1996 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Miami Dolphins led the whole NFL in punting average in 1996, with 46.3, 0.6 ahead of the Indianapolis Colts. The average across 30 NFL teams is 43.2.

Led the whole NFL in 1996 Miami Dolphins 16 games

46.3 Punting Average 0.6 clear of Indianapolis Colts

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	46.3
2	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	45.7
3	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	45.6
4	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	45.1
5	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	44.9
6	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	44.8
6	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	44.8
8	New York Jets	AFC	16	44.5
9	Houston Oilers	AFC	16	44.4
10	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	44.1
11	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	44.1
12	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	43.8
13	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	43.8
14	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	43.7
15	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.5
16	New England Patriots	AFC	16	43.2
	NFL average			43.2
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	43.1
18	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	42.6
19	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	42.6
20	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	42.4
21	New York Giants	NFC	16	42.0
22	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	42.0
23	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	41.8
24	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	41.7
25	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	41.5
26	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	41.1
27	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	40.8
28	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	40.7
29	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	40.5
30	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	40.1

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.