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List of most accurate kickers in NFL history
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This article contains a full list of the 20 most accurate kickers in NFL history with at least 100 field goal attempts. Cameron Dicker has the most accurate field goal percentage (FG%) in the National Football League, hitting successful field goals 94.1% of the time during official games.[1] Current stats are updated from Pro Football Reference (PFR) NFL field goal % career leaders.[2]
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On September 15, 2025, Dicker kicked his 100th career field goal against the Las Vegas Raiders, making him the most accurate kicker in NFL history.[3]
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Evolution in accuracy
Field goal accuracy in the NFL has steadily improved over time.[4] At the beginning of the league's start in the 1930s, to the first Super Bowls in the 1960s, kickers' accuracy was between 40–55%. In the 1970s and 1980s, leading kickers typically converted around 70–75% of attempts. By the late 1990s through the 2000s, kickers' accuracy increased to around 80–85%. From the 2010s to 2020s, many of the league's most accurate kickers regularly hit the high 80% with some exceeding 90%.[5]
A 2015 article in FiveThirtyEight entitled "Kickers are Forever" found that kicker accuracy has increased over time, and there is a nearly perfect correlation between year and accuracy.[7]
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