Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season is here! This means that fantasy football drafts are now behind us, and managers are beginning to look ahead to setting their weekly lineups.
With that in mind, we do the research here at Pro Football Network to make sure you can set your lineups as easily as possible, so you can focus on more important things! Here are the top kicker rankings going into Week 1.
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Which Kickers Should You Start in Week 1?
Be sure to check out Yates’ other positional rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | DST
1) Justin Tucker | BAL | (vs. HOU)
2) Harrison Butker | KC | (vs. DET)
3) Younghoe Koo | ATL | (vs. CAR)
4) Tyler Bass | BUF | (@ NYJ)
5) Jason Myers | SEA | (vs. LAR)
6) Evan McPherson | CIN | (@ CLE)
7) Brandon McManus | JAX | (@ IND)
8) Jason Sanders | MIA | (@ LAC)
9) Daniel Carlson | LV | (@ DEN)
10) Jake Elliott | PHI | (@ NE)
11) Greg Joseph | MIN | (vs. TB)
12) Greg Zuerlein | NYJ | (vs. BUF)
13) Graham Gano | NYG | (vs. DAL)
14) Cameron Dicker | LAC | (vs. MIA)
15) Wil Lutz | DEN | (vs. LV)
16) Riley Patterson | DET | (@ KC)
17) Dustin Hopkins | CLE | (vs. CIN)
18) Matt Gay | IND | (vs. JAX)
19) Jake Moody | SF | (@ PIT)
20) Cairo Santos | CHI | (vs. GB)
21) Joey Slye | WAS | (vs. ARI)
22) Eddy Pineiro | CAR | (@ ATL)
23) Nick Folk | TEN | (@ NO)
24) Brandon Aubrey | DAL | (@ NYG)
25) Chris Boswell | PIT | (vs. SF)
26) Anders Carlson | GB | (@ CHI)
27) Brett Maher | LAR | (@ SEA)
28) Ka’imi Fairbairn | HOU | (@ BAL)
The Best Kickers To Start in Fantasy Football
Cameron Dicker, Los Angeles Chargers
For streaming kickers in fantasy football, you’re eyeing matchups that are going to be high-scoring that will get the kickers onto the field with opportunities. With that in mind, the Chargers’ matchup against Miami figures to see points flying up on the board, and Dicker should be on the field plenty.
Riley Patterson, Detroit Lions
The same thought process for Dicker applies to Patterson this week in a high-scoring affair against the Kansas City Chiefs. With this Thursday Night Football matchup, Vegas anticipates this to be the game of the week in terms of most points scored, and that means that we should see Patterson on the field a lot.
