Detroit Lions Single-Season Punting Leaders

Punting

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Punting Table
						Games		Punting
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1	Jim Arnold*	1988	27	DET	P	16	0	97	4110	42.4	483	3487	35.9	69	7	7.2%	22	22.7%	0
2	John Jett	2000	32	DET	P	16	0	93	4044	43.5	498	3306	34.8	59	12	12.9%	33	35.5%	2
3	Wilbur Summers	1977	23	DET	P	13	0	93	3420	36.8	457	2863	30.5	51	5	5.4%	6	6.5%	1
4	Nick Harris	2004	26	DET	P	16	0	92	3765	40.9	441	3184	34.2	60	7	7.6%	32	34.8%	1
5	John Jett	2002	34	DET	P	16	0	91	3838	42.2	239	3459	38.0	57	7	7.7%	29	31.9%	0
6	Nick Harris	2008	30	DET	P	16	0	90	3952	43.9	414	3418	38.0	66	6	6.7%	24	26.7%	0
7	Nick Harris	2010	32	DET	P	16	0	90	4018	44.6	633	3225	35.8	66	8	8.9%	24	26.7%	0
8	Larry Swider	1979	24	DET	P	14	0	88	3523	40.0	435	2948	33.5	72	7	8.0%	13	14.8%	0
9	John Jett	1999	31	DET	P	16	0	86	3637	42.3	402	2995	34.8	62	12	14.0%	27	31.4%	0
10	Tom Skladany	1978	23	DET	P	16	0	86	3654	42.5	467	3047	35.0	63	7	8.1%	19	22.1%	1
11	Nick Harris	2005	27	DET	P	16	0	84	3656	43.5	520	3096	36.9	60	2	2.4%	34	40.5%	0
12	John Jett	1997	29	DET	P	16	0	84	3576	42.6	434	3062	35.6	60	4	4.8%	24	28.6%	2
13	Herman Weaver	1976	28	DET	P	14	0	83	3280	39.5	278	2882	34.3	69	6	7.2%	15	18.1%	1
14	Jim Arnold	1989	28	DET	P	16	0	82	3538	43.1	373	2985	36.0	64	9	11.0%	14	17.1%	1
15	Sam Martin	2015	25	DET	P	16	0	80	3679	46.0	263	3356	42.0	66	3	3.8%	25	31.3%	0
16	Herman Weaver	1975	27	DET	P	14	0	80	3361	42.0	524	2537	31.3	61	15	18.8%			1
17	Pat Studstill*	1965	27	DET	FL/LE	14	12	78	3335	42.8	0			69					0
18	Mike Black	1984	23	DET	P	16	0	76	3164	41.6	516	2488	32.7	63	8	10.5%	13	17.1%	0
19	Sam Martin	2019	29	DET	P	16	0	76	3445	45.3	130	3175	41.8	62	7	9.2%	31	40.8%	0
20	Jim Arnold	1991	30	DET	P	16	0	75	3092	41.2	340	2652	35.4	63	5	6.7%	27	36.0%	0
21	Nick Harris	2009	31	DET	P	16	0	74	3175	42.9	354	2721	36.8	56	5	6.8%	20	27.0%	0
22	Sam Martin	2018	28	DET	P	16	0	74	3310	44.7	332	2898	39.2	61	4	5.4%	32	43.2%	0
23	Mike Black	1985	24	DET	P	16	0	73	3054	41.8	420	2534	34.7	60	5	6.8%	16	21.9%	0
24	Jim Arnold	1993	32	DET	P	16	0	72	3207	44.5	377	2650	36.8	68	9	12.5%	15	20.8%	0
25	Sam Martin	2013	23	DET	P	16	0	72	3399	47.2	250	2949	40.4	72	10	13.9%	22	30.6%	1
26	Tom Skladany	1980	25	DET	P	16	0	72	3036	42.2	300	2576	35.3	67	8	11.1%	16	22.2%	1
27	Pat Studstill*+	1966	28	DET	FL	14	13	72	2956	41.1	0			66					0
28	Herman Weaver	1974	26	DET	P	14	0	72	2772	38.5	275	2297	31.0	61	10	13.9%			2
29	Mike Black	1983	22	DET	P	16	0	71	2911	41.0	302	2429	33.7	60	9	12.7%	17	23.9%	1
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
30	Jerry DePoyster	1968	22	DET	P	14	0	71	2868	40.4	0			60					0
31	Mark Royals	1996	31	DET	P	16	0	69	3020	43.8	519	2341	33.4	60	8	11.6%	11	15.9%	1
32	Nick Harris	2007	29	DET	P	16	0	68	3010	44.3	434	2476	36.4	58	5	7.4%	26	38.2%	0
33	Sam Martin	2014	24	DET	P	16	0	68	3138	46.1	311	2727	40.1	71	5	7.4%	29	42.6%	0
34	Nick Harris	2012	34	DET	P	13	0	67	2783	41.5	241	2522	37.6	58	1	1.5%	21	31.3%	0
35	Yale Lary*	1964	34	DET	FS	14	14	67	3099	46.3	0			73					0
36	Lem Barney*+	1969	24	DET	LCB	13	13	66	2249	34.1	0			53					1
37	Nick Harris	2006	28	DET	P	16	0	66	2967	45.0	267	2520	38.2	67	9	13.6%	18	27.3%	0
38	John Jett	1998	30	DET	P	14	0	66	2892	43.8	398	2374	36.0	60	6	9.1%	17	25.8%	0
39	Jim Arnold	1992	31	DET	P	16	0	65	2846	43.8	356	2290	34.7	71	10	15.4%	12	18.5%	1
40	Jack Fox	2021	25	DET	P	17	0	65	3198	49.2	308	2750	42.3	70	7	10.8%	17	26.2%	0
41	Yale Lary*	1960	30	DET	FS	12	12	64	2802	43.8	0			63					2
42	Tom Skladany*	1981	26	DET	P	16	0	64	2784	43.5	299	2385	37.3	74	5	7.8%	20	31.3%	0
43	Jim Arnold	1990	29	DET	P	16	0	63	2560	40.6	233	2227	35.3	59	5	7.9%	10	15.9%	0
44	Jug Girard	1954	27	DET	RE	12	2	63	2585	41.0				65					0
45	Nick Harris	2003	25	DET	P	11	0	63	2531	40.2	315	2116	33.1	51	5	7.9%	11	17.5%	1
46	Greg Montgomery	1994	30	DET	P	16	0	63	2782	44.2	431	2191	34.2	64	8	12.7%	19	30.2%	1
47	Sam Martin	2016	26	DET	P	16	0	62	3010	48.5	210	2740	44.2	63	3	4.8%	23	37.1%	0
48	Herman Weaver	1970	22	DET	P	14	0	62	2483	40.0	113	2270	36.0	65	5	8.1%			1
49	Bob Smith*	1952	27	DET	SS	12	12	61	2729	44.7				66					0
50	Jack Fox*	2020	24	DET	P	16	0	59	2897	49.1	116	2641	44.8	67	7	11.9%	26	44.1%	0
51	Yale Lary*+	1958	28	DET	SS	12	12	59	2524	42.8				62					1
52	John Jett	2001	33	DET	P	13	0	58	2512	43.3	332	2060	35.5	62	6	10.3%	16	27.6%	0
53	Jack Fox	2023	27	DET	P	17	0	57	2646	46.4	164	2329	40.9	70	5	8.8%	26	45.6%	0
54	Mark Royals	1995	30	DET	P	16	0	57	2393	42.0	442	1831	31.0	60	6	10.5%	15	26.3%	2
55	Jack Fox	2025	29	DET	P	17	0	56	2611	46.6	236	2398	42.8	70	2	3.6%	28	50.0%	0
56	Jug Girard	1955	28	DET	HB	12	6	56	2310	41.3				65					0
57	Yale Lary*	1957	27	DET	FS	12	12	54	2156	39.9				66					0
58	Herman Weaver	1973	25	DET	P	14	0	54	2333	43.2	166	2067	37.6	66	5	9.3%			1
59	Jack Fox	2022	26	DET	P	17	0	52	2525	48.6	313	2141	41.2	66	3	5.8%	14	26.9%	0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
60	Yale Lary*	1961	31	DET	FS	14	14	52	2519	48.4	0			71					0
61	Yale Lary*+	1962	32	DET	FS	14	14	52	2354	45.3	0			68					1
62	Whizzer White+	1940	23	DET	TB	11	9	52	2132	41.0				61					0
63	Ryan Donahue	2011	23	DET	P	8	0	49	2093	42.7	270	1743	35.6	60	4	8.2%	13	26.5%	0
64	Bob Smith	1951	26	DET	RDH	12	12	49	2082	42.5				73					1
65	Roy Zimmerman	1947	29	DET	QB	12	7	49	2078	42.4				62					1
66	Whizzer White	1941	24	DET	TB	11	8	48	1997	41.6				63					0
67	Lem Barney*	1967	22	DET	LCB	14	14	47	1757	37.4	0			55					0
68	Jim Arnold*+	1987	26	DET	P	11	0	46	2007	43.6	104	1823	39.6	60	4	8.7%	17	37.0%	0
69	Mike Black	1986	25	DET	P	9	0	46	1819	39.5	250	1469	31.3	47	5	10.9%	11	23.9%	1
70	Jack Fox*+	2024	28	DET	P	17	0	45	2295	51.0	136	2059	45.8	68	4	8.9%	22	48.9%	0
71	Yale Lary*	1959	29	DET	RDH	10	10	45	2121	47.1				67					0
72	Frankie Sinkwich+	1944	24	DET	TB	10	9	45	1845	41.0				73					0
73	Herman Weaver	1972	24	DET	P	14	0	43	1734	40.3	321	1413	32.9	55	0	0.0%			0
74	Harry Hopp	1943	25	DET	FB	10	9	42	1643	39.1				60					0
75	Yale Lary*+	1956	26	DET	FS	12	12	42	1698	40.4				41					0
76	Herman Weaver	1971	23	DET	P	13	0	42	1752	41.7	111	1541	35.0	63	5	11.9%			2
77	Sam Martin	2017	27	DET	P	10	0	41	1779	43.4	116	1543	37.6	64	6	14.6%	13	31.7%	0
78	Bob Smith	1953	28	DET	RDH	12	12	40	1647	41.2				57					0
79	Jim Arnold	1986	25	DET	P	7	0	36	1533	42.6	267	1186	32.1	60	4	11.1%	7	19.4%	1
80	Tom Skladany	1982	27	DET	P	7	0	36	1483	41.2	200	1223	34.0	59	3	8.3%	5	13.9%	0
81	Pat Studstill	1967	29	DET	FL	7	6	36	1602	44.5	0			78					0
82	Yale Lary	1963	33	DET	FS	10	10	35	1713	48.9	0			73					0
83	Bill Dudley	1949	28	DET	LH	12	10	34	1278	37.6				55					1
84	Johnny Pingel	1939	23	DET	TB	9	8	32	1368	42.8				65					0
85	Bob Smith	1950	25	DET	FS	12	9	32	1310	40.9				60					0
86	Doak Walker*+	1950	23	DET	LH	12	11	32	1278	39.9				61					1
87	Bob Cifers	1946	26	DET		11	2	30	1369	45.6				73					0
88	Chuck Fenenbock	1945	27	DET	TB	10	2	29	1081	37.3				57					0
89	Earl Morrall	1963	29	DET	QB	14	10	29	1143	39.4	0			55					0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
90	Ben Graham	2011	38	DET	P	7	0	28	1235	44.1	92	1083	38.7	58	3	10.7%	10	35.7%	0
91	George Grimes	1948	26	DET		9	2	28	1006	35.9				56					1
92	Yale Lary*	1953	23	DET	FS	11	11	28	1112	39.7				61					0
93	Frank Tripucka	1949	22	DET	QB	6	4	28	1074	38.4				50					1
94	Harry Hopp*	1942	24	DET	TB	10	5	27	1098	40.7				52					0
95	Jeff Locke	2017	28	DET	P	5	0	27	1222	45.3	82	1140	42.2	54	0	0.0%	11	40.7%	0
96	John Jett	2003	35	DET	P	4	0	25	995	39.8	45	890	35.6	58	3	12.0%	8	32.0%	0
97	Bill Dudley	1948	27	DET	LH	7	4	23	825	35.9				68					0
98	Bill Shepherd	1939	28	DET	FB	11	10	23	850	37.0				54					0
99	Camp Wilson	1946	24	DET	FB	10	5	22	868	39.5				69					1
100	Billy Jefferson	1941	23	DET		11	2	20	750	37.5				72					0
101	Leo Araguz	2001	31	DET	P	3	0	17	713	41.9	55	578	34.0	55	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	0
102	Dave Ryan	1945	22	DET	TB	10	5	17	669	39.4				50					0
103	Tom Colella	1942	24	DET		9	2	16	609	38.1				63					0
104	Ray Clemons	1939	27	DET		6	0	15	640	42.7				57					0
105	Bill Dudley	1947	26	DET	LH	9	8	15	657	43.8				62					0
106	John Kidd	1998	37	DET	P	2	0	13	520	40.0	66	454	34.9	54	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	0
107	John James	1982	33	DET	P	2	0	12	481	40.1	37	404	33.7	50	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	0
108	Frankie Sinkwich	1943	23	DET	TB	10	4	12	551	45.9				64					0
109	Ralph Heywood	1948	27	DET		2	0	11	372	33.8				0					0
110	Earl Morrall	1959	25	DET	QB	12	6	11	481	43.7				66					0
111	Chet Wetterlund	1942	24	DET		6	3	11	449	40.8				56					0
112	Jug Girard	1956	29	DET	HB	10	2	10	448	44.8				54					0
113	Tom Skladany	1979	24	DET	P	2	0	10	406	40.6	5	401	40.1	52	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	0
114	Cotton Price*	1940	22	DET		9	1	9	374	41.6				55					0
115	Kent Ryan	1940	25	DET		10	4	9	350	38.9				53					0
116	Joe Stringfellow	1942	24	DET		9	2	9	363	40.3				59					0
117	Doak Walker*+	1951	24	DET	LH	12	12	9	316	35.1				50					0
118	Doak Walker*	1955	28	DET	LH	12	7	9	362	40.2				59					0
119	Tom Colella	1943	25	DET		8	0	7	315	45.0				55					0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
120	Jason Hanson	2003	33	DET	K	16	0	7	264	37.7	30	234	33.4	50	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	0
121	Matt Kinzer	1987	24	DET	P	1	0	7	238	34.0	35	203	29.0	42	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	0
122	Mike Black	1987	26	DET	P	1	0	6	233	38.8	12	221	36.8	47	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	0
123	Ben Graham	2012	39	DET	P	3	0	6	248	41.3	77	171	28.5	46	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	0
124	Mitch Hoopes	1977	24	DET	P	1	0	6	235	39.2	78	137	19.6	48	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	1
125	John Misko	1987	33	DET	P	1	0	6	242	40.3	23	219	36.5	51	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	0
126	Emil Banjavic	1942	27	DET		10	1	5	235	47.0				58					0
127	Billy deCorrevont	1946	28	DET	WB	9	5	5	293	58.6				81					0
128	Yale Lary	1952	22	DET	RDH	12	12	5	181	36.2				43					0
129	Jackie Lowther	1944	22	DET		8	0	5	205	41.0				58					0
130	Bill Malinchak	1969	25	DET	WR	6	3	5	184	36.8	0			47					0
131	Robert Malone	2011	23	DET	P	1	0	5	245	49.0				62					0
132	Cotton Price	1941	23	DET		11	2	5	191	38.2				60					0
133	Charley Sarratt	1948	26	DET		8	1	5	166	33.2				43					0
134	Ivan Schottel	1946	26	DET		10	3	5	208	41.6				60					0
135	Jim Callahan	1946	26	DET	TB	9	7	4	182	45.5				63					0
136	Chuck Fenenbock	1943	25	DET	TB	10	6	4	184	46.0				56					0
137	Bob Hoernschemeyer	1950	25	DET	RH	10	9	4	147	36.8				42					0
138	Eddie Murray	1987	31	DET	K	12	0	4	155	38.8	3	112	28.0	46	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	0
139	Matt Prater	2017	33	DET	K	16	0	4	139	34.8	0	139	34.8	47	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
140	Cotton Price	1945	27	DET		8	2	4	148	37.0				46					0
141	Rick Duncan	1969	28	DET	P	1	0	3	77	25.7	0			29					0
142	Jason Hanson	1998	28	DET	K	16	0	3	94	31.3	7	87	29.0	36	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	0
143	Jason Hanson	2012	42	DET	K	16	0	3	118	39.3	10	108	36.0	46	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	0
144	Earl Morrall	1961	27	DET	QB	13	6	3	113	37.7	0			43					0
145	Kent Ryan	1939	24	DET		6	2	3	112	37.3				40					0
146	Dick Compton	1963	23	DET	SE	13	0	2	85	42.5				44					0
147	Dom Fucci	1955	27	DET	DB	12	1	2	72	36.0				55					0
148	Harry Hopp	1941	23	DET	FB	10	6	2	84	42.0				50					0
149	Joe Krol	1945	26	DET		2	0	2	74	37.0				44					0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
150	Dwight Sloan	1940	26	DET	TB	11	5	2	54	27.0				32					0
151	Art Van Tone	1944	26	DET	WB	10	8	2	94	47.0				50					0
152	Dick Booth	1941	23	DET	WB	11	5	1	25	25.0				25					0
153	Bill Callihan	1942	26	DET	BB	11	10	1	44	44.0				44					0
154	Russell Erxleben	1987	30	DET	P	1	0	1	52	52.0	0	52	52.0	52	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
155	Chuck Hanneman	1939	25	DET	RE	10	10	1	31	31.0				31					0
156	Jason Hanson	1995	25	DET	K	16	0	1	34	34.0	0	14	14.0	34	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
157	Jason Hanson	1996	26	DET	K	16	0	1	24	24.0	0	24	24.0	24	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
158	Jim Jones	1946	26	DET		2	0	1	-9	-9.0				-9					0
159	Bob Keene	1944	25	DET		10	2	1	30	30.0				30					0
160	Augie Lio*	1941	23	DET	LG	11	7	1	28	28.0				28					0
161	Errol Mann	1974	33	DET	K	14	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	18.0	18	0	0.0%			0
162	Errol Mann	1975	34	DET	K	14	0	1	34	34.0	0	14	14.0	34	1	100.0%			0
163	Ned Mathews	1941	23	DET		9	1	1	26	26.0				26					0
164	Earl Morrall	1958	24	DET	QB	9	1	1	25	25.0				25					0
165	Earl Morrall	1962	28	DET	QB	14	0	1	48	48.0	0			48					0
166	Earl Morrall	1964	30	DET	QB	6	3	1	8	8.0	0			8					0
167	Eddie Murray	1986	30	DET	K	16	0	1	37	37.0	0	17	17.0	37	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
168	Milt Piepul	1941	23	DET		11	2	1	35	35.0				35					0
169	Kasey Redfern	2017	26	DET	P	1	0	1	50	50.0	0	50	50.0	50	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
170	Benny Ricardo	1976	22	DET	K	8	0	1	16	16.0	0	16	16.0	16	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
171	Mickey Sanzotta	1942	21	DET	FB	10	5	1	42	42.0				42					0
172	Larry Sartori	1942	25	DET		10	2	1	42	42.0				42					0
173	Bill Shepherd	1940	29	DET		3	2	1	40	40.0				40					0
174	Dwight Sloan	1939	25	DET	TB	10	1	1	43	43.0				43					0
175	Pat Studstill	1961	23	DET	P	14	0	1	32	32.0	0			32					0
176	Dick Weber	1945	26	DET		3	0	1	42	42.0				42					0
177	Bob Westfall	1944	25	DET	FB	10	10	1	11	11.0				11					0
178	Bob Wiese	1947	24	DET		12	2	1	61	61.0				61					0

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