2025 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 2025, Jack Fox (26) led NFL punters in fair catches forced, ahead of Austin McNamara (25) and Jeremy Crawshaw (23). 36 punters qualify.

Final 2025 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	FC	Punts	Avg	Net	In 20	In 20 %	TB %	FC %	Points
1	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	26	56	46.6	42.8	28	50%	4%	46%	+4.7
2	Austin McNamara	New York Jets	25	71	46.7	43.2	32	45%	8%	35%	+15.3
3	Jeremy Crawshaw	Denver Broncos	23	75	47.6	41.1	30	40%	12%	31%	−1.0
4	J.K. Scott	Los Angeles Chargers	23	60	47.9	41.4	23	38%	7%	38%	+0.1
5	Ryan Wright	Minnesota Vikings	22	65	49.0	44.5	25	38%	5%	34%	−0.7
6	Corliss Waitman	Pittsburgh Steelers	22	62	45.5	41.7	26	42%	5%	35%	+4.4
7	Johnny Hekker	Tennessee Titans	21	78	46.8	40.3	22	28%	9%	27%	−2.5
8	Riley Dixon	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	65	44.7	38.9	29	45%	6%	33%	−7.3
9	Jake Bailey	Miami Dolphins	19	63	47.7	42.6	21	33%	5%	30%	+9.2
10	Tress Way	Washington Commanders	18	56	47.3	43.9	29	52%	7%	32%	+13.6
11	Corey Bojorquez	Cleveland Browns	17	93	45.8	36.8	23	25%	12%	19%	−19.1
12	Bradley Pinion	Atlanta Falcons	17	64	45.1	40.6	34	53%	5%	27%	+5.0
13	Jamie Gillan	New York Giants	17	55	44.5	38.0	17	31%	7%	31%	−9.4
14	Michael Dickson	Seattle Seahawks	17	52	49.0	42.2	20	38%	6%	33%	−0.7
15	Matt Araiza	Kansas City Chiefs	16	56	47.6	41.3	25	45%	5%	29%	+1.7
16	Sam Martin	Carolina Panthers	16	56	47.2	40.5	27	48%	5%	29%	+0.5
17	Thomas Morstead	San Francisco 49ers	16	44	43.6	36.8	22	50%	2%	36%	−8.6
18	Bryce Baringer	New England Patriots	15	51	47.4	40.6	21	41%	8%	29%	−1.0
19	Rigoberto Sanchez	Indianapolis Colts	15	44	48.8	44.7	22	50%	7%	34%	+1.7
20	Mitch Wishnowsky	Buffalo Bills	15	38	45.3	41.9	18	47%	8%	39%	−1.1
21	Tommy Townsend	Houston Texans	14	72	47.6	41.6	30	42%	7%	19%	+0.6
22	AJ Cole	Las Vegas Raiders	13	73	47.6	39.7	24	33%	6%	18%	−12.8
23	Bryan Anger	Dallas Cowboys	13	41	48.6	42.6	14	34%	0%	32%	+7.9
24	Ryan Rehkow	Cincinnati Bengals	12	65	50.5	42.9	28	43%	17%	18%	+7.2
25	Daniel Whelan	Green Bay Packers	12	49	51.7	43.9	18	37%	16%	24%	+9.2
26	Braden Mann	Philadelphia Eagles	11	72	49.9	42.8	20	28%	11%	15%	+1.5
27	Kai Kroeger	New Orleans Saints	11	58	44.8	37.3	18	31%	7%	20%	−22.1
28	Ethan Evans	Los Angeles Rams	10	50	46.3	38.0	20	40%	8%	20%	−11.6
29	Logan Cooke	Jacksonville Jaguars	9	60	48.0	43.0	22	37%	10%	15%	+12.4
30	Tory Taylor	Chicago Bears	9	60	47.8	40.4	21	35%	12%	15%	−8.7
31	Blake Gillikin	Arizona Cardinals	7	22	51.7	45.4	8	36%	9%	32%	+1.9
32	Jordan Stout	Baltimore Ravens	6	53	50.1	44.9	24	45%	11%	11%	+8.8
33	Pat O'Donnell	Arizona Cardinals	6	13	42.2	36.2	3	23%	8%	50%	−7.3
34	Matt Haack	Arizona Cardinals	4	25	51.3	43.4	10	40%	0%	16%	+2.2
35	Cameron Johnston	Buffalo Bills	3	11	44.5	32.4	2	18%	0%	27%	−11.0
36	Brad Robbins	Buffalo Bills	1	4	39.5	38.0	1	25%	0%	25%	−0.7

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