- Adam Vinatieri
Adam Matthew Vinatieri (born December 28, 1972 in Yankton, South Dakota) is an American football placekicker currently playing for the Indianapolis Colts. He is best known for his tenure with the New England Patriots from 1996 to 2005, during which he played in four Super Bowls, winning three of them. Vinatieri also won a championship following the 2006 NFL season with Indianapolis.
- Lou Groza
Louis Roy Groza (January 25, 1924 - November 29, 2000) was an American football placekicker who played his entire career for the Cleveland Browns. Born to Hungarian immigrants in Martins Ferry, Ohio, a decidedly athletic family, he was the smallest (at 6' 3") of three brothers. He played one season for The Ohio State University, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, before being drafted into the Army.
- Jason Elam
Jason Elam (born March 8, 1970 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida) is an American football player, currently a placekicker with the Denver Broncos. He is a devout Christian.
- Morten Andersen
Morten Andersen (born August 19, 1960, in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an American football placekicker who played for the Atlanta Falcons in 2006 and is currently a free agent. He has enjoyed a long career as one of the NFL's most prolific kickers. At age 46, he is the oldest player in the NFL, and is seven months older than current Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino. On December 16, 2006, Andersen passed Gary Anderson to become the all-time leading scorer in NFL history.
- Rob Bironas
James Robert Douglas Bironas (born January 29, 1978 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football player. He is currently the kicker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. Before playing in the NFL, Bironas worked in security and loss prevention at a North Carolina Best Buy store.
- Lawrence Tynes
Lawrence James Henry Tynes (born May 3, 1978 in Greenock, Scotland) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the New York Giants of the NFL. He formerly played for the Kansas City Chiefs. Tynes is the fifth Scottish-born player in NFL history. Tynes was a standout kicker at Milton High School in Milton, Florida. He attended Troy State University, graduating with a degree in criminal justice, and school records for career field goals (45), …
- Mike Vanderjagt
Michael "Mike" Vanderjagt (born March 24, 1970 in Oakville, Ontario), is a Canadian professional gridiron football placekicker who has played in both the Canadian Football League and National Football League. Currently a free agent, he most recently played with the Dallas Cowboys. He was once the most accurate field-goal kicker in NFL history (229 of 265, 86.4% as of November 20 2006).
- Alexis Serna
Alexis Serna (born February 8, 1985 in Upland, California) is the starting placekicker for the Oregon State University football team, the Oregon State Beavers. He won the 2005 Lou Groza Award which recognized him as the best placekicker in the nation.
- Sebastian Janikowski
Sebastian Janikowski is a placekicker who currently plays for the NFL's Oakland Raiders. His nicknames are the "Polish Powderkeg", the "Polish Cannon", "Sea Bass" and "Lightning Feet". He currently lives in Castro Valley, California
- David Akers
David Roy Akers (born December 9, 1974, in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles. The left-footed Akers is considered one of the premier kickers in the National Football League.
- Nick Folk
Nick Folk is an American football kicker. Folk played for the University of Arizona during college and was selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 2007 NFL draft.
- Josh Brown
Joshua Brown (born April 29, 1979 in Foyil, Oklahoma) is an American football kicker for the Seattle Seahawks. He attended the University of Nebraska. Brown is rapidly gaining a reputation as one of the premiere clutch kickers in the league, making four game-winning field goals in the last minute in the 2006 season.
- Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson (born July 16, 1959 in Parys, Free State, South Africa) is a former American football placekicker. He was the first NFL kicker to have a "perfect season," successfully making every field goal and every PAT during regular season play.
- Mason Crosby
Mason Walker Crosby (born September 3, 1984 in Lubbock, Texas), is a American professional football placekicker for the Green Bay Packers. He was widely considered the best kicker in college football, as evidenced by his number one spot on ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr.'s Top 5 Seniors by position. He was a unanimous selection as a First Team All American by the Associated Press, FWAA, The Sporting News, and Walter Camp for the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season.
- John Carney
John Michael Carney (born April 20, 1964 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American football placekicker.
- Olindo Mare
Olindo Franco Mare (born June 6, 1973) is an American football placekicker for the National Football League's New Orleans Saints. He was the former longtime kicker of the Miami Dolphins. He attended Syracuse before joining the Dolphins.
- Nate Kaeding
Nate Kaeding (born March 26, 1982) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the San Diego Chargers of the NFL. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 2004 in the 3rd round with a pick acquired from Rivers-Manning Trade. The Coralville, Iowa native played college football at the University of Iowa, where he won the Lou Groza Award in 2002.
- Robbie Gould
Robert Paul Gould, III (born December 6, 1982) is an American football kicker for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He originally signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent out of Penn State University in 2005.
- Mike Nugent
Mike "The Nuge" Nugent (born March 2, 1982 in Centerville, Ohio) is an American football placekicker for the New York Jets of the NFL. He was selected with the 15th pick of the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of the Ohio State University. Mike Nugent attended Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio. As a senior kicker, he converted on 5 out of 7 field goal attempts from beyond 50 yards (24 of 27 altogether), kicked a 55 yard field goal (career long) twice, …
- Doug Brien
Douglas Robert Zachariah Brien (born November 24, 1970) was an American football placekicker. He played for the New York Jets, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, New Orleans Saints, and San Francisco 49ers, and was picked in the 3rd round of the 1994 NFL Draft by San Francisco out of University of California, Berkeley.
- Shayne Graham
Michael Shayne Graham (born December 9, 1977 in Radford, Virginia) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the Cincinnati Bengals. He attended Virginia Tech and signed as a free agent with the New Orleans Saints in 2000, but was waived before the start of the regular season. He has previously played for the Carolina Panthers and Buffalo Bills. Graham attended Pulaski County High School and was an avid football (soccer) player as a kid.
- Stephen Gostkowski
Stephen Carroll Gostkowski (pronounced "gust-ow-ski"; the first "k" is silent) is an American football placekicker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft with the 118th pick, one of just two kickers drafted that year, and the only drafted kicker to make an NFL roster. He played college football and baseball for the University of Memphis.
- Phil Dawson
Phil Dawson (born January 23 1975 in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a National Football League placekicker for the Cleveland Browns.
- Neil Rackers
Neil W. Rackers (born August 16, 1976 in Florissant, Missouri) is a placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals. He was selected with the third pick of the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals out of the University of Illinois. He has had over 20 touchbacks in a season twice in his career. His streak of consecutive field goals without a miss ended at 31 on November 27, 2005 when he missed a 43-yard field goal against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Norm Johnson
Norman Douglas Johnson (born May 31, 1960, Garden Grove, California) is a former professional American Football placekicker for 18 seasons in the National Football League. During that time, he played for the Seattle Seahawks (1982-1990), Atlanta Falcons (1991-1994), Pittsburgh Steelers (1995-1998), and the Philadelphia Eagles (1999). Before his NFL career, he played for UCLA.
- Jeff Wilkins
Jeff Allen Wilkins (born April 19, 1972 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. He previously played for the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles and attended Youngstown State University. Wilkins gained early recognition as a student athlete at Austintown Fitch High School in Austintown, Ohio. During this period, he won All-State honors as kicker and also served as the team's starting quarterback.
- George Blanda
George Frederick Blanda (born September 17 1927, Youngwood, Pennsylvania) is a former American football placekicker and quarterback. The son of a Pittsburgh area coal miner, Blanda has the distinction of having played 26 professional seasons of American football, the most in the sport's history, and had scored more points than anyone in history at the time of his retirement.
- Justin Medlock
Justin Medlock is a American football kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and high school football for Mission San Jose High School. Medlock was thought to go into the preseason competing with Lawrence Tynes for the kicking job, but the Chiefs traded Tynes to the New York Giants, thus giving Medlock the "de facto" starting job.
- Josh Scobee
Joshua Taylor Scobee (born June 23, 1982 in Longview, Texas) is an American football kicker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
- Mario Danelo
Mario Danelo was an American college football placekicker.
- Katie Hnida
Katharine Anne Hnida, better known as Katie Hnida (born May 17, 1981), on August 30, 2003, became the first woman to score in a NCAA Division I football game. As a placekicker for the University of New Mexico she scored two extra points against Texas State University in the fourth quarter of a 72-8 New Mexico win. She attended Chatfield High School near Littleton, where she was a member of the football team. She was 3 for 3 in field goal attempts, …
- Jason Hanson
Jason Douglas "Thunderfoot" Hanson (born June 17, 1970 in Spokane, Washington) is an American football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League.
- John Kasay
John David Kasay (born October 27, 1969 in Athens, Georgia) is a National Football League player. He is currently the placekicker, and the last charter player, for the Carolina Panthers.
- Kris Brown
Kris Brown (born December 23, 1976, in Irving, Texas) is a placekicker for the Houston Texans. He was originally drafted in the 7th round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the first six years of his NFL career, he has converted 132 of 173 field goals (76%) and scored 573 points. He has been a key player for the expansion team Houston Texans, being their placekicker for the entire 4 years of their existence.
- Billy Cundiff
Billy Cundiff (born March 30, 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona) is a National Football League placekicker currently playing for the Atlanta Falcons as a kickoff specialist. Cundiff previously played four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He holds the record (with three others) for most field goals converted in a game with seven against the New York Giants on Monday Night Football on September 15, 2003.
- Joe Nedney
Joseph Thomas Nedney (born March 22, 1973 in San Jose, California) is an American football placekicker for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers.
- Steve Christie
Geoffrey Stephen Christie (born November 13, 1967 in Hamilton, Ontario) was an NFL placekicker, who as a member of the Buffalo Bills became known for his ability to kick clutch field goals, even in poor weather. Christie, who grew up in nearby Oakville, Ontario, graduated from The College of William and Mary and made his NFL debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1990. He made all 27 extra point attempts and 23 of 27 field goal tries in his rookie season.
- Matt Prater
Matt Prater (born August 10, 1984 in Mayfield Heights, Ohio) is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played collegiately at Central Florida.
- Anthony Thomas
Anthony Jermaine Thomas (born November 7, 1977 in Winnfield, Louisiana) is an American football running back who plays for the Buffalo Bills of the NFL.
- Paul Edinger
Paul Edinger (born January 17, 1978 in Frankfort, Michigan; raised in Lakeland, Florida) is a free agent National Football League kicker. Edinger has played for the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. Edinger is known for his unusual "corkscrew" kicking motion: before the snap he faces backwards in the direction of the opposite side of the field. As the ball is snapped he turns as he steps in a circular pattern toward the ball.