2024 NFL kicker rankings: Ravens star Justin Tucker falls from No. 1 spot, surprise name now occupies top spot

In two weeks, 2024 National Football League (NFL) The season is turning out to be the year of the kicker.

Collectively, the NFL’s 32 kickers are off to a record-breaking start.

Let’s look at some of the numbers:

• There have been more field goals (141) than touchdowns (136) through two weeks. This is the first time in NFL history that there have been more field goals than touchdowns in the first two weeks of the season. If the number of field goals stays above the number of touchdowns, we will see another NFL first because there has NEVER been a season in league history where there have been more field goals than touchdowns.
• Two distance records. Through the first two weeks of the season, kickers have combined to hit 35 of 39 field goals of 50 yards or longer. To put that number into perspective, just consider this: In 2006, there were only 40 field goals of 50 yards or longer the ENTIRE SEASON, and this year’s kickers have nearly surpassed that number through two weeks. Their 89.7% conversion rate on long field goals is also the highest accuracy rate ever in any season in which there have been at least 15 attempts in the first two weeks.
• Most field goals made in a single week (73 in Week 2). If your fantasy kicker scored a ton of points in Week 2, you’re not alone. There were a total of 73 field goals in Week 2, which set the NFL record for a single week. There were 68 field goals in Week 1, which is the third-most ever for a single week.

Since kickers are off to a historically good start, we figured we should go ahead and rank them, and that’s what we’ll do now.

Since the season has only been underway for two weeks, this ranking is not only based on what a kicker has done this year, but also what he has done in the past. That said, a kicker’s most recent record is taken into account more than what he did 10 years ago.

A good example of this is Justin Tucker: from an overall career standpoint, it’s pretty easy to make the case that he’s the best kicker in NFL history. And if we were ranking kickers based solely on their overall careers, he’d be at the top. He’s not number one in our rankings, though, because we also look at a number of more recent factors.

With that in mind, let’s move on to our top 10 rankings.