2021 NFL Punts Leaders

The number of punts, including blocked ones. A busy punter usually belongs to an offense that stalls, so volume is not a quality measure.

Read it with net average and points added. In 2021, Cameron Johnston (88) led NFL punters in punts, ahead of Blake Gillikin (83) and Michael Dickson (83). 46 punters qualify.

Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Cameron Johnston	Houston Texans	88	46.7	41.7	37	42%	5%	25%	+12.9
2	Blake Gillikin	New Orleans Saints	83	47.7	42.0	29	35%	5%	22%	−0.1
3	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	83	46.9	41.7	40	48%	12%	27%	+8.4
4	Jordan Berry	Minnesota Vikings	79	46.5	40.8	26	33%	4%	19%	−13.7
5	Michael Palardy	Miami Dolphins	78	44.7	40.1	31	40%	6%	35%	+3.8
6	Riley Dixon	New York Giants	74	44.4	39.5	24	32%	8%	20%	−8.1
7	Sam Koch	Baltimore Ravens	71	44.4	40.0	26	37%	6%	23%	+3.1
8	Pressley Harvin	Pittsburgh Steelers	70	42.6	38.0	25	36%	4%	27%	−10.7
9	Sam Martin	Denver Broncos	67	46.0	42.8	28	42%	4%	36%	+12.6
10	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	66	46.4	41.0	22	33%	9%	23%	−0.3
11	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	65	49.2	42.3	17	26%	11%	15%	−1.3
12	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	65	48.4	44.6	24	37%	6%	37%	+9.8
13	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	65	47.3	43.6	28	43%	2%	41%	+5.8
14	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	64	50.0	42.5	28	44%	11%	27%	+7.3
15	Pat O'Donnell	Chicago Bears	62	46.2	38.5	19	31%	8%	21%	−1.4
16	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	61	48.4	41.4	22	36%	12%	23%	+3.3
17	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	59	44.5	39.7	24	41%	2%	25%	+4.4
18	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	57	45.0	40.5	21	37%	9%	26%	+12.7
19	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	56	42.5	38.9	23	41%	4%	30%	−1.8
20	Arryn Siposs	Philadelphia Eagles	55	43.9	38.7	17	31%	5%	22%	−6.7
21	Corey Bojorquez	Green Bay Packers	53	46.5	40.0	18	34%	8%	23%	+13.5
22	Matt Haack	Buffalo Bills	53	42.9	37.6	18	34%	13%	21%	−2.0
23	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	52	47.3	39.6	23	44%	12%	27%	−9.0
24	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	51	49.0	41.9	12	24%	10%	16%	−3.0
25	Johnny Hekker	Los Angeles Rams	51	44.2	42.6	23	45%	2%	49%	+2.3
26	Dustin Colquitt	Atlanta Falcons	49	44.5	38.3	13	27%	6%	21%	−14.4
27	Brett Kern	Tennessee Titans	47	44.8	40.4	18	38%	2%	23%	−4.7
28	Ty Long	Los Angeles Chargers	47	45.5	36.8	11	23%	4%	11%	−14.8
29	Thomas Morstead	Atlanta Falcons	45	47.2	42.0	18	40%	4%	38%	+2.6
30	Braden Mann	New York Jets	42	45.7	40.6	14	33%	2%	15%	−1.4
31	Jamie Gillan	Cleveland Browns	42	43.9	39.5	15	36%	2%	29%	+5.1
32	Lachlan Edwards	Carolina Panthers	39	47.9	40.5	8	21%	5%	24%	−9.1
33	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	37	47.2	43.3	20	54%	11%	24%	+17.0
34	Joseph Charlton	Carolina Panthers	25	40.5	36.5	8	32%	4%	58%	−6.1
35	Cameron Nizialek	Atlanta Falcons	18	45.4	39.8	6	33%	11%	17%	−3.5
36	Ryan Winslow	Carolina Panthers	16	39.1	37.4	3	19%	0%	19%	+0.1
37	Johnny Townsend	Tennessee Titans	13	42.8	36.8	2	15%	8%	38%	−2.0
38	Corliss Waitman	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	52.1	42.6	1	14%	14%	0%	−0.5
39	Matt Ammendola	New York Jets	6	48.5	42.5	2	33%	0%	17%	+0.8
40	Sterling Hofrichter	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	37.8	34.2	3	50%	0%	67%	−2.4
41	J.K. Scott	Jacksonville Jaguars	4	39.8	39.8	0	0%	0%	100%	−1.2
42	Robbie Gould	San Francisco 49ers	2	45.0	45.0	1	50%	0%	50%	0.0
43	Younghoe Koo	Atlanta Falcons	2	35.0	35.0	0	0%	0%	0%	−1.3
44	Zane Gonzalez	Carolina Panthers	1	40.0	20.0	0	0%	100%	0%	−0.6
45	Tristan Vizcaino	Los Angeles Chargers	1	32.0	26.0	1	100%	0%	0%	−0.3
46	Harrison Butker	Kansas City Chiefs	1	31.0	31.0	1	100%	0%	0%	+0.3

All 2021 NFL punter rankings

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