Kansas City Chiefs Best Place Kickers in History
The Kansas City Chiefs, founded in 1960 as the Dallas Texans by businessman Lamar Hunt, are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Chiefs won three AFL championships, in 1962, 1966, and 1969, and were the second AFL team (after the New York Jets) to defeat an NFL team in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game, when they defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
The team is currently headed by Andy Reid (Reid was previously the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, a position he held from 1999 to 2012.)
Today, we put together a list of Kansas City Best Chiefs Best Place Kickers in History – NB: The list is in no order.
1. Jan Stenerud
Born November 26, 1942, Stenerud is a Norwegian-born former American football player for the AFL/NFL Kansas City Chiefs. He had played soccer as a youth in Norway, and his right leg’s prowess was observed by basketball head coach Roger Craft, while he walked to the nearby Fieldhouse.
Stenerud joined the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1966 draft and joined the NFL following the AFL–NFL merger. He played for the Chiefs for 13 years (1967-1979) until his release in the summer of 1980.
His 373 career field goals and seven seasons of scoring 100 or more points were also NFL records. He kicked 17 field goals over 50 yards, and his personal best was a 55-yarder against Denver in 1970.
During the 1972 Pro Bowl, he was named the Outstanding Offensive Player.
Career accomplishments
Super Bowl champion (IV)
3× Pro Bowl (1970, 1971, 1975)
3× First-team All-Pro (1970, 1971, 1974)
2× Second-team All-Pro (1975, 1976)
2× AFL All-Star (1968, 1969)
2× First-team All-AFL (1968–1969)
Second-team All-AFL (1967)
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
Kansas City Chiefs No. 3 retired
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
2. Nick Lowery
Affectionately tagged as “Nick The Kick” is a retired American Football Player who has eighteen years (18) of experience and had played for the Kansas City Chiefs for thirteen (13) years – (1980–1993).
Lowery grew up in Washinton DC and attended St. Albans School where he was a star football player. He shot to fame after he graduated with M.P.A from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, the first pro athlete to graduate from there.
He was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and when he retired was ranked first in field goal percentage and also had the most field goals in NFL history. As of 2018 he was 16th on the National Football League’s list of all-time scoring leaders and is the Chiefs’ all-time.
Lowery was listed among the Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame in 2009.
Career accomplishments
3× Pro Bowl (1981, 1990, 1992)
2× 1st team All-Pro (1985, 1990)
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame (2009)
3. Harrison Butker
Butker is an American Football Placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was born July 14, 1995, and has been nicknamed Butt Kicker (a play on words on his last name and position).
Butt Kicker was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs on September 25, 2017, as part of the Panthers’ practice squad. Butker converted a game-winning field goal in his debut game against the Washington Redskins.
During the 2019 season of the National Football League, Butker signed his one-year exclusive rights free agent tender with the Chiefs worth $645,000. On June 13, 2019, he signed a five-year extension worth $20.3 million.
Career accomplishments
Most field goals made by a rookie: 38
2nd in career field goal percentage (min 100 attempts): 90.6%
Longest field goal made: 58 yards (Tied, twice on September 20, 2020)
Most field goals made, season: 38 (2017)
Most field goals attempted by a rookie: 42
Most field goals made in first two seasons: 62
Most points by a rookie: 142
Most points by a kicker, season: 142 (2017)
Most points by a player in their first two seasons: 279
Highest field goal percentage by a rookie (min. 20 attempts): 90.5
Most games, 2+ field goals made, season (tied with Nick Lowery, Cairo Santos, and Jan Stenerud): 10 (2017)
Most games, 3+ field goals made, season: 8 (2017)
Most games, 4+ field goals made, season: 4 (2017)
Most games, 5+ field goals made, season: 3 (2017)
4. Ryan Barrow Succop
35-year-old Succop was drafted by the Chiefs as the final selection, 256th overall, of the 2009 NFL Draft which earned him the nickname “Mr Irrelevant”. He joined the team on a three-year deal worth up to $1.2 million on June 17, 2009.
Later that year, November 22, 2009, Succop kicked a 22-yard field goal in overtime to give Kansas City a 27–24 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“Mr Irrelevant” tied the knot with Paige Cooper in 2011. They had their first child, a son, in 2015 and they also had a daughter.
Career accomplishments
Highest field goal percentage by a rookie in a season (86.2)
Most consecutive successful field goals from inside 50 yards (56)
Most field goals made by a rookie
Most field goals made in a single game (6, September 23, 2012)
Most consecutive successful field goals from inside 50 yards (56)
Third highest successful field goal percentage in a season (91.7, 2016)
5. Lawrence Tynes
Tynes is a former Scottish-born American Football Player. He kick-started his career at Troy Trojans Football currently headed by Jon Sumrall.
Kansas City Chiefs signed Tynes as an undrafted free agent in 2001. Tynes spent the first two seasons with the Chiefs but only on their practice squad. He later re-signed for the Chiefs and was ready to be the next full-time kicker for the team.
Career accomplishments
17 field goals out of 23 opportunities (2004)
27 field goals out of 33 opportunities (2005)
24 field goals out of 31 opportunities (2006)
27 field goals out of 32 opportunities (2009)
19 field goals out of 23 opportunities (2010)
19 field goals out of 24 opportunities (2011)
33 field goals out of 39 opportunities (2012)
