ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Oakland Raiders only have five wins this seasons and won't be going to the playoffs. Punter Shane Lechler, however, will be going to Hawaii in February.

Lechler, owner of the NFL record for career punting average and the league's leading kicker this season, was voted to the AFC Pro Bowl team for the second time in his career, the lone Oakland player to be honored.

Voting results were announced Wednesday.

"It's exciting. I can't imagine anyone else but him making it," Raiders coach Norv Turner said. "He has been pivotal. We've got two outstanding kickers and that's one of our strengths."

Lechler is averaging a career-best 47.6 yards per punt this season, far and away the best mark in the AFC and a full three yards ahead of Carolina's Todd Sauerbrun, the leading punter in the NFC.

Even so, Lechler wasn't ready to plan for a vacation to Hawaii until the voting results were released. After leading the entire NFL in punting in 2003 then getting spurned in the Pro Bowl voting in favor of Tennessee's Craig Hentrich, Lechler was taking nothing for granted.

"I really wanted it this year," Lechler said. "It's not always a good thing to look at personal accomplishments when this is a team game, but this is something I wanted. I set goals every year (and) this was one of the goals. After the disappointment last year of not being able to go when I thought I had the numbers to go, it's one of those goals you can't cross off."

Lechler has been among the NFL's top punters since entering the league as a fifth-round draft pick in 2000. A Pro Bowl pick in 2001, he has been no worse than second among all punters every year except 2002 when he was fourth in the AFC and eighth overall.

This season has been Lechler's finest. He has 27 punts that have gone 50 yards or more, 10 of which have gone 60 or better. Lechler also has had at least one punt of 50 yards or longer in 19 consecutive games dating to 2003, the longest such streak in the NFL since Mark Royals did it in 27 straight games from 1997-98.

"He's one of the biggest punters in the league, one of the strongest punters in the league, but that's not totally all just God-given," said Raiders special teams coach Joe Avezzano. "He trains very hard. He's in good shape, takes care of himself and has a lot of pride in what he does. The combination of everything makes him, by far, the most productive punter that I've ever had. With his career so far and what can take place as his future goes on, Shane can be one of the very best that's ever punted in this league."

Lechler reported to training camp this season in the best shape of his NFL career. After weighing 242 pounds in 2002, the Raiders punter checked in at 222 this year and has noticed the difference.

"It helps flexibility and I never hit the wall this year," Lechler said. "I never got tired as I have in years past. I thought I would hit one, hit a wall somewhere, but I never felt it. My focus has been good this year on the fact that, hey, I have a lot of areas to improve on."

If there is a weakness in Lechler's game, it's his high number of touchbacks. His 13 touchbacks this season lead the league and match his career-high.

"My touchbacks are way up," Lechler said. "I've worked on the new rugby-style kicks and that's a 50-50 chance right there. But then again, I've had great gunner plays so I've got to work on that type of stuff."

No other Raiders player was selected to the Pro Bowl. Most notable among the list of Oakland players not going to Hawaii is defensive tackle Warren Sapp, who had been voted to the Pro Bowl each of the last seven seasons. Cornerback Charles Woodson, a four-time Pro Bowler, was also left off the AFC squad.