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NFL Kickers Have Turned 50-Yard Field Goals Routine

Original: A 50-yard field goal used to be a miracle. The NFL made 41 in all of 1999, and 195 in 2024 alone. Every kicker's career

A statistical look at NFL kicking shows how dramatically the long field goal has become ordinary: the league produced just 41 successful 50-plus-yard kicks in 1999, but 195 in 2024 alone. Tracking every kicker's career totals from that distance week by week since 1999, Matt Prater's 59th such make, in week 17 of 2020, broke the record of 58 that Sebastian Janikowski had held since 2012. Prater finished with 82.

Why now: Fans are reacting to striking new data visualising how much more common long field goals have become across 25 seasons of NFL kicking.

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• A 50-yard field goal used to be a miracle. The NFL made 41 in all of 1999, and 195 in 2024 alone. Every kicker's career total from 50+, week by week, 1999-2026. Matt Prater's 59th, in week 17 of 2020, broke the record 58 Janikowski had held since 2012. Prater finishes on 82.… · bringerofdata · 2

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