2020 NFL Kickoff Touchbacks Leaders

Kickoffs that reached the end zone and were kept there, giving the receiving team the ball at its own 25, 30 or 35, depending on the league and the rule that season. A touchback avoids a return but gives up field position.

More is better under this season's rules: a touchback ends the play with no return. Read with touchback percentage. In 2020, Bradley Pinion (85) led NFL kickoff specialists in kickoff touchbacks, ahead of Harrison Butker (72) and Joey Slye (71). 47 kickoff specialists qualify.

NFL rule from 2016 to 2023: a kickoff touchback started the receiving team at its 25 (from 2023 a fair catch inside the 25 did too), so a deep kick into the end zone was the safe, standard result. Kickoff Points Added accounts for the rule, so it is the fair way to compare kickoff specialists across leagues and seasons.

Final 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	TB	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	85	100	64.8	85%	14	−9.3
2	Harrison Butker	Kansas City Chiefs	72	95	63.4	76%	21	−7.1
3	Joey Slye	Carolina Panthers	71	78	65.0	91%	7	+0.8
4	Wil Lutz	New Orleans Saints	71	92	64.3	77%	21	+6.0
5	Tyler Bass	Buffalo Bills	71	101	64.0	70%	30	+7.1
6	Dustin Hopkins	Washington Commanders	65	74	64.3	88%	9	−4.9
7	Justin Tucker	Baltimore Ravens	65	95	64.1	68%	30	+4.6
8	Jason Sanders	Miami Dolphins	64	87	63.0	74%	22	+5.7
9	Daniel Carlson	Las Vegas Raiders	61	93	64.0	66%	32	+4.2
10	Greg Zuerlein	Dallas Cowboys	60	87	63.7	69%	27	+0.5
11	Brandon McManus	Denver Broncos	54	69	64.9	78%	15	−6.1
12	Dan Bailey	Minnesota Vikings	53	78	62.7	68%	25	−10.1
13	Ka'imi Fairbairn	Houston Texans	52	83	64.0	63%	31	+5.9
14	Jason Myers	Seattle Seahawks	52	90	64.0	58%	38	+11.1
15	Stephen Gostkowski	Tennessee Titans	51	84	63.4	61%	32	+2.9
16	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	49	80	64.7	61%	31	+2.5
17	Mason Crosby	Green Bay Packers	48	82	63.9	59%	33	−5.9
18	Jake Elliott	Philadelphia Eagles	46	70	63.8	66%	24	+1.0
19	Cody Parkey	Cleveland Browns	45	81	63.5	56%	35	−7.3
20	Chris Boswell	Pittsburgh Steelers	44	73	63.3	60%	28	+1.2
21	Randy Bullock	Cincinnati Bengals	43	57	63.3	75%	13	+0.3
22	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	42	65	64.8	65%	23	−1.6
23	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	42	71	64.4	59%	29	+3.8
24	Cairo Santos	Chicago Bears	42	83	62.8	51%	41	+3.6
25	Zane Gonzalez	Arizona Cardinals	36	64	64.2	56%	28	+7.6
26	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	33	76	63.1	43%	43	+11.8
27	Graham Gano	New York Giants	30	70	61.8	43%	40	−5.8
28	Matt Gay	Los Angeles Rams	28	35	63.8	80%	6	−3.2
29	Younghoe Koo	Atlanta Falcons	28	64	64.6	44%	36	+1.7
30	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	25	45	61.6	56%	18	+0.2
31	Sam Sloman	Los Angeles Rams	24	44	63.4	55%	19	−0.5
32	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	19	58	62.9	33%	38	+2.3
33	Sam Ficken	New York Jets	18	31	63.3	58%	12	+0.1
34	Sterling Hofrichter	Atlanta Falcons	16	22	62.9	73%	5	−1.0
35	Braden Mann	New York Jets	16	28	64.8	57%	12	−2.4
36	Aldrick Rosas	Jacksonville Jaguars	15	20	63.3	75%	5	+0.2
37	Austin Seibert	Cincinnati Bengals	13	20	64.5	65%	7	−4.4
38	Rodrigo Blankenship	Indianapolis Colts	13	20	63.4	65%	7	+0.7
39	Matt Prater	Detroit Lions	7	17	60.1	41%	10	−0.6
40	Kai Forbath	Los Angeles Rams	4	9	65.0	44%	5	−3.8
41	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	4	16	60.3	25%	12	−0.5
42	Mike Nugent	Arizona Cardinals	3	19	63.3	16%	16	+9.5
43	Elliott Fry	Atlanta Falcons	2	4	64.8	50%	2	−1.2
44	Josh Lambo	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	4	53.8	50%	2	−1.4
45	Tristan Vizcaino	San Francisco 49ers	1	1	65.0	100%	0	0.0
46	Robbie Gould	San Francisco 49ers	1	9	58.8	11%	8	−0.8
47	Matthew Wright	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	14	61.0	7%	13	0.0

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