1972 NFL Field Goal Percentage Leaders

Don Cockroft led the whole NFL in field goal percentage in 1972 with 81.5%, 8.5 percentage points ahead of Bobby Howfield (73.0%). It was one of 4 times Don Cockroft led in field goal percentage.

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Led the whole NFL in 1972 Don Cockroft CLE

81.5% Field Goal Percentage 8.5% clear of Bobby Howfield

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#	Player	Team	FG%	G	FGM	FGA
1	Don Cockroft	CLE	81.5%	14	22	27
2	BH Bobby Howfield	NYJ	73.0%	14	27	37
3	Errol Mann	DET	69.0%	14	20	29
4	Jim Turner	DEN	69.0%	14	20	29
5	Chester Marcol	GB	68.8%	14	33	48
6	Roy Gerela	PIT	68.3%	14	28	41
7	Pete Gogolak	NYG	67.7%	14	21	31
8	Horst Muhlmann	CIN	67.5%	14	27	40
9	JL John Leypoldt	BUF	66.7%	14	16	24
10	George Blanda	OAK	65.4%	14	17	26
11	Garo Yepremian	MIA	64.9%	14	24	37
12	Jim Bakken	SLC	63.6%	14	14	22
13	Fred Cox	MIN	63.6%	14	21	33
14	Skip Butler	HOO	63.2%	13	12	19
15	Bruce Gossett	SF	62.1%	14	18	29
16	Dennis Partee	SD	60.0%	14	15	25
17	David Ray	LAN	58.5%	14	24	41
18	TF Toni Fritsch	DAL	58.3%	14	21	36
19	Jan Stenerud	KC	58.3%	14	21	36
20	Tom Dempsey	PHI	57.1%	14	20	35
21	HF Happy Feller	NO	54.5%	6	6	11
22	BB Bill Bell	ATL	53.3%	14	16	30
23	Mac Percival	CHI	50.0%	14	12	24
24	Curt Knight	WAS	46.7%	14	14	30
25	Jim O'Brien	BAC	41.9%	14	13	31