1987 NFL Punting Average by Team

The San Diego Chargers led the whole NFL in punting average in 1987, with 42.0, 0.2 ahead of the Detroit Lions. The average across 28 NFL teams is 39.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1987 San Diego Chargers 15 games

42.0 Punting Average 0.2 clear of Detroit Lions

#	Team	G	P/A
1	San Diego Chargers	15	42.0
2	Detroit Lions	15	41.8
3	Atlanta Falcons	15	41.7
4	Los Angeles Rams	15	41.3
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	41.2
6	Denver Broncos	15	41.2
7	New Orleans Saints	15	41.1
8	Cincinnati Bengals	15	41.0
9	Chicago Bears	15	40.7
10	Los Angeles Raiders	15	40.5
11	New York Giants	15	40.5
12	Kansas City Chiefs	15	40.4
	NFL average		39.8
13	Green Bay Packers	15	39.8
14	Washington Redskins	15	39.6
15	Houston Oilers	15	39.6
16	Dallas Cowboys	15	39.6
17	Minnesota Vikings	15	39.4
18	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15	39.3
19	Indianapolis Colts	15	39.2
20	Miami Dolphins	15	39.1
21	Seattle Seahawks	15	38.9
22	Buffalo Bills	15	38.7
23	St. Louis Cardinals	15	38.6
24	New England Patriots	15	38.5
25	Philadelphia Eagles	15	38.1
26	San Francisco 49ers	15	37.9
27	New York Jets	15	37.1
28	Cleveland Browns	15	36.9

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.