A modified PH20 polypeptide, comprising one or more amino acid replacements in an unmodified PH20 polypeptide, wherein: the unmodified PH20 polypeptide consists of the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, 7 or 32-66; the modified PH20 polypeptide exhibits increased hyaluronidase activity that is at least 120% of the hyaluronidase activity compared to the unmodified PH20 polypeptide not containing the amino acid replacement(s); the amino acid replacement is at a position corresponding to a position selected from among 1, 12, 15, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 39, 46, 48, 52, 58, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 84, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94, 97, 118, 120, 127, 131, 135, 141, 142, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 163, 164, 165, 166, 169, 170, 174, 198, 206, 209, 212, 213, 215, 219, 233, 234, 236, 238, 247, 257, 259, 260, 261, 263, 269, 271, 272, 276, 277, 278, 282, 291, 293, 305, 308, 309, 310, 313, 315, 317, 318, 320, 324, 325, 326, 328, 347, 353, 359, 371, 377, 380, 389, 392, 395, 399, 405, 407, 409, 410, 418, 419, 421, 425, 431, 433, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 446 and 447 with reference to amino acid positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, wherein corresponding amino acid positions are identified by alignment of the PH20 polypeptide with the polypeptide having the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, with the proviso that if the modified PH20 polypeptide includes only a single amino acid replacement, the replacement does not correspond to amino acid replacement N219A with reference to amino acid positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:3; and the modified PH20 polypeptide comprises up to 10 amino acid replacement(s) compared to the unmodified PH20 polypeptide not containing the replacement(s). the unmodified PH20 polypeptide consists of the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3, 7 or 32-66; the modified PH20 polypeptide exhibits increased hyaluronidase activity that is at least 120% of the hyaluronidase activity compared to the unmodified PH20 polypeptide not containing the amino acid replacement(s); the amino acid replacement is at a position corresponding to a position selected from among 1, 12, 15, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 39, 46, 48, 52, 58, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 84, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94, 97, 118, 120, 127, 131, 135, 141, 142, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156, 163, 164, 165, 166, 169, 170, 174, 198, 206, 209, 212, 213, 215, 219, 233, 234, 236, 238, 247, 257, 259, 260, 261, 263, 269, 271, 272, 276, 277, 278, 282, 291, 293, 305, 308, 309, 310, 313, 315, 317, 318, 320, 324, 325, 326, 328, 347, 353, 359, 371, 377, 380, 389, 392, 395, 399, 405, 407, 409, 410, 418, 419, 421, 425, 431, 433, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 445, 446 and 447 with reference to amino acid positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, wherein corresponding amino acid positions are identified by alignment of the PH20 polypeptide with the polypeptide having the sequence of amino acids set forth in SEQ ID NO:3, with the proviso that if the modified PH20 polypeptide includes only a single amino acid replacement, the replacement does not correspond to amino acid replacement N219A with reference to amino acid positions set forth in SEQ ID NO:3; and the modified PH20 polypeptide comprises up to 10 amino acid replacement(s) compared to the unmodified PH20 polypeptide not containing the replacement(s). <EOS>