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Kickers

Fancy scoring systems are best ignored

Some fantasy leagues use more of a performance-driven scoring system for kickers. Rather than getting simple NFL points (3 for field goals, 1 for extra points), guys also get a point for every 10 yards beyond the 30. That is, a 35-yard field goal is worth 3.5 points, and a 52-yard field goal is worth 5.2 points.

Sounds good in theory, and it’s fine. But it’s not something that should be heavily influencing how you should rank the players at that position.

Looking at last year’s numbers, almost all of the kickers show up within a spot or two of the same position in both scoring system.

2013 KICKER RANKINGS
PlayerNFLRnkFantRnk
Stephen Gostkowski1581190.61
Matt Prater1502177.42
Justin Tucker1406174.13
Adam Vinatieri1398173.24
Steven Hauschka1434169.25
Phil Dawson1407166.96
Nick Novak1443166.47
Mason Crosby1415162.28
Dan Bailey1319161.69
Nick Folk12613156.210
Dan Carpenter13110155.911
Jay Feely12712153.512
Shaun Suisham12911145.813
Robbie Gould12314140.914
Blair Walsh12115137.915
Graham Gano11418136.016
Caleb Sturgis11121133.617
Rob Bironas11617133.018
Ryan Succop11816131.719
Greg Zuerlein11220129.520
Matt Bryant11122129.521
Alex Henery11419128.922
Mike Nugent10624126.323
Randy Bullock10425125.924
Garrett Hartley10723124.225
Rian Lindell10026120.326
Sebastian Janikowski10027119.127
Josh Brown10028115.028
David Akers9929112.729
Billy Cundiff9530112.130
Josh Scobee9131110.431
Kai Forbath803292.732

—Ian Allan

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