Similar to doing laundry or washing the dishes, starting a kicker is a part of your regular fantasy football routine. If you neglect this chore, it can have a bigger negative impact on your fantasy championship chances than you may realize.
Here is a closer look at the fantasy kicker rankings in a full-PPR format entering the 2024 NFL season.
Ranking the Top Fantasy Kickers
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1) Justin Tucker | Baltimore Ravens
2) Brandon Aubrey | Dallas Cowboys
3) Harrison Butker | Kansas City Chiefs
4) Jason Sanders | Miami Dolphins
5) Ka’imi Fairbairn | Houston Texans
6) Tyler Bass | Buffalo Bills
7) Jake Elliott | Philadelphia Eagles
8) Younghoe Koo | Atlanta Falcons
9) Jake Moody | San Francisco 49ers
10) Dustin Hopkins | Cleveland Browns
11) Evan McPherson | Cincinnati Bengals
12) Cameron Dicker | Los Angeles Chargers
13) Jason Myers | Seattle Seahawks
14) Matt Gay | Indianapolis Colts
15) Cairo Santos | Chicago Bears
16) Daniel Carlson | Las Vegas Raiders
17) Blake Grupe | New Orleans Saints
18) Greg Zuerlein | New York Jets
19) Chase McLaughlin | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
20) Wil Lutz | Denver Broncos
21) Chris Boswell | Pittsburgh Steelers
22) Eddy Piñeiro | Carolina Panthers
23) Graham Gano | New York Giants
24) Matt Prater | Arizona Cardinals
25) Nick Folk | Tennessee Titans
26) Joshua Karty | Los Angeles Rams
27) Will Reichard | Minnesota Vikings
28) Joey Slye | New England Patriots
29) Anders Carlson | Green Bay Packers
Who Are the Best Kickers To Draft in Fantasy?
Justin Tucker
At a position that constantly sees dramatic swings from year to year regarding production, Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has been a consistent top option.
Tucker’s Fantasy Production:
- 2023: Second-highest-scoring kicker
- 2022: First-highest-scoring kicker
- 2021: Third-highest-scoring kicker
- 2020: Seventh-highest-scoring kicker
- 2019: Third-highest-scoring kicker
- 2018: Second-highest-scoring kicker
- 2017: Fourth-highest-scoring kicker
- 2016: Second-highest-scoring kicker
- 2015: Seventh-highest-scoring kicker
- 2014: 11th-highest-scoring kicker
Tucker has been a top-12 kicker for 10 straight seasons. To say he has been the model of consistency feels like an understatement.
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Tucker has the leg power to regularly convert on attempts of 50+ yards. The overall production of the Ravens’ offense last year likely contributed to the lack of attempts from 50+ yards, but his track record should make you feel confident that he is still among the elite options at the position.
Even for a player who has been consistently great at the position over his entire career, I’m still unlikely to reach to acquire Tucker’s service on draft day. Yet, I feel like if there is one kicker who is worthy of consideration, Tucker is the best candidate.
Brandon Aubrey
When you are the kicker of the league’s highest-scoring offense, it generally leads to great fantasy success.
When you combine that with 10 makes on 50-yard field goal attempts, that almost ensures you are going finish the year as the top-scoring kicker in fantasy football.
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Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey is coming off an outstanding season in which he converted on 94.7% of his field goal attempts and finished behind only Tucker in extra points made.
The Cowboys’ offense is projected to still be among the highest-scoring units in the league, which should give the second-year player a path to building off of his outstanding rookie campaign in 2024.
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