Rex's Rankings
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Week 1 Kicker Rankings
32 kickers ranked · PPR scoring · Updated
Past week — Week 7 is current.
Week 1 baseline. No 2026 games have been played yet, so these rankings are built from current depth charts, last season's usage, and Vegas Week 1 totals — not from observed play. They are replaced by the full usage model once Week 1 is complete.
Ka'imi Fairbairn of HOU is the number one kicker to stream in Week 1, with his offense implied for 21.5 points, projected for 12.2 points. 12 kickers project above nine points this week, and outside that group the spread is small enough that the matchup should decide who you start. The best option ranked outside the top ten is Will Reichard at K11 vs GB (24.0 implied) at 9.2 projected points, which is where you look if you are picking a kicker up off waivers this week.
Scored against what actually happened. Each player is graded against the last board published before his own game kicked off. how this works
Tier 1
- K1—start
Ka'imi Fairbairn
HOU · K
HOU implied for 21.5, 3.2 field goal tries a game last season.
HOU · vs BUF · 12.2 PROJ · 21.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 9.0 · K13 +12
- K2—start
Spencer Shrader
IND · K
IND implied for 22.2, 2.8 field goal tries a game last season.
IND · vs BAL · 12.1 PROJ · 22.3 IMP · low confidence
Actual 7.0 · K20 +18
- K3—start
Jason Myers
SEA · K
SEA implied for 24.0, 2.8 field goal tries a game last season.
SEA · vs NE · 12.0 PROJ · 24.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 7.0 · K16 +13
- K4—start
Cameron Dicker
LAC · K
LAC implied for 28.8, one of the week's better scoring offenses, 2.4 field goal tries a game last season.
LAC · vs ARI · 11.6 PROJ · 28.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 2.0 · K29 +25
- K5—start
Brandon Aubrey
DAL · K
DAL implied for 25.8, one of the week's better scoring offenses, 2.5 field goal tries a game last season.
DAL · @ NYG · 11.3 PROJ · 25.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 2.0 · K30 +25
Tier 2
- K6—start
Jake Bates
DET · K
DET implied for 28.2, one of the week's better scoring offenses.
DET · vs NO · 10.3 PROJ · 28.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 7.0 · K18 +12
- K7—start
Harrison Mevis
LA · K
LA implied for 26.0, one of the week's better scoring offenses, light field goal volume.
LA · vs SF · 10.1 PROJ · 26.0 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 1.0 · K31 +24
Tier 3
- K8—start
Cam Little
JAX · K
JAX implied for 24.0.
JAX · vs CLE · 9.7 PROJ · 24.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 12.0 · K7 -1
- K9—start
Eddy Pineiro
SF · K
SF implied for 22.5.
SF · @ LA · 9.7 PROJ · 22.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 11.0 · K8 -1
- K10—start
Tyler Loop
BAL · K
BAL implied for 25.2, one of the week's better scoring offenses.
BAL · @ IND · 9.6 PROJ · 25.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 14.0 · K3 -7
Tier 4
- K11—stream
Will Reichard
MIN · K
MIN implied for 24.0.
MIN · vs GB · 9.2 PROJ · 24.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 7.0 · K19 +8
- K12—stream
Cairo Santos
CHI · K
CHI implied for 24.8.
CHI · @ CAR · 9.1 PROJ · 24.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 12.0 · K6 -6
- K13—stream
Harrison Butker
KC · K
KC implied for 23.2.
KC · vs DEN · 9.0 PROJ · 23.3 IMP · high confidence
Actual 7.0 · K17 +4
- K14—stream
Chase McLaughlin
TB · K
TB implied for 23.5.
TB · @ CIN · 8.9 PROJ · 23.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 11.0 · K9 -5
- K15—stream
Evan McPherson
CIN · K
CIN implied for 27.0, one of the week's better scoring offenses.
CIN · vs TB · 8.7 PROJ · 27.0 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 19.0 · K1 -14
- K16—stream
Andy Borregales
NE · K
NE implied for 20.5.
NE · @ SEA · 8.3 PROJ · 20.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 6.0 · K23 +7
- K17—stream
Chris Boswell
PIT · K
PIT implied for 23.0.
PIT · vs ATL · 8.3 PROJ · 23.0 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 9.0 · K12 -5
- K18—stream
Tyler Bass
BUF · K
BUF implied for 23.0, little NFL kicking history, ranked on league-average volume.
BUF · @ HOU · 8.2 PROJ · 23.0 IMP · low confidence
Actual 13.0 · K4 -14
- K19—sit
Dominic Zvada
NYG · K
NYG implied for 22.8, little NFL kicking history, ranked on league-average volume.
NYG · vs DAL · 8.1 PROJ · 22.8 IMP · low confidence
Actual 4.0 · K28 +9
- K20—sit
Trey Smack
GB · K
GB implied for 22.5, little NFL kicking history, ranked on league-average volume.
GB · @ MIN · 8.1 PROJ · 22.5 IMP · low confidence
Actual 13.0 · K5 -15
- K21—sit
Wil Lutz
DEN · K
DEN implied for 20.2.
DEN · @ KC · 7.7 PROJ · 20.3 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 4.0 · K26 +5
- K22—sit
Joey Slye
TEN · K
TEN implied for 20.5.
TEN · vs NYJ · 7.5 PROJ · 20.5 IMP · high confidence
Actual 5.0 · K25 +3
- K23—sit
Drew Stevens
WAS · K
WAS implied for 20.0, little NFL kicking history, ranked on league-average volume.
WAS · @ PHI · 7.5 PROJ · 20.0 IMP · low confidence
Actual 6.0 · K24 +1
- K24—sit
Blake Grupe
NYJ · K
NYJ implied for just 19.0.
NYJ · @ TEN · 7.4 PROJ · 19.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 0.0 · K32 +8No snaps recorded
- K25—sit
Matt Gay
LV · K
LV implied for 22.0.
LV · vs MIA · 7.2 PROJ · 22.0 IMP · high confidence
Actual 10.0 · K11 -14
- K26—sit
Nick Folk
ATL · K
ATL implied for 19.5.
ATL · @ PIT · 7.1 PROJ · 19.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 10.0 · K10 -16
- K27—sit
Jake Elliott
PHI · K
PHI implied for 24.5.
PHI · vs WAS · 7.0 PROJ · 24.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 6.0 · K21 -6
- K28—sit
Riley Patterson
MIA · K
MIA implied for just 18.5.
MIA · @ LV · 6.9 PROJ · 18.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 8.0 · K14 -14
- K29—sit
Chad Ryland
ARI · K
ARI implied for just 18.8.
ARI · @ LAC · 6.7 PROJ · 18.8 IMP · high confidence
Actual 16.0 · K2 -27
- K30—sit
Ryan Fitzgerald
CAR · K
CAR implied for 21.8.
CAR · vs CHI · 6.6 PROJ · 21.8 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 8.0 · K15 -15
Tier 5
- K31—sit
Daniel Carlson
NO · K
NO implied for 21.2.
NO · @ DET · 5.7 PROJ · 21.3 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 6.0 · K22 -9
- K32—sit
Andre Szmyt
CLE · K
CLE implied for just 16.5.
CLE · @ JAX · 5.6 PROJ · 16.5 IMP · medium confidence
Actual 4.0 · K27 -5
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