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Kickers galore

Lots of elite options available in 2019

If you like kickers with strong track records, this is your year. There’s an unusual number of them that look really good.

In NFL history, only 24 teams have scored 400 kicking points in a three-year period. This year, we’ve got six of those teams.

Stephen Gostkowski and Justin Tucker, of course, have been racking up big points for years. (Tucker has gone for 141 three years in a row.)

Wil Lutz (pictured) has scored over 130 points in each of his first three seasons.

Greg Zuerlein has put up historic numbers the last two years.

And Atlanta and Kansas City (with multiple kickers) have been huge.

Of the previous 24 members of the 400 club, two thirds then scored at least 125 points in their next season. (One third, on the other hand, didn’t score more than 120 – falling short of expectations.)

In my opinion, all six of these kickers should be among the first eight or so selected in fantasy drafts.

On this chart (which might be a little convoluted; apologies) you’re seeing the 30 teams that have scored 400 kicking points in a season. Each of the three season totals is listed, followed by the total (in bold). The last number shows have they then fared in their fourth year.

TEAM KICKING POINTS: 400-POINT CLUB
YearTeam1st2nd3rdTotalNext
2012-14New England 153158156467151
2013-15New England 158156151465127
2011-13New England 143153158454156
2011-13San Francisco 166131140437108
2015-17New England 151127156434130
2014-16New England 156151127434156
2016-18Kansas City 129163137429?
2008-10Philadelphia 144139143426118
2010-12New England 128143153424158
2016-18Baltimore 141141141423?
2015-17Kansas City 129129163421137
2016-18New England 127156130413?
2012-14Denver 133150128411125
2016-18Atlanta 158137116411?
2007-09New England 137148125410128
2015-17Baltimore 128141141410141
2016-18New Orleans 133140136409?
1989-91Washington 128131149408120
2015-17Atlanta 109158137404116
2013-15Seattle 143134127404128
2009-11San Diego 146129128403114
2013-15Denver 150128125403119
2003-05Indianapolis 157124121402125
2008-10San Diego 127146129402128
2011-13Baltimore 130132140402129
2012-14Baltimore 132140129401128
2008-10New England 148125128401143
2016-18LA Rams80168153401?
1990-08Washington 13114912040072
2009-11Philadelphia 139143118400106

—Ian Allan

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