Ranking kickers is a fools errand. With that said, this list was pretty much determined by the match-up. If you've been following me all these years you know how I feel about rankings in general. I believe things really being to solidify around week 4 and until then we're giving it our best guess based on the data available and the few gut feelings I have about week 1.
| Rank | Kickers | Team | Opp |
| 1 | Wil Lutz | NO | vs. TB |
| 2 | Justin Tucker | BAL | vs. BUF |
| 3 | Stephen Gostkowski | NE | vs. HOU |
| 4 | Greg Zuerlein | LAR | at OAK |
| 5 | Matt Prater | DET | vs. NYJ |
| 6 | Mason Crosby | GB | vs. CHI |
| 7 | Caleb Sturgis | LAC | vs. KC |
| 8 | Chris Boswell | PIT | at CLE |
| 9 | Jake Elliott | PHI | vs. ATL |
| 10 | Adam Vinatieri | IND | vs. CIN |
| 11 | Matt Bryant | ATL | at PHI |
| 12 | Graham Gano | CAR | vs. DAL |
| 13 | Ryan Succop | TEN | at MIA |
| 14 | Josh Lambo | JAC | at NYG |
| 15 | Daniel Carlson | MIN | vs. SF |
| 16 | Harrison Butker | KC | at LAC |
| 17 | Phil Dawson | ARI | vs. WAS |
| 18 | Dustin Hopkins | WAS | at ARI |
| 19 | Randy Bullock | CIN | at IND |
| 20 | Brandon McManus | DEN | vs. SEA |
| 21 | Robbie Gould | SF | at MIN |
| 22 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | HOU | at NE |
| 23 | Brett Maher | DAL | at CAR |
| 24 | Mike Nugent | OAK | vs. LAR |
| 25 | Sebastian Janikowski | SEA | at DEN |
| 26 | Jason Sanders | MIA | vs. TEN |
| 27 | Cody Parkey | CHI | at GB |
| 28 | Chandler Catanzaro | TB | at NO |
| 29 | Aldrick Rosas | NYG | vs. JAC |
| 30 | Steven Hauschka | BUF | at BAL |
| 31 | Zane Gonzalez | CLE | vs. PIT |
| 32 | Jason Myers | NYJ | at DET |
