NFL Player Grades

P Grades — 2016

P Grades

30 qualified punters · composite of net average (distance + return prevention) and inside-20 placement rate (data 2016+) (see methodology)

QB RB WR TE OL CB S EDGE iDL LB K P

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						FORMULA		CONTEXT
Rank
1	Johnny Hekker	LA	92.9	100	98	46.2	52.0	47.8	0.00	78	0.0
2	Bryan Anger	TB	84.7	97	70	44.1	52.9	45.9	0.00	59	0.0
3	Patrick McAfee	IND	79.5	93	56	45.9	33.9	48.4	1.79	74	0.0
4	Sam Martin	DET	77.8	90	62	45.2	37.1	48.5	0.00	63	0.0
5	Dustin Colquitt	KC	76.2	87	76	43.0	50.0	45.1	0.00	64	0.0
6	Marquette King	LV	72.3	83	81	43.6	42.0	48.6	0.00	72	0.0
7	Thomas Morstead	NO	71.5	80	57	44.1	38.6	48.3	0.00	66	0.0
8	Matt Bosher	ATL	64.5	77	44	42.1	47.7	46.8	0.00	68	0.0
9	Chris Jones	DAL	57.0	73	59	41.8	42.4	45.1	1.69	66	0.0
10	Sam Koch	BAL	55.7	70	80	41.1	46.3	45.8	0.00	68	0.0
11	Donnie Jones	PHI	52.7	67	63	42.6	33.3	45.8	0.00	72	0.0
12	Ryan Allen	NE	52.6	63	72	42.8	31.9	44.7	0.00	57	0.0
13	Riley Dixon	DEN	50.4	60	89	42.7	31.5	45.7	0.00	68	0.0
14	Brad Wing	NYG	48.5	57	93	42.7	30.1	46.2	0.00	63	0.0
15	Shane Lechler	HOU	47.4	53	72	40.9	41.7	47.5	0.00	62	0.0
16	Brad Nortman	JAX	44.7	50	77	41.6	35.1	46.6	0.00	78	0.0
17	Jeff Locke	MIN	42.7	47	74	39.8	45.9	42.6	0.00	72	0.0
18	Jordan Berry	PIT	41.3	43	69	41.0	36.2	44.9	1.45	64	0.0
19	Matt Darr	MIA	40.0	40	90	41.0	35.6	44.3	0.00	66	0.0
20	Drew Kaser	LAC	38.7	37	59	41.5	30.5	46.3	0.00	69	0.0
21	Kevin Huber	CIN	37.6	33	78	41.6	29.5	46.3	0.00	72	0.0
22	Brett Kern	TEN	35.5	30	77	39.6	41.6	44.2	0.00	71	0.0
23	Jacob Schum	GB	34.3	27	56	40.5	33.9	43.2	0.00	65	0.0
24	Jon Ryan	SEA	32.7	23	72	40.1	36.1	43.4	1.39	64	0.0
25	Tress Way	WAS	31.3	20	49	40.6	30.6	45.1	0.00	61	0.0
26	Pat O'Donnell	CHI	30.3	17	68	39.9	35.3	44.0	0.00	67	1.5
27	Britton Colquitt	CLE	27.2	13	83	40.8	26.5	45.3	0.00	65	0.0
28	Bradley Pinion	SF	26.7	10	100	40.6	28.0	44.0	0.00	65	0.0
29	Lachlan Edwards	NYJ	16.4	7	76	38.4	31.6	42.6	1.32	59	0.0
30	Colton Schmidt	BUF	15.8	3	75	38.9	26.7	42.4	0.00	58	0.0

Low-volume punters (4)

Fewer than 40 punts. Grades still computed on the same 0-100 scale but treat them as noisy (rookies, mid-season callups, punters who lost their job).

						FORMULA		CONTEXT
Rank
1	Andy Lee	CAR	69.9	77	36	42.6	50.0	49.1	0.00	76	0.0
2	Michael Palardy	CAR	26.8	10	36	39.0	36.1	42.5	0.00	56	0.0
3	Ryan Quigley	ARI	23.2	7	35	38.3	37.1	40.5	2.86	55	0.0
4	Drew Butler	ARI	8.9	0	32	35.6	31.3	42.2	0.00	62	0.0