2018 NFL Punt Touchback Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that sailed into the end zone. A touchback costs 20 yards in net average and hands the other team the ball at its own 20, so punters try to avoid them, especially from midfield.

Lowest comes first. A punter who rarely kicks from the opponent's side of the field has few chances to touch back, so ties go to the punter with more of those punts. In 2018, Tress Way (0.0%) topped NFL punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Matt Wile (2.8%) and Chris Jones (3.3%). 32 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 7.0%.

Final 2018 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	0.0%	79	45.3	41.5	41	52%	33%	+11.1
2	Matt Wile	Minnesota Vikings	2.8%	73	45.2	41.5	27	37%	26%	+4.9
3	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	3.3%	60	44.5	39.6	17	28%	27%	−14.1
4	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	4.1%	75	47.1	41.7	39	52%	22%	+11.5
5	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	4.2%	72	43.9	39.4	29	40%	34%	−0.2
6	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	4.7%	43	46.3	43.0	21	49%	16%	+3.8
7	Matt Bosher	Atlanta Falcons	5.0%	62	45.5	40.1	22	35%	35%	−7.3
8	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions	5.4%	74	44.7	39.2	32	43%	34%	−9.1
9	Bradley Pinion	San Francisco 49ers	5.9%	69	43.7	39.1	22	32%	41%	−2.6
10	Lac Edwards	New York Jets	6.1%	82	45.9	40.8	23	28%	18%	−1.8
11	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	6.3%	63	43.7	38.8	28	44%	40%	−6.8
12	Donnie Jones	Los Angeles Chargers	6.4%	47	42.3	38.0	15	32%	28%	−4.0
13	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	6.4%	79	48.2	42.5	28	35%	13%	+7.6
14	Michael Palardy	Carolina Panthers	6.6%	61	45.2	41.0	24	39%	39%	+11.9
15	Trevor Daniel	Houston Texans	6.8%	74	43.7	39.1	36	49%	31%	+8.3
16	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	6.9%	88	44.6	38.4	35	40%	29%	+4.8
17	Bryan Anger	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7.0%	58	45.0	38.9	15	26%	28%	+3.0
18	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	7.0%	71	45.4	41.5	20	28%	23%	+10.0
19	Johnny Townsend	Las Vegas Raiders	7.1%	70	43.2	38.3	17	24%	31%	−9.9
20	Britton Colquitt	Cleveland Browns	7.2%	85	45.4	38.2	32	38%	27%	−8.8
21	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	7.4%	94	48.6	42.6	32	34%	26%	+4.4
22	Ryan Allen	New England Patriots	7.8%	64	45.1	39.5	21	33%	13%	−5.1
23	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	8.1%	86	45.0	41.3	37	43%	21%	+12.0
24	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	8.3%	61	47.4	39.8	27	44%	17%	+0.7
25	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	8.8%	57	46.1	42.7	24	42%	32%	+6.6
26	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	8.9%	46	45.1	39.4	22	48%	20%	−6.7
27	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	9.3%	43	46.4	43.2	15	35%	35%	−2.7
28	Colby Wadman	Denver Broncos	10.8%	65	44.7	37.9	22	34%	28%	0.0
29	Dustin Colquitt	Kansas City Chiefs	11.1%	45	44.9	40.5	21	47%	27%	+11.9
30	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	11.3%	63	45.0	39.7	28	44%	32%	−4.5
31	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	11.5%	61	48.1	42.7	24	39%	26%	+12.1
32	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	12.7%	72	44.7	38.8	19	26%	38%	−5.4

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