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1965 NFL Punting Average Leaders

Gross yards per punt

Gary Collins led the whole NFL in punting average in 1965 with 46.7, 0.9 ahead of Tommy Davis (45.8).

Showing players who met 0.75 field goal attempts per team game, or 2.5 punts per team game on the punting boards. Show all players

Gary Collins Led the whole NFL in 1965 Gary Collins CLE
46.7 Punting Average 0.9 clear of Tommy Davis
Showing Punting Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team P/A G FGM FGA FG%
1 Gary Collins Gary Collins CLE 46.7 14 0 0 —
2 Tommy Davis SF 45.8 14 17 27 63.0%
3 Jerrel Wilson Jerrel Wilson KC 45.4 14 0 0 —
4 Curley Johnson Curley Johnson NYJ 45.3 14 0 0 —
5 Frank Lambert PIT 45.1 14 0 0 —
6 Pat Richter Pat Richter WAS 43.8 11 0 0 —
7 Jim Norton Jim Norton HOO 43.7 14 0 0 —
8 Paul Maguire Paul Maguire BUF 43.0 14 0 0 —
9 Don Chandler Don Chandler GB 42.9 14 17 26 65.4%
10 Pat Studstill Pat Studstill DET 42.8 14 0 0 —
11 Bobby Green Bobby Green CHI 42.7 14 0 0 —
12 Bob Scarpitto Bob Scarpitto DEN 42.3 14 0 0 —
13 Bobby Walden Bobby Walden MIN 42.1 14 0 0 —
14 Sam Baker Sam Baker PHI 41.9 12 9 23 39.1%
15 Danny Villanueva Danny Villanueva DAL 41.8 14 16 27 59.3%
16 Ernie Koy NYG 41.2 13 0 0 —
17 Mike Mercer OAK 41.1 14 9 15 60.0%
18 Tom Yewcic BOS 40.7 14 0 0 —
19 John Hadl John Hadl SD 40.6 14 0 0 —
20 Tom Gilburg BAC 39.6 14 0 0 —
21 Jackie Smith Jackie Smith SLC 39.3 14 0 0 —
22 Billy Lothridge Billy Lothridge LAN 38.5 9 0 0 —