2021 NFL Wide Left Misses Leaders

Field goals that missed to the left of the uprights, taken from the play description. College play-by-play does not record the direction of a miss, so this is an NFL stat.

Left and right miss counts together can hint at a kicker's tendency, but small counts are noisy. In 2021, Matt Prater (4) led NFL kickers in wide left misses, ahead of Greg Zuerlein (4) and Dustin Hopkins (4). 32 kickers qualify.

Final 2021 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Wide left	FG	FG%	LNG	50+	MAKE
1	Matt Prater	Arizona Cardinals	4	30-37	81.1%	62	7-10	−0.52
2	Greg Zuerlein	Dallas Cowboys	4	29-35	82.9%	56	2-5	−0.04
3	Dustin Hopkins	Los Angeles Chargers	4	30-34	88.2%	50	2-5	+1.08
4	Mason Crosby	Green Bay Packers	4	25-34	73.5%	54	3-4	−3.97
5	Jason Myers	Seattle Seahawks	4	17-23	73.9%	53	3-5	−2.13
6	Chris Boswell	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	36-40	90.0%	56	8-9	+3.40
7	Evan McPherson	Cincinnati Bengals	3	28-33	84.8%	58	9-11	+1.92
8	Michael Badgley	Indianapolis Colts	3	18-22	81.8%	46	0-1	−1.00
9	Matt Ammendola	New York Jets	3	13-19	68.4%	49	0-3	−3.28
10	Daniel Carlson	Las Vegas Raiders	2	40-43	93.0%	56	6-7	+2.90
11	Randy Bullock	Tennessee Titans	2	26-31	83.9%	51	1-1	−0.49
12	Chase McLaughlin	Cleveland Browns	2	15-21	71.4%	57	4-4	−1.65
13	Ka'imi Fairbairn	Houston Texans	2	15-19	78.9%	61	4-6	−0.47
14	Austin Seibert	Detroit Lions	2	10-12	83.3%	52	1-2	+0.15
15	Aldrick Rosas	New Orleans Saints	2	2-5	40.0%	44	0-2	−1.64
16	Josh Lambo	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	0-3	0.0%	0	0-2	−2.06
17	Greg Joseph	Minnesota Vikings	1	33-38	86.8%	55	7-9	+0.86
18	Graham Gano	New York Giants	1	29-33	87.9%	55	7-10	+1.82
19	Tyler Bass	Buffalo Bills	1	28-32	87.5%	57	2-4	+0.14
20	Brandon McManus	Denver Broncos	1	26-31	83.9%	61	5-9	+1.02
21	Jason Sanders	Miami Dolphins	1	23-31	74.2%	51	2-6	−2.03
22	Cairo Santos	Chicago Bears	1	26-30	86.7%	47	0-2	+0.65
23	Ryan Succop	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	25-30	83.3%	48	0-1	−1.71
24	Younghoe Koo	Atlanta Falcons	1	27-29	93.1%	54	4-5	+2.03
25	Harrison Butker	Kansas City Chiefs	1	25-28	89.3%	56	7-9	+2.81
26	Matthew Wright	Jacksonville Jaguars	1	21-24	87.5%	56	4-6	+0.78
27	Zane Gonzalez	Carolina Panthers	1	20-22	90.9%	57	3-5	+2.29
28	Brett Maher	New Orleans Saints	1	16-18	88.9%	42	0-1	−0.17
29	Rodrigo Blankenship	Indianapolis Colts	1	11-14	78.6%	48	0-1	−0.91
30	Elliott Fry	Kansas City Chiefs	1	4-5	80.0%	44	0-0	−0.20
31	Bradley Pinion	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	0-1	0.0%	0	0-1	−0.40
32	Mitch Wishnowsky	San Francisco 49ers	1	0-1	0.0%	0	0-0	−0.85

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