1998 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Tennessee Oilers led the whole NFL in punting average in 1998, with 47.2, 0.3 ahead of the Denver Broncos. The average across 30 NFL teams is 43.4.

Led the whole NFL in 1998 Tennessee Oilers 16 games

47.2 Punting Average 0.3 clear of Denver Broncos

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Tennessee Oilers	AFC	16	47.2
2	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	46.9
3	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	45.4
4	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	45.4
5	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	45.3
6	New York Giants	NFC	16	45.2
7	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	45.0
8	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	44.7
9	New England Patriots	AFC	16	44.5
10	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	44.2
11	Seattle Seahawks	AFC	16	44.0
12	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	43.9
13	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	43.9
14	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	43.9
15	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	43.5
16	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	43.4
	NFL average			43.4
17	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	43.4
18	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	42.9
19	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	42.8
20	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	42.8
21	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	42.6
22	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	42.3
23	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	41.8
24	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	41.7
25	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	41.7
26	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	41.2
27	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	41.1
28	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	40.7
29	New York Jets	AFC	16	40.6
30	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	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.