No position is more unpredictable in fantasy football than kickers. Year after year after year, no position has a lower correlation between where they're drafted before the season and where they finish after the season. No position has a lower correlation between how they score in one week and how they score in the next. No position has a lower correlation between projected points and actual points.

In addition, placekicker is the position that has the smallest spread between the best players and the middle-of-the-pack players for fantasy. Finally, most fantasy GMs will only carry one kicker at a time, which means a dozen or more starting kickers are sitting around on waivers at any given time. Given all of this, it rarely makes sense to devote resources to the position. Instead, GMs are best served by rotating through whichever available kicker has the best weekly matchup.

Every week, I'll rank the situations each kicker finds himself in (ignoring the talent of the kicker himself) to help you find perfectly startable production off the waiver wire.

Week 7 Kicker Results

Every week, we highlight the Top 5 recommendations from our model who are available on waivers in at least 50% of fantasy leagues (per NFL.com roster data). Here's how last week's top options fared.

Lucas Havrisik (2 FGs on 2 attempts, 3 XPs, 9 points)

Lucas Havrisik is quickly becoming the patron saint of Rent-a-Kicker. I often assert that our model doesn't include a talent component because, aside from a few exceptions, all NFL kickers are relatively undifferentiated in terms of talent. Brandon Aubrey is undoubtedly incredible, as is Chris Boswell (especially when you adjust for the difficulty of kicking in Pittsburgh for half of his games), but guys like that are typically not available on waivers. The rest of NFL kickers are functionally indistinguishable from Havrisik, who hadn't attempted an NFL field goal since 2023 when the Packers signed him, but set the franchise record for longest kick just eight days later, drilling a 61-yarder as time expired on the first half. His 9 points tied for 6th in what was overall a down week for kickers.

Jake Moody (4 FGs on 4 attempts, 2 XPs, 14 points)

If Havrisik isn't the patron saint of Rent-a-Kicker, then Moody is. He had a terrific rookie season, followed it up with a terrible sophomore campaign, then was cut early in 2025 after his struggles continued. The Bears signed him to replace an injured Cairo Santos, and Moody kicked the game-winner in his first game before converting six attempts in his second. His 14 points ranked 3rd at the position in Week 7.

Andy Borregales (1 FG on 1 Attempt, 4 XPs, 7 points)

The Patriots didn't have as easy of a time with the Titans as we expected, but they turned it on late to secure a comfortable win. Borregales' 7 points ranked 9th in a week when kicker scoring was otherwise down across the board.

Eddy Piñeiro (2 FG on 2 attempts, 2 XPs, 8 points)

Another kicker who was unemployed when Week 1 rolled around, Pineiro leads the NFL in made field goals and has gone 17 of 17 on his attempts. With 8 points, he finished as the 8th-ranked kicker in Week 7. 

Joshua Karty (0 FGs on 0 attempts, 5 XPs, 5 points)

Victim of the dreaded "Oops! All extra points!" stat line, Karty nevertheless scored 5 points and tied for 21st on the week.

Kicker Results To Date

To date, Rent-a-Kicker has made 35 weekly recommendations. Those 35 kickers have averaged 7.57 points. Our top three weekly picks average 7.95 points-- compared to a long-run average of 7.67. That would currently rank 8th at the position.

Meanwhile, here are the Top 12 kickers by preseason ADP, along with how many points they have scored so far this season. For any week a kicker didn't play (whether due to injury or bye), I will add six points to account for replacement-level performance.

• Brandon Aubrey (68)
• Cameron Dicker (59)
• Jake Bates (51)
• Chris Boswell (52)
• Chase McLaughlin (56)
• Ka'imi Fairbairn (55)
• Harrison Butker (54)
• Jake Elliott (38)
• Cam Little (44)
• Tyler Bass (42)
• Wil Lutz (43)
• Younghoe Koo (38)

The average of our top three freely available kickers each week would score 55.7 points to this point, while the average of the top 12 kickers by preseason ADP would score 50.0, giving us an advantage of about 0.8 points per game.

Week 8 Kicker Situations

**Here is a list of the teams with the best matchups based on Vegas projected totals and stadium, along with the expected kicker for each team. The top five players who are on waivers in over 50% of leagues based on NFL.com roster percentages are italicized and will be highlighted in next week's column. The top three players will be included in our running average. Also, note that these rankings specifically apply to situations; teams will occasionally change kickers mid-week, but any endorsements apply equally to whatever kicker winds up eventually getting the start.**