| 1986 NFL Punt Returns
| Punt Returns | Ret | Yds | Avg | TD | | Mike Harden, DEN | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 1 | | Eric Yarber, WAS | 9 | 143 | 15.9 | 0 | | Gary Clark, WAS | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | | James Pruitt, MIA | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 1 | | Jo-Jo Townsell, NYJ | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | | Bobby Joe Edmonds, SEA | 34 | 419 | 12.3 | 1 | | Vai Sikahema, STL | 43 | 522 | 12.1 | 2 | | Vance Johnson, DEN | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | | Fred Marion, NE | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | | Carl Bland, DET | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | | Gerald Willhite, DEN | 42 | 468 | 11.1 | 1 | | Gregg Garrity, PHI | 17 | 187 | 11.0 | 1 | | Billy Johnson, ATL | 8 | 87 | 10.9 | 0 | | Ron Pitts, BUF | 18 | 194 | 10.8 | 1 | | Irving Fryar, NE | 35 | 366 | 10.5 | 1 | | Lionel James, SD | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 0 | | Ray Horton, CIN | 11 | 111 | 10.1 | 0 | | Darrell Green, WAS | 12 | 120 | 10.0 | 0 | | Ernest Givins, HOU | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 0 | | Don Griffin, SF | 38 | 377 | 9.9 | 1 | | Pete Mandley, DET | 43 | 420 | 9.8 | 1 | | Ken Jenkins, WAS | 28 | 270 | 9.6 | 0 | | Walter Stanley, GB | 33 | 316 | 9.6 | 1 | | Eric Martin, NO | 24 | 227 | 9.5 | 0 | | Gary Anderson, SD | 25 | 227 | 9.1 | 0 | | Henry Ellard, LAM | 14 | 127 | 9.1 | 0 | | Fulton Walker, LAI | 49 | 440 | 9.0 | 1 | | Rick Woods, PIT | 33 | 294 | 8.9 | 0 | | Johnnie Poe, NO | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | | Gerald McNeil, CLE | 40 | 348 | 8.7 | 1 | | Evan Cooper, PHI | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 0 | | Lew Barnes, CHI | 57 | 482 | 8.5 | 0 | | Jeff Smith, KC | 29 | 245 | 8.4 | 0 | | Mickey Sutton, LAM | 28 | 234 | 8.4 | 0 | | Kurt Sohn, NYJ | 35 | 289 | 8.3 | 0 | | Sylvester Stamps, ATL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | | Phil McConkey, GB/NYG | 32 | 253 | 7.9 | 0 | | Bill Brooks, IND | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 0 | | Willie Drewrey, HOU | 34 | 262 | 7.7 | 0 | | Paul Skansi, SEA | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | | Leo Lewis, MIN | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 0 | | Mike Martin, CIN | 13 | 96 | 7.4 | 0 | | Lionel Manuel, NYG | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | | Rufus Bess, MIN | 23 | 162 | 7.0 | 0 | | Tim McGee, CIN | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | | Dana McLemore, SF/NO | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 0 | | Robbie Martin, IND | 17 | 109 | 6.4 | 0 | | Napoleon McCallum, LAI | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | | Craig Ellis, MIA | 24 | 149 | 6.2 | 0 | | J. T. Smith, STL | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | | Gordon Banks, DAL | 27 | 160 | 5.9 | 0 | | Floyd Dixon, ATL | 26 | 151 | 5.8 | 0 | | Leonard Harris, TB | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | | Louis Lipps, PIT | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | | Joey Jones, ATL | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 0 | | Robert Lavette, DAL | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 0 | | Willie Tullis, NO | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Anthony Allen, ATL | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | | Tim McKyer, SF | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | | Bobby Futrell, TB | 14 | 67 | 4.8 | 0 | | Phil Smith, PHI | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | | Walter Broughton, BUF | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 0 | | Wes Chandler, SD | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | | Mike Waters, PHI | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | | Derrick Crawford, SF | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | | Mark Collins, NYG | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | | John Simmons, CIN/GB | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Mark Jackson, DEN | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | | Emile Harry, KC | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | | Kevin Walker, TB | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 0 | | Stephen Starring, NE | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | | Rich Milot, WAS | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | | Webster Slaughter, CLE | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | | Kelvin Edwards, NO | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | | Tony Galbreath, NYG | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | | Carl Carter, STL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Glenn Blackwood, MIA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Mark Clayton, MIA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Reyna Thompson, MIA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Johnny Holloway, DAL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Lyle Blackwood, MIA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Allen Rice, MIN | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Eric Richardson, BUF | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Rod Hill, BUF/DET | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | | Allen Pinkett, HOU | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | | Nat Moore, MIA | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 |
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