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2006 NFL Net Punting Average by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Net yards per punt

The Kansas City Chiefs led the whole NFL in net punting average in 2006, with 39.2, just ahead of the Buffalo Bills (39.22 to 39.21). The average across 32 NFL teams is 37.0.

Led the whole NFL in 2006 Kansas City Chiefs 16 games
39.2 Net Punting Average Just ahead of Buffalo Bills
# Team Conference G NET
1 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 39.2
2 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 39.2
3 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 39.2
4 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 38.6
5 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 38.6
6 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 38.3
7 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 38.2
8 New York Jets AFC 16 38.2
9 Detroit Lions NFC 16 38.0
10 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 37.9
11 Chicago Bears NFC 16 37.6
12 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 37.6
13 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 37.5
14 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 37.3
15 Washington Redskins NFC 16 37.2
NFL average 37.0
16 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 37.0
17 New York Giants NFC 16 37.0
18 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 36.9
19 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 36.8
20 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 36.8
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 36.8
22 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 36.7
23 Houston Texans AFC 16 36.7
24 Denver Broncos AFC 16 36.6
25 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 36.2
26 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 35.5
27 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 35.5
28 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 35.5
29 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 35.3
30 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 34.9
31 New England Patriots AFC 16 34.6
32 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 33.8

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.