Most accurate kickers in NFL history

Cameron Dicker playing for the Baltimore Ravens in 2022

Justin Tucker playing for the Baltimore Ravens in 2020

Harrison Butker playing for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019

Eddy Piñeiro playing for the Chicago Bears in 2019

Chris Boswell playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2016

This article contains a full list of the 50 most accurate kickers in NFL history with at least 100 field goal attempts. Cameron Dicker has the most accurate field goal percentage (FG%) in the National Football League, hitting successful field goals 94.1% of the time during official games. ^[1]

On September 15, 2025, Dicker kicked his 100th career field goal against the Las Vegas Raiders, making him the most accurate kicker in NFL history. ^[2]

Evolution in accuracy

Field goal accuracy in the NFL has steadily improved over time. ^[3] At the beginning of the league's start in the 1930s, to the first Super Bowls in the 1960s, kickers' accuracy was between 40–55%. In the 1970s and 1980s, leading kickers typically converted around 70–75% of attempts. By the late 1990s through the 2000s, kickers' accuracy increased to around 80–85%. From the 2010s to 2020s, many of the league's most accurate kickers regularly hit the high 80% with some exceeding 90%. ^[4]

Kicking accuracy from 1999–2025 ^[5]

	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60+
1999–2003	97%	93%	85%	80%	71%	60%	56%	24%	0%
2004–2008	99%	93%	88%	85%	77%	68%	57%	41%	13%
2009–2013	97%	96%	91%	85%	79%	75%	64%	47%	26%
2014–2018	99%	96%	94%	89%	84%	73%	67%	58%	23%
2019–2023	99%	97%	95%	91%	82%	74%	71%	57%	36%
2024–2025	99%	95%	97%	90%	81%	69%	76%	64%	27%

A 2015 article in FiveThirtyEight entitled "Kickers are Forever" found that kicker accuracy has increased over time, and there is a nearly perfect correlation between year and accuracy. ^[6]

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Rank	Name	FG%	Teams
1	Cameron Dicker [1]	94.1%	Philadelphia Eagles (2022) Los Angeles Chargers (2022–present)
2	Justin Tucker [7]	89.1%	Baltimore Ravens (2012 – 2024)
3	Harrison Butker [8]	88.4%	Carolina Panthers (2017) Kansas City Chiefs (2017–present)
4	Eddy Piñeiro [9]	88.3%	Oakland Raiders (2018) Chicago Bears (2019 – 2020) New York Jets (2021) Carolina Panthers (2022 – 2024) San Francisco 49ers (2025–present)
5	Chris Boswell [10]	88.2%	Pittsburgh Steelers (2015–present)
6	Daniel Carlson [11]	87.4%	Minnesota Vikings (2018) Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders (2018–present)
7	Josh Lambo	87.1%	San Diego Chargers (2015 – 2016) Jacksonville Jaguars (2017 – 2021) Tennessee Titans (2022)
8	Ka'imi Fairbairn	86.5%	Houston Texans (2016–present)
9	Mike Vanderjagt	86.4%	Indianapolis Colts (1998 – 2005) Dallas Cowboys (2006)
10	Robbie Gould	86.4%	Chicago Bears (2005 – 2015) New York Giants (2016) San Francisco 49ers (2017 – 2022)
11	Kai Forbath	86.3%	Washington Redskins (2012 – 2015) New Orleans Saints (2015) Minnesota Vikings (2016 – 2017) Jacksonville Jaguars (2018) New England Patriots (2019) Dallas Cowboys (2019) Los Angeles Rams (2020)
12	Stephen Gostkowski	86.3%	New England Patriots (2006 – 2019) Tennessee Titans (2020)
13	Younghoe Koo	86.3%	Los Angeles Chargers (2017) Atlanta Falcons (2019–present)
14	Nate Kaeding	86.1%	San Diego Chargers (2004 – 2012) Miami Dolphins (2012)
15	Matt Gay	86.1%	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2019) Indianapolis Colts (2020) Los Angeles Rams (2020 – 2022) Indianapolis Colts (2023 – 2024) Washington Commanders (2025–present)
16	Dan Bailey	85.9%	Dallas Cowboys (2011 – 2017) Minnesota Vikings (2018 – 2020)
17	Rob Bironas	85.7%	Tennessee Titans (2005 – 2013)
18	Wil Lutz	85.6%	New Orleans Saints (2016 – 2022) Denver Broncos (2023–present)
19	Jason Myers	85.6%	Jacksonville Jaguars (2015 – 2017) New York Jets (2018) Seattle Seahawks (2019–present)
20	Matt Bryant	85.6%	New York Giants (2002 – 2003) Indianapolis Colts (2004) Miami Dolphins (2004) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2005 – 2008) Atlanta Falcons (2009 – 2019)
21	Shayne Graham	85.4%	Buffalo Bills (2001) Carolina Panthers (2002) Cincinnati Bengals (2003 – 2009) New York Giants (2010) New England Patriots (2010) Miami Dolphins (2011) Baltimore Ravens (2011) Houston Texans (2012) New Orleans Saints (2013 – 2014) Atlanta Falcons (2015)
22	Cairo Santos	85.1%	Kansas City Chiefs (2014 – 2017) Chicago Bears (2017) Los Angeles Rams (2018) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2018) Tennessee Titans (2019) Chicago Bears (2020–present)
23	Stephen Hauschka	85.1%	Baltimore Ravens (2008 – 2009) Denver Broncos (2010) Seattle Seahawks (2011 – 2016) Buffalo Bills (2017 – 2019) Jacksonville Jaguars (2020)
24	Jake Elliott	84.9%	Philadelphia Eagles (2017–present)
25	Cody Parkey	84.6%	Philadelphia Eagles (2015 – 2016) Cleveland Browns (2016) Miami Dolphins (2017) Chicago Bears (2018) Tennessee Titans (2019) Cleveland Browns (2020) New Orleans Saints (2021)
26	Tyler Bass	84.5%	Buffalo Bills (2020–present)
27	Nick Folk	84.2%	Dallas Cowboys (2007 – 2009) New York Jets (2010 – 2016) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2017) New England Patriots (2019 – 2022) Tennessee Titans (2023–present)
28	Chase McLaughlin	84.1%	Los Angeles Chargers (2019) San Francisco 49ers (2019) Indianapolis Colts (2019) Jacksonville Jaguars (2020) New York Jets (2020) Cleveland Browns (2021) Indianapolis Colts (2022) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2023–present)
29	Shaun Suisham	84.0%	Dallas Cowboys (2005 – 2006) Washington Redskins (2006 – 2009) Dallas Cowboys (2009) Pittsburgh Steelers (2010 – 2015)
30	Dan Carpenter	83.9%	Miami Dolphins (2008 – 2012) Buffalo Bills (2013 – 2016)
31	Josh Brown	83.9%	Seattle Seahawks (2003 – 2007) St. Louis Rams (2008 – 2011) Cincinnati Bengals (2012) New York Giants (2013 – 2016)
32	Chandler Catanzaro	83.8%	Arizona Cardinals (2014 – 2016) New York Jets (2017) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2018) Carolina Panthers (2018)
33	Adam Vinatieri	83.8%	New England Patriots (1996 – 2005) Indianapolis Colts (2006 – 2019)
34	Dustin Hopkins	84.7%	Washington Redskins / Football Team (2015 – 2021) Los Angeles Chargers (2021 – 2022) Cleveland Browns (2023–present)
35	Phil Dawson	83.7%	Cleveland Browns (1999 – 2012) San Francisco 49ers (2013 – 2016) Arizona Cardinals (2017 – 2018)
36	Nick Novak	83.7%	Chicago Bears (2005) Dallas Cowboys (2005) Washington Redskins (2005) Arizona Cardinals (2005) Washington Redskins (2006) Chicago Bears (2007) Cologne Centurions (2007) Kansas City Chiefs (2008) San Diego Chargers (2010) Florida Tuskers (2010) New York Jets (2011) San Diego Chargers (2011 – 2014) Houston Texans (2015 – 2016) Los Angeles Chargers (2017) Birmingham Iron (2019) Los Angeles Wildcats (2020)
37	Graham Gano	83.7%	Washington Redskins (2009 – 2011) Carolina Panthers (2012 – 2019) New York Giants (2020–present)
38	Matt Stover	83.6%	New York Giants (1990) Cleveland Browns (1991 – 1995) Baltimore Ravens (1996 – 2008) Indianapolis Colts (2009)
39	Matt Prater	83.5%	Atlanta Falcons (2007) Denver Broncos (2007 – 2014) Detroit Lions (2014 – 2020) Arizona Cardinals (2021 – 2024) Buffalo Bills (2025-present)
40	Jason Sanders	83.4%	Miami Dolphins (2018–present)
41	Randy Bullock	83.3%	Houston Texans (2012 – 2015) New York Jets (2015) New York Giants (2016) Pittsburgh Steelers (2016) Cincinnati Bengals (2016 – 2020) Tennessee Titans (2021 – 2022) New York Giants (2023)
42	Ryan Longwell	83.1%	Green Bay Packers (1997 – 2005) Minnesota Vikings (2006 – 2011) Seattle Seahawks (2012)
43	Ryan Succop	82.9%	Kansas City Chiefs (2009 – 2013) Tennessee Titans (2014 – 2019) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020 – 2022)
44	Connor Barth	82.7%	Kansas City Chiefs (2008) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2009 – 2013) Denver Broncos (2014) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2015) Chicago Bears (2016 – 2017)
45	Jay Feely	82.5%	Atlanta Falcons (2001 – 2004) New York Giants (2005 – 2006) Miami Dolphins (2007) New York Jets (2008 – 2009) Arizona Cardinals (2010 – 2013) Chicago Bears (2014)
46	Greg Joseph	82.4%	Cleveland Browns (2018) Tennessee Titans (2019) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020) Minnesota Vikings (2021 – 2023) Green Bay Packers (2024) New York Giants (2024) Washington Commanders (2024) New York Jets (2024–present)
47	John Carney	82.4%	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987 – 1989) Los Angeles Rams (1990) San Diego Chargers (1990 – 2000) New Orleans Saints (2001 – 2006) Jacksonville Jaguars (2007) Kansas City Chiefs (2007) New York Giants (2008) New Orleans Saints (2009 – 2010)
48	Michael Badgley	82.3%	Indianapolis Colts (2018) Los Angeles Chargers (2018 – 2020) Tennessee Titans (2021) Indianapolis Colts (2021) Chicago Bears (2022) Detroit Lions (2022) Washington Commanders (2023) Tennessee Titans (2023) Detroit Lions (2023–present)
49	Blair Walsh	82.3%	Minnesota Vikings (2012 – 2016) Seattle Seahawks (2017)
50	Jeff Reed	82.2%	Pittsburgh Steelers (2002 – 2010) Seattle Seahawks (2010)

See also

• Field goal
• Placekicker
• List of longest NFL field goals

References

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