NFL Punt yards leaders, 2000–2026

The NFL players with the most punt yards since 2000.

Player	POS	Team	GP	PNYDS	PUNT	NET PNYDS	NET/P	IN20	TB
#1Shane Lechler	P		286	68,411	1,444	56,429	39.1	469	177
#2Andy Lee	P		296	68,405	1,466	58,789	40.1	476	132
#3Dustin Colquitt	P		254	53,694	1,199	47,764	39.8	484	103
#4Sam Koch	P	BAL	254	52,801	1,168	46,539	39.8	453	86
#5Donnie Jones	P		226	52,485	1,157	45,923	39.7	378	97
#6Johnny Hekker	P		230	49,097	1,053	44,975	42.7	402	59
#7Thomas Morstead	P		263	46,863	1,004	41,520	41.4	374	68
#8Brett Kern	P		221	46,136	1,006	40,866	40.6	396	58
#9Kevin Huber	P	CIN	214	45,766	1,011	40,788	40.3	346	81
#10Bryan Anger	P		228	44,148	938	39,123	41.7	343	64
#11Brad Maynard	P		190	43,124	1,038	38,058	36.7	342	71
#12Brian Moorman	P		202	42,713	979	36,690	37.5	281	85
#13Jon Ryan	P		191	40,776	913	35,226	38.6	310	83
#14Nick Harris	P		183	39,975	943	33,779	35.8	259	65
#15Tress Way	P	WAS	197	39,832	851	35,530	41.8	331	53
#16Sam Martin	P		209	38,141	824	33,970	41.2	322	62
#17Britton Colquitt	P		173	37,903	834	33,099	39.7	262	42
#18Dave Zastudil	P		159	37,859	866	32,524	37.6	284	76
#19Riley Dixon	P		167	34,274	748	30,875	41.3	263	47
#20Mike Scifres	P	LAC	193	34,152	756	29,562	39.1	293	61
#21Bradley Pinion	P		182	34,005	765	30,539	39.9	276	33
#22Jason Baker	P		167	33,986	796	28,991	36.4	232	57
#23Michael Koenen	P		160	31,964	748	28,297	37.8	232	49
#24Josh Bidwell	P		147	31,690	742	27,141	36.6	211	71
#25Matt Turk	P		165	31,133	747	27,459	36.8	234	79
#26Jeff Feagles	P		160	30,393	733	26,896	36.7	250	41
#27Steve Weatherford	P		143	30,166	678	25,624	37.8	211	62
#28Craig Hentrich	P	TEN	144	29,843	702	25,948	37	242	81
#29Pat O'Donnell	P		156	29,256	652	25,758	39.5	235	40
#30Brandon Fields	P		130	28,067	604	23,628	39.1	209	51
#31Michael Dickson	P	SEA	134	27,553	574	24,585	42.8	240	50
#32Chris Kluwe	P	MIN	127	27,501	623	23,034	37	198	54
#33Hunter Smith	P		164	27,239	633	22,664	35.8	217	59
#34Mat McBriar	P		141	27,173	602	22,888	38	202	64
#35Patrick McAfee	P	IND	127	26,669	575	23,048	40.1	193	49
#36Corey Bojorquez	P		127	26,517	562	22,833	40.6	212	57
#37Logan Cooke	P	JAX	132	25,647	540	23,500	43.5	223	35
#38Todd Sauerbrun	P		111	25,064	556	20,852	37.5	177	66
#39Chris Hanson	P		133	24,370	573	20,660	36.1	185	71
#40Scott Player	P		110	24,017	552	19,869	36	155	50
#41Chris Gardocki	P		109	23,884	559	19,973	35.7	151	47
#42Mitch Berger	P		120	23,342	545	19,860	36.4	174	51
#43Rigoberto Sanchez	P	IND	132	23,008	493	20,890	42.4	191	21
#44Cameron Johnston	P		104	22,511	476	20,052	42.1	194	30
#45J.K. Scott	P		118	22,429	493	20,111	40.8	176	35
#46Matt Bosher	P	ATL	130	22,346	489	20,120	41.1	190	24
#47AJ Cole	P	LV	121	22,258	460	19,460	42.3	199	35
#48Sav Rocca	P		112	22,106	517	19,229	37.2	178	20
#49Matt Haack	P		109	21,513	478	19,208	40.2	179	26
#50Chris Jones	P	DAL	126	21,478	483	19,522	40.4	187	24
#51Chad Stanley	P		100	21,388	525	18,880	36	154	30
#52Marquette King	P		84	20,822	446	18,313	41.1	163	34
#53Jordan Berry	P		108	20,728	463	18,624	40.2	180	21
#54Ben Graham	P		99	20,709	469	17,660	37.7	162	39
#55Brad Nortman	P		96	20,446	452	17,673	39.1	147	39
#56Ryan Allen	P		105	20,378	451	18,107	40.1	169	39
#57Josh Miller	P		105	19,894	466	16,783	36	152	42
#58Adam Podlesh	P		102	19,796	467	18,072	38.7	157	30
#59Jamie Gillan	P		107	19,727	436	17,666	40.5	162	28
#60Jake Bailey	P		112	18,860	407	16,864	41.4	172	35
#61Braden Mann	P		96	18,707	395	16,274	41.2	125	30
#62Tom Tupa	P		78	18,279	426	14,716	34.5	124	46
#63Tommy Townsend	P		103	17,574	370	15,798	42.7	158	34
#64Tim Masthay	P	GB	94	17,233	390	15,202	39	132	29
#65Lachlan Edwards	P		74	17,189	376	15,192	40.4	116	18
#66Bryan Barker	P		86	17,023	414	14,054	33.9	122	35
#67Jack Fox	P	DET	101	16,880	349	15,030	43.1	139	29
#68Michael Palardy	P		84	16,840	376	14,982	39.8	129	24
#69Darren Bennett	P		79	16,675	398	14,165	35.6	126	26
#70Mitch Wishnowsky	P		107	16,541	362	14,903	41.2	162	26
#71Kyle Larson	P	CIN	79	15,900	379	13,648	36	109	32
#72Dirk Johnson	P		80	15,859	381	13,736	36.1	108	34
#73Sean Landeta	P		75	15,770	368	12,916	35.1	98	35
#74Toby Gowin	P		79	15,498	385	13,320	34.6	108	37
#75Chris Mohr	P		79	15,445	388	13,816	35.6	100	22
#76Derrick Frost	P		74	15,042	365	13,276	36.4	105	29
#77Brad Wing	P		66	15,029	336	13,123	39.1	103	29
#78Colton Schmidt	P	BUF	67	14,877	338	13,310	39.4	105	20
#79Ryan Quigley	P		67	14,555	330	12,844	38.9	113	18
#80Tom Rouen	P		76	14,363	340	12,150	35.7	109	35
#81Kyle Richardson	P		75	14,284	359	12,261	34.2	115	38
#82Blake Gillikin	P		68	14,039	291	12,373	42.5	106	19
#83Jeff Locke	P		69	13,757	317	12,401	39.1	112	17
#84Micah Knorr	P		73	13,560	329	11,153	33.9	83	31
#85Reggie Hodges	P		64	13,266	320	11,669	36.5	97	21
#86Ryan Wright	P		72	12,754	267	11,386	42.6	106	16
#87Mark Royals	P		61	12,200	298	10,352	34.7	71	28
#88Jordan Stout	P		72	11,794	247	10,308	41.7	109	25
#89Ken Walter	P		68	11,522	299	10,409	34.8	96	17
#90Dan Stryzinski	P		64	11,500	292	10,101	34.6	92	20
#91John Jett	P	DET	49	11,389	267	9,715	36.4	86	28
#92Ryan Stonehouse	P	TEN	46	11,282	216	9,228	42.7	80	26
#93Corliss Waitman	P		56	11,213	241	10,080	41.8	88	16
#94Drew Butler	P		54	10,627	248	9,230	37.2	92	17
#95Bryce Baringer	P	NE	51	10,500	219	8,990	41.1	90	20
#96Ryan Plackemeier	P		43	9,955	236	8,320	35.3	72	31
#97Daniel Sepulveda	P	PIT	52	9,657	221	8,451	38.2	81	19
#98Pressley Harvin III	P	PIT	47	9,473	217	8,553	39.4	75	14
#99Zoltan Mesko	P		55	9,183	209	8,154	39	74	16
#100Matt Darr	P		37	9,180	202	7,970	39.5	67	16