2020 NFL Fair Catch Percentage Leaders

The share of a punter's punts that the returner fair caught instead of running back. Public play-by-play does not record hang time, so the fair-catch rate is the best available stand-in: a punt that hangs long enough for the coverage team to arrive leaves the returner no choice but to wave for a fair catch.

Higher usually means better hang time, though a returner who is no threat also calls for more fair catches. College punts whose play text does not say how they ended are left out of the count. In 2020, Thomas Morstead (46.8%) led NFL punters in fair catch percentage, ahead of Mitch Wishnowsky (42.4%) and Sam Koch (39.2%). 31 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 29.4%.

Final 2020 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	Points
1	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	46.8%	62	43.1	41.7	23	37%	3%	+1.5
2	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	42.4%	67	46.9	41.6	25	37%	9%	+3.9
3	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	39.2%	51	44.5	42.5	22	43%	2%	+10.2
4	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	38.9%	54	46.4	41.8	19	35%	11%	+2.2
5	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	38.6%	57	45.8	40.5	23	40%	5%	+5.1
6	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	36.4%	44	44.1	40.1	20	45%	5%	+3.8
7	Joseph Charlton	Carolina Panthers	35.6%	45	46.3	40.4	21	47%	9%	+8.1
8	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	34.6%	52	45.0	40.4	20	38%	12%	−1.2
9	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	34.5%	58	44.8	39.6	21	36%	9%	+10.6
10	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	34.4%	64	45.7	39.5	28	44%	8%	−0.9
11	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	34.2%	73	48.0	44.3	23	32%	4%	+19.0
12	Sterling Hofrichter	Atlanta Falcons	33.9%	56	42.5	39.3	17	30%	4%	−7.8
13	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	32.7%	55	48.7	45.6	31	56%	9%	+16.8
14	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	32.4%	68	44.7	39.8	26	38%	3%	−5.8
15	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	29.7%	37	45.8	41.5	22	59%	8%	+7.7
16	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	29.4%	69	45.6	39.2	28	41%	7%	−20.6
17	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	29.4%	51	44.0	38.3	14	27%	6%	−6.5
18	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	28.8%	59	49.1	44.8	26	44%	12%	+3.0
19	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	27.7%	66	44.8	38.8	28	42%	9%	+5.2
20	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27.3%	55	45.2	40.2	19	35%	4%	−5.1
21	Braden Mann	New York Jets	24.4%	82	43.9	37.2	19	23%	6%	−22.2
22	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	23.8%	43	46.2	40.0	18	42%	10%	−6.7
23	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	22.5%	71	47.2	42.8	19	27%	10%	+7.9
24	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	21.7%	47	45.5	37.0	15	32%	7%	−16.1
25	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	21.3%	61	49.6	44.4	32	52%	10%	+13.3
26	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	20.4%	56	45.1	36.7	11	20%	6%	−11.7
27	Sam Martin	Denver Broncos	20.0%	66	46.8	41.4	19	29%	6%	+7.6
28	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	19.6%	56	47.7	43.2	19	34%	9%	+7.3
29	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	18.3%	72	46.7	40.6	26	36%	8%	+3.8
30	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	14.6%	41	50.8	44.0	18	44%	17%	+7.5
31	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	14.0%	60	46.8	34.1	12	20%	5%	−37.5

All 2020 NFL punter rankings

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