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1988 NFL Field Goal Percentage by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Share of field goals made

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in field goal percentage in 1988, with 95.2%, 8.7% ahead of the Buffalo Bills. The average across 28 NFL teams is 71.3%.

Led the whole NFL in 1988 Detroit Lions 16 games
95.2% Field Goal Percentage 8.7% clear of Buffalo Bills
# Team Conference G FG%
1 Detroit Lions NFC 16 95.2%
2 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 86.5%
3 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 84.4%
4 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 82.8%
5 New York Jets AFC 16 82.1%
6 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 80.0%
6 New York Giants NFC 16 80.0%
8 Chicago Bears NFC 16 79.0%
9 Seattle Seahawks AFC 16 78.6%
10 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 78.1%
11 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 77.8%
12 Los Angeles Rams NFC 16 75.0%
13 Washington Redskins NFC 16 73.1%
14 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 72.2%
15 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 71.9%
NFL average 71.3%
16 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 71.1%
17 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 70.0%
17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 70.0%
19 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 66.7%
20 Houston Oilers AFC 16 64.7%
21 Denver Broncos AFC 16 63.9%
22 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 63.3%
23 Los Angeles Raiders AFC 16 62.1%
24 Phoenix Cardinals NFC 16 57.1%
25 New England Patriots AFC 16 54.2%
26 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 52.2%
27 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 52.0%
27 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 52.0%

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.