2011 NFC Net Punting Average by Team

The San Francisco 49ers led the NFC in net punting average in 2011, with 44.6, 0.6 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 16 NFC teams is 38.8.

Led the NFC in 2011 San Francisco 49ers 16 games

44.6 Net Punting Average 0.6 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	G	NET
1	San Francisco 49ers	16	44.6
2	New Orleans Saints	16	44.0
3	Chicago Bears	16	40.4
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	40.3
5	Atlanta Falcons	16	39.4
6	Seattle Seahawks	16	39.3
7	New York Giants	16	39.2
	NFC average		38.8
8	Green Bay Packers	16	38.6
9	Washington Redskins	16	38.3
10	Minnesota Vikings	16	38.0
11	Philadelphia Eagles	16	37.5
12	St. Louis Rams	16	37.3
13	Arizona Cardinals	16	37.3
14	Dallas Cowboys	16	37.3
15	Detroit Lions	16	36.0
16	Carolina Panthers	16	34.1

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.