# List of most accurate kickers in NFL history
The most accurate kickers in NFL history are ranked by career field goal percentage (FG%), the share of field goal attempts a player made, with a qualification threshold of at least 100 career attempts on the standard all-time leaderboards. As of the 2025 season, **Cameron Dicker** of the [Los Angeles Chargers](https://www.edgepedia.org/los-angeles-chargers) holds the top spot at 93.478%, ahead of Eddy Piñeiro (89.677%) and [Justin Tucker](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-tucker) (89.103%).[1](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career_2025.htm) Dicker, who was cut by three teams in 2022 before signing with the Chargers, first qualified for the leaderboard early in the 2025 season when he reached 100 attempts.[2](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/los-angeles-chargers/news/how-chargers-cameron-dicker-3-cuts-most-accurate-kicker-nfl-history/bf0c7d5a8947393bfac78950)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| All-time leader | Cameron Dicker, 93.478% career FG% through the 2025 season[1](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career_2025.htm) |
| Qualification | At least 100 career field goal attempts to appear on the all-time leaderboard[2](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/los-angeles-chargers/news/how-chargers-cameron-dicker-3-cuts-most-accurate-kicker-nfl-history/bf0c7d5a8947393bfac78950) |
| Long-tenured leader | Justin Tucker, 89.103% on 417 of 468 attempts (2012–2024), was the career leader before Dicker[1](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career_2025.htm) • [3](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage) |
| Single-season record | 100.0%, set by Tony Zendejas in 1991[4](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/progression/field-goal-percentage) |
| Distance effect | Field goals from 20 yards are made 98.58% of the time; from 50 yards, 67.89%[5](https://www.bruinsportsanalytics.org/journalism/evaluating-nfl-kicker-performance) |
| Era effect | Attempts from 50+ yards have increased by over 150% since 2000, lowering raw percentages for recent kickers relative to their difficulty[6](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html) |
| Volume leader | Adam Vinatieri, 599 field goals on 715 attempts (83.8%), retired with the NFL records for attempts, consecutive field goals made (44), and 100-plus point seasons (21)[3](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage) • [7](https://apnews.com/article/ef37b5a9f661bd36dfc377e583b7691b) |
## Career leaders
Pro-Football-Reference's career leaderboard through the 2025 season ranks the top kickers as follows:[1](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career_2025.htm)
| Rank | Player | FG% | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron Dicker | 93.478 | 2TM |
| 2 | Eddy Piñeiro | 89.677 | 4TM |
| 3 | Justin Tucker | 89.103 | rav |
| 4 | Harrison Butker | 88.380 | kan |
| 5 | Brandon Aubrey | 88.189 | dal |
| 6 | Chris Boswell | 87.683 | pit |
| 7 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | 87.629 | htx |
| 8 | Riley Patterson | 87.379 | 6TM |
| 9 | Josh Lambo | 87.075 | 3TM |
| 10 | Daniel Carlson | 86.873 | 2TM |
The next tier includes Mike Vanderjagt (86.466%), [Robbie Gould](https://www.edgepedia.org/robbie-gould) (86.460%), [Kai Forbath](https://www.edgepedia.org/kai-forbath) (86.364%), [Stephen Gostkowski](https://www.edgepedia.org/stephen-gostkowski) (86.344%), and Nate Kaeding (86.190%).[1](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career_2025.htm) A second leaderboard, League Leaders, which compiles every season from 1922 through 2026 and uses the same 100-attempt bar, gives slightly different values because it includes more recent games: Dicker 92.3% (132 of 143), Piñeiro 89.3%, Tucker 89.1%, Aubrey 88.1%, and Butker 88.0%, with the top ten running from 92.3% down to 86.5%.[3](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage) The two sources agree on the identity of the leader and on Tucker's standing; the gap in Dicker's percentage reflects the different cutoff dates.
## Justin Tucker's tenure as the record holder
For most of the 2010s and early 2020s, **Justin Tucker** was the standard for accuracy. A 2022 report described him as the most precise kicker in NFL history at 91% (326 of 358) on field goals and 99% (382 of 386) on extra points, and credited him with the longest field goal in league history, a 66-yard game-winner against the [Detroit Lions](https://www.edgepedia.org/detroit-lions) in Week 3 of the 2021 season.[8](https://as.com/us/nfl/justin-tucker-y-el-contrato-record-para-un-kicker-en-la-nfl-n/) That same year the [Baltimore Ravens](https://www.edgepedia.org/baltimore-ravens) made him the highest-paid kicker in league history with a $24 million extension through 2027.[8](https://as.com/us/nfl/justin-tucker-y-el-contrato-record-para-un-kicker-en-la-nfl-n/) His career line through 2024 stands at 417 makes on 468 attempts, 89.1%.[3](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage)
## Why raw percentages need context
Career field goal percentage is the simplest accuracy measure, but analysts treat it as a starting point rather than a verdict. Three adjustments matter.[6](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html)
**Distance.** Success probability falls steeply and continuously with kick length: about 99% from under 30 yards, 85 to 90% from 30 to 39 yards, 70 to 75% from 40 to 49 yards, 55 to 60% from 50 to 59 yards, and 20 to 30% from 60 yards and beyond.[6](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html) A distance-only logistic regression model on 2018–2023 data achieves an AUC of roughly 0.85 to 0.87, and each additional yard multiplies the odds of success by about 0.90, so a kicker attempting many long kicks will show a lower raw percentage than a similarly skilled kicker attempting short ones.[6](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html)
**Sample size.** Kickers attempt only about 25 to 35 field goals per season, so a single blocked kick or bad snap can move a season percentage by 3 to 4 points; true skill differences begin to emerge over roughly 120 to 140 attempts, which is why the 100-attempt qualification bar exists.[2](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/los-angeles-chargers/news/how-chargers-cameron-dicker-3-cuts-most-accurate-kicker-nfl-history/bf0c7d5a8947393bfac78950) • [6](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html)
**Conditions and era.** Weather, altitude, dome versus outdoor stadiums, and field surface all shift success rates, and rules, balls, and coaching behavior change over time, so career percentages are not directly comparable across decades.[5](https://www.bruinsportsanalytics.org/journalism/evaluating-nfl-kicker-performance) • [6](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html) Expected-points models address this by comparing each kick's result to a probability-weighted expectation based on distance, location, weather, and game situation.[5](https://www.bruinsportsanalytics.org/journalism/evaluating-nfl-kicker-performance)
## Accuracy versus volume and longevity
The accuracy leaderboard and the volume leaderboard reward different careers. [Adam Vinatieri](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-vinatieri), inducted into the [Pro Football Hall of Fame](https://www.edgepedia.org/pro-football-hall-of-fame) in 2026 as the third full-time placekicker enshrined after Jan Stenerud and [Morten Andersen](https://www.edgepedia.org/morten-andersen), ranks 42nd on the all-time percentage list at 83.8% but retired with the NFL's top marks for field goal attempts (715), consecutive field goals made (44), and 100-plus point seasons (21), along with 2,673 career points and 599 field goals.[3](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage) • [7](https://apnews.com/article/ef37b5a9f661bd36dfc377e583b7691b) His four Super Bowl rings are the most at his position.[7](https://apnews.com/article/ef37b5a9f661bd36dfc377e583b7691b) Robbie Gould (86.5% on 517 attempts over 18 seasons), Stephen Gostkowski (86.3% on 454 attempts), and Nick Folk (84.7% on 515 attempts over 19 seasons) similarly combine high career percentages with large attempt totals.[3](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage)
## Single-season marks
The single-season field goal percentage record is 100.0%, set by Tony Zendejas in 1991.[4](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/progression/field-goal-percentage) Recent seasons have produced near-perfect years among qualifiers: [Nick Folk](https://www.edgepedia.org/nick-folk) led the NFL at 96.552% in 2025, and Tyler Bass posted a 100.000% season in 2026.[9](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_year_by_year.htm) In 2023, Nick Folk connected on 29 of 30 attempts (96.7%) to set the Titans' franchise record for single-season accuracy.[10](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/titans/tmg1m5bgywsnzoqoecgq)
## References
1. [NFL Career Field Goal % Leaders Through 2025, Pro-Football-Reference](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_career_2025.htm)
2. [How Chargers' Cameron Dicker went from 3 cuts to most accurate kicker in NFL history, Sporting News](https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/los-angeles-chargers/news/how-chargers-cameron-dicker-3-cuts-most-accurate-kicker-nfl-history/bf0c7d5a8947393bfac78950)
3. [All-Time NFL Field Goal Percentage Leaders, League Leaders](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/all-time/field-goal-percentage)
4. [NFL Single-Season Field Goal Percentage Record Progression, League Leaders](https://leagueleaders.com/nfl/progression/field-goal-percentage)
5. [Evaluating NFL Kicker Performance, Bruin Sports Analytics](https://www.bruinsportsanalytics.org/journalism/evaluating-nfl-kicker-performance)
6. [Chapter 19: Kicking Analytics, NFL Analytics Textbook](https://nflanalytic.com/tutorials-chapter-19.html)
7. [Clutch kicker gets his due as Adam Vinatieri heads into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/ef37b5a9f661bd36dfc377e583b7691b)
8. [Justin Tucker y el contrato récord para un kicker en la NFL, AS](https://as.com/us/nfl/justin-tucker-y-el-contrato-record-para-un-kicker-en-la-nfl-n/)
9. [NFL Field Goal % Year-by-Year Leaders (since 1938), Pro-Football-Reference](https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/fg_perc_year_by_year.htm)
10. [Tennessee Titans media guide, all-time field goal leaders](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/upload/titans/tmg1m5bgywsnzoqoecgq)
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