1998 NFC Punting Average by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the NFC in punting average in 1998, with 45.4, 0.2 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 15 NFC teams is 42.8.

Led the NFC in 1998 New Orleans Saints 16 games

45.4 Punting Average 0.2 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	G	P/A
1	New Orleans Saints	16	45.4
2	New York Giants	16	45.2
3	Minnesota Vikings	16	44.7
4	St. Louis Rams	16	44.2
5	Washington Redskins	16	43.9
6	Dallas Cowboys	16	43.4
7	Green Bay Packers	16	42.9
	NFC average		42.8
8	Detroit Lions	16	42.8
9	Chicago Bears	16	42.6
10	Philadelphia Eagles	16	41.7
11	Arizona Cardinals	16	41.7
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	41.2
13	San Francisco 49ers	16	41.1
14	Carolina Panthers	16	40.7
15	Atlanta Falcons	16	40.0

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.