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Record keeping for punting yards in the National Football League (NFL) goes as far back as 1939. To be eligible for career-long rankings, a player must have a minimum of 250 punts. [1] Although he never led the league in punting yards for a single-season, Jeff Feagles' longevity propelled him to become the career punting yards leader, with ...
Sammy Baugh was a 5-time league leader in yards per punt, which is still the most in NFL history, with only one other player ever reaching four seasons leading in yards per punt. His record for yards per punt for a season of 51.4 lasted 82 years. In 1963, Yale Lary became the second player to lead the league yards per punt for a third time.
List of NFL career punting yards leaders Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title NFL punting yards leaders .
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Jeff Feagles is the all-time NFL career punts and punt yards leader with 1,713 punts and 71,211 punt yards over 352 games. [13] Bob Cameron is the all-time CFL career punts and punt yards leader with 3,129 punts and 134,301 punt yards over 394 games. [14] Shane Lechler holds the NFL record for career punting average with 47.6 yards per punt. [15]
When a touchback occurs, the ball is placed at the 20-yard line. [5] As such, the ratio of inside-the-20 punts to touchbacks is of consideration. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The NFL began officially tracking punts landed inside the 20-yard line and those resulting in touchbacks in 1976 .
During the 1975, 1981 and 1982 seasons, Parsons led the NFL in punting attempts, while leading the NFL in punt yards in both 1982 and 1983. With 34,180 career punting yards, he ranks 45th all-time in NFL history, and 53rd all-time with most punts blocked with five.
During Week 10 on November 10, Lechler became just the sixth player in NFL history to reach the 50,000 punt-yard mark during his second punt of the game against the Arizona Cardinals. [98] On November 17, against his former team, the Oakland Raiders , he had a season-high nine punts for 442 net yards for a 49.11 average. [ 99 ]