1997 NFL Field Goal Percentage by Team

The Kansas City Chiefs led the whole NFL in field goal percentage in 1997, with 96.3%, 6.6% ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 30 NFL teams is 78.1%.

Led the whole NFL in 1997 Kansas City Chiefs 16 games

96.3% Field Goal Percentage 6.6% clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	FG%
1	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	96.3%
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	89.7%
3	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	89.5%
4	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	88.0%
5	New England Patriots	AFC	16	86.2%
6	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	86.1%
7	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	85.2%
7	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	85.2%
9	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	84.6%
10	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	83.9%
11	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	80.8%
12	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	80.6%
13	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	80.0%
13	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	80.0%
15	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	78.6%
	NFL average			78.1%
16	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	78.1%
17	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	77.8%
18	Tennessee Oilers	AFC	16	77.1%
19	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	76.5%
19	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	76.5%
21	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	75.0%
22	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	71.8%
23	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	71.0%
24	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	70.4%
25	New York Giants	NFC	16	68.8%
26	New York Jets	AFC	16	68.3%
27	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	67.6%
28	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	66.7%
29	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	65.5%
30	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	59.1%

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.