| Name | Team | GP | Punts | Yds | Avg |
| Spike Jones | PHI. | 14 | 7 | 530 | 75.7 |
| Tom Blanchard | DEN. | 14 | 3 | 225 | 75.0 |
| Jim McCann | S.L. | 14 | 3 | 223 | 74.3 |
| Ron Widby | RAMS | 14 | 3 | 223 | 74.3 |
| Jon Kilgore | CHI. | 14 | 3 | 219 | 73.0 |
| Dave Lewis | CIN. | 14 | 7 | 506 | 72.3 |
| Billy Van heusen | GIA. | 14 | 6 | 429 | 71.5 |
| Marv Bateman | PIT. | 14 | 4 | 285 | 71.3 |
| Billy Lothridge | N.O. | 14 | 6 | 421 | 70.2 |
| ®Chuck Ramsey | MIA. | 14 | 4 | 279 | 69.8 |
| Ken Duncan | S.D. | 14 | 9 | 617 | 68.6 |
| Bob Parsons | G.B. | 14 | 7 | 473 | 67.6 |
| ®Greg Gantt | K.C. | 14 | 3 | 200 | 66.7 |
| Jerrel Wilson | MIN. | 14 | 7 | 454 | 64.9 |
| Don Anderson | ATL. | 14 | 8 | 518 | 64.8 |
| Chuck Latourette | BAL. | 14 | 3 | 193 | 64.3 |
| ®Randy Walker | DAL. | 14 | 5 | 321 | 64.2 |
| Tom Wittum | CLE. | 14 | 6 | 380 | 63.3 |
| William Brunsley | OAK. | 14 | 6 | 378 | 63.0 |
| Mike Eischeid | S.F. | 14 | 9 | 552 | 61.3 |
| Ray Guy | N.E. | 14 | 5 | 300 | 60.0 |
| Bill Johnson | JETS | 14 | 2 | 112 | 56.0 |
| David Lee | DET. | 14 | 2 | 105 | 52.5 |
| Julian Fagan | BUF. | 14 | 3 | 153 | 51.0 |
| Don Pockroft | HOU. | 14 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 |
season 5
