1997 NFL Punting Average by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the whole NFL in punting average in 1997, with 45.9, 0.1 ahead of the New England Patriots. The average across 30 NFL teams is 43.0.

Led the whole NFL in 1997 New Orleans Saints 16 games

45.9 Punting Average 0.1 clear of New England Patriots

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	45.9
2	New England Patriots	AFC	16	45.8
3	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	45.3
4	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	45.1
5	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	45.0
6	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	45.0
7	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	44.9
8	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	44.6
9	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	44.3
10	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	43.6
11	New York Jets	AFC	16	43.4
12	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	43.3
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	43.1
	NFL average			43.0
14	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	42.9
15	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	42.7
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	42.6
17	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	42.6
18	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	42.5
19	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	42.4
20	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	42.4
21	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	42.1
22	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	42.1
23	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	42.0
24	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	41.8
25	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	41.8
26	Tennessee Oilers	AFC	16	41.6
27	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	41.4
28	New York Giants	NFC	16	40.8
29	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	40.8
30	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	39.3

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.