get your kicks here

I am currently in a debate over rating of kickers. A buddy told me he felt Kaeding was only behind Vinatieri in the NFL. I strongly disagree, i believe Kaeding is a great kicker and near the end of his saga he will be one of the NFL's elite kickers just know he hasnt proven himself. So i got some numbers together and in accuracy Kaeding is one of the higher numbers in the NFL but he hasn't even kicked 100 fieldgoals so heres some number let me know how you rank these kickers.

Last name % made attempts

Vinatieri 82.5 288 349

Elam 80.2 368 459

Kaeding 85.9 67 78

Akers 81.6 173 212

Wilkins 82.5 283 343

Hanson 81.5 356 437

Carney 81.8 413 505

Gould 84.1 53 63

Now to rate Kaeding in the top 3 even i feel is unfair he hasn't done it long enough. Stating Kaeding is in the top 5 is as bad as Wade Phillips stating Tony Romo is like Jim Kelly and John Elway. My rating goes like this:

1. Vinatieri

2. Wilkins

3. Elam

4. Carney

5. Hanson

6. Akers

7. Kaeding

8. Gould

Now unfortunatly i do have a life so i could not do all starting kickers to show where Kaeding truly lies but if your looking at it by career and performance i think you will agree. Please remember dont rank these kickers in fantasy rankings. We are trying to judge if you owned a team who would you want kicking for you? As well please feel free to disagree and make a valid arguement for your line up.