2022 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 2022, Ryan Wright (+3.9) led NFL punters in touchbacks avoided (STOP rank), ahead of Pat O'Donnell (+3.5) and Thomas Morstead (+2.8). 33 punters qualify (minimum 30 punts). The median qualified punter had −0.2.

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

Rk	Player	Team	STOP	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Ryan Wright	Minnesota Vikings	+3.9	74	47.4	42.5	32	43%	1%	30%	−3.6
2	Pat O'Donnell	Green Bay Packers	+3.5	54	44.5	38.9	24	44%	2%	35%	−10.3
3	Thomas Morstead	Miami Dolphins	+2.8	61	46.4	40.6	28	46%	3%	25%	−1.4
4	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	+2.5	62	45.9	41.2	23	37%	3%	35%	−3.7
5	Cameron Johnston	Houston Texans	+2.2	88	48.1	42.6	37	42%	5%	25%	+4.4
6	A.J. Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	+2.2	59	48.9	43.6	26	44%	3%	27%	−0.8
7	Matt Haack	Indianapolis Colts	+2.0	71	44.8	40.6	28	39%	4%	31%	−4.5
8	J.K. Scott	Los Angeles Chargers	+1.3	73	43.6	41.5	28	38%	7%	45%	−3.3
9	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	+1.2	61	43.9	39.7	32	52%	8%	28%	+3.2
10	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	+1.2	83	46.8	43.0	37	45%	6%	31%	+20.5
11	Kevin Huber	Cincinnati Bengals	+1.1	31	43.2	37.4	9	29%	3%	42%	−11.4
12	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	+1.1	66	48.5	44.4	22	33%	5%	18%	+18.4
13	Arryn Siposs	Philadelphia Eagles	+0.7	45	45.6	39.6	16	36%	7%	25%	−2.6
14	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	+0.4	52	48.6	41.4	14	27%	6%	17%	+0.3
15	Trenton Gill	Chicago Bears	+0.4	67	46.0	40.3	20	30%	5%	30%	+3.0
16	Corliss Waitman	Denver Broncos	+0.1	96	46.6	41.5	30	31%	6%	30%	+7.9
17	Riley Dixon	Los Angeles Rams	−0.2	73	48.4	40.8	19	26%	6%	20%	−16.2
18	Johnny Hekker	Carolina Panthers	−0.2	81	48.5	44.1	39	48%	7%	38%	+4.8
19	Blake Gillikin	New Orleans Saints	−0.3	77	46.4	41.5	32	42%	9%	32%	+2.2
20	Tommy Townsend	Kansas City Chiefs	−0.3	53	50.4	45.6	22	42%	8%	30%	+5.4
21	Andy Lee	Arizona Cardinals	−0.4	68	47.1	40.3	18	26%	6%	24%	−16.5
22	Pressley Harvin	Pittsburgh Steelers	−0.5	69	44.5	41.1	20	29%	7%	32%	−7.1
23	Jake Bailey	New England Patriots	−1.3	37	42.1	35.3	12	32%	14%	22%	+3.0
24	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	−1.4	58	49.3	43.8	24	41%	10%	17%	+9.5
25	Sam Martin	Buffalo Bills	−1.6	46	47.7	41.3	16	35%	11%	29%	+8.3
26	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	−1.9	68	48.4	42.8	27	40%	9%	34%	−1.2
27	Michael Palardy	New England Patriots	−1.9	43	42.4	36.4	10	23%	12%	26%	−15.0
28	Corey Bojorquez	Cleveland Browns	−2.0	61	48.5	41.0	23	38%	11%	15%	+5.6
29	Braden Mann	New York Jets	−2.8	83	46.9	40.6	27	33%	10%	19%	−13.5
30	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	−2.9	57	45.9	40.5	26	46%	14%	35%	+7.2
31	Jamie Gillan	New York Giants	−3.5	75	46.8	40.1	26	35%	12%	32%	+2.6
32	Ryan Stonehouse	Tennessee Titans	−3.7	90	53.1	44.0	30	33%	10%	12%	+12.9
33	Jake Camarda	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	−5.1	79	48.8	41.6	22	28%	13%	27%	−6.4

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