NFL · RatingsThrough Week 8 · November 4, 2026

NFL Special Teams Ratings

Every kick, punt and return, measured in points added per game against an average NFL unit. Plus is better.

What stands out

The Minnesota Vikings lead the NFL at +3.48 points per game. The Los Angeles Rams are last at -3.67, a gap of more than a touchdown every game.

Best kicking: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 19 of 19 on field goals and +12.4 points. Worst: the Kansas City Chiefs, 12 of 18 and -13.2 points.

Best kickoffs: the Carolina Panthers, +12.0 points. Best punting: the Seattle Seahawks, +10.1 points.

Best kick returns: the Minnesota Vikings, +5.6 points. Best punt returns: the New England Patriots, +7.9 points. Worst punt returns: the San Francisco 49ers, -10.4 points.

Overall ratings


1	Minnesota Vikings	+3.48	6-1	+24.4	+11.5	+0.6	+3.8	+5.6	-1.2	+4.4	-0.1	-0.1
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	+2.86	3-5	+22.9	+12.4	+0.9	+5.1	+3.0	-4.6	+4.0	+3.0	-0.9
3	Detroit Lions	+2.82	5-2	+19.7	+0.9	+0.9	+2.8	+2.7	+5.9	+2.6	+3.8	+0.0
4	Buffalo Bills	+2.34	6-1	+16.4	+9.4	-0.9	-2.2	+3.3	+0.9	+2.2	+3.6	+0.0
5	Indianapolis Colts	+2.12	2-6	+17.0	+8.3	-0.3	+3.1	+4.4	-4.4	-1.0	+3.2	+3.7
6	Seattle Seahawks	+1.65	4-4	+13.2	+4.3	-1.1	-0.8	+2.5	+10.1	+5.3	-3.5	-3.6
7	Chicago Bears	+1.62	6-2	+13.0	-4.2	+1.2	+8.7	-1.1	+9.1	+1.5	+1.3	-3.5
8	Carolina Panthers	+1.25	3-4	+8.8	+8.2	-2.0	+12.0	-1.2	+0.8	-5.9	-3.9	+0.8
9	Houston Texans	+0.72	2-5	+5.1	+11.0	+0.7	-6.0	-1.8	+0.3	-5.4	+3.4	+2.7
10	Philadelphia Eagles	+0.66	2-6	+5.3	+1.4	+0.8	-1.2	-0.1	-0.2	+4.6	+1.0	-1.0
11	Dallas Cowboys	+0.56	3-5	+4.5	+4.7	+0.3	+8.0	-2.7	+0.8	+0.4	-7.1	+0.2
12	New York Giants	+0.37	4-2-1	+2.6	-6.9	+0.6	+5.5	-2.1	+4.6	+0.1	+0.0	+0.8
13	Cincinnati Bengals	+0.26	5-2	+1.8	+9.1	+1.2	+1.4	-1.2	-2.6	-1.5	+0.0	-4.5
14	Las Vegas Raiders	+0.19	4-4	+1.5	+2.9	+0.7	-4.4	+3.7	-0.1	-2.5	+1.0	+0.2
15	New Orleans Saints	+0.11	2-5	+0.8	-6.1	-0.4	+9.8	-5.4	-1.5	+4.0	+2.8	-2.5
16	New England Patriots	-0.11	5-3	-0.8	-8.2	+0.0	-0.0	-3.3	-0.8	+7.9	+0.0	+3.6
17	Washington Commanders	-0.19	2-4-1	-1.4	-2.6	-0.9	-1.4	+5.3	-1.3	+0.4	-1.0	+0.1
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	-0.27	5-2	-1.9	+3.6	+0.1	-3.1	-0.2	+2.4	-2.8	+0.0	-1.9
19	Pittsburgh Steelers	-0.37	6-2	-3.0	-7.4	+0.8	-3.1	+0.9	+4.9	-2.8	+0.0	+3.8
20	Cleveland Browns	-0.39	5-3	-3.1	+0.7	-0.4	-2.0	-3.3	+2.0	+1.6	+0.0	-1.7
21	Arizona Cardinals	-0.49	3-5	-3.9	+0.8	-0.2	-3.8	+4.8	-7.5	+2.8	+0.0	-0.9
22	Denver Broncos	-0.64	6-2	-5.1	-1.4	+0.6	-1.6	-0.7	-2.1	-2.7	+1.8	+0.9
23	New York Jets	-0.66	2-6	-5.3	+0.0	-0.1	-4.4	+0.7	-2.4	+1.4	+0.0	-0.5
24	Tennessee Titans	-0.89	1-7	-7.1	+2.9	+0.8	-0.8	-9.9	-4.6	+5.1	+0.0	-0.5
25	Baltimore Ravens	-1.07	4-4	-8.6	-2.8	+0.9	-4.4	+4.8	-1.7	-4.3	-0.0	-0.9
26	Atlanta Falcons	-1.60	3-5	-12.8	-10.3	-0.3	-2.3	-2.2	-2.1	-5.5	+3.7	+6.2
27	Los Angeles Chargers	-1.63	0-7	-11.4	-3.4	+0.4	-0.7	-4.4	-1.8	-2.1	+0.0	+0.6
28	Green Bay Packers	-1.63	5-3	-13.0	-5.7	-2.1	-3.0	-1.2	+1.4	+5.0	-7.5	+0.1
29	San Francisco 49ers	-2.11	6-1	-14.8	-3.5	-2.8	-3.1	+2.5	+4.0	-10.4	-1.8	+0.3
30	Kansas City Chiefs	-2.19	5-2	-15.3	-13.2	-0.2	+2.4	+1.9	-1.1	-4.2	+0.0	-0.8
31	Miami Dolphins	-2.87	1-6	-20.1	-9.6	-0.5	-5.7	-0.8	-2.9	-0.8	+0.0	+0.2
32	Los Angeles Rams	-3.67	4-4	-29.3	-6.9	+0.8	-8.4	-4.2	-4.5	-1.6	-3.6	-0.9

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Kicking


1	Minnesota Vikings	18	20	90.0	+2.2	6	8	56	10	10
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19	19	100.0	+2.5	4	4	59	17	17
3	Detroit Lions	12	13	92.3	+0.2	1	1	54	23	23
4	Buffalo Bills	16	16	100.0	+2.0	2	2	56	21	23
5	Indianapolis Colts	19	21	90.5	+2.0	6	7	58	14	15
6	Seattle Seahawks	15	17	88.2	-0.1	3	3	57	16	18
7	Chicago Bears	13	17	76.5	-1.6	3	5	58	25	25
8	Carolina Panthers	13	13	100.0	+1.7	3	3	53	13	18
9	Houston Texans	15	16	93.8	+2.5	6	7	58	16	16
10	Philadelphia Eagles	6	7	85.7	+0.1	2	2	58	17	17
11	Dallas Cowboys	15	19	78.9	-0.5	3	7	60	20	21
12	New York Giants	13	18	72.2	-1.8	5	8	56	12	12
13	Cincinnati Bengals	10	10	100.0	+1.8	5	5	58	24	24
14	Las Vegas Raiders	18	20	90.0	+0.8	2	3	59	19	19
15	New Orleans Saints	8	12	66.7	-1.4	3	7	58	16	18
16	New England Patriots	10	13	76.9	-1.9	1	1	50	20	21
17	Washington Commanders	14	17	82.4	-0.2	4	7	57	11	14
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	10	12	83.3	+0.5	4	6	60	22	23
19	Pittsburgh Steelers	18	23	78.3	-1.2	4	7	58	16	16
20	Cleveland Browns	16	18	88.9	+0.1	2	2	56	11	12
21	Arizona Cardinals	19	21	90.5	+0.6	1	3	60	16	17
22	Denver Broncos	14	17	82.4	-0.8	2	3	53	14	14
23	New York Jets	17	19	89.5	-0.1	3	4	54	13	14
24	Tennessee Titans	12	13	92.3	+0.5	1	2	56	12	12
25	Baltimore Ravens	13	17	76.5	-1.3	5	5	64	18	18
26	Atlanta Falcons	12	16	75.0	-1.8	1	4	51	15	16
27	Los Angeles Chargers	12	14	85.7	-0.6	0	1	46	9	9
28	Green Bay Packers	11	16	68.8	-3.1	2	2	59	16	19
29	San Francisco 49ers	6	9	66.7	-1.2	2	5	57	21	25
30	Kansas City Chiefs	12	18	66.7	-3.3	2	7	50	17	18
31	Miami Dolphins	9	12	75.0	-1.9	1	2	52	10	11
32	Los Angeles Rams	7	11	63.6	-2.4	0	1	48	23	23

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Kickoffs and returns


1	Minnesota Vikings	35	5.7	25.1	29.4	21	29.7	33.7	3.8	26	9.6	1	0
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	45	4.4	24.9	29.0	30	27.4	30.5	5.6	23	5.9	0	1
3	Detroit Lions	39	20.5	24.2	28.2	29	24.9	29.9	3.4	20	6.5	0	0
4	Buffalo Bills	49	6.1	26.3	30.3	29	27.6	32.2	2.8	18	8.9	0	0
5	Indianapolis Colts	41	12.2	26.6	29.7	37	27.8	31.9	7.2	19	2.8	0	0
6	Seattle Seahawks	43	18.6	28.1	30.4	27	26.3	31.2	1.0	34	5.1	0	0
7	Chicago Bears	45	15.6	23.0	29.2	29	24.6	28.4	6.6	25	6.4	0	0
8	Carolina Panthers	41	17.1	21.8	26.9	35	23.2	27.7	3.3	19	7.7	0	0
9	Houston Texans	37	18.9	27.8	32.0	34	24.9	28.0	6.3	19	5.2	0	0
10	Philadelphia Eagles	31	12.9	26.6	29.7	31	20.8	28.6	8.4	21	9.0	0	0
11	Dallas Cowboys	47	17.0	19.7	26.5	34	26.8	30.9	5.7	19	7.7	0	0
12	New York Giants	34	11.8	25.0	27.9	30	25.6	30.9	8.0	24	6.0	0	0
13	Cincinnati Bengals	42	16.7	25.5	28.6	37	26.0	28.9	5.2	15	6.9	0	0
14	Las Vegas Raiders	42	23.8	25.4	30.7	31	30.2	33.5	9.2	20	5.6	1	0
15	New Orleans Saints	34	20.6	24.7	29.5	34	24.3	28.9	8.4	21	6.4	0	0
16	New England Patriots	38	7.9	25.5	29.9	29	24.9	28.3	5.4	22	7.7	0	0
17	Washington Commanders	37	16.2	26.7	30.3	31	26.5	31.1	5.4	17	6.6	0	0
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	39	12.8	28.6	30.5	24	27.9	31.0	5.5	17	2.1	0	0
19	Pittsburgh Steelers	41	17.1	27.6	30.1	34	23.9	29.8	6.2	21	3.9	0	0
20	Cleveland Browns	34	17.6	26.0	31.7	36	26.6	29.5	6.5	22	3.1	0	0
21	Arizona Cardinals	38	23.7	25.5	32.8	39	26.4	30.9	6.0	18	3.2	0	0
22	Denver Broncos	40	12.5	25.4	30.5	29	26.2	30.0	4.3	24	6.1	0	0
23	New York Jets	41	24.4	27.7	30.2	26	25.0	30.2	7.1	18	7.1	0	1
24	Tennessee Titans	34	23.5	23.1	29.8	32	25.9	30.1	6.9	16	8.6	0	0
25	Baltimore Ravens	37	27.0	28.5	31.8	32	25.9	30.9	5.8	19	4.9	0	0
26	Atlanta Falcons	39	5.1	25.9	31.7	33	25.8	30.5	6.2	23	3.7	0	0
27	Los Angeles Chargers	27	22.2	24.3	29.8	30	23.3	30.6	3.8	15	2.9	0	0
28	Green Bay Packers	38	13.2	27.3	31.2	30	26.5	30.0	4.6	24	7.4	0	0
29	San Francisco 49ers	38	18.4	26.9	31.1	27	27.4	31.7	2.5	15	1.8	0	0
30	Kansas City Chiefs	37	10.8	26.8	31.2	26	27.7	31.2	9.1	21	3.3	0	0
31	Miami Dolphins	25	48.0	33.6	35.7	36	26.1	29.3	7.1	10	8.5	0	0
32	Los Angeles Rams	40	25.0	28.1	34.0	32	23.5	28.1	8.8	21	5.5	0	0

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Punting


1	Minnesota Vikings	32	43.9	39.9	37.5	2	1	1
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	35	43.7	38.1	28.6	3	1	0
3	Detroit Lions	25	47.9	43.7	48.0	2	1	0
4	Buffalo Bills	14	48.5	46.1	42.9	0	1	0
5	Indianapolis Colts	24	49.9	43.1	37.5	1	1	1
6	Seattle Seahawks	32	44.9	43.1	43.8	2	0	1
7	Chicago Bears	22	49.6	43.6	31.8	2	2	1
8	Carolina Panthers	24	46.7	42.5	58.3	2	0	2
9	Houston Texans	29	47.7	43.3	31.0	0	1	0
10	Philadelphia Eagles	41	47.4	41.5	48.8	2	1	0
11	Dallas Cowboys	19	47.0	42.5	57.9	0	0	2
12	New York Giants	27	51.6	43.6	44.4	2	0	0
13	Cincinnati Bengals	22	44.5	40.5	59.1	0	0	0
14	Las Vegas Raiders	26	51.3	43.3	38.5	3	1	0
15	New Orleans Saints	27	46.1	39.6	44.4	0	1	1
16	New England Patriots	25	47.0	40.9	48.0	3	0	0
17	Washington Commanders	31	49.0	43.1	32.3	2	0	1
18	Jacksonville Jaguars	25	47.8	42.9	40.0	1	0	0
19	Pittsburgh Steelers	32	48.2	42.7	50.0	2	0	0
20	Cleveland Browns	38	50.0	44.5	36.8	3	0	0
21	Arizona Cardinals	37	43.7	37.4	29.7	3	1	0
22	Denver Broncos	41	48.0	44.2	43.9	2	1	0
23	New York Jets	31	47.3	41.2	35.5	2	0	0
24	Tennessee Titans	34	48.6	41.4	35.3	5	1	0
25	Baltimore Ravens	34	47.5	42.0	44.1	2	1	1
26	Atlanta Falcons	28	48.1	41.0	39.3	3	1	0
27	Los Angeles Chargers	29	47.9	42.8	34.5	3	0	1
28	Green Bay Packers	32	48.9	43.9	50.0	3	0	2
29	San Francisco 49ers	21	46.9	44.1	47.6	1	0	1
30	Kansas City Chiefs	22	51.4	42.8	54.5	4	0	0
31	Miami Dolphins	25	45.4	39.7	32.0	0	0	0
32	Los Angeles Rams	27	49.2	40.0	25.9	4	0	1

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How the ratings work

Expected points added scores every play by how much it changed a team's scoring chances. For special teams we compare each kick, punt and return with what an average team gets in the same spot, then add it up. A 55-yard field goal counts for more than a chip shot, and a punt pinned at the 3 counts for more than one that goes for a touchback. We also adjust for the unit on the other side, so a good kick return against a strong coverage team gets more credit. Rank in every table is the overall Rating rank.