2016 NFL Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2016, Bradley Pinion (100) led NFL punters in punts, ahead of Johnny Hekker (98) and Brad Wing (93). 38 punters qualify.

Final 2016 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Bradley Pinion	San Francisco 49ers	100	44.0	39.8	28	28%	4%	41%	−7.1
2	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	98	47.8	46.0	51	52%	1%	41%	+32.5
3	Brad Wing	New York Giants	93	46.2	40.9	28	30%	9%	17%	+9.9
4	Matt Darr	Miami Dolphins	90	44.3	39.9	32	36%	6%	29%	−1.8
5	Riley Dixon	Denver Broncos	89	45.7	41.3	28	31%	7%	28%	+6.2
6	Britton Colquitt	Cleveland Browns	83	45.3	40.3	22	27%	2%	28%	+1.7
7	Marquette King	Las Vegas Raiders	81	48.6	41.4	34	42%	11%	19%	+13.9
8	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	80	45.8	39.9	37	46%	6%	18%	+2.2
9	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	78	46.3	39.5	23	29%	10%	26%	−8.6
10	Brad Nortman	Jacksonville Jaguars	77	46.6	39.5	27	35%	10%	25%	+1.4
11	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	77	44.2	38.6	32	42%	5%	35%	−0.7
12	Dustin Colquitt	Kansas City Chiefs	76	45.1	40.7	38	50%	12%	36%	+14.0
13	Lac Edwards	New York Jets	76	43.1	37.3	24	32%	5%	29%	−22.2
14	Colton Schmidt	Buffalo Bills	75	42.4	38.1	20	27%	4%	11%	−13.9
15	Jeff Locke	Minnesota Vikings	74	42.6	39.0	34	46%	4%	38%	−3.6
16	Shane Lechler	Houston Texans	72	47.5	40.1	30	42%	4%	18%	−11.4
17	Ryan Allen	New England Patriots	72	44.7	41.4	23	32%	7%	26%	+15.0
18	Jon Ryan	Seattle Seahawks	72	44.0	39.3	26	36%	4%	31%	−6.7
19	Bryan Anger	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	70	45.9	42.7	37	53%	7%	41%	+19.3
20	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	69	45.6	40.2	25	36%	4%	25%	+0.1
21	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	68	44.0	38.4	24	35%	7%	46%	−7.9
22	Donnie Jones	Philadelphia Eagles	63	45.8	40.7	21	33%	10%	24%	+3.5
23	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions	62	48.5	44.2	23	37%	5%	23%	+7.1
24	Drew Kaser	Los Angeles Chargers	59	46.3	39.8	18	31%	8%	17%	−5.1
25	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	59	45.9	40.5	25	42%	7%	29%	−6.6
26	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	57	48.3	42.4	22	39%	9%	12%	−1.7
27	Pat McAfee	Indianapolis Colts	56	49.3	42.7	19	34%	16%	31%	+3.4
28	Jacob Schum	Green Bay Packers	56	43.2	39.1	19	34%	7%	32%	−9.6
29	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	49	45.1	38.9	15	31%	8%	14%	−5.7
30	Matt Bosher	Atlanta Falcons	44	46.8	41.6	21	48%	2%	36%	+1.6
31	Andy Lee	Carolina Panthers	36	49.1	40.4	18	50%	11%	19%	+1.4
32	Michael Palardy	Carolina Panthers	36	42.5	37.9	13	36%	6%	17%	+3.1
33	Ryan Quigley	Arizona Cardinals	35	41.6	37.2	13	37%	6%	53%	−3.2
34	Drew Butler	Arizona Cardinals	32	42.2	35.6	10	31%	0%	25%	−10.9
35	Matt Wile	Arizona Cardinals	13	46.1	39.7	2	15%	0%	25%	−3.3
36	Graham Gano	Carolina Panthers	4	45.0	29.8	0	0%	50%	0%	−2.6
37	Matt Bryant	Atlanta Falcons	2	33.5	33.5	0	0%	0%	100%	−0.7
38	Chandler Catanzaro	Arizona Cardinals	2	33.0	33.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.6

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