STL | 30 | 171 | 5.7 | 0 | | Hugo Hollas, NO | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | | Kermit Alexander, LAM | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 0 | | Jon Staggers, PIT | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 0 | | Ike Hill, BUF | 19 | 102 | 5.4 | 0 | | Willie Wood, GB | 11 | 58 | 5.3 | 0 | | Speedy Thomas, CIN | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | | Rick Volk, BAL | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | | Mike Freeman, ATL | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | | Jackie Allen, BUF | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Preston Riley, SF | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Al Brenner, NYG | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Eddie Bell, NYJ | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 0 | | Hubie Bryant, PIT | 37 | 159 | 4.3 | 0 | | Garry Lyle, CHI | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | | Travis Williams, GB | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Roger Wehrli, STL | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Billy Walik, PHI | 20 | 78 | 3.9 | 0 | | Ken Ellis, GB | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | | Ron Smith, CHI | 33 | 126 | 3.8 | 0 | | Ted Vactor, WAS | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Carl Lockhart, NYG | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | | Russ Smith, SD | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | | Ken Houston, HOU | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | | Pete Jaquess, DEN | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | | Mike Richardson, HOU | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 0 | | Butch Atkinson, OAK | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | | Ed Hayes, PHI | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | | Daryl Johnson, BOS | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | | Walter Roberts, WAS | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | | Gene Howard, NO | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | | Tom Schoen, CLE | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | | Speedy Duncan, SD | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | | Jim Nettles, LAM | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Jerry Logan, BAL | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | | Glenn Alexander, BUF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Ben Hawkins, PHI | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 0 | | Jim Beirne, HOU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Paul Dickson, MIN | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Rickie Harris, WAS | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 0 | | Tom Curtis, BAL | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 |
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