Updated Week 3 Fantasy Kicker Rankings: Who to start, best sleepers and streamers at K

Griffin Missant

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The Kicker position has little consistency week to week in fantasy football. It's up to the managers to find the best situation each week for a successful fantasy performance at the position. 

In each of these rankings articles, there will be a reminder that starting kickers who play indoors will always give you an advantage. By doing this, you completely negate any factors due to the weather. 

Here are our Week 3 fantasy rankings for kickers. 

Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings Week 3: Who to start, sit at K

Note: Players who have already had their game are in italicized, strikethrough font.

RkKickerTMOPPRk Chg
1Brandon AubreyDAL@ CHI 
2Harrison ButkerKC@ NYG 
3Tyler LoopBALDET 
4Will ReichardMINCIN 
5Cameron DickerLACDEN⬇️ 2
6Wil LutzDEN@ LAC 
7Jake ElliottPHILAR 
8Chad RylandARI@ SF 
9Evan McPhersonCIN@ MIN⬆️ 1
10Chase McLaughlinTBNYJ 
11Parker RomoATL@ CAR 
12Cam LittleJAXHOU⬆️ 2
13Matt PraterBUFMIA 
14Eddy PineiroSFARI 
15Chris BoswellPIT@ NE 
16Ka'imi FairbairnHOU@ JAX⬆️ 1
17Jake BatesDET@ BAL⬆️ 1
18Brandon McManusGB@ CLE 
19Matt GayWASLV 
20Graham GanoNYGKC 
21Cairo SantosCHIDAL⬆️ 3
22Daniel CarlsonLV@ WAS 
23Jason MyersSEANO 
24Nick FolkNYJ@ TB 
25Joshua KartyLAR@ PHI 
26Spencer ShraderIND@ TEN 
27Joey SlyeTENIND 
28Blake GrupeNO@ SEA 
29Andy BorregalesNEPIT 
30Ryan FitzgeraldCARATL 
31Jason SandersMIA@ BUF 
32Andre SzmytCLEGB

FIND STREAMING KICKERS: Week 3 waiver wire

Who are the best fantasy kickers in Week 3?

The only way you are starting the same kicker each week is if you have Brandon Aubrey, Harrison Butker, or Cameron Dicker. 

Jake Elliot is another heavily reliable option, and Tyler Loop is cementing himself there as well. 

Who are the best fantasy kicker sleepers in Week 3?

My favorite kicker to scoop up going into Week 3 is by far Will Reichard.

The Minnesota Vikings have a good enough offense to consistently move the ball downfield. However, there will still be some growing pains when it comes to the development of J.J. McCarthy. This will inevitably lead to some stalled drives, giving Reichard more FG attempts.

In Week 3, the Vikings take on the Cincinnati Bengals, a not-so-great defense. On top of that, the Vikings play at home, which is, of course, an indoor stadium. 

Griffin Missant

Griffin Missant joined The Sporting News in 2025 as a fantasy football intern. He graduated from Grand Valley State University, where he covered the Lakers football program. He has also worked for Sleeper and the Fantasy Trade Room. He has played fantasy for over a decade, and has been passionate about fantasy football ever since.