2017 NFL Longest Punts Leaders

Each punter's longest punt of the season in gross yards. Tailwinds, altitude and a punt that rolls can all add yards.

A single punt: it says little about a season. In 2017, Dustin Colquitt (77 yds) led NFL punters in longest punts, ahead of Jon Ryan (74 yds) and Brett Kern (74 yds). 37 punters qualify. The median qualified punter had 63 yds.

Final 2017 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Longest	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Dustin Colquitt	Kansas City Chiefs	77 yds	65	45.2	41.1	29	45%	8%	34%	+11.6
2	Jon Ryan	Seattle Seahawks	74 yds	92	45.0	38.8	29	32%	7%	21%	−4.3
3	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	74 yds	75	49.7	44.6	28	37%	7%	12%	+15.6
4	Lac Edwards	New York Jets	70 yds	94	46.6	40.5	33	35%	4%	24%	−10.4
5	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	70 yds	65	47.9	44.3	30	46%	6%	18%	+11.3
6	Brad Wing	New York Giants	69 yds	97	44.1	36.7	19	20%	9%	21%	−36.2
7	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	69 yds	87	47.0	39.7	27	31%	7%	17%	+2.3
8	Drew Kaser	Los Angeles Chargers	69 yds	74	48.1	41.3	27	36%	12%	8%	+2.8
9	Shane Lechler	Houston Texans	68 yds	92	49.0	41.3	32	35%	5%	24%	−1.2
10	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	68 yds	60	47.0	42.2	26	43%	3%	30%	−0.7
11	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	67 yds	85	44.8	40.3	40	47%	4%	21%	+0.7
12	Britton Colquitt	Cleveland Browns	67 yds	81	47.6	40.6	24	30%	3%	16%	−6.3
13	Brad Nortman	Jacksonville Jaguars	65 yds	88	44.1	38.9	29	33%	10%	29%	−10.8
14	Marquette King	Las Vegas Raiders	65 yds	69	47.4	42.7	28	41%	9%	22%	+22.4
15	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	64 yds	83	44.5	40.7	30	36%	6%	24%	+7.8
16	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	64 yds	83	45.7	39.0	33	40%	7%	31%	−12.4
17	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions	64 yds	41	43.4	37.6	13	32%	15%	29%	−9.4
18	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	63 yds	89	46.6	40.8	32	36%	3%	26%	−12.1
19	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	63 yds	88	47.3	39.7	29	33%	9%	15%	−5.7
20	Michael Palardy	Carolina Panthers	63 yds	71	46.0	42.4	25	35%	6%	30%	+1.3
21	Justin Vogel	Green Bay Packers	62 yds	71	44.4	41.6	19	27%	3%	34%	−3.4
22	Donnie Jones	Philadelphia Eagles	62 yds	68	45.3	40.6	21	31%	7%	21%	+0.2
23	Bryan Anger	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	62 yds	66	44.0	39.5	24	36%	8%	32%	+8.9
24	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	62 yds	66	44.1	41.4	34	52%	8%	30%	+14.2
25	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	62 yds	64	43.2	39.8	26	41%	3%	38%	−1.7
26	Matt Bosher	Atlanta Falcons	62 yds	53	44.9	40.8	19	36%	4%	42%	−4.8
27	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	61 yds	85	44.8	42.6	28	33%	4%	32%	+12.6
28	Colton Schmidt	Buffalo Bills	60 yds	79	44.7	40.5	28	35%	8%	20%	+6.3
29	Riley Dixon	Denver Broncos	60 yds	75	45.6	40.2	23	31%	4%	32%	−10.1
30	Ryan Allen	New England Patriots	60 yds	58	43.4	40.5	24	41%	5%	24%	+7.8
31	Bradley Pinion	San Francisco 49ers	59 yds	75	43.4	41.2	31	41%	1%	31%	+7.6
32	Ryan Quigley	Minnesota Vikings	56 yds	71	42.2	39.2	29	41%	0%	46%	−7.1
33	Jeff Locke	Detroit Lions	54 yds	27	45.3	42.2	11	41%	0%	41%	−3.6
34	Kasey Redfern	Detroit Lions	50 yds	1	50.0	50.0	0	0%	0%	0%	+0.4
35	Matt Prater	Detroit Lions	47 yds	4	34.8	34.8	1	25%	0%	50%	−2.2
36	Brandon McManus	Denver Broncos	26 yds	1	26.0	26.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.8
37	Zane Gonzalez	Cleveland Browns	16 yds	1	16.0	16.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−2.0

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