Which Teams Need A Kicker & Who’s Still On The Market?

NFL teams treat the kicker position differently than any other spot on the roster. There’s no question it’s important — if you’ve ever rooted for a team with a bad kicker, you understand the weekly angst it generates. Kickers will lead most teams in scoring and can win and lose games.

But it’s a binary position. You either have a kicker or you don’t if you’re a team, and it’s rare to see a squad keep a backup into the regular season except occasionally on the practice squad. Kickers also have a far shorter leash than other positions, and an accuracy drought will result in a pink slip for all but a few established options.

There are several teams who are set to enter the 2025 season with uncertainty at the kicker position, so in this article we’ll look at the leaguewide landscape at the position, including which teams have kicking questions and what the options are to solve them.

Basically, if your team might need a kicker, here’s everything you need to know:

League Landscape

This table shows all 32 teams, the starting kicker and any notable competition the team brought in. Not every kicker is listed, as some of these players are just camp legs to give established starters less of a workload.

**TeamKickerCompetition?**49ersJake MoodyGreg JosephBearsCairo Santos Bengals BillsTyler Bass BroncosWil Lutz BrownsDustin Hopkins Buccaneers CardinalsChad Ryland ChargersCameron Dicker ChiefsHarrison Butker ColtsSpencer ShraderMaddux TrujilloCommandersMatt Gay CowboysBrandon Aubrey DolphinsJason Sanders EaglesJake Elliott FalconsYounghoe KooLenny KriegGiantsGraham GanoJaguarsCam Little JetsAnders CarlsonCaden DavisLionsJake Bates Packers PanthersRyan FitzgeraldMatthew WrightPatriotsJohn Parker RomoRaidersDaniel Carlson RamsJoshua Karty RavensTyler LoopJohn HoylandSaintsBlake GrupeCharlie SmythSeahawksJosh Myers SteelersChris Boswell TexansKa’imi Fairbairn TitansJoey Slye VikingsWill Reichard And here’s a look at some of the top free agent kickers still available.

• Justin Tucker (35 years old, career 89.1 percent on field goals, No. 1 all-time)
• Eddy Pineiro (29, 88.1 percent, No. 3 all-time)
• Nick Folk (40, 84.3 percent, No. 28 all-time)
• Matt Prater (40, 83.6 percent, No. 38 all-time)
• Randy Bullock (35, 83.4 percent, No. 39 all-time)
• Greg Zuerlein (37, 82.2 percent, No. 50 all-time)
• Zane Gonzalez (30, 80 percent, No. 70 all-time)
• Rodrigo Blankenship (28, 83.9 percent, not enough kicks to qualify for all-time leaderboard but is 21 of 22 in the UFL for the St. Louis Battlehawks this spring)

Perhaps you’ve noticed if you’re a regular reader of the website, but the last few weeks we’ve been going through our Top 100 Available NFL Free Agents list and looking at the best potential landing spots for our top free agents. Tucker is not in our top 100, no specialists are, but he might be one of the most impactful free agents still available considering he’s the most accurate kicker in NFL history.

The situation with Tucker is complicated, though. After all, there’s a story behind why he’s not kicking for another season in Baltimore where he was one of the most beloved athletes in history for an organization that has seen...