2005 Top First Half Fantasy Kickers

The Players Who Were Strong Out of the Gate

Stats that reflect a player's season totals are often misleading. The NFL season lasts a long time, and players often have impressive stretches of play that get lost in the shuffle.

There are a lot of reasons why certain players have a great first half but tail off later in the year. Injuries to them or their teammates are often the cause, but other factors like strength of schedule can play a role too.

However, there are also a class of players that are simply known as fast starters. Year after year they come out strong out of the gate and post gaudy early season numbers before the grind of the season wears them down.  

Identifying and acquiring these players is critical as the outcome of the first 8 games of the year often determines who will make the fantasy playoffs. A side bonus is you can ride these guys and then trade them off before their scoring declines.

We use the Freaks' standard scoring system and all of the scoring totals are rounded to the nearest whole number. 

So study hard, and come next fantasy draft you'll have the best stocked roster in your league. 

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Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends | Kickers | Team Defense / Special Teams

Extra Point = 1 |  1-29 Yard FG = 3 | 30-39 Yard FG = 4  | 40-49 Yard FG = 5 | 50+ Yard FG = 7

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1st Half Total

2nd Half Total
1 Neil Rackers 9 15 22 27 11 0 9 13 20 11 18 7 0 9 9 11 9 200 126 74
2 Jay Feely 6 11 13 16 0 13 10 27 6 10 9 10 5 15 12 11 15 189 102 87
3 Lawrence Tynes 12 15 4 8 0 9 21 9 11 4 10 17 8 4 5 2 14 153 89 64
4 Rian Lindell 21 5 14 1 10 14 7 13 0 2 8 13 3 1 6 13 19 150 85 65
5 John Kasay 11 17 10 10 8 3 0 10 11 14 4 7 6 5 10 10 17 153 80 73
6 Rob Bironas 1 14 12 5 16 13 8 8 2 0 4 18 3 7 7 4 1 123 77 46
7 Josh Brown 2 3 16 9 16 6 15 0 9 8 11 7 6 19 4 4 7 142 76 66
8 Jeff Reed 12 11 9 0 8 5 10 11 9 13 10 1 7 3 12 12 5 138 75 63
9 Shayne Graham 10 16 7 12 11 7 8 3 3 0 19 11 9 12 12 10 5 155 74 81
10 Matt Stover 1 5 0 9 7 12 8 19 12 5 14 3 5 4 14 14 13 145 73 72
11 Jason Elam 4 12 17 11 3 4 15 7 0 12 11 6 11 10 4 12 2 141 73 68
12 Nate Kaeding 7 7 11 13 14 11 6 4 7 0 13 7 13 3 19 1 1 137 73 64
13 Jeff Wilkins 19 5 9 7 9 10 4 8 0 13 11 12 1 11 14 16 10 159 71 88
14 Olindo Mare 12 1 10 0 2 13 9 19 4 5 0 7 6 12 7 6 20 133 70 63
15 Sebastian Janikowski 2 5 8 18 0 2 8 11 14 7 11 3 5 6 1 5 3 109 68 41
16 Paul Edinger 11 0 18 6 0 3 15 1 11 8 8 8 3 12 3 16 14 137 65 72
17 Matt Bryant 8 7 7 7 17 11 0 6 2 4 17 4 0 10 0 15 11 126 65 61
18 Josh Scobee 18 3 11 1 20 5 0 3 3 15 8 7 8 4 5 8 13 132 64 68
19 Joe Nedney 4 4 7 2 4 0 7 23 12 11 17 0 6 4 13 10 11 135 63 72
20 Phil Dawson 8 9 8 0 10 3 5 11 9 3 12 8 2 10 12 0 9 119 63 56
21 John Carney 15 4 4 16 4 7 5 8 5 0 7 3 3 7 6 16 7 117 63 54
22 Jose Cortez 4 10 2 8 19 12 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 64 62 2
23 Todd Peterson 2 5 6 14 6 12 11 0 5 6 10 9 9 12 4 7 3 121 61 60
24 Mike Vanderjagt 6 6 7 7 4 9 9 0 11 9 9 18 5 20 6 8 7 141 59 82
25 Adam Vinatieri 6 7 16 5 7 10 0 3 3 12 7 4 11 5 4 7 10 117 57 60
26 Jason Hanson 5 0 0 9 5 12 13 9 2 9 1 1 12 7 7 8 3 103 55 48
27 Kris Brown 1 1 0 4 18 5 2 18 2 5 5 11 17 5 14 13 5 126 51 75
28 Ryan Longwell 7 7 5 1 10 0 13 2 6 25 7 2 1 12 3 5 12 118 51 67
29 Mike Nugent 1 7 9 3 2 7 2 0 9 3 0 18 4 16 12 3 15 111 40 71
30 Nick Novak 0 2 0 11 9 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 46 35 11
31 Robbie Gould 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 8 9 6 9 8 16 3 12 8 4 97 31 66
32 Todd France 0 0 0 14 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 32 28 4
33 David Akers 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 5 18 0 18 6 3 11 92 21 71
34 John Hall 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 9 6 7 7 5 5 7 76 18 58
35 Doug Brien 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 0
36 Shaun Suisham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 10 7
37 Billy Cundiff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 5 8 1 6 0 35 0 35

 

 

  

 

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