1957 NFL Punting Average by Team

The San Francisco 49ers led the whole NFL in punting average in 1957, with 44.7, 0.1 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 12 NFL teams is 41.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1957 San Francisco 49ers 12 games

44.7 Punting Average 0.1 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	G	P/A
1	San Francisco 49ers	12	44.7
2	New York Giants	12	44.6
3	Los Angeles Rams	12	44.4
4	Washington Redskins	12	42.8
5	Chicago Cardinals	12	42.5
6	Green Bay Packers	12	42.0
	NFL average		41.2
7	Philadelphia Eagles	12	41.1
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	12	40.1
9	Detroit Lions	12	39.9
10	Cleveland Browns	12	39.3
11	Chicago Bears	12	38.8
12	Baltimore Colts	12	34.5

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.