2020 NFL Fair Catches Forced Leaders

A fair catch means the returner gave up the chance to run. Punters who kick high and coverage teams who arrive quickly force more of them.

A sign of good hang time and coverage. In 2020, Thomas Morstead (29) led NFL punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Mitch Wishnowsky (28) and Tress Way (25). 35 punters qualify.

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

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	29	62	43.1	41.7	23	37%	3%	47%	+1.5
2	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	28	67	46.9	41.6	25	37%	9%	42%	+3.9
3	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	25	73	48.0	44.3	23	32%	4%	34%	+19.0
4	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	22	68	44.7	39.8	26	38%	3%	32%	−5.8
5	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	22	64	45.7	39.5	28	44%	8%	34%	−0.9
6	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	22	57	45.8	40.5	23	40%	5%	39%	+5.1
7	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	21	54	46.4	41.8	19	35%	11%	39%	+2.2
8	Braden Mann	New York Jets	20	82	43.9	37.2	19	23%	6%	24%	−22.2
9	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	20	69	45.6	39.2	28	41%	7%	29%	−20.6
10	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	20	58	44.8	39.6	21	36%	9%	34%	+10.6
11	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	20	51	44.5	42.5	22	43%	2%	39%	+10.2
12	Sterling Hofrichter	Atlanta Falcons	19	56	42.5	39.3	17	30%	4%	34%	−7.8
13	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	18	66	44.8	38.8	28	42%	9%	28%	+5.2
14	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	18	55	48.7	45.6	31	56%	9%	33%	+16.8
15	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	18	52	45.0	40.4	20	38%	12%	35%	−1.2
16	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	17	59	49.1	44.8	26	44%	12%	29%	+3.0
17	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	16	71	47.2	42.8	19	27%	10%	23%	+7.9
18	Joseph Charlton	Carolina Panthers	16	45	46.3	40.4	21	47%	9%	36%	+8.1
19	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	16	44	44.1	40.1	20	45%	5%	36%	+3.8
20	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	15	55	45.2	40.2	19	35%	4%	27%	−5.1
21	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	15	51	44.0	38.3	14	27%	6%	29%	−6.5
22	Chris Jones	Dallas Cowboys	15	24	42.6	40.2	5	21%	4%	63%	−1.5
23	Hunter Niswander	Dallas Cowboys	14	26	47.2	42.0	10	38%	8%	54%	+4.0
24	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	13	72	46.7	40.6	26	36%	8%	18%	+3.8
25	Sam Martin	Denver Broncos	13	66	46.8	41.4	19	29%	6%	20%	+7.6
26	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	13	61	49.6	44.4	32	52%	10%	21%	+13.3
27	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	11	56	45.1	36.7	11	20%	6%	20%	−11.7
28	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	11	56	47.7	43.2	19	34%	9%	20%	+7.3
29	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	11	37	45.8	41.5	22	59%	8%	30%	+7.7
30	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	10	47	45.5	37.0	15	32%	7%	22%	−16.1
31	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	10	43	46.2	40.0	18	42%	10%	24%	−6.7
32	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	8	60	46.8	34.1	12	20%	5%	14%	−37.5
33	Dustin Colquitt	Pittsburgh Steelers	8	26	43.6	38.1	8	31%	8%	31%	−5.0
34	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	6	41	50.8	44.0	18	44%	17%	15%	+7.5
35	Trevor Daniel	Tennessee Titans	2	5	39.3	30.0	0	0%	0%	50%	−6.6

All 2020 NFL punter rankings

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