Identifying which kicker to start in fantasy football lineups in a given week can be tough. And while many leagues have opted to remove the position from starting lineups, managers in leagues featuring kickers in their fantasy lineups can gain a noticeable advantage over their competitors by making correct roster decisions.
While there are some competitions yet to play out to determine the starter, here are the current 2023 fantasy football redraft K rankings.
2023 Redraft Kicker Rankings
The below rankings are intended as a guide for 0.5 PPR formats. They do not take into account individual league rules and setups. Be sure to also check out our other redraft position fantasy rankings for 2023:
1) Justin Tucker | Baltimore Ravens
2) Harrison Butker | Kansas City Chiefs
3) Tyler Bass | Buffalo Bills
4) Evan McPherson | Cincinnati Bengals
5) Jake Elliott | Philadelphia Eagles
6) Jason Myers | Seattle Seahawks
7) Daniel Carlson | Las Vegas Raiders
8) Jake Moody | San Francisco 49ers
9) Jason Sanders | Miami Dolphins
10) Greg Joseph | Minnesota Vikings
11) Greg Zuerlein | New York Jets
12) Chris Boswell | Pittsburgh Steelers
13) Tristan Vizcaino | Dallas Cowboys
14) Brandon McManus | Jacksonville Jaguars
15) Cameron Dicker | Los Angeles Chargers
16) Younghoe Koo | Atlanta Falcons
17) Chad Ryland | New England Patriots
18) Riley Patterson | Detroit Lions
19) Michael Badgley | Detroit Lions
20) Cade York | Cleveland Browns
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21) Matt Gay | Indianapolis Colts
22) Eddy Pineiro | Carolina Panthers
23) Graham Gano | New York Giants
24) Wil Lutz | New Orleans Saints
25) Anders Carlson | Green Bay Packers
26) Cairo Santos | Chicago Bears
27) Ka’imi Fairbairn | Houston Texans
28) Chase McLaughlin | Tampa Bay Buccaneers
29) Christopher Dunn | Los Angeles Rams
30) Matt Prater | Arizona Cardinals
31) Joey Slye | Washington Commanders
32) Caleb Shudak | Tennessee Titans
33) Dustin Hopkins | Los Angeles Chargers
34) Nick Folk | New England Patriots
Who Are the Best Kickers To Draft in 2023 Redraft Leagues?
Like with defenses, people are up in arms about having to draft kickers and the relevancy of fantasy. Don’t get me wrong; I understand some of the arguments where managers would rather change those positions for extra offensive players. But kickers are people, too, and they have a place in fantasy football.
While kickers will never likely be the highest-scoring player on your team, it’s an easy way to gain an advantage over an opponent, even if it just means three or four points. If you play this game long enough, that could be an additional two to three wins a year, given how fine the margins are.
Just because I’m a kicker advocate, though, doesn’t mean I will recommend getting crazy. The same rule applies here. Don’t select your kicker or defenses until the draft’s final rounds. Sure, having Justin Tucker is as good as it gets. He hasn’t finished outside the top 12 since joining the league in 2012 and has been the K8 or higher since 2015.
However, guys like Harrison Butker, Tyler Bass, Evan McPherson, and Jake Elliott are all great kickers to add to your roster since they’re on the highest-scoring teams and will enter each week as the favorite more times than not.
I’m also higher on San Francisco 49ers rookie kicker Jake Moody more than others. Moody is one of the best kickers to enter the NFL in several years and was nearly automatic for the Michigan Wolverines. Moody was a consensus All-American and wasn’t just the first Michigan kicker to ever win the Bakken-Andersen Big Ten Kicker of the Year — he did it twice.
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Moody was also the university’s first-ever winner of the Lou Groza Award, awarded to the nation’s best kicker and a two-time finalist. He has a leg that is good from out to 60. Moody takes over this year for Robbie Gould, who averaged over 35 attempts and 45+ extra points in his time with the 49ers. Given the firepower on San Francisco’s offense, Moody has the upside to be this year’s Evan McPherson.
For managers not necessarily looking for the top-ranked kicker in 2023 redraft rankings and are only looking to play matchups, consider Younghoe Koo (ATL) against the Panthers, Riley Patterson or Michael Badgley (DET) against the Chiefs, Jason Sanders (MIA) against the Chargers, Jason Myers (JAX) against the Rams, or Greg Zuerlein (NYJ) against the Bills in Week 1.
