2006 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Dallas Cowboys led the whole NFL in punting average in 2006, with 48.2, 0.7 ahead of the Oakland Raiders. The average across 32 NFL teams is 43.4.

Led the whole NFL in 2006 Dallas Cowboys 16 games

48.2 Punting Average 0.7 clear of Oakland Raiders

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	48.2
2	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	47.5
3	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	45.5
4	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	45.0
5	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	44.9
6	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	44.8
7	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	44.6
8	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	44.5
9	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	44.5
10	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	44.4
11	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	44.2
12	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	44.1
13	New York Jets	AFC	16	44.0
14	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	43.8
15	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	43.6
16	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	43.6
	NFL average			43.4
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	43.3
18	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	43.0
19	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	43.0
20	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	42.9
21	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	42.8
22	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	42.7
23	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	42.4
24	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	42.1
25	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	42.1
26	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	41.9
27	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	41.7
28	Houston Texans	AFC	16	41.6
29	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	41.3
30	New England Patriots	AFC	16	41.2
31	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	40.6
32	New York Giants	NFC	16	40.2

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.