Commentary
Week 1 rankings: Kickers
Updated: September 9, 2011, 3:54 PM ET
By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com
[Editor's Note: Rankings updated Friday to reflect latest news and to remove Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints players.]
Top 20 kickers for Week 1
By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST | Flex
(Click on ranker to sort)| Rank | Name | Team | Opp. | ![]() Berry | ![]() Harris | ![]() Karabell | ![]() Cockcroft | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nate Kaeding | SD | Min | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 2 | Neil Rackers | HOU | Ind | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.3 |
| 3 | Stephen Gostkowski | NE | @Mia | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 4 | Sebastian Janikowski | OAK | @Den | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 5 | Alex Henery | PHI | @StL | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Josh Brown | STL | Phi | 9 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6.5 |
| 7 | Billy Cundiff | BAL | Pit | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6.5 |
| 8 | Rob Bironas | TEN | @Jac | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6.8 |
| 9 | Nick Folk | NYJ | Dal | 5 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8.8 |
| 10 | Adam Vinatieri | IND | @Hou | 7 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9.5 |
| 11 | David Akers | SF | Sea | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11.5 |
| 12 | Jay Feely | ARI | Car | 8 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 12.0 |
| 13 | Matt Bryant | ATL | @Chi | 12 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 12.3 |
| 14 | Matt Prater | DEN | Oak | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15.3 |
| 15 | Robbie Gould | CHI | Atl | 13 | 13 | 16 | NR | 15.8 |
| 16 | Ryan Longwell | MIN | @SD | 18 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 16.5 |
| 17 | Ryan Succop | KC | Buf | 20 | NR | 18 | 11 | 17.5 |
| 18 | Lawrence Tynes | NYG | @Wsh | 16 | NR | 13 | NR | 17.8 |
| 19 | Dan Carpenter | MIA | NE | 17 | 15 | 20 | NR | 18.3 |
| 20 | Jason Hanson | DET | @TB | NR | 16 | 17 | NR | 18.8 |
These rankings are intended to rate players for Week 1 of the NFL season only. They are a composite of Matthew Berry's, Christopher Harris', Eric Karabell's and Tristan H. Cockcroft's personal rankings for the week. ESPN's official fantasy projections and profiles for Week 1 can be viewed by clicking here.
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