2020 NFL Touchbacks Avoided (STOP Rank) Leaders

STOP (Saved Touchbacks Over Projection) is FootballKickingStats.com's touchback rating: how many touchbacks a punter avoided. Every punt gets an expected touchback chance: how often that season's punts from the same 5-yard stretch of the field went into the end zone. Add those chances up over a punter's season and subtract his real touchbacks. A punter who kicks often from midfield and keeps the ball out of the end zone climbs; one who punts from deep in his own end has few chances to gain or lose.

Higher is better. A STOP of +2.0 means two fewer touchbacks than an average punter would have had from the same spots. A short punt also avoids a touchback, so read it with net average. Blocked punts are left out. In 2020, Matt Haack (+2.9) led NFL punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of Sam Koch (+2.7) and Thomas Morstead (+2.5). 31 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had +0.1.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Matt Haack	Miami Dolphins	+2.9	68	44.7	39.8	26	38%	3%	32%	−5.8
2	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	+2.7	51	44.5	42.5	22	43%	2%	39%	+10.2
3	Thomas Morstead	New Orleans Saints	+2.5	62	43.1	41.7	23	37%	3%	47%	+1.5
4	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	+2.2	44	44.1	40.1	20	45%	5%	36%	+3.8
5	Sterling Hofrichter	Atlanta Falcons	+1.9	56	42.5	39.3	17	30%	4%	34%	−7.8
6	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	+1.5	55	45.2	40.2	19	35%	4%	27%	−5.1
7	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	+1.1	73	48.0	44.3	23	32%	4%	34%	+19.0
8	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	+1.0	51	44.0	38.3	14	27%	6%	29%	−6.5
9	Jordan Berry	Pittsburgh Steelers	+0.9	57	45.8	40.5	23	40%	5%	39%	+5.1
10	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	+0.8	37	45.8	41.5	22	59%	8%	30%	+7.7
11	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	+0.4	69	45.6	39.2	28	41%	7%	29%	−20.6
12	Britton Colquitt	Minnesota Vikings	+0.3	56	45.1	36.7	11	20%	6%	20%	−11.7
13	Sam Martin	Denver Broncos	+0.3	66	46.8	41.4	19	29%	6%	20%	+7.6
14	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	+0.3	60	46.8	34.1	12	20%	5%	14%	−37.5
15	J.K. Scott	Green Bay Packers	+0.2	47	45.5	37.0	15	32%	7%	22%	−16.1
16	Braden Mann	New York Jets	+0.1	82	43.9	37.2	19	23%	6%	24%	−22.2
17	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	−0.2	64	45.7	39.5	28	44%	8%	34%	−0.9
18	Joseph Charlton	Carolina Panthers	−0.4	45	46.3	40.4	21	47%	9%	36%	+8.1
19	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	−0.4	58	44.8	39.6	21	36%	9%	34%	+10.6
20	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	−0.4	43	46.2	40.0	18	42%	10%	24%	−6.7
21	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	−0.5	66	44.8	38.8	28	42%	9%	28%	+5.2
22	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	−0.8	55	48.7	45.6	31	56%	9%	33%	+16.8
23	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	−0.8	56	47.7	43.2	19	34%	9%	20%	+7.3
24	Cameron Johnston	Philadelphia Eagles	−1.0	72	46.7	40.6	26	36%	8%	18%	+3.8
25	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	−1.0	67	46.9	41.6	25	37%	9%	42%	+3.9
26	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	−1.1	52	45.0	40.4	20	38%	12%	35%	−1.2
27	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	−1.1	61	49.6	44.4	32	52%	10%	21%	+13.3
28	Bryan Anger	Houston Texans	−2.0	54	46.4	41.8	19	35%	11%	39%	+2.2
29	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	−2.7	59	49.1	44.8	26	44%	12%	29%	+3.0
30	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	−3.0	71	47.2	42.8	19	27%	10%	23%	+7.9
31	Corey Bojorquez	Buffalo Bills	−4.2	41	50.8	44.0	18	44%	17%	15%	+7.5

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