2016 NFL Net Punting Average by Team

The Los Angeles Rams led the whole NFL in net punting average in 2016, with 46.0, 1.8 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 32 NFL teams is 40.4.

Led the whole NFL in 2016 Los Angeles Rams 16 games

46.0 Net Punting Average 1.8 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	Conference	G	NET
1	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	46.0
2	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	44.2
3	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	43.5
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	42.7
5	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	42.4
6	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	41.7
7	New England Patriots	AFC	16	41.4
8	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	41.4
9	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	41.3
10	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	41.2
11	New York Giants	NFC	16	40.9
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	40.8
13	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	40.7
14	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	40.7
	NFL average			40.4
15	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	40.3
16	Houston Texans	AFC	16	40.1
17	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	39.9
18	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	39.9
19	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	39.9
20	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	39.8
21	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	39.8
22	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	39.5
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	39.5
24	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	39.1
25	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	39.0
26	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	38.9
27	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	38.6
28	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	38.6
29	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	38.1
30	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	37.9
31	New York Jets	AFC	16	37.8
32	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	37.4

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.