| 1952 Punt Returns - Thru Week 9 | |||||||
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | TD | Long | |
| Ray Mathews | PIT | 22 | 434 | 19.7 | 6 | 2 | 93 |
| Woodley Lewis | LAM | 15 | 272 | 18.1 | 3 | 2 | 72 |
| Hugh McElhenny | SFO | 21 | 339 | 16.1 | 7 | 2 | 70 |
| Don Stevens | PHI | 16 | 230 | 14.4 | 4 | 2 | 87 |
| Billy Joe Grimes | GNB | 15 | 194 | 12.9 | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| Ken Carpenter | CLE | 10 | 128 | 12.8 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Johnny Williams | WAS | 12 | 149 | 12.4 | 6 | 0 | 38 |
| Dom Moselle | GNB | 9 | 102 | 11.3 | 2 | 0 | 27 |
| Bibbles Bawel | PHI | 20 | 210 | 10.5 | 8 | 0 | 44 |
| Ray Renfro | CLE | 16 | 165 | 10.3 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| Ollie Matson | CHC | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Yale Lary | DET | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Billy Cross | CHC | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 31 |
| Billy Baggett | DAL | 22 | 176 | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| Emlen Tunnell | NYG | 20 | 118 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
| Jimmy Lesane | CHI | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Lynn Chandnois | PIT | 14 | 73 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Joe Arenas | SFO | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| Whizzer White | CHI | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Bert Rechichar | CLE | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Jack Christiansen | DET | 8 | 145 | 18.1 | 6 | 1 | 56 |
| Tom Landry | NYG | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| Skeets Quinlan | LAM | 8 | 124 | 15.5 | 5 | 0 | 38 |
| Ace Loomis | GNB | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| J.R. Boone | SFO | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Don R. Paul | CHC | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Harry Gilmer | WAS | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Buddy Young | DAL | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Eddie Macon | CHI | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Clyde Scott | PHI\DET | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Charlie Justice | WAS | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Tom Calvin | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Walston | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 345 | 3,672 | 10.6 | 116 | 9 | 93 | |