2005 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Buffalo Bills led the whole NFL in punting average in 2005, with 45.7, 0.1 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 32 NFL teams is 42.6.

Led the whole NFL in 2005 Buffalo Bills 16 games

45.7 Punting Average 0.1 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	45.7
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	45.6
3	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	45.4
4	New England Patriots	AFC	16	45.1
5	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	44.3
6	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	43.9
7	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	43.8
8	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	43.7
9	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.5
10	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	43.4
11	New York Jets	AFC	16	43.3
12	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	43.3
13	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	43.2
14	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	43.2
15	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	43.2
15	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	43.2
17	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	43.0
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	42.9
	NFL average			42.6
19	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	42.3
20	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	42.1
21	New York Giants	NFC	16	42.1
22	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	41.7
23	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	41.6
24	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	41.2
25	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	41.1
26	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	41.1
27	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	40.9
28	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	40.4
29	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	40.3
30	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	39.4
31	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	38.9
32	Houston Texans	AFC	16	38.8

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.