Highest Net Punting Average by a Team in a Season (NFL)

The 2024 Detroit Lions hold the NFL team record for net punting average in a season, with 46.2. Next best is the 2016 Los Angeles Rams, at 46.0. Seasons shorter than half a full schedule are not counted, and the season still being played joins once it is finished.

Seasons in which a team played less than half its league's longest schedule are left out, as is the season still being played.

NFL team record Detroit Lions 2024 season, 17 games

46.2 Net Punting Average 0.2 clear of 2016 Los Angeles Rams

#	Team	Season	G	NET
1	Detroit Lions	2024	17	46.2
2	Los Angeles Rams	2016	16	46.0
3	Kansas City Chiefs	2022	17	45.6
4	New England Patriots	2020	16	45.6
5	Las Vegas Raiders	2023	17	45.1
6	Dallas Cowboys	2023	17	44.9
7	Baltimore Ravens	2025	17	44.9
8	Jacksonville Jaguars	2024	17	44.8
9	Detroit Lions	2020	16	44.8
10	Indianapolis Colts	2025	17	44.7
11	Dallas Cowboys	2021	17	44.6
12	Tennessee Titans	2017	16	44.6
13	San Francisco 49ers	2011	16	44.6
14	Jacksonville Jaguars	2019	16	44.5
15	Minnesota Vikings	2025	17	44.5
16	Seattle Seahawks	2022	17	44.4
17	Seattle Seahawks	2020	16	44.4
18	Los Angeles Rams	2017	16	44.3
19	Washington Football Team	2020	16	44.3
20	St. Louis Rams	2013	16	44.2
21	Detroit Lions	2016	16	44.2
22	Carolina Panthers	2022	17	44.1
23	Seattle Seahawks	2023	17	44.1
24	New Orleans Saints	2011	16	44.0
25	Tennessee Titans	2022	17	44.0
26	Buffalo Bills	2020	16	44.0
27	Jacksonville Jaguars	2021	17	43.9
28	Las Vegas Raiders	2022	17	43.9
29	Green Bay Packers	2025	17	43.9
30	Washington Commanders	2025	17	43.9
31	Oakland Raiders	2009	16	43.9
32	Las Vegas Raiders	2024	17	43.8
33	Jacksonville Jaguars	2022	17	43.8
34	Jacksonville Jaguars	2023	17	43.8
35	Houston Texans	2024	17	43.7
36	St. Louis Rams	2015	16	43.7
37	Tennessee Titans	2023	17	43.5
38	New York Giants	2019	16	43.5
39	Indianapolis Colts	2016	16	43.5
40	Houston Texans	2019	16	43.5
41	Washington Redskins	2019	16	43.4
42	Arizona Cardinals	2025	17	43.3
43	Baltimore Ravens	2014	16	43.3
44	San Francisco 49ers	2012	16	43.2
45	New Orleans Saints	2012	16	43.2
46	New Orleans Saints	2018	16	43.2
47	New York Jets	2025	17	43.2
48	Indianapolis Colts	2017	16	43.1
49	Tennessee Titans	2019	16	43.1
50	Kansas City Chiefs	2021	17	43.1
50	Washington Commanders	2024	17	43.1
52	Philadelphia Eagles	2023	17	43.1
53	Minnesota Vikings	2022	17	43.1
54	New Orleans Saints	2019	16	43.1
55	Houston Texans	2023	17	43.0
56	Carolina Panthers	2023	17	43.0
57	Seattle Seahawks	2018	16	43.0
58	Los Angeles Rams	2019	16	43.0
58	Jacksonville Jaguars	2025	17	43.0
60	Washington Commanders	2022	17	43.0
61	Indianapolis Colts	2023	17	43.0
62	New Orleans Saints	2014	16	42.9
63	Cincinnati Bengals	2024	17	42.9
64	Arizona Cardinals	2023	17	42.9
65	Cincinnati Bengals	2025	17	42.9
66	St. Louis Rams	2014	16	42.9
67	Philadelphia Eagles	2024	17	42.9
68	Indianapolis Colts	2014	16	42.8
69	Dallas Cowboys	2022	17	42.8
70	Detroit Lions	2025	17	42.8
71	Denver Broncos	2021	17	42.8
72	Cincinnati Bengals	2020	16	42.8
73	Philadelphia Eagles	2025	17	42.8
74	Arizona Cardinals	2024	17	42.8
75	Indianapolis Colts	2018	16	42.7
76	San Francisco 49ers	2023	17	42.7
77	Oakland Raiders	2017	16	42.7
78	Philadelphia Eagles	2018	16	42.7
79	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2016	16	42.7
80	Minnesota Vikings	2019	16	42.6
81	Arizona Cardinals	2018	16	42.6
82	Miami Dolphins	2025	17	42.6
83	Dallas Cowboys	2025	17	42.6
84	Indianapolis Colts	2024	17	42.6
85	Philadelphia Eagles	2015	16	42.6
86	Houston Texans	2022	17	42.6
87	Los Angeles Rams	2021	17	42.6
88	Dallas Cowboys	2015	16	42.5
89	Carolina Panthers	2024	17	42.5
90	Carolina Panthers	2017	16	42.4
91	Cleveland Browns	2023	17	42.4
92	Seattle Seahawks	2024	17	42.4
93	Miami Dolphins	2013	16	42.4
94	Jacksonville Jaguars	2020	16	42.4
95	New Orleans Saints	2016	16	42.4
96	New York Giants	2023	17	42.3
97	Denver Broncos	2023	17	42.3
98	Philadelphia Eagles	2019	16	42.3
99	Los Angeles Chargers	2023	17	42.3
100	Dallas Cowboys	2010	16	42.3

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.