| 1972 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Billy Thompson, DEN | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 0 | | Dave Elmendorf, LAM | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | | Charlie Greer, DEN | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 1 | | Jon Staggers, GB | 9 | 148 | 16.4 | 1 | | Ken Ellis, GB | 14 | 215 | 15.4 | 1 | | Jim Bertelsen, LAM | 16 | 232 | 14.5 | 0 | | Charlie Babb, MIA | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | | Walt Sumner, CLE | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | Clarence Ellis, ATL | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | | Vern Winfield, PHI | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Pete Athas, NYG | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 0 | | Frank Lewis, PIT | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | | Chris Farasopoulos, NYJ | 17 | 179 | 10.5 | 1 | | Bobby Duhon, NYG | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | | Ralph McGill, SF | 22 | 219 | 10.0 | 0 | | Tommy Casanova, CIN | 30 | 289 | 9.6 | 1 | | Charlie Leigh, MIA | 22 | 210 | 9.5 | 0 | | Lenny Dunlap, SD | 19 | 179 | 9.4 | 0 | | Lemar Parrish, CIN | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 1 | | Glen Edwards, PIT | 22 | 202 | 9.2 | 0 | | Tony Greene, BUF | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | | Johnny Fuller, SF | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | | Bruce Laird, BAL | 34 | 303 | 8.9 | 0 | | Rod Sherman, DEN | 10 | 89 | 8.9 | 0 | | Ray Brown, ATL | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | | W. K. Hicks, NYJ | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | | Floyd Little, DEN | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 0 | | Leroy Kelly, CLE | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | | Pat Gibbs, PHI | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Alvin Wyatt, BUF | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 0 | | Jake Scott, MIA | 13 | 100 | 7.7 | 0 | | Rocky Turner, NYJ | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | | Craig Clemons, CHI | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | | Lem Barney, DET | 15 | 108 | 7.2 | 0 | | Bill Bradley, PHI | 22 | 155 | 7.0 | 0 | | Charlie West, MIN | 16 | 111 | 6.9 | 0 | | Bruce Taylor, SF | 21 | 145 | 6.9 | 0 | | Willie Belton, ATL | 17 | 110 | 6.5 | 0 | | Speedy Duncan, WAS | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 0 | | Ron Smith, CHI | 26 | 163 | 6.3 | 0 | | Charlie Waters, DAL | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | | Bobby Majors, CLE | 16 | 96 | 6.0 | 0 | | Carl Garrett, NE | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | | J. D. Hill, BUF | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | | Tommy Maxwell, OAK | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | | Ken Houston, HOU | 25 | 148 | 5.9 | 0 | | Larry Marshall, KC | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 0 | | Ted Vactor, WAS | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 0 | | Linzy Cole, HOU/BUF | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 0 | | Rick Volk, BAL | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | | Dick Gordon, LAM | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | | Jerry Logan, BAL | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | | Mike Garrett, SD | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Mike Simone, DEN | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Bobby Bryant, MIN | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | | Roger Wehrli, STL | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | | Tom Myers, NO | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 0 | | Larry Willingham, STL | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | | Dennis Homan, KC | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | | Cliff Harris, DAL | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 0 | | Thom Darden, CLE | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | | John Love, LAM | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 0 | | Dick Anderson, MIA | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | | Essex Johnson, CIN | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Butch Atkinson, OAK | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | | Kerry Reardon, KC | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Preston Pearson, PIT | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Jim Krieg, DEN | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Zeke Moore, HOU | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | | Dwight Harrison, DEN/BUF | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Cliff Branch, OAK | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | | Bob Grim, NYG | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | | Ed Podolak, KC | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 0 | | Billy Walik, PHI | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | | Rickie Harris, NE | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | | Leland Glass, GB | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | | Rocky Bleier, PIT | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | | Larry Carwell, NE | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | | Alvin Haymond, WAS | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 |
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