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Fantasy Football Draft Rankings: Kickers
When it comes to winning your fantasy football league in 2026, every position matters — including kicker (for those that still choose to participate). While often overlooked, drafting a reliable kicker can sometimes be the difference between a weekly win and loss, especially in tight matchups. Whether you’re in a standard scoring format or a league that rewards bonus points for long field goals, knowing which kickers to target (and which to avoid) is essential.
In this article, we break down the top fantasy football kickers for 2026, based on projected scoring, team offensive efficiency, and historical accuracy. From elite options like Brandon Aubrey to potential breakout kickers flying under the radar, our FantasyPros ECR 2026 kicker rankings will help you lock in the best value at the position on draft day.
Let’s kick* it off — here are the best fantasy football kickers to draft in 2026.
Fantasy Football Draft Rankings: Kickers
Here are our latest Kicker Fantasy Football Draft Rankings from our consensus of fantasy football experts. You can find the latest kicker rankings here and sync your league for specific advice.
| RK | TIERS | PLAYER NAME | TEAM | BEST | WORST | AVG. | STD.DEV | ECR VS. ADP |
| 1 | 1 | Brandon Aubrey | DAL | 1 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | Ka’imi Fairbairn | HOU | 1 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | Cameron Dicker | LAC | 2 | 16 | 3.8 | 2.5 | -1 |
| 4 | 2 | Cam Little | JAC | 2 | 17 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | Jason Myers | SEA | 3 | 16 | 5.5 | 2.7 | -1 |
| 6 | 2 | Tyler Loop | BAL | 4 | 17 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | Eddy Pineiro | SF | 5 | 18 | 8.1 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | Evan McPherson | CIN | 5 | 23 | 10.1 | 3.9 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | Jake Bates | DET | 2 | 16 | 11.1 | 3.1 | -2 |
| 10 | 3 | Cairo Santos | CHI | 6 | 16 | 10.1 | 2.2 | 8 |
| 11 | 3 | Harrison Mevis | LAR | 6 | 22 | 12.3 | 4.2 | -5 |
| 12 | 3 | Chris Boswell | PIT | 7 | 21 | 13.3 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 13 | 3 | Chase McLaughlin | TB | 7 | 25 | 12.7 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 14 | 3 | Harrison Butker | KC | 8 | 22 | 13.7 | 3.6 | -5 |
| 15 | 3 | Andy Borregales | NE | 8 | 21 | 12.2 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 16 | 3 | Wil Lutz | DEN | 7 | 20 | 15.7 | 2.7 | -2 |
| 17 | 3 | Will Reichard | MIN | 8 | 23 | 15.2 | 3.9 | -5 |
| 18 | 4 | Jake Elliott | PHI | 6 | 24 | 18.5 | 3.5 | -7 |
| 19 | 4 | Charlie Smyth | NO | 13 | 26 | 18.4 | 2.7 | – |
| 20 | 4 | Blake Grupe | IND | 5 | 36 | 22.3 | 6.1 | – |
Fantasy Football Player Notes: Kickers
Pat Fitzmaurice shares notes on a few kickers he’s targeting and avoiding this draft season.
After converting only 72.7% of his field goal attempts in 2024, five-year veteran Evan McPherson had a career-best 89.3% FG accuracy rate in 2025, hitting 25-of-28 attempts. McPherson finished 14th among kickers in fantasy scoring last year and hasn’t finished in the top 10 since his 2021 rookie season. But if Bengals QB Joe Burrow, who missed nine games last season, enjoys a season of good health, McPherson should have his fair share of FG and PAT opportunities.
Lions kicker Jake Bates has one of the strongest legs in the NFL, and he plays for a team that can really pile on the points. Bates has led the NFL in extra points in each of the last two seasons, making 64 of them in 2024 and 54 of them in 2025. Perhaps the worst thing about having Bates as your fantasy kicker is that Lions head coach Dan Campbell is hyper-aggressive about going for it on fourth down, which robs Bates of some FG attempts. But Campbell is also willing to let his kicker try some long-range bombs. Bates was 4-of-9 on FG attempts from 50 yards or longer last season, and two of the misses were from 67 and 65 yards.
Coming off the finest season of his six-year career, Eddy Pineiro looks like a solid fantasy option for 2026. Pineiro led all kickers in field goal accuracy last season, converting at a 96.6% clip. He was a perfect 21-of-21 from inside 50 yards and was 6-of-7 from 50 yards and beyond. Strangely, Pineiro was less accurate on PATs than on field goals, hitting 89.5% of his 38 extra-point attempts. The 49ers brought in Pineiro in Week 2 after Jake Moody missed a 27-yard FG attempt and had a 36-yard try blocked in San Francisco’s 17-13 Week 1 victory over Seattle. Pineiro averaged 10.0 fantasy points per game last year, tying for fifth in that category among kickers who played at least six games.
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