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2009 NFL Net Punting Average by Team

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

The Oakland Raiders led the whole NFL in net punting average in 2009, with 43.9, 2.2 ahead of the St. Louis Rams. The average across 32 NFL teams is 38.2.

Led the whole NFL in 2009 Oakland Raiders 16 games
43.9 Net Punting Average 2.2 clear of St. Louis Rams
# Team Conference G NET
1 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 43.9
2 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 41.7
3 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 41.2
4 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 41.0
5 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 40.6
6 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 40.2
7 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 39.9
8 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 39.8
9 Houston Texans AFC 16 39.4
10 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 39.2
11 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 38.7
12 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 38.7
13 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 38.4
14 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 38.3
15 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 38.3
NFL average 38.2
16 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 37.8
17 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 37.8
18 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 37.8
19 Chicago Bears NFC 16 37.4
20 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 37.1
21 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 37.1
22 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 36.9
23 Denver Broncos AFC 16 36.8
24 Detroit Lions NFC 16 36.8
25 New York Jets AFC 16 36.7
26 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 36.3
27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 36.3
28 Washington Redskins NFC 16 36.1
29 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 36.0
30 New York Giants NFC 16 36.0
31 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 34.7
32 New England Patriots AFC 16 34.7

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.