List of National Football League annual punting yards leaders

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This is a list of National Football League players who have led the regular season in punting yards each year.

Total punting yards leaders

Johnny Hekker is the most recent player to lead the league in punting yards in consecutive seasons (2015–2016).

Shane Lechler led the league in punting yards for a tied record-fourth time in 2017.

The following is the season-by-season listing:      Current NFL record      Former NFL record

Year	Player	Yards	Team
1939	Parker Hall	2,369	Cleveland Rams
1940	Parker Hall (2)	2,489	Cleveland Rams
1941	Whizzer White	1,997	Detroit Lions
1942	Dean McAdams	2,158	Brooklyn Dodgers
1943	Sammy Baugh	2,295	Washington Redskins
1944	Len Younce	1,941	New York Giants
1945	Sid Tinsley	2,308	Pittsburgh Steelers
1946	Roy McKay	2,735	Green Bay Packers
1947	Howard Maley	3,731	Boston Yanks
1948	Jack Jacobs	2,782	Green Bay Packers
1949	Dick Poillon	2,697	Washington Redskins
1950	Adrian Burk	3,243	Baltimore Colts
1951	Horace Gillom	3,321	Cleveland Browns
1952	Tom Landry	3,363	New York Giants
1953	Pat Brady	3,752	Pittsburgh Steelers
1954	Max McGee	2,999	Green Bay Packers
1955	Tom Landry (2)	3,022	New York Giants
1956	Adrian Burk (2)	2,843	Philadelphia Eagles
1957	Jerry Norton	2,798	Philadelphia Eagles
1958	Don Chandler	2,859	New York Giants
1959	Max McGee (2)	2,716	Green Bay Packers
1960	Bobby Joe Green	2,829	Pittsburgh Steelers
1961	Jerry Norton (2)	3,802	St. Louis Cardinals
1962	Danny Villanueva	3,960	Los Angeles Rams
1963	Danny Villanueva (2)	3,678	Los Angeles Rams
1964	Pat Richter	3,749	Washington Redskins
1965	Frank Lambert	3,518	Pittsburgh Steelers
1966	Bobby Joe Green (2)	3,358	Chicago Bears
1967	Billy Lothridge	3,801	Atlanta Falcons
1968	Billy Lothridge (2)	3,324	Atlanta Falcons
1969	Pat Studstill	3,259	Los Angeles Rams
1970	Billy Van Heusen	3,732	Denver Broncos
1971	Bob Lee	3,515	Minnesota Vikings
1972	Don Cockroft	3,498	Cleveland Browns
1973	Jerrel Wilson	3,642	Kansas City Chiefs
1974	John James	3,891	Atlanta Falcons
1975	Tom Blanchard	3,776	New Orleans Saints
1976	John James (2)	4,253	Atlanta Falcons
1977	John James (3)	4,349	Atlanta Falcons
1978	John James (4)	4,227	Atlanta Falcons
1979	Dave Jennings	4,445	New York Giants
1980	Dave Jennings (2)	4,211	New York Giants
1981	Bob Parsons	4,531	Chicago Bears
1982	Bob Parsons (2)	2,394	Chicago Bears
1983	Rohn Stark	4,124	Baltimore Colts
1984	Jim Arnold	4,397	Kansas City Chiefs
1985	Rich Camarillo	3,953	New England Patriots
1986	John Teltschik	4,493	Philadelphia Eagles
1987	Dale Hatcher	3,140	Los Angeles Rams
1988	Jim Arnold (2)	4,110	Detroit Lions
1989	Bryan Wagner	3,817	Cleveland Browns
1990	Brian Hansen	3,752	New England Patriots
1991	Tommy Barnhardt	3,743	New Orleans Saints
1992	Rick Tuten	4,760	Seattle Seahawks
1993	Rick Tuten (2)	4,007	Seattle Seahawks
1994	Rich Camarillo (2)	4,115	Houston Oilers
1995	Brian Hansen (2)	4,090	New York Jets
1996	Mike Horan	4,289	New York Giants
1997	Brad Maynard	4,531	New York Giants
1998	Brad Maynard (2)	4,566	New York Giants
1999	Chris Gardocki	4,645	Cleveland Browns
2000	Chris Gardocki (2)	4,919	Cleveland Browns
2001	Todd Sauerbrun	4,419	Carolina Panthers
2002	Todd Sauerbrun (2)	4,735	Carolina Panthers
2003	Shane Lechler	4,503	Oakland Raiders
2004	Brad Maynard (3)	4,638	Chicago Bears
2005	Andy Lee	4,447	San Francisco 49ers
2006	Jason Baker	4,483	Carolina Panthers
2007	Andy Lee (2)	4,968	San Francisco 49ers
2008	Shane Lechler (2)	4,391	Oakland Raiders
2009	Shane Lechler (3)	4,909	Oakland Raiders
2010	Donnie Jones	4,276	St. Louis Rams
2011	Britton Colquitt	4,783	Denver Broncos
2012	Dave Zastudil	5,209	Arizona Cardinals
2013	Bryan Anger	4,338	Jacksonville Jaguars
2014	Marquette King	4,930	Oakland Raiders
2015	Johnny Hekker	4,601	St. Louis Rams
2016	Johnny Hekker (2)	4,343	Los Angeles Rams
2017	Shane Lechler (4)	4,507	Houston Texans
2018	Andy Lee (3)	4,568	Arizona Cardinals
2019	Lac Edwards	3,991	New York Jets
2020	Braden Mann	3,598	New York Jets
2021	Cameron Johnston	4,102	Houston Texans
2022	Ryan Stonehouse	4,779	Tennessee Titans
Reference: Pro-Football-Reference.com