2009 NFC Net Punting Average by Team

The St. Louis Rams led the NFC in net punting average in 2009, with 41.7, 0.7 ahead of the San Francisco 49ers. The average across 16 NFC teams is 37.8.

Led the NFC in 2009 St. Louis Rams 16 games

41.7 Net Punting Average 0.7 clear of San Francisco 49ers

#	Team	G	NET
1	St. Louis Rams	16	41.7
2	San Francisco 49ers	16	41.0
3	Arizona Cardinals	16	40.6
4	Dallas Cowboys	16	39.9
5	Seattle Seahawks	16	38.7
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	38.3
7	Minnesota Vikings	16	37.8
	NFC average		37.8
8	Chicago Bears	16	37.4
9	Carolina Panthers	16	37.1
10	Atlanta Falcons	16	36.9
11	Detroit Lions	16	36.8
12	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	36.3
13	Washington Redskins	16	36.1
14	New Orleans Saints	16	36.0
15	New York Giants	16	36.0
16	Green Bay Packers	16	34.7

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.