| 1940 NFL Punting
| Punting | Punts | Yds | Avg | Blocked | | Sammy Baugh, WAS | 35 | 1799 | 51.4 | 0 | | Marshall Goldberg, CHC | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | | Ralph Kercheval, BRK | 8 | 369 | 46.1 | 0 | | Lou Zontini, CHC | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | | Sam Francis, BRK | 16 | 719 | 44.9 | 0 | | Olie Cordill, CLE | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 0 | | Ben Kish, BRK | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 | | Parker Hall, CLE | 57 | 2489 | 43.7 | 0 | | Sid Luckman, CHI | 27 | 1147 | 42.5 | 0 | | Walt Nielsen, NYG | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | | Milt Popovich, CHC | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | | Lou Brock, GB | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | | Cotton Price, DET | 9 | 374 | 41.6 | 0 | | Kay Eakin, NYG | 11 | 454 | 41.3 | 0 | | Whizzer White, DET | 52 | 2132 | 41.0 | 0 | | Davey O'Brien, PHI | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | | Hugh McCullough, CHC | 30 | 1215 | 40.5 | 0 | | Jimmy Johnston, WAS | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | | John Yurchey, PIT | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 0 | | Len Barnum, NYG | 39 | 1571 | 40.3 | 0 | | Swede Johnston, PIT | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 0 | | Elmer Kolberg, PHI | 10 | 401 | 40.1 | 0 | | Coley McDonough, PIT | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | | Bill Shepherd, DET | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | | Jim Meade, WAS | 9 | 358 | 39.8 | 0 | | Billy Patterson, PIT | 43 | 1693 | 39.4 | 0 | | Rip Ryan, DET | 9 | 350 | 38.9 | 0 | | Arnie Herber, GB | 13 | 504 | 38.8 | 0 | | George McAfee, CHI | 22 | 851 | 38.7 | 0 | | Eddie Miller, NYG | 19 | 731 | 38.5 | 0 | | Ace Parker, BRK | 49 | 1875 | 38.3 | 0 | | Joe Bukant, PHI | 15 | 568 | 37.9 | 0 | | Merl Condit, PIT | 12 | 453 | 37.8 | 0 | | Clarke Hinkle, GB | 22 | 819 | 37.2 | 0 | | Franny Murray, PHI | 30 | 1098 | 36.6 | 0 | | Roy Zimmerman, WAS | 7 | 256 | 36.6 | 0 | | Hal Van Every, GB | 17 | 620 | 36.5 | 0 | | Dick Todd, WAS | 12 | 436 | 36.3 | 0 | | Gaylon Smith, CLE | 11 | 391 | 35.5 | 0 | | Bob Snyder, CHI | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 0 | | John Noppenberg, PIT | 4 | 136 | 34.0 | 0 | | Ray Nolting, CHI | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | | John Cole, PHI | 10 | 336 | 33.6 | 0 | | Dante Magnani, CLE | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | | Beryl Clark, CHC | 28 | 914 | 32.6 | 0 | | Boyd Brumbaugh, PIT | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 0 | | Ken Heineman, CLE | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | | Cecil Isbell, GB | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | | Len Janiak, CLE | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | | Harry Clark, CHI | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | | Bill Leckonby, BRK | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | | Dwight Sloan, DET | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | | Bob Kellogg, CHC | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | | Foster Watkins, PHI | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | | Bert Johnson, CHC | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | | George Cafego, BRK | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | | Mario Tonelli, CHC | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 |
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