2019 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 2019, Britton Colquitt (0.0%) topped NFL punters in punt touchback percentage, ahead of Thomas Morstead (1.7%) and Rigoberto Sanchez (1.7%). 31 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 5.1%.

Final 2019 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	TB %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	FC %	Points
1	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	0.0%	62	45.2	42.6	24	39%	39%	−10.6
2	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	1.7%	60	46.2	43.1	29	48%	35%	−0.6
3	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	1.7%	59	44.4	41.2	22	37%	25%	+1.8
4	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	2.5%	81	44.8	40.7	26	32%	33%	−5.5
5	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	2.6%	78	47.1	43.1	37	47%	24%	+8.4
6	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	2.7%	75	46.8	44.5	25	33%	35%	+16.3
7	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	2.9%	69	45.0	41.1	23	33%	29%	+4.9
8	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	2.9%	71	46.1	42.3	29	41%	25%	+0.2
9	Lac Edwards	New York Jets	3.4%	87	45.9	41.6	28	32%	15%	+12.9
10	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	3.8%	52	44.9	41.6	23	44%	25%	+11.4
11	Michael Palardy	Carolina Panthers	4.0%	75	46.0	38.7	25	33%	21%	−7.9
12	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	4.0%	51	41.6	37.0	18	35%	36%	−20.6
13	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	4.2%	48	47.0	40.9	17	35%	17%	+0.4
14	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	4.4%	45	46.5	44.5	24	53%	36%	+5.6
15	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	5.1%	79	49.6	44.1	30	38%	24%	+8.2
16	Colby Wadman	Denver Broncos	5.1%	78	44.4	39.4	29	37%	27%	−8.2
17	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	5.2%	77	44.0	39.9	29	38%	32%	−6.7
18	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5.3%	57	43.2	38.3	19	33%	32%	−7.3
19	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	5.4%	74	45.5	40.9	24	32%	32%	−3.1
20	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	5.6%	71	46.4	42.3	28	39%	27%	+5.6
21	Dustin Colquitt	Kansas City Chiefs	6.3%	49	44.3	40.3	21	43%	29%	−6.0
22	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	6.6%	62	47.8	41.2	21	34%	25%	−7.1
23	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	6.7%	75	45.3	42.1	30	40%	40%	+12.2
24	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	6.8%	74	45.1	40.9	34	46%	24%	+9.1
25	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	7.4%	81	44.9	41.3	36	44%	22%	+11.4
26	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	7.6%	67	47.4	42.4	22	33%	21%	+8.4
27	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	8.9%	80	41.9	37.7	34	43%	33%	−13.6
28	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	9.0%	67	46.0	39.4	33	49%	30%	−5.7
29	Sam Martin	Detroit Lions	9.2%	76	45.3	41.8	31	41%	29%	−1.0
30	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	9.5%	64	46.2	41.3	28	44%	29%	+0.6
31	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	10.0%	41	46.4	39.8	21	51%	25%	−7.9

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