Kicker Tiers

Clayton Gray's Kicker Tiers Clayton Gray Published 08/05/2019

Very few people truly care about kicker rankings. Once you become a fantasy football veteran, you generally spend about 10 seconds wondering which kicker you'll pick in the last round of your draft. The biggest worry you have about selecting a kicker is not messing it up.

Well, let's make it easier to not mess it up.

To get us going, we'll look at three sources:

  • FFPC Best-Ball ADP - In best-ball leagues, all 32 (and sometimes more than 32) kickers are drafted. FFPC participants are among the most-thorough preparers in this hobby, and all of the data is taken from paid leagues.
  • Footballguys ADP - A compilation of several different sources; this is pretty smooth data.
  • David Dodds' Projections - Dodds spends 100s of hours a year doing projections. The numbers are solid and fit in with the historical parameters of the NFL.

And we'll also look at each kicker's career FG percentage.

The Here Is Everyone's Top 6 Tier

Rank
Kicker
Team
FFPC BBs
FBG ADP
David Dodds
Career FG%
1
LA
1
1
1
83.5
2
BAL
2
2
4
90.1
3
KC
3
3
2
95.9
4
NO
4
4
3
87.0
5
NE
5
5
5
87.4
6
Ka'imi Fairbairn
HOU
6
6
6
85.1

If you want a kicker in the Top 6, here's your list -- it's that simple. Generally speaking, these guys have elite legs and are kicking for elite offenses. You can't beat that combo.

The Just a Bit Below the Ultra Elite Tier

Rank
Kicker
Team
FFPC BBs
FBG ADP
David Dodds
Career FG%
7
PHI
7
8
9
93.5
8
Michael Badgley
LAC
9
9
7
93.8
9
SF
8
7
11
87.7

The only difference between the talent in this tier and the one above is that the offenses might be a notch below elite. The presence of these guys should make everyone feel perfectly fine passing on a top-six kicker. Of course, if everyone is waiting, then those six studs will drop as well.

The These Guys Are Still Available? Tier

Rank
Kicker
Team
FFPC BBs
FBG ADP
David Dodds
Career FG%
10
DET
11
12
14
83.8
11
IND
12
15
10
84.3
12
ATL
10
16
12
80.8
13
DAL
13
13
13
80.6
14
SEA
14
17
8
84.3

These guys are either really old or really young, and they are a notch below the career-long consistency found in the higher-up tiers. Still, the players in this tier kick for offenses that should afford them a large number of attempts this season. Very solid options here.

The I Waited All This Time and Still Got a Decent Kicker Tier

Rank
Kicker
Team
FFPC BBs
FBG ADP
David Dodds
Career FG%
15
GB
15
11
19
80.4
16
NYG
20
10
16
86.2
17
CAR
16
18
15
82.1
18
MIN
17
14
18
86.6

If your home league is one of those old-school types of leagues where a lot of people still get a backup kicker, you'll still be perfectly fine taking one of these guys. Each of them is pretty accurate and are actually on pretty good offenses. Having these guys available this late is a testament to the depth available at the position.

The Last Chance K Tier

Rank
Kicker
Team
FFPC BBs
FBG ADP
David Dodds
Career FG%
19
TEN
19
21
17
83.6
20
NYJ
23
20
20
83.8
21
DEN
18
22
24
80.6
22
PIT
21
23
21
85.2

In the vast majority of leagues, this is the absolute last tier of kicker you'll want to be selecting from. Hopefully, it doesn't come to this group for you, but even if it does, these guys aren't that bad at all.

The Ain't No Need for This Tier

Rank
Kicker
Team
FFPC BBs
FBG ADP
Dodds
23
JAC
22
unranked
26
24
TB
27
unranked
22
25
WAS
25
unranked
25
26
Stephen Hauschka
BUF
24
unranked
28
27
CIN
28
unranked
27
28
Eddy Pineiro
CHI
32
unranked
23
29
OAK
26
unranked
30
30
MIA
30
unranked
29
31
ARI
29
unranked
31
32
CLE
31
unranked
32
33
CLE
36
19
36
34
TB
33
unranked
35
35
FA
34
unranked
unranked
36
CLE
35
unranked
unranked
37
CHI
40
unranked
33
38
Matt McCrane
PIT
unranked
unranked
32
39
LAC
37
unranked
unranked
40
Andrew Baggett
CLE
38
unranked
unranked
41
JAC
39
unranked
unranked
42
SEA
unranked
unranked
37

This group...you don't want anyone from this group.

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