2017 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 2017, Brad Wing (97) led NFL punters in punts, ahead of Lac Edwards (94) and Shane Lechler (92). 37 punters qualify.

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

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

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