| 1971 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | John Gilliam, STL | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | | Carl Garrett, NE | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 0 | | Tom Vaughn, DET | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | | Ron Gardin, BAL/NE | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 0 | | Dick Anderson, MIA | 8 | 114 | 14.3 | 0 | | Lenny Dunlap, BAL | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 0 | | Bobby Bryant, MIN | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | | Charlie Waters, DAL | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 0 | | Jerry Logan, BAL | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Speedy Duncan, WAS | 22 | 233 | 10.6 | 0 | | Johnny Fuller, SF | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 30 | 292 | 9.7 | 0 | | Jake Scott, MIA | 33 | 318 | 9.6 | 0 | | Billy Walik, PHI | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | | Ike Hill, BUF | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 1 | | Billy Thompson, DEN | 29 | 274 | 9.4 | 0 | | Roger Wehrli, STL | 9 | 84 | 9.3 | 0 | | Essex Johnson, CIN | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | | Lem Barney, DET | 14 | 122 | 8.7 | 0 | | Jon Staggers, PIT | 31 | 262 | 8.5 | 1 | | Ted Vactor, WAS | 23 | 194 | 8.4 | 0 | | Larry Willingham, STL | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 0 | | Alvin Wyatt, BUF | 23 | 188 | 8.2 | 1 | | Chris Farasopoulos, NYJ | 19 | 155 | 8.2 | 0 | | Larry Stallings, STL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Tom McCauley, ATL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Butch Atkinson, OAK | 20 | 159 | 8.0 | 0 | | Lemar Parrish, CIN | 12 | 93 | 7.8 | 0 | | Linzy Cole, HOU | 14 | 107 | 7.6 | 0 | | Cliff Harris, DAL | 17 | 129 | 7.6 | 0 | | Ron Smith, CHI | 26 | 194 | 7.5 | 0 | | Cecil Turner, CHI | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | | Dave Jones, CLE | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | | Pete Athas, NYG | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | | Bruce Taylor, SF | 34 | 235 | 6.9 | 0 | | Al Dodd, NO | 13 | 88 | 6.8 | 0 | | Jerry LeVias, SD | 22 | 145 | 6.6 | 0 | | Bill Bradley, PHI | 18 | 118 | 6.6 | 0 | | Bobby Duhon, NYG | 12 | 77 | 6.4 | 0 | | Larry Walton, DET | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | | Rex Kern, BAL | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | | Bob Grim, MIN | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | | Dennis Homan, KC | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 0 | | Ed Podolak, KC | 14 | 84 | 6.0 | 0 | | Dave Davis, GB | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | | Carl Lockhart, NYG | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | | Reynaud Moore, NO | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | Ben Hawkins, PHI | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Ken Houston, HOU | 16 | 91 | 5.7 | 0 | | Chris Fletcher, SD | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | | Willie Belton, ATL | 30 | 163 | 5.4 | 0 | | Norm Thompson, STL | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 0 | | Rick Volk, BAL | 22 | 118 | 5.4 | 0 | | Willie Wood, GB | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | | Charlie West, MIN | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 0 | | Alvin Haymond, LAM | 24 | 123 | 5.1 | 0 | | Kermit Alexander, LAM | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Bob Hayes, DAL | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Garry Lyle, CHI | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Ken Ellis, GB | 22 | 107 | 4.9 | 0 | | Lance Rentzel, LAM | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 0 | | Charlie Greer, DEN | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | | Ernie Kellerman, CLE | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Dave Thompson, DET | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | | Rickie Harris, NE | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | | Tommy Maxwell, OAK | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | | Johnny Roland, STL | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | | Tim Beamer, BUF | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | | Elijah Pitts, GB | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | | Speedy Thomas, CIN | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | | Hubie Bryant, NE | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 0 | | Sandy Durko, CIN | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | | Tom Curtis, BAL | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | | Caesar Belser, KC | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Preston Riley, SF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Kerry Reardon, KC | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | | Margene Adkins, DAL | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | | Rod Sherman, OAK | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Mike Wagner, PIT | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | | Vern Studdard, NYJ | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | | Mike Garrett, SD | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | | John Mallory, ATL | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 |
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