Detroit Lions Career Punting Leaders

Team Names: Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Lions

Seasons: 95 (1930 to 2024)

Record (W-L-T): 591-707-34

Playoff Record: 9-14

Super Bowls Won: 0 (0 Appearances)

Championships Won*: 4

All-time Passing Leader: Matthew Stafford 3,898/6,224, 45,109 yds, 282 TD

All-time Rushing Leader: Barry Sanders 3,062 att, 15,269 yds, 99 TD

All-time Receiving Leader: Calvin Johnson 731 rec, 11,619 yds, 83 TD

All-time Scoring Leader: Jason Hanson 2,150 points

All-time AV Leader: Barry Sanders 149 AV

Winningest Coach: Wayne Fontes 66-67-0

Punting

Punting Table
							Punting
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1	Nick Harris	2003	2012	136	P	20	694	29857	43.0	3619	25278	36.3	67	48	6.9%	210	30.3%	2
2	Jim Arnold	1986	1993	114	P	19	536	22893	42.7	2533	19300	35.8	71	53	9.9%	124	23.1%	3
3	John Jett	1997	2003	95	P	14	503	21494	42.7	2348	18146	35.8	62	50	9.9%	154	30.6%	4
4	Yale Lary	1952	1964	133	FS	70	503	22279	44.3	0			73					4
5	Sam Martin	2013	2019	106	P	17	473	21760	46.0	1612	19388	40.9	72	38	8.0%	175	37.0%	1
6	Herman Weaver	1970	1976	97	P	16	436	17715	40.6	1788	15007	33.8	69	46	10.6%	15	3.4%	8
7	Mike Black	1983	1987	58	P	7	272	11181	41.1	1500	9141	33.4	63	27	9.9%	58	21.3%	2
8	Tom Skladany	1978	1982	57	P	12	268	11363	42.4	1271	9632	35.7	74	23	8.6%	62	23.1%	2
9	Jack Fox	2020	2023	67	P	9	233	11266	48.4	945	9861	42.3	70	22	9.4%	83	35.6%	0
10	Pat Studstill	1961	1967	77	P	32	187	7925	42.4	0			78					0
11	Bob Smith	1949	1954	62	DB		182	7768	42.7				73					1
12	Jug Girard	1952	1956	56	P		129	5343	41.4				65					0
13	Mark Royals	1995	1996	32	P	4	126	5413	43.0	961	4172	32.3	60	14	11.1%	26	20.6%	3
14	Lem Barney	1967	1977	140	LCB	122	113	4006	35.5	0			55					1
15	Whizzer White	1940	1941	22	TB		100	4129	41.3				63					0
16	Wilbur Summers	1977	1977	13	P	1	93	3420	36.8	457	2863	30.5	51	5	5.4%	6	6.5%	1
17	Larry Swider	1979	1979	14	P	2	88	3523	40.0	435	2948	33.5	72	7	8.0%	13	14.8%	0
18	Bill Dudley	1947	1949	28	TB		72	2760	38.3				68					1
19	Jerry DePoyster	1968	1968	14	P	2	71	2868	40.4	0			60					0
20	Harry Hopp	1941	1943	30	B		71	2825	39.8				60					0
21	Greg Montgomery	1994	1994	16	P	3	63	2782	44.2	431	2191	34.2	64	8	12.7%	19	30.2%	1
22	Frankie Sinkwich	1943	1944	20	B		57	2396	42.0				73					0
23	Doak Walker	1950	1955	67	LH		50	1956	39.1				61					1
24	Ryan Donahue	2011	2011	8	P	1	49	2093	42.7	270	1743	35.6	60	4	8.2%	13	26.5%	0
25	Roy Zimmerman	1947	1947	12	QB		49	2078	42.4				62					1
26	Earl Morrall	1958	1964	80	QB	22	46	1818	39.5	0			66					0
27	Ben Graham	2011	2012	10	P	1	34	1483	43.6	169	1254	36.9	58	3	8.8%	12	35.3%	0
28	Chuck Fenenbock	1943	1945	20	KR		33	1265	38.3				57					0
29	Johnny Pingel	1939	1939	9	P		32	1368	42.8				65					0
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
30	Bob Cifers	1946	1946	11	P		30	1369	45.6				73					0
31	George Grimes	1948	1948	9	P		28	1006	35.9				56					1
32	Frank Tripucka	1949	1949	6	QB		28	1074	38.4				50					1
33	Jeff Locke	2017	2017	5	P	1	27	1222	45.3	82	1140	42.2	54	0	0.0%	11	40.7%	0
34	Bill Shepherd	1935	1940	51	B		24	890	37.1				54					0
35	Tom Colella	1942	1943	17	P		23	924	40.2				63					0
36	Camp Wilson	1946	1949	45	FB		22	868	39.5				69					1
37	Billy Jefferson	1941	1941	11	HB		20	750	37.5				72					0
38	Cotton Price	1940	1945	28	TB		18	713	39.6				60					0
39	Leo Araguz	2001	2001	3	P	1	17	713	41.9	55	578	34.0	55	4	23.5%	6	35.3%	0
40	Dave Ryan	1945	1947	22	TB		17	669	39.4				50					0
41	Ray Clemons	1939	1939	6	G		15	640	42.7				57					0
42	Jason Hanson	1992	2012	327	K	84	15	534	35.6	47	467	31.1	50	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	0
43	John Kidd	1998	1998	2	P	0	13	520	40.0	66	454	34.9	54	0	0.0%	1	7.7%	0
44	John James	1982	1982	2	P	1	12	481	40.1	37	404	33.7	50	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	0
45	Kent Ryan	1938	1940	25	HB		12	462	38.5				53					0
46	Ralph Heywood	1947	1948	14	E		11	372	33.8				0					0
47	Chet Wetterlund	1942	1942	6	TB		11	449	40.8				56					0
48	Joe Stringfellow	1942	1942	9	TB		9	363	40.3				59					0
49	Matt Kinzer	1987	1987	1	P	0	7	238	34.0	35	203	29.0	42	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	0
50	Mitch Hoopes	1977	1977	1	P	0	6	235	39.2	78	137	19.6	48	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	1
51	John Misko	1987	1987	1	P	0	6	242	40.3	23	219	36.5	51	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	0
52	Emil Banjavic	1942	1942	10	WB		5	235	47.0				58					0
53	Billy deCorrevont	1946	1946	9	B		5	293	58.6				81					0
54	Jackie Lowther	1944	1944	8	B		5	205	41.0				58					0
55	Bill Malinchak	1966	1969	48	SE	5	5	184	36.8	0			47					0
56	Robert Malone	2011	2011	1	P	0	5	245	49.0				62					0
57	Eddie Murray	1980	1991	174	K	50	5	192	38.4	3	129	25.8	46	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	0
58	Charley Sarratt	1948	1948	8	QB		5	166	33.2				43					0
59	Ivan Schottel	1946	1948	16	B		5	208	41.6				60					0
Rk	Player	From	To	G	Pos	AV	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
60	Jim Callahan	1946	1946	9	TB		4	182	45.5				63					0
61	Bob Hoernschemeyer	1950	1955	59	RH		4	147	36.8				42					0
62	Matt Prater	2014	2020	107	K	24	4	139	34.8	0	139	34.8	47	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
63	Rick Duncan	1969	1969	1	P	0	3	77	25.7	0			29					0
64	Dwight Sloan	1939	1940	21	TB		3	97	32.3				43					0
65	Dick Compton	1962	1964	35	SE	1	2	85	42.5				44					0
66	Dom Fucci	1955	1955	12	DB		2	72	36.0				55					0
67	Joe Krol	1945	1945	2	HB		2	74	37.0				44					0
68	Errol Mann	1969	1976	98	K	31	2	52	26.0	0	32	16.0	34	1	50.0%			0
69	Art Van Tone	1943	1945	22	WB		2	94	47.0				50					0
70	Dick Booth	1941	1945	15	WB		1	25	25.0				25					0
71	Bill Callihan	1940	1945	62	BB		1	44	44.0				44					0
72	Russell Erxleben	1987	1987	1	P	0	1	52	52.0	0	52	52.0	52	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
73	Chuck Hanneman	1937	1941	45	E		1	31	31.0				31					0
74	Jim Jones	1946	1946	2	T		1	-9	-9.0				-9					0
75	Bob Keene	1943	1945	16	B		1	30	30.0				30					0
76	Augie Lio	1941	1943	31	K		1	28	28.0				28					0
77	Ned Mathews	1941	1943	28	WB		1	26	26.0				26					0
78	Milt Piepul	1941	1941	11	FB		1	35	35.0				35					0
79	Kasey Redfern	2017	2017	1	P	0	1	50	50.0	0	50	50.0	50	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
80	Benny Ricardo	1976	1979	40	K	10	1	16	16.0	0	16	16.0	16	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0
81	Mickey Sanzotta	1942	1946	20	FB		1	42	42.0				42					0
82	Larry Sartori	1942	1945	11	G		1	42	42.0				42					0
83	Dick Weber	1945	1945	3	TB		1	42	42.0				42					0
84	Bob Westfall	1944	1947	41	FB		1	11	11.0				11					0
85	Bob Wiese	1947	1948	16	B		1	61	61.0				61					0

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