Chicago Bears Single-Season Punting Leaders

Team Names: Decatur Staleys, Chicago Staleys, Chicago Bears

Seasons: 105 (1920 to 2024)

Record (W-L-T): 797-639-42

Playoff Record: 17-20

Super Bowls Won: 1 (2 Appearances)

Championships Won*: 9

All-time Passing Leader: Jay Cutler 2,020/3,271, 23,443 yds, 154 TD

All-time Rushing Leader: Walter Payton 3,838 att, 16,726 yds, 110 TD

All-time Receiving Leader: Johnny Morris 356 rec, 5,059 yds, 31 TD

All-time Scoring Leader: Robbie Gould 1,207 points

All-time AV Leader: Walter Payton 167 AV

Winningest Coach: George Halas 318-148-31

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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	Bob Parsons	1981	31	CHI	P	16	0	114	4531	39.7	594	3797	33.3	55	7	6.1%	31	27.2%	0
2	Brad Maynard	2004	30	CHI	P	16	0	108	4638	42.9	363	4175	38.7	58	5	4.6%	34	31.5%	0
3	Bob Parsons	1976	26	CHI	P	14	0	99	3726	37.6	346	3220	32.2	62	8	8.1%	20	20.2%	1
4	Brad Maynard	2005	31	CHI	P	16	0	96	3937	41.0	293	3424	35.3	63	11	11.5%	24	25.0%	1
5	Brad Maynard	2008	34	CHI	P	16	0	96	3957	41.2	203	3654	38.1	67	5	5.2%	40	41.7%	0
6	Bob Parsons	1978	28	CHI	P	16	0	96	3549	37.0	295	3094	32.2	54	8	8.3%	16	16.7%	0
7	Todd Sauerbrun	1997	24	CHI	P	16	0	95	4059	42.7	727	3112	32.8	67	11	11.6%	26	27.4%	0
8	Bob Parsons	1975	25	CHI	TE	14	10	93	3625	39.0	298	3247	34.9	60	4	4.3%			0
9	Bob Parsons	1979	29	CHI	P	16	0	92	3486	37.9	404	2962	31.8	54	6	6.5%	26	28.3%	1
10	Bob Parsons	1974	24	CHI	P	14	0	90	3408	37.9	633	2635	29.0	59	7	7.8%			1
11	Adam Podlesh	2011	28	CHI	P	16	0	89	3903	43.9	223	3600	40.4	70	4	4.5%	21	23.6%	0
12	Brad Maynard	2007	33	CHI	P	15	0	88	3682	41.8	214	3288	37.4	56	9	10.2%	27	30.7%	0
13	Brad Maynard	2001	27	CHI	P	16	0	87	3709	42.6	327	3222	37.0	60	8	9.2%	36	41.4%	0
14	Brad Maynard	2002	28	CHI	P	16	0	87	3679	42.3	386	3253	37.4	75	2	2.3%	26	29.9%	0
15	Pat O'Donnell	2017	26	CHI	P	16	0	87	4087	47.0	512	3455	39.7	69	6	6.9%	27	31.0%	0
16	Todd Sauerbrun	1999	26	CHI	P	16	0	85	3478	40.9	266	3012	35.4	65	10	11.8%	20	23.5%	0
17	Dave Finzer	1984	25	CHI	P	16	0	83	3328	40.1	249	2999	35.3	87	4	4.8%	26	31.3%	2
18	Bobby Joe Green*	1970	34	CHI	P	14	0	83	3395	40.9	268	2887	34.8	56	12	14.5%			0
19	Brad Maynard	2010	36	CHI	P	16	0	83	3326	40.1	303	2923	35.2	56	5	6.0%	24	28.9%	0
20	Bobby Joe Green	1973	37	CHI	P	14	0	82	3321	40.5	294	2927	35.7	62	5	6.1%			0
21	Adam Podlesh	2012	29	CHI	P	16	0	81	3399	42.0	84	3195	39.4	64	6	7.4%	34	42.0%	0
22	Chris Gardocki	1993	23	CHI	P	16	0	80	3080	38.5	115	2925	36.6	58	2	2.5%	28	35.0%	0
23	Bobby Joe Green	1966	30	CHI	P	14	0	80	3358	42.0	0			69					0
24	Pat O'Donnell	2019	28	CHI	P	16	0	80	3586	44.8	247	3299	40.7	75	2	2.5%	26	32.5%	1
25	Bob Parsons	1977	27	CHI	TE	14	0	80	3232	40.4	216	2876	35.1	58	7	8.8%	17	21.3%	2
26	Chris Gardocki	1992	22	CHI	P	16	0	79	3393	42.9	351	2862	36.2	61	9	11.4%	19	24.1%	0
27	Bobby Joe Green	1967	31	CHI	P	14	0	79	3392	42.9	0			68					0
28	Brad Maynard	2003	29	CHI	P	16	0	79	3258	41.2	277	2801	34.6	53	9	11.4%	23	29.1%	2
29	Bob Parsons	1980	30	CHI	P	16	0	79	3207	40.6	415	2592	32.8	61	10	12.7%	16	20.3%	0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
30	Bob Parsons	1983	33	CHI	P	14	0	79	2916	36.9	261	2555	32.3	54	5	6.3%	21	26.6%	0
31	Bryan Wagner	1988	26	CHI	P	16	0	79	3282	41.5	447	2635	33.4	70	10	12.7%	18	22.8%	0
32	Todd Sauerbrun	1996	23	CHI	P	16	0	78	3491	44.8	527	2724	34.9	72	12	15.4%	15	19.2%	0
33	Bobby Joe Green	1971	35	CHI	P	14	0	77	3095	40.2	172	2763	35.9	60	8	10.4%			0
34	Brad Maynard	2006	32	CHI	P	16	0	77	3404	44.2	367	2897	37.6	65	7	9.1%	24	31.2%	0
35	Brad Maynard	2009	35	CHI	P	16	0	77	3191	41.4	272	2879	37.4	66	2	2.6%	26	33.8%	0
36	Maury Buford	1990	30	CHI	P	16	0	76	3073	40.4	322	2611	33.5	59	7	9.2%	22	28.9%	2
37	Chris Gardocki	1994	24	CHI	P	16	0	76	2871	37.8	225	2466	32.4	57	9	11.8%	23	30.3%	0
38	Bobby Joe Green	1969	33	CHI	P	14	0	76	2964	39.0	0			59					1
39	Maury Buford	1989	29	CHI	P	16	0	72	2844	39.5	262	2402	33.4	60	9	12.5%	21	29.2%	0
40	Bobby Joe Green	1964	28	CHI	P	14	0	71	3161	44.5	0			62					0
41	Pat O'Donnell	2014	23	CHI	P	16	0	71	3107	43.8	335	2712	37.7	61	3	4.2%	20	28.2%	1
42	Pat O'Donnell	2015	24	CHI	P	15	0	70	3097	44.2	197	2820	39.7	72	4	5.7%	28	40.0%	1
43	Maury Buford	1986	26	CHI	P	16	0	69	2850	41.3	110	2580	36.9	59	8	11.6%	20	29.0%	1
44	Maury Buford	1991	31	CHI	P	16	0	69	2814	40.8	205	2449	35.0	64	8	11.6%	13	18.8%	1
45	Bobby Joe Green	1962	26	CHI	P	14	0	69	3018	43.7	0			72					0
46	Maury Buford	1985	25	CHI	P	16	0	68	2870	42.2	203	2387	34.6	69	14	20.6%	18	26.5%	1
47	Pat O'Donnell	2016	25	CHI	P	16	0	68	2994	44.0	282	2612	38.4	67	5	7.4%	24	35.3%	0
48	Adam Podlesh	2013	30	CHI	P	16	0	68	2763	40.6	111	2612	37.9	65	2	2.9%	27	39.7%	1
49	Trenton Gill	2023	24	CHI	P	17	0	67	3088	46.1	381	2547	38.0	76	8	11.9%	18	26.9%	0
50	Bobby Joe Green	1972	36	CHI	P	14	0	67	2758	41.2	126	2512	37.5	58	6	9.0%			0
51	Trenton Gill	2022	23	CHI	P	17	0	66	3038	46.0	362	2616	39.0	63	3	4.5%	20	30.3%	1
52	Fred Morrison	1953	27	CHI	FB	12	8	65	2766	42.6				65					2
53	Ed Brown	1959	31	CHI	QB	12	8	64	2634	41.2				66					0
54	Bobby Joe Green	1963	27	CHI	P	14	0	64	2974	46.5	0			66					0
55	Mike Horan	1998	39	CHI	P	13	0	64	2643	41.3	299	2264	35.4	57	4	6.3%	12	18.8%	0
56	Fred Morrison	1952	26	CHI	FB	12	7	64	2707	42.3				65					1
57	Pat O'Donnell	2020	29	CHI	P	16	0	64	2924	45.7	294	2530	39.5	64	5	7.8%	28	43.8%	0
58	Pat O'Donnell	2018	27	CHI	P	16	0	62	2791	45.0	150	2501	39.7	65	7	11.3%	28	45.2%	1
59	Pat O'Donnell	2021	30	CHI	P	17	0	62	2865	46.2	375	2390	38.5	72	5	8.1%	19	30.6%	0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
60	Ed Brown	1961	33	CHI	QB	14	5	58	2448	42.2	0			69					0
61	Bobby Joe Green	1965	29	CHI	P	14	0	58	2479	42.7	0			66					0
62	Bob Parsons	1982	32	CHI	P	9	0	58	2394	41.3	314	2020	34.8	81	3	5.2%	10	17.2%	0
63	Fred Morrison	1950	24	CHI	FB	12	2	57	2470	43.3				65					0
64	Fred Morrison	1951	25	CHI	FB	12	3	57	2227	39.1				67					1
65	Ed Brown	1960	32	CHI	QB	12	11	56	2231	39.8	0			65					2
66	George Gulyanics	1948	27	CHI	LH	12	8	55	2432	44.2				70					0
67	Todd Sauerbrun	1995	22	CHI	P	15	0	55	2080	37.8	248	1712	31.1	61	6	10.9%	16	29.1%	0
68	Louie Aguiar	2000	34	CHI	P	9	0	52	2017	38.8	121	1816	34.9	56	4	7.7%	8	15.4%	0
69	Tory Taylor	2024	27	CHI	P	9	0	45	2153	47.8	293	1800	40.0	68	3	6.7%	18	40.0%	0
70	Brent Bartholomew	2000	24	CHI	P	7	0	44	1607	36.5	130	1417	32.2	52	3	6.8%	12	27.3%	0
71	Ed Brown*	1955	27	CHI	QB	12	12	44	1766	40.1				59					1
72	Ed Brown*	1956	28	CHI	QB	12	12	42	1644	39.1				53					1
73	Zeke Bratkowski	1954	23	CHI	QB	12	5	39	1599	41.0				70					0
74	Sid Luckman	1945	29	CHI	QB	10	2	36	1299	36.1				61					0
75	Bryan Wagner	1987	25	CHI	P	10	0	36	1461	40.6	195	1186	32.1	71	4	11.1%	9	25.0%	1
76	Jon Kilgore	1968	25	CHI	P	7	0	35	1231	35.2	0			50					2
77	Ed Brown	1957	29	CHI	QB	12	8	34	1365	40.1				62					1
78	Sid Luckman+	1943	27	CHI	QB	10	3	34	1220	35.9				78					1
79	Sid Luckman	1946	30	CHI	QB	11	5	33	1235	37.4				69					0
80	George Gulyanics	1949	28	CHI	LH	11	11	29	1368	47.2				69					0
81	Ed Brown	1958	30	CHI	QB	12	10	27	1140	42.2				57					0
82	Bobby Joe Green	1968	32	CHI	P	7	0	27	1142	42.3	0			58					1
83	Sid Luckman	1939	23	CHI	LH	11	7	27	1199	44.4				67					0
84	Sid Luckman*	1940	24	CHI	QB	11	7	27	1147	42.5				70					0
85	Doug McEnulty	1944	22	CHI		10	1	25	993	39.7				60					0
86	Sid Luckman*+	1942	26	CHI	QB	11	10	24	976	40.7				60					0
87	George Gulyanics	1947	26	CHI		12	4	23	1031	44.8				56					0
88	Rudy Mucha	1946	28	CHI		5	1	23	896	39.0				53					1
89	Charlie O'Rourke	1942	25	CHI	QB	11	1	23	817	35.5				57					0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
90	George McAfee	1940	22	CHI	RH	10	8	22	851	38.7				79					0
91	Sid Luckman+	1944	28	CHI	QB	7	0	20	685	34.3				63					0
92	George Blanda	1949	22	CHI		12	2	19	746	39.3				57					0
93	Ed Brown	1954	26	CHI	QB	12	0	18	684	38.0				60					0
94	Kevin Brown	1987	24	CHI	P	3	0	18	742	41.2	108	554	29.2	58	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	1
95	Jack Johnson	1958	25	CHI	RDH	12	4	18	627	34.8				47					1
96	Zeke Bratkowski	1957	26	CHI	QB	12	4	16	617	38.6				52					0
97	Todd Sauerbrun	1998	25	CHI	P	3	0	15	741	49.4	50	631	42.1	71	3	20.0%	6	40.0%	0
98	Zeke Bratkowski	1958	27	CHI	QB	12	2	14	555	39.6				52					0
99	Sid Luckman*+	1941	25	CHI	QB	11	11	13	534	41.1				52					0
100	Bob Williams	1955	25	CHI	QB	10	0	13	508	39.1				59					0
101	George McAfee*+	1941	23	CHI		11	2	12	430	35.8				55					1
102	Ray Nolting	1939	26	CHI	RH	11	9	12	463	38.6				47					0
103	Ray Stachowicz	1983	24	CHI	P	2	0	12	447	37.3	61	386	27.6	48	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2
104	Jack Johnson	1957	24	CHI	DB	11	3	11	398	36.2				50					0
105	Sid Luckman	1948	32	CHI	QB	12	7	10	384	38.4				49					0
106	Bob Snyder	1943	30	CHI	QB	10	7	10	378	37.8				48					0
107	Eddie Allen	1947	29	CHI	FB	9	5	8	299	37.4				46					0
108	Billy Patterson	1939	21	CHI		8	1	8	300	37.5				53					0
109	Zeke Bratkowski	1960	29	CHI	QB	11	1	7	252	36.0	0			47					0
110	Johnny Long	1944	30	CHI	QB	9	6	7	249	35.6				52					0
111	Bob Snyder	1939	26	CHI		8	0	7	291	41.6				46					0
112	Tommy Barnhardt	1987	24	CHI	P	2	0	6	236	39.3	36	200	33.3	50	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	0
113	George Gulyanics	1950	29	CHI	LH	12	12	6	201	33.5				51					1
114	Sid Luckman+	1947	31	CHI	QB	12	7	5	177	35.4				42					0
115	Bob Snyder*	1940	27	CHI		11	0	5	176	35.2				48					0
116	Al Grygo	1944	26	CHI	RH	9	8	4	123	30.8				39					0
117	Dirk Johnson	2007	32	CHI	P	1	0	4	199	49.8	22	157	39.3	60	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	0
118	Garry Lyle	1968	23	CHI	RB	12	1	4	134	33.5	0			39					0
119	Doug McEnulty	1943	21	CHI		8	3	4	187	46.8				59					0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
120	Bob Parsons	1973	23	CHI	TE	14	1	4	106	26.5	0	106	26.5	33	0	0.0%			0
121	Bob Williams	1951	21	CHI	QB	8	0	4	145	36.3				50					0
122	Rick Casares*	1959	28	CHI	FB	12	12	3	139	46.3				71					0
123	Spencer Lanning	2015	27	CHI	P	1	0	3	136	45.3	29	107	35.7	51	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	0
124	Johnny Lujack	1949	24	CHI	QB	12	8	3	123	41.0				48					0
125	Pat O'Neill	1995	24	CHI	P	1	0	3	89	29.7	9	80	26.7	39	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
126	Bob Swisher	1939	25	CHI	LH	9	5	3	93	31.0				36					0
127	John Adams	1961	24	CHI	FB	13	2	2	56	28.0	0			43					0
128	George Blanda	1950	23	CHI	QB	11	0	2	30	15.0				30					1
129	Young Bussey*	1941	24	CHI		10	0	2	74	37.0				41					0
130	Rick Casares*	1957	26	CHI	FB	12	12	2	67	33.5				41					0
131	Paul Edinger	2004	26	CHI	K	16	0	2	53	26.5	17	36	18.0	30	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0
132	Robbie Gould	2007	25	CHI	K	16	0	2	53	26.5	0	53	26.5	28	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	0
133	Al Grygo	1945	27	CHI		10	2	2	86	43.0				46					0
134	Jackie Hunt	1945	25	CHI		4	1	2	54	27.0				34					0
135	Jim Keane	1946	22	CHI		11	0	2	79	39.5				47					0
136	George McAfee	1945	27	CHI		3	0	2	62	31.0				33					0
137	George McAfee	1947	29	CHI	RH	12	0	2	71	35.5				40					0
138	Noah Mullins	1948	30	CHI		12	2	2	88	44.0				45					0
139	Ray Nolting*	1940	27	CHI	LH	11	11	2	68	34.0				38					0
140	John Petty*	1942	23	CHI		10	2	2	109	54.5				53					0
141	Bob Snyder*	1941	28	CHI		11	0	2	76	38.0				38					0
142	Norm Standlee*	1941	22	CHI	FB	10	3	2	126	63.0				70					0
143	Bob Williams	1952	22	CHI	QB	11	7	2	90	45.0				48					0
144	Billy Anderson	1953	24	CHI	RDH	12	9	1	46	46.0				46					0
145	Joe Barnes	1974	23	CHI	QB	3	0	1	27	27.0	0	27	27.0	27	0	0.0%			0
146	George Blanda	1956	29	CHI	QB	12	0	1	33	33.0				33					0
147	Rick Casares*+	1956	25	CHI	FB	12	12	1	51	51.0				51					0
148	Rick Casares	1960	29	CHI	FB	12	11	1	60	60.0	0			60					0
149	Harry Clarke*	1940	24	CHI		11	0	1	30	30.0				30					0
Rk	Player	Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
150	Paul Edinger	2001	23	CHI	K	16	0	1	34	34.0	0	34	34.0	34	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
151	Robbie Gould	2005	23	CHI	K	13	0	1	28	28.0	19	9	9.0	28	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
152	Jeff Jaeger	1997	33	CHI	K	16	0	1	18	18.0	0	18	18.0	18	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
153	Jeff Jaeger	1998	34	CHI	K	16	0	1	27	27.0	0	27	27.0	27	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
154	Jack Johnson	1959	26	CHI	FS	6	6	1	32	32.0				32					0
155	Bobby Layne	1948	22	CHI		11	1	1	24	24.0				24					0
156	Johnny Long	1945	31	CHI		3	2	1	42	42.0				42					0
157	Sid Luckman	1949	33	CHI		11	2	1	16	16.0				16					0
158	Garry Lyle	1970	25	CHI	DB	14	1	1	29	29.0	0	29	29.0	29	0	0.0%			0
159	Bob Margarita	1944	24	CHI	LH	10	8	1	34	34.0				34					0
160	Bob Margarita	1945	25	CHI	LH	10	8	1	29	29.0				29					0
161	George McAfee	1948	30	CHI	RH	12	8	1	18	18.0				18					0
162	Jim McMahon	1982	23	CHI	QB	8	7	1	59	59.0	0	59	59.0	59	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
163	Jim McMahon	1983	24	CHI	QB	14	13	1	36	36.0	0	36	36.0	36	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
164	Walter Payton	1975	22	CHI	RB	13	7	1	39	39.0	4	35	35.0	39	0	0.0%			0
165	Brad Rowland	1951	23	CHI	RDH	12	6	1	18	18.0				18					0
166	Julie Rykovich	1950	27	CHI	RH	12	9	1	48	48.0				48					0
167	Hugh Gallarneau*	1941	24	CHI	RH	11	8	0	0					0					1

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