NFL Career Punts Leaders Through 1978
These are the NFL career record holders through the 1978 season. See current punts leaders or select another stat or year:
Leaders through 1978
Rank | Current | Player (age) | Pnt | Tm |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 19 | Jerrel Wilson | 1072 | 2TM |
2 | 31 | Bobby Walden | 974 | 2TM |
3 | 32 | Bobby Joe Green | 970 | 2TM |
4 | 45 | David Lee | 838 | clt |
5 | 30 | Mike Bragg | 818 | was |
6 | 54 | Paul Maguire | 795 | 2TM |
7 | 64 | Sam Baker | 703 | 4TM |
8 | 72 | Don Chandler | 660 | 2TM |
9 | 73 | Don Cockroft | 651 | cle |
10 | 75 | Larry Seiple | 633 | mia |
11 | 18 | John James | 624 | atl |
12 | 50 | Tom Blanchard | 616 | 2TM |
13 | 84 | Spike Jones | 592 | 3TM |
14 | 90 | Billy Van Heusen | 574 | den |
15 | 92 | Mike Eischeid | 565 | 2TM |
16 | 67 | Herman Weaver | 560 | 2TM |
93 | Pat Studstill | 560 | 3TM | |
17 | 94 | Curley Johnson | 559 | 3TM |
18 | 96 | Billy Lothridge | 532 | 4TM |
19 | 99 | Norm Van Brocklin | 523 | 2TM |
20 | 100 | Jim Norton | 522 | oti |
21 | 101 | Dennis Partee | 519 | sdg |
22 | 103 | Tommy Davis | 511 | sfo |
23 | 105 | Yale Lary | 503 | det |
24 | 106 | Ed Brown | 493 | 3TM |
25 | 107 | Horace Gillom | 492 | cle |
26 | 110 | Danny Villanueva | 488 | 2TM |
27 | 112 | Adrian Burk | 474 | 2TM |
28 | 40 | Bob Parsons | 462 | chi |
29 | 119 | Dave Green | 446 | 3TM |
30 | 86 | David Beverly | 431 | 2TM |
31 | 22 | Ray Guy | 418 | rai |
32 | 11 | Dave Jennings | 413 | nyg |
33 | 129 | Marv Bateman | 401 | 2TM |
34 | 133 | Jug Girard | 397 | 3TM |
35 | 135 | Tom Landry | 389 | 2TM |
36 | 136 | Donny Anderson | 387 | 2TM |
37 | 140 | Tom Wittum | 380 | sfo |
38 | 142 | Tom Yewcic | 377 | nwe |
39 | 148 | Ron Widby | 368 | 2TM |
148 | King Hill | 368 | 3TM | |
40 | 154 | Jerry Norton | 358 | 4TM |
41 | 158 | Pat Richter | 338 | was |
158 | Sammy Baugh | 338 | was | |
42 | 161 | Steve O'Neal | 337 | 2TM |
43 | 162 | Gary Collins | 336 | cle |
44 | 170 | Tom McNeill | 317 | 3TM |
45 | 172 | Dan Pastorini | 316 | oti |
46 | 173 | Bob Waterfield | 315 | ram |
47 | 175 | Mike Mercer | 308 | 6TM |
48 | 177 | Frankie Albert | 299 | sfo |
177 | Julian Fagan | 299 | 2TM | |
49 | 181 | Dave Lewis | 285 | cin |
50 | 184 | Bob Scarpitto | 283 | 3TM |
51 | 185 | Fred Morrison | 281 | 2TM |
52 | 186 | Cotton Davidson | 280 | 3TM |
53 | 188 | Roy Zimmerman | 278 | 4TM |
188 | Jim Fraser | 278 | 4TM | |
54 | 194 | Duane Carrell | 257 | 4TM |
55 | 195 | Max McGee | 256 | gnb |
56 | 197 | Tom Janik | 253 | 3TM |
57 | 199 | Chuck Latourette | 248 | crd |
58 | 78 | Jeff West | 247 | 2TM |
59 | 203 | Jon Kilgore | 234 | 3TM |
66 | Pat McInally | 234 | cin | |
60 | 206 | Tom Gilburg | 232 | clt |
61 | 207 | Dick Deschaine | 231 | 2TM |
207 | Glenn Dobbs | 231 | 2TM | |
62 | 209 | Sid Luckman | 230 | chi |
209 | Steve Spurrier | 230 | 2TM | |
63 | 211 | Frank Reagan | 227 | 2TM |
64 | 80 | Danny White | 226 | dal |
65 | 212 | Wayne Crow | 225 | 2TM |
212 | Neil Clabo | 225 | min | |
66 | 214 | Ernie Koy | 223 | nyg |
214 | Pat Brady | 223 | pit | |
67 | 216 | Mike Patrick | 222 | nwe |
68 | 217 | Billy Atkins | 221 | 4TM |
69 | 223 | Bill Bradley | 213 | 2TM |
70 | 231 | Joe Geri | 200 | 2TM |
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