Minnesota Vikings

Kicking it through the years: NFL field-goal percentages

By Mark Craig

October 14, 2018 at 7:26PM
Carolina Panthers' Graham Gano (9) kicks the game-winning field goal against the New York Giants in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Jason E. Miczek)
It's been a rough year for kickers, but not for Carolina's Graham Gano, who booted a 63-yard field goal to beat the Giants last week. (Ken Chia — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

KICKING IT

NFL kickers have made 82.6 percent of their field-goal attempts this season. If that pace holds up, it would be the lowest since 2010 (82.4). Kicking percentages through the years:

YearFG percentage

2017.843 (271 of 321)

2008.845 (264 of 312)

1998.796 (236 of 296)

1988.717 (204 of 284)

1978.631 (153 of 242)

1968.556 (151 of 272)

1958.469 (99 of 212)

1948.409 (45 of 110)

1938.406 (41 of 101)

about the writer

about the writer

Mark Craig

Sports reporter

Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).

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