2005 Top Second Half Fantasy Kickers

Coming on Strong to the Finish Line

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 second half after a slow start. Injuries to them or their teammates are often the cause, but other factors like strength of schedule can play a role too.

However, there is also a class of players that are simply known as slow starters. Year after year they come out poorly out of the gate and post weak early season numbers before they find their flow and start to pump out the stats.

Identifying and acquiring these players is critical as they are good value selections in the next draft. A lot of impressions get created in the first half of the season, which translates to your competition under-valuing talented players.

Another point is that the second half studs are often not slow starters, but emerging stars who only began to get their opportunity later in the season.

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

 

 

  

 

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