All-Time Punting Average Leaders

Career totals, every season from 1922–2025. Gross yards per punt

Career rate stats are limited to players with 100+ field goal attempts, the usual bar for all-time rate leaderboards. Show all players

#	Player	Seasons	G	FGM	FGA	FG%	LNG	50+	XPM	XPA	PTS	P/A
1	Fred Cone	1951–1960 (8)	94	59	102	57.8%	—	—	221	238	494	47.0
2	Brad Daluiso	1991–2001 (11)	148	128	168	76.2%	46	—	160	163	544	46.7
3	Tommy Davis	1959–1969 (11)	138	130	276	47.1%	—	—	348	350	738	44.7
4	Don Chandler	1956–1967 (12)	154	94	161	58.4%	—	—	248	258	530	43.5
5	Chris Boswell	2015–2025 (11)	167	299	341	87.7%	60	52	353	369	1,250	43.0
6	Danny Villanueva	1960–1967 (8)	110	85	160	53.1%	—	—	236	241	491	42.8
7	Sam Baker	1953–1969 (15)	195	179	316	56.7%	—	—	428	444	977	42.6
8	Bob Waterfield	1945–1952 (8)	91	60	110	54.6%	—	—	315	336	573	42.4
9	John Carney	1988–2010 (23)	301	477	578	82.5%	53	—	627	637	2,058	42.0
10	John Hall	1997–2006 (10)	134	203	272	74.6%	54	—	280	286	889	41.2
11	Pete Gogolak	1966–1974 (9)	121	126	219	57.5%	—	—	268	277	646	40.9
12	Frank Corral	1978–1981 (4)	64	75	124	60.5%	—	—	154	160	379	40.8
13	Connor Barth	2008–2017 (9)	109	168	203	82.8%	57	18	222	224	726	40.8
14	Nick Folk	2007–2025 (18)	257	431	507	85.0%	58	54	533	550	1,826	40.5
15	Don Cockroft	1968–1980 (13)	188	216	328	65.9%	—	—	432	457	1,080	40.3
16	Graham Gano	2009–2025 (16)	207	342	408	83.8%	63	46	408	427	1,434	40.1
17	Rob Bironas	2005–2013 (9)	144	239	279	85.7%	60	24	315	317	1,032	40.0
18	Dan Bailey	2011–2020 (10)	154	249	290	85.9%	56	33	383	396	1,130	39.5
19	Nick Novak	2005–2017 (10)	118	182	222	82.0%	53	17	256	263	802	39.4
20	Fred Cox	1963–1977 (15)	210	282	455	62.0%	—	—	519	539	1,365	38.7
21	Chris Boniol	1994–1999 (6)	90	128	163	78.5%	46	—	183	189	567	38.5
22	Eddie Murray	1980–2000 (19)	250	352	466	75.5%	47	—	538	545	1,594	38.4
23	Cary Blanchard	1992–2000 (8)	110	165	214	77.1%	54	—	188	190	683	37.7
24	Pete Stoyanovich	1989–2000 (12)	181	272	342	79.5%	51	—	414	419	1,230	37.6
25	Jim Bakken	1962–1978 (17)	234	282	447	63.1%	—	—	534	553	1,380	37.5
26	Jake Elliott	2017–2025 (9)	147	216	258	83.7%	61	31	359	373	1,007	37.3
27	Olindo Mare	1997–2012 (16)	234	354	437	81.0%	54	—	485	491	1,547	37.2
28	Rian Lindell	2000–2013 (14)	212	306	377	81.2%	56	23	432	433	1,350	37.0
29	George Blanda	1949–1975 (16)	200	183	349	52.4%	—	—	487	497	1,066	36.8
30	Wade Richey	1998–2004 (7)	103	76	106	71.7%	56	—	148	153	376	36.5
31	Skip Butler	1971–1977 (7)	73	71	127	55.9%	—	—	127	133	340	36.4
32	Tony Zendejas	1985–1995 (11)	149	186	252	73.8%	—	—	316	327	874	36.0
33	Greg Davis	1987–1998 (12)	169	224	325	68.9%	—	—	290	296	962	35.8
34	Jason Hanson	1992–2012 (21)	327	495	601	82.4%	56	—	665	673	2,150	35.6
35	Kris Brown	1999–2010 (12)	179	256	331	77.3%	57	18	355	362	1,123	35.3
36	Nick Lowery	1978–1996 (18)	260	383	479	80.0%	—	—	562	568	1,711	35.3
37	Mark Moseley	1970–1986 (16)	213	300	457	65.7%	—	—	482	512	1,382	35.0
38	Nate Kaeding	2004–2012 (9)	115	181	210	86.2%	57	10	352	354	895	35.0
39	Younghoe Koo	2017–2025 (8)	98	185	217	85.3%	58	29	186	194	741	35.0
40	Zane Gonzalez	2017–2025 (7)	78	115	142	81.0%	57	18	163	171	508	35.0
41	Matt Prater	2007–2025 (19)	269	425	507	83.8%	64	82	633	652	1,908	34.8
42	Chip Lohmiller	1988–1996 (9)	135	204	284	71.8%	—	—	301	309	913	34.7
43	Matt Bryant	2002–2019 (18)	241	397	464	85.6%	62	40	567	575	1,758	34.3
44	Matt Stover	1991–2009 (19)	296	470	560	83.9%	52	—	590	593	2,000	34.3
45	Robbie Gould	2005–2022 (18)	266	447	517	86.5%	58	36	620	636	1,961	34.2
46	Billy Cundiff	2002–2015 (12)	136	182	239	76.2%	56	8	277	278	823	33.8
47	David Akers	1998–2013 (16)	237	386	476	81.1%	63	—	567	574	1,725	33.5
48	Brandon McManus	2014–2025 (12)	186	297	362	82.0%	61	51	374	384	1,265	33.5
49	Sebastian Janikowski	2000–2018 (18)	284	436	542	80.4%	63	58	605	614	1,913	33.0
50	Chester Marcol	1972–1980 (9)	103	121	196	61.7%	—	—	156	167	519	33.0