Who is the best NFL Kicker? The best College Kicker?
Simple Kicking has developed a formula to determine who is the best NFL kicker, and who is the best college football kicker. This ranking compares actual points scored vs. the expected average of points scored.
Those who score the most points above expected (“PAX”) train on the Pro-Posts and Go-Posts (highlighted below.) This is based on:
Distance and Hashmarks: FG% changes based on the spot on the field.
Stadium and Endzone: (i.e. Atlanta’s dome has better conditions than Buffalo.)
Crunch time (4Q + OT): Nerves are real and they make a statistical impact.
RANK | KICKER | TEAM | SIMPLE KICKING |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Joshua Karty | Stanford | No |
2 | Christopher Dunn | North Carolina State | Yes |
3 | Gavin Baechle | UTEP | No |
4 | Dominic Zvada | Arkansas State | No |
5 | Alex McNulty | University of Buffalo | No |
6 | John Hoyland | Wyoming | No |
7 | Chris Howard | Memphis | Yes |
8 | Diego Guajardo | South Alabama | No |
9 | B.T. Potter | Clemson | No |
10 | Tanner Brown | Oklahoma State | No |
11 | Griffin Kell | TCU | Yes |
12 | Colton Boomer | University of Central Florida (UCF) | No |
13 | Jake Moody | Michigan | No |
14 | Jonathan Cruz | Ole Miss | No |
15 | Casey Legg | West Virginia | No |
16 | Andre Szmyt | Syracuse | No |
17 | Ethan Mooney | North Texas | No |
18 | Tyler Loop | Arizona | No |
19 | Drew Stevens | Iowa | No |
20 | Camden Lewis | Oregon | No |
21 | Briggs Bourgeois | Southern Miss | No |
22 | Cole Becker | Colorado | No |
23 | Gavin Stewart | Georgia Tech | Yes |
24 | Matthew Dapore | Air Force | No |
25 | Mitch Jeter | South Carolina | No |
26 | Jack Podlesny | Georgia | No |
27 | Randy Bond | Texas A&M | No |
28 | Zeke Rankin | Middle Tennessee | No |
29 | John Mayers | Baylor | No |
30 | Christian VanSickle | Rice | Yes |
31 | Chad Ryland | Maryland | No |
Who is the best NFL Kicker? The best College Kicker?
Simple Kicking has developed a formula to determine who is the best NFL kicker, and who is the best college football kicker. This ranking compares actual points scored vs. the expected average of points scored.
Those who score the most points above expected (“PAX”) train on the Pro-Posts and Go-Posts (highlighted below.) This is based on:
Distance and Hashmarks: FG% changes based on the spot on the field.
Stadium and Endzone: (i.e. Atlanta’s dome has better conditions than Buffalo.)
Crunch time (4Q + OT): Nerves are real and they make a statistical impact.
RANK | KICKER | TEAM | SIMPLE KICKING |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Joshua Karty | Stanford | No |
2 | Christopher Dunn | North Carolina State | Yes |
3 | Gavin Baechle | UTEP | No |
4 | Dominic Zvada | Arkansas State | No |
5 | Alex McNulty | University of Buffalo | No |
6 | John Hoyland | Wyoming | No |
7 | Chris Howard | Memphis | Yes |
8 | Diego Guajardo | South Alabama | No |
9 | B.T. Potter | Clemson | No |
10 | Tanner Brown | Oklahoma State | No |
11 | Griffin Kell | TCU | Yes |
12 | Colton Boomer | University of Central Florida (UCF) | No |
13 | Jake Moody | Michigan | No |
14 | Jonathan Cruz | Ole Miss | No |
15 | Casey Legg | West Virginia | No |
16 | Andre Szmyt | Syracuse | No |
17 | Ethan Mooney | North Texas | No |
18 | Tyler Loop | Arizona | No |
19 | Drew Stevens | Iowa | No |
20 | Camden Lewis | Oregon | No |
21 | Briggs Bourgeois | Southern Miss | No |
22 | Cole Becker | Colorado | No |
23 | Gavin Stewart | Georgia Tech | Yes |
24 | Matthew Dapore | Air Force | No |
25 | Mitch Jeter | South Carolina | No |
26 | Jack Podlesny | Georgia | No |
27 | Randy Bond | Texas A&M | No |
28 | Zeke Rankin | Middle Tennessee | No |
29 | John Mayers | Baylor | No |
30 | Christian VanSickle | Rice | Yes |
31 | Chad Ryland | Maryland | No |
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