2011 NFL Net Punting Average by Team

The San Francisco 49ers led the whole NFL in net punting average in 2011, with 44.6, 0.6 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 32 NFL teams is 39.0.

Led the whole NFL in 2011 San Francisco 49ers 16 games

44.6 Net Punting Average 0.6 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	Conference	G	NET
1	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	44.6
2	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	44.0
3	New England Patriots	AFC	16	41.5
4	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	40.4
5	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	40.4
6	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	40.3
7	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	40.2
8	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	40.1
9	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	40.0
10	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	39.7
11	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	39.6
12	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	39.4
13	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	39.4
14	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	39.3
15	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	39.3
16	New York Giants	NFC	16	39.2
17	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	39.2
	NFL average			39.0
18	New York Jets	AFC	16	38.8
19	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	38.6
20	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	38.6
21	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	38.6
22	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	38.3
23	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	38.0
24	Houston Texans	AFC	16	37.7
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	37.5
26	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	37.3
27	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	37.3
28	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	37.3
29	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	36.5
30	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	36.3
31	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	36.0
32	Carolina Panthers	NFC	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.