2023 NFL Onside Kicks Attempted Leaders

Onside kicks are short kickoffs meant to be recovered by the kicking team. Teams try them when behind late.

Only specialists with at least one appear. In 2023, Matt Prater (5) led NFL kickoff specialists in onside kicks attempted, ahead of Joey Slye (3) and Wil Lutz (3). 23 kickoff specialists qualify.

NFL rule from 2016 to 2023: a kickoff touchback started the receiving team at its 25 (from 2023 a fair catch inside the 25 did too), so a deep kick into the end zone was the safe, standard result. Kickoff Points Added accounts for the rule, so it is the fair way to compare kickoff specialists across leagues and seasons.

Final 2023 regular-season numbers, updated October 23, 2026.

Rk	Player	Team	Onside	Kickoffs	Avg dist	TB%	Returns	Points
1	Matt Prater	Arizona Cardinals	5	74	64.6	89%	8	0.0
2	Joey Slye	Washington Commanders	3	69	64.9	93%	5	−1.4
3	Wil Lutz	Denver Broncos	3	78	65.2	91%	7	+0.5
4	Ka'imi Fairbairn	Houston Texans	2	56	64.3	66%	19	+0.5
5	Brandon McManus	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	84	64.3	77%	19	−4.2
6	Cairo Santos	Chicago Bears	2	74	65.0	81%	14	+4.8
7	Eddy Pineiro	Carolina Panthers	2	54	64.3	67%	17	−0.7
8	Evan McPherson	Cincinnati Bengals	2	80	64.3	79%	17	+3.3
9	Nick Folk	Tennessee Titans	2	60	64.2	53%	28	+9.1
10	Anders Carlson	Green Bay Packers	1	85	63.8	44%	47	+2.5
11	Blake Grupe	New Orleans Saints	1	90	64.7	84%	14	+4.5
12	Brett Maher	Los Angeles Rams	1	1	46.0	0%	1	0.0
13	Cameron Dicker	Los Angeles Chargers	1	80	64.4	85%	12	+1.0
14	Daniel Carlson	Las Vegas Raiders	1	77	64.4	62%	29	+2.4
15	Greg Joseph	Minnesota Vikings	1	78	64.5	78%	16	+0.2
16	Jack Fox	Detroit Lions	1	84	64.5	68%	27	+7.1
17	Jake Camarda	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	81	63.1	64%	29	+1.4
18	Jake Elliott	Philadelphia Eagles	1	90	64.8	81%	17	−6.1
19	Jason Myers	Seattle Seahawks	1	85	63.4	65%	29	+0.1
20	Justin Tucker	Baltimore Ravens	1	99	64.4	81%	19	−1.4
21	Riley Patterson	Detroit Lions	1	16	63.2	44%	9	+7.4
22	Thomas Morstead	New York Jets	1	5	62.8	40%	3	−0.1
23	Tyler Bass	Buffalo Bills	1	94	63.2	56%	41	+4.5

All 2023 NFL kickoff specialist rankings

Onside Kicks Attempted in other seasons: 2026 2025 2024 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

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