2022 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 2022, J.K. Scott (45.2%) led NFL punters in fair catch percentage, ahead of Kevin Huber (41.9%) and Johnny Hekker (38.3%). 33 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had 28.9%.

Final 2022 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC %	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	Points
1	J.K. Scott	Los Angeles Chargers	45.2%	73	43.6	41.5	28	38%	7%	−3.3
2	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	41.9%	31	43.2	37.4	9	29%	3%	−11.4
3	Johnny Hekker	Carolina Panthers	38.3%	81	48.5	44.1	39	48%	7%	+4.8
4	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	35.5%	62	45.9	41.2	23	37%	3%	−3.7
5	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	35.1%	57	45.9	40.5	26	46%	14%	+7.2
6	Pat O'Donnell	Green Bay Packers	34.6%	54	44.5	38.9	24	44%	2%	−10.3
7	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	33.8%	68	48.4	42.8	27	40%	9%	−1.2
8	Blake Gillikin	New Orleans Saints	32.5%	77	46.4	41.5	32	42%	9%	+2.2
9	Jamie Gillan	New York Giants	32.4%	75	46.8	40.1	26	35%	12%	+2.6
10	Pressley Harvin	Pittsburgh Steelers	31.9%	69	44.5	41.1	20	29%	7%	−7.1
11	Matt Haack	Indianapolis Colts	31.4%	71	44.8	40.6	28	39%	4%	−4.5
12	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	31.3%	83	46.8	43.0	37	45%	6%	+20.5
13	Trenton Gill	Chicago Bears	30.3%	67	46.0	40.3	20	30%	5%	+3.0
14	Corliss Waitman	Denver Broncos	30.2%	96	46.6	41.5	30	31%	6%	+7.9
15	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	30.2%	53	50.4	45.6	22	42%	8%	+5.4
16	Ryan Wright	Minnesota Vikings	30.1%	74	47.4	42.5	32	43%	1%	−3.6
17	Sam Martin	Buffalo Bills	28.9%	46	47.7	41.3	16	35%	11%	+8.3
18	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	27.9%	61	43.9	39.7	32	52%	8%	+3.2
19	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	27.1%	59	48.9	43.6	26	44%	3%	−0.8
20	Jake Camarda	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	26.6%	79	48.8	41.6	22	28%	13%	−6.4
21	Michael Palardy	New England Patriots	26.2%	43	42.4	36.4	10	23%	12%	−15.0
22	Cameron Johnston	Houston Texans	25.0%	88	48.1	42.6	37	42%	5%	+4.4
23	Arryn Siposs	Philadelphia Eagles	25.0%	45	45.6	39.6	16	36%	7%	−2.6
24	Thomas Morstead	Miami Dolphins	24.6%	61	46.4	40.6	28	46%	3%	−1.4
25	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	23.9%	68	47.1	40.3	18	26%	6%	−16.5
26	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	21.6%	37	42.1	35.3	12	32%	14%	+3.0
27	Riley Dixon	Los Angeles Rams	19.7%	73	48.4	40.8	19	26%	6%	−16.2
28	Braden Mann	New York Jets	19.3%	83	46.9	40.6	27	33%	10%	−13.5
29	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	18.2%	66	48.5	44.4	22	33%	5%	+18.4
30	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	17.3%	52	48.6	41.4	14	27%	6%	+0.3
31	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	17.2%	58	49.3	43.8	24	41%	10%	+9.5
32	Corey Bojorquez	Cleveland Browns	14.8%	61	48.5	41.0	23	38%	11%	+5.6
33	Ryan Stonehouse	Tennessee Titans	12.2%	90	53.1	44.0	30	33%	10%	+12.9

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