2017 NFL Punting Average by Team

The Tennessee Titans led the whole NFL in punting average in 2017, with 49.7, 0.7 ahead of the Houston Texans. The average across 32 NFL teams is 45.5.

Led the whole NFL in 2017 Tennessee Titans 16 games

49.7 Punting Average 0.7 clear of Houston Texans

#	Team	Conference	G	P/A
1	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	49.7
2	Houston Texans	AFC	16	49.0
3	Los Angeles Chargers	AFC	16	48.1
4	Los Angeles Rams	NFC	16	47.9
5	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	47.4
6	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	47.3
7	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	47.2
8	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	47.0
9	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	46.6
10	New York Jets	AFC	16	46.6
11	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	46.3
12	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	46.0
13	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	45.7
	NFL average			45.5
14	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	45.4
15	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	45.3
16	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	45.2
17	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	45.0
18	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	44.9
19	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	44.8
20	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	44.8
21	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	44.7
22	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	44.5
23	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	44.4
24	New York Giants	NFC	16	44.1
25	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	44.1
26	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	44.1
27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	44.0
28	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	43.7
29	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	43.4
30	New England Patriots	AFC	16	43.4
31	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	43.2
32	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	42.2

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.