Fantasy football rankings for 2024: Kicker (2024)

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George Blanda has racked up the most PPR fantasy points by a kicker in a game, with 38.8 points versus the Broncos on November 10, 1968.

George Blanda has racked up the most PPR fantasy points by a kicker in a game, with 38.8 points versus the Broncos on November 10, 1968.

George Blanda is the oldest player to play in NFL history. Blanda was a quarterback and placekicker who played in the NFL for 26 seasons. He retired in 1975 at the age of 48.

The standard rule of thumb is a kicker provides value if he scores 120 points in a season – an average of more than seven points a game.

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Use any additional picks to pick a kicker and team defense if your league plays with them and forces you to draft them. If not, stock up on more running backs and wide receivers.

Are kickers valuable in fantasy football? ›

It's wise to wait until later in the draft or even the last round to select a kicker because it's one of the least important positions in fantasy football. You need to spend time building up top players on offense so you can rack up a lot of total points each game. Touchdowns earn the most points in your matchups.

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At the core of the notion of getting rid of kickers is the myth that their output is totally random and unpredictable. Sure, there are some who got blasted by a 21-point performance from Dustin Hopkins in Week 7 last year or rode Blake Grupe's 17-point leg to victory in Week 12.

Of course, all leagues are different, and you must check your league's scoring, but defenses and kickers are generally de-emphasized in fantasy leagues.

Tommy Davis has the lowest career field-goal percentage by a kicker, hitting 47.1 percent.

1. Justin Tucker. Tucker shot to the top of this list as a result of what has been a dominant career thus far. He not only is the most accurate kicker in NFL history, but he's also the record-holder for the longest field goal ever made (66 yards, 2021).

Since the end of the 2019 season, the Jaguars have employed 16 different kickers. Over that same four-year span, they have ranked second-worst in the league in field goal rate. To overcome these issues, the Jaguars are looking to Cam Little, the youngest kicker ever drafted in NFL history.

Morten Andersen (born 19 August 1960), nicknamed "the Great Dane", is a Danish-born former football kicker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 25 seasons, most notably with the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons.