Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington have the easiest 2026 kicker schedule at 5 out of 5, and Denver, Las Vegas and New England have the toughest at 1.
All 32 teams below, easiest schedule first. FantasyPros publishes kickers depth separately, so this page carries the rating alone.
Easiest first
Every team, rated 1 to 5.
2026 kicker strength of schedule, all 32 teams. 5 is the easiest schedule, 1 the toughest. Strength-of-schedule ratings from FantasyPros.
Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, New Orleans and Pittsburgh have the easiest 2026 defense / special teams schedule at 5 out of 5, and Dallas, Minnesota and New York (NFC) have the toughest at 1.
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Asked & answered
Kicker schedules, answered straight.
Which team has the easiest 2026 kicker schedule?
Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington have the easiest 2026 kicker schedule at 5 out of 5, and Denver, Las Vegas and New England have the toughest at 1.
How much should kickers schedule move my draft board?
Less than you would like it to. Schedule is a rating of a team's opponents across a full season, and opponents change: a defense that ranked near the bottom last year can be league average by October. Treat it as the reason to break a tie between two kickers you rate the same, not as the reason to move one over a player you rate higher.
What does a rating of 1 or 5 actually mean?
The scale runs 1 to 5 across all 32 teams. 1 is the toughest full-season slate for kickers and 5 is the easiest. On this page 7 teams hold a 5, 6 teams hold a 4, 2 teams hold a 3, 11 teams hold a 2, 3 teams hold a 1.
Why is there no depth list for kickers?
FantasyPros publishes kickers depth as a separate export we do not hold, so this page shows the schedule rating alone. We would rather show one column short than fill it with a depth chart we did not get from the same source as the rating.
Source
Strength-of-schedule ratings from FantasyPros. Snapshot taken 2026-09-01 from FantasyPros. Team names are cities only. gamedai is an independent analytics platform and is not affiliated with the National Football League.
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