I can’t explain it, but Stephen Gostkowski sure keeps knocking in a bunch of points, doesn’t he? Every year there are elite kicking prospects, but he’s done a much better job than those guys at keeping it going.
Over the last 20 years, there have been 37 kickers who’ve scored 140-plus points in a season. That includes Gostkowski doing it five times. But he’s done a much better job than the others at maintain that success.
With Gostkowski, he’s followed up those good seasons by leading the league in scoring four times. He finished 6th in scoring after his other big season, which isn’t bad.
For the 32 non-Gostkowski kickers only five of them finished in the top 5 in scoring again the next year. David Akers led the league in scoring in 2011, and he also ranked 2nd in 2009. Mason Crosby, Steven Hauschka and Mike Vanderjagt at least made the top 5.
But only eight others made the top 10. So for the majority of non-Gostkowski kickers – guys having scored 140-plus points, about 60 percent of those guys in their next season aren’t even ranking in the top 10 the next year.
Weird.
The NFL had two kickers over 140 points last year – Gostkowski and Graham Gano.
KICKERS WITH 140-PLUS POINTS (the next year) | |||
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Year | Player | Points | Rank |
2011 | David Akers | 166 | 1 |
2013 | Stephen Gostkowski | 158 | 1 |
2014 | Stephen Gostkowski | 156 | 1 |
2012 | Stephen Gostkowski | 153 | 1 |
2015 | Stephen Gostkowski | 151 | 1 |
2009 | David Akers | 139 | 2 |
2014 | Mason Crosby | 134 | 4T |
2014 | Steven Hauschka | 134 | 4T |
2012 | David Akers | 131 | 9 |
2014 | Justin Tucker | 129 | 10 |
2011 | Sebastian Janikowski | 129 | 8 |
2008 | Mason Crosby | 127 | 7T |
2007 | Robbie Gould | 126 | 7 |
2009 | Stephen Gostkowski | 125 | 6 |
2013 | Blair Walsh | 121 | 15 |
2000 | Mike Vanderjagt | 121 | 5T |
2004 | Mike Vanderjagt | 119 | 7 |
2000 | Olindo Mare | 117 | 8 |
2006 | Neil Rackers | 116 | 7T |
2012 | Mason Crosby | 113 | 17 |
2013 | Matt Bryant | 111 | 21T |
2010 | Nate Kaeding | 109 | 14 |
2014 | Phil Dawson | 108 | 19 |
1999 | Steve Christie | 108 | 11T |
2015 | Adam Vinatieri | 107 | 17 |
2006 | Jay Feely | 107 | 15T |
2014 | Nick Novak | 106 | 21T |
1996 | Norm Johnson | 106 | 16 |
1999 | Gary Anderson | 103 | 19 |
2005 | Adam Vinatieri | 100 | 19T |
1997 | John Kasay | 91 | 22T |
2004 | Jeff Wilkins | 89 | 24 |
2009 | John Carney | 89 | 21 |
2014 | Matt Prater | 84 | 28T |
2015 | Cody Parkey | 16 | 37 |
2012 | John Kasay | 0 | --- |
2013 | Lawrence Tynes | 0 | --- |
2016 | • Graham Gano | ? | ? |
2016 | • Stephen Gostkowski | ? | ? |
—Ian Allan