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

The best single seasons by any NFL team, 1939–2026. Gross yards per punt

The 2022 Tennessee Titans hold the NFL team record for punting average in a season, with 53.1. Next best is the 2025 Green Bay Packers, at 51.7. 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 Tennessee Titans 2022 season, 17 games
53.1 Punting Average 1.4 clear of 2025 Green Bay Packers
# Team Season G P/A
1 Tennessee Titans 2022 17 53.1
2 Green Bay Packers 2025 17 51.7
3 Dallas Cowboys 2023 17 51.4
4 Oakland Raiders 2009 16 51.1
5 Detroit Lions 2024 17 51.0
6 San Francisco 49ers 2011 16 50.9
7 Las Vegas Raiders 2024 17 50.8
8 Buffalo Bills 2020 16 50.8
9 Tennessee Titans 2023 17 50.7
10 Tennessee Titans 2024 17 50.6
11 Cincinnati Bengals 2025 17 50.5
12 Las Vegas Raiders 2023 17 50.4
13 Kansas City Chiefs 2022 17 50.4
14 Baltimore Ravens 2025 17 50.1
15 New Orleans Saints 2012 16 50.1
16 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2023 17 50.1
17 Seattle Seahawks 2023 17 50.0
18 Oakland Raiders 2011 16 49.9
19 Philadelphia Eagles 2025 17 49.9
20 New England Patriots 2024 17 49.8
21 Indianapolis Colts 2024 17 49.7
22 Miami Dolphins 2012 16 49.7
23 Tennessee Titans 2017 16 49.7
24 St. Louis Rams 2008 16 49.6
24 Seattle Seahawks 2020 16 49.6
26 Arizona Cardinals 2025 17 49.6
27 Arizona Cardinals 2023 17 49.6
28 Cleveland Browns 2023 17 49.4
29 Jacksonville Jaguars 2024 17 49.4
30 Jacksonville Jaguars 2022 17 49.3
31 Cleveland Browns 2024 17 49.3
32 Indianapolis Colts 2016 16 49.3
33 Los Angeles Rams 2023 17 49.2
34 Detroit Lions 2021 17 49.2
35 Cincinnati Bengals 2024 17 49.1
36 Oakland Raiders 2007 16 49.1
37 Detroit Lions 2020 16 49.1
38 Seattle Seahawks 2025 17 49.0
39 Houston Texans 2017 16 49.0
40 Minnesota Vikings 2025 17 49.0
41 Las Vegas Raiders 2021 17 48.9
42 Washington Redskins 2019 16 48.9
43 Oakland Raiders 2013 16 48.9
44 Las Vegas Raiders 2022 17 48.9
45 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2022 17 48.8
46 Arizona Cardinals 2021 17 48.8
47 Miami Dolphins 2013 16 48.8
48 Kansas City Chiefs 2024 17 48.8
49 New York Jets 2023 17 48.8
50 Philadelphia Eagles 2023 17 48.8
51 Indianapolis Colts 2025 17 48.8
52 Philadelphia Eagles 2024 17 48.8
53 Oakland Raiders 2008 16 48.7
54 New England Patriots 2020 16 48.7
55 Dallas Cowboys 2025 17 48.6
56 Oakland Raiders 2016 16 48.6
57 Arizona Cardinals 2018 16 48.6
58 Detroit Lions 2022 17 48.6
59 Detroit Lions 2016 16 48.5
60 Seattle Seahawks 2024 17 48.5
61 Cleveland Browns 2022 17 48.5
62 Seattle Seahawks 2022 17 48.5
63 Dallas Cowboys 2024 17 48.5
64 Carolina Panthers 2022 17 48.5
65 Dallas Cowboys 2022 17 48.4
66 Los Angeles Rams 2022 17 48.4
67 Dallas Cowboys 2021 17 48.4
68 New Orleans Saints 2011 16 48.3
69 San Diego Chargers 2012 16 48.3
70 New Orleans Saints 2016 16 48.3
71 Indianapolis Colts 2023 17 48.3
72 Buffalo Bills 2011 16 48.2
73 Indianapolis Colts 2012 16 48.2
74 Seattle Seahawks 2018 16 48.2
75 Dallas Cowboys 2006 16 48.2
76 San Francisco 49ers 2013 16 48.2
77 San Francisco 49ers 2012 16 48.1
78 Philadelphia Eagles 2018 16 48.1
79 Washington Football Team 2021 17 48.1
80 Minnesota Vikings 2023 17 48.1
81 Miami Dolphins 2011 16 48.1
82 Los Angeles Chargers 2017 16 48.1
83 Houston Texans 2022 17 48.1
84 Washington Football Team 2020 16 48.0
85 Jacksonville Jaguars 2025 17 48.0
86 St. Louis Rams 2015 16 47.9
87 Dallas Cowboys 2010 16 47.9
88 Los Angeles Rams 2017 16 47.9
89 Los Angeles Chargers 2025 17 47.9
90 Baltimore Ravens 2023 17 47.8
91 Jacksonville Jaguars 2012 16 47.8
92 Chicago Bears 2025 17 47.8
93 San Francisco 49ers 2008 16 47.8
94 Carolina Panthers 2013 16 47.8
95 Los Angeles Rams 2016 16 47.8
96 Miami Dolphins 2025 17 47.7
97 Chicago Bears 2024 17 47.7
98 San Francisco 49ers 2023 17 47.7
99 Buffalo Bills 2022 17 47.7
100 Indianapolis Colts 2015 16 47.7

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.