| 1952 Kick-Off Returns - Thru Week 12 | ||||||
| Kick-Off Returns | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
| Lynn Chandnois | PIT | 16 | 663 | 41.4 | 4 | 100 |
| Eddie Macon | CHI | 15 | 597 | 39.8 | 4 | 98 |
| Ollie Matson | CHC | 22 | 644 | 29.3 | 2 | 96 |
| Don Stevens | PHI | 19 | 538 | 28.3 | 0 | 36 |
| Emlen Tunnell | NYG | 14 | 387 | 27.6 | 0 | 34 |
| Woodley Lewis | LAM | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 1 | 94 |
| Jack Christiansen | DET | 13 | 338 | 26.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Buddy Young | DAL | 18 | 467 | 25.9 | 0 | 36 |
| Skeets Quinlan | LAM | 14 | 341 | 24.4 | 0 | 50 |
| Yale Lary | DET | 12 | 292 | 24.3 | 0 | 37 |
| Hugh McElhenny | SFO | 27 | 653 | 24.2 | 0 | 47 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | GNB | 15 | 350 | 23.3 | 0 | 32 |
| Al Pollard | PHI | 18 | 401 | 22.3 | 0 | 35 |
| Ray Mathews | PIT | 19 | 420 | 22.1 | 0 | 35 |
| George Taliaferro | DAL | 14 | 308 | 22.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Johnny Williams | WAS | 21 | 453 | 21.6 | 0 | 35 |
| Billy Baggett | DAL | 23 | 486 | 21.1 | 0 | 87 |
| Billy Cross | CHC | 19 | 347 | 18.3 | 0 | 26 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | CHI | 24 | 410 | 17.1 | 0 | 34 |
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 13 | 196 | 15.1 | 0 | 26 |
| Joe Scott | NYG | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 0 | 35 |
| Frank Gifford | NYG | 7 | 189 | 27.0 | 0 | 36 |
| Joe Arenas | SFO | 10 | 256 | 25.6 | 0 | 34 |
| Vitamin Smith | LAM | 5 | 125 | 25.0 | 0 | 41 |
| Clyde Scott | PHI\DET | 7 | 167 | 23.9 | 0 | 30 |
| Harry Gilmer | WAS | 9 | 213 | 23.7 | 0 | 30 |
| Charlie Justice | WAS | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | 28 |
| Clarence Self | GNB | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 32 |
| Frank Ziegler | PHI | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 0 | 26 |
| Kyle Rote | NYG | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 30 |
| Ken Carpenter | CLE | 7 | 140 | 20.0 | 0 | 27 |
| Tom Calvin | PIT | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 0 | 32 |
| Whizzer White | CHI | 8 | 154 | 19.2 | 0 | 32 |
| Jack Spinks | PIT | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 30 |
| Bert Rechichar | CLE | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 0 | 24 |
| Dom Moselle | GNB | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 28 |
| Rex Bumgardner | CLE | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 0 | 22 |
| Ace Loomis | GNB | 11 | 187 | 17.0 | 0 | 34 |
| Keever Jankovich | DAL | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 0 | 22 |
| Don R. Paul | CHC | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| George Buksar | WAS | 8 | 115 | 14.4 | 0 | 20 |
| Johnny Karras | CHC | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | 22 |
| Jack Myers | LAM | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Babe Dimancheff | CHI | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | 32 |
| Bill Wightkin | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 482 | 11,334 | 23.5 | 11 | 100 | |