Week 18 Fantasy Football Kicker Rankings: Cairo Santos Moves Into The Top 10

Welcome to Week 18 and the fantasy football championship (for those of you who are bold enough to make this your final week). Let’s talk about the challenges ahead.
The NFL slate doesn’t include a Thursday night game. Instead, it features two games on Saturday. The Carolina Panthers face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m. ET with the winner taking the NFC South title (unless the Falcons win, then the Panthers win the division either way) and the No. 4 seed in the conference. At 8 p.m. ET, the San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks in a battle for the NFC West championship and the No. 1 seed in that conference. Obviously, these games are huge.
The difficulty in playing in Week 18, of course, is the number of players who won’t play. We already know that Justin Herbert and some other Chargers starters won’t play this week, which affects the value of Cameron Dicker. The Packers are likely to rest players too, affecting Brandon McManus, since they are locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC.
Other teams will do the same thing, and some of those players won’t even be known until Sunday. Again, this is the challenge of playing fantasy in the NFL’s final week.
With that said, here are my complete fantasy football kicker rankings for Week 18 of the NFL season! Be sure to check back daily for updates!
All Positions: QBs | RBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | DEFs
Week 18 Fantasy Kicker Rankings
RK | Player | TM | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brandon Aubrey | DAL | at NYG |
2 | Ka'imi Fairbairn | HOU | vs. IND |
3 | Jason Myers | SEA | at SF |
4 | Will Reichard | MIN | vs. GB |
5 | Harrison Mevis | LAR | vs. ARI |
6 | Cairo Santos | CHI | vs. DET |
7 | Cam Little | JAC | vs. TEN |
8 | Chase McLaughlin | TB | vs. CAR |
9 | Eddy Piniero | SF | vs. SEA |
10 | Charlie Smyth | NO | at ATL |
11 | Michael Badgley | BUF | vs. NYJ |
12 | Chris Boswell | PIT | vs. BAL |
13 | Zane Gonzalez | ATL | vs. NO |
14 | Andy Borregales | NE | vs. MIA |
15 | Jake Bates | DET | at CHI |
16 | Evan McPherson | CIN | vs. CLE |
17 | Tyler Loop | BAL | at PIT |
18 | Cameron Dicker | LAC | at DEN |
19 | Jake Elliott | PHI | vs. WAS |
20 | Harrison Butker | KC | at LV |
21 | Ben Sauls | NYG | vs. DAL |
22 | Ryan Fitzgerald | CAR | at TB |
23 | Wil Lutz | DEN | vs. LAC |
24 | Daniel Carlson | LV | vs. KC |
25 | Riley Patterson | MIA | at NE |
26 | Andre Szmyt | CLE | at CIN |
27 | Joey Slye | TEN | at JAC |
28 | Chad Ryland | ARI | at LAR |
29 | Blake Grupe | IND | at HOU |
30 | Jake Moody | WAS | at PHI |
31 | Brandon McManus | GB | at MIN |
32 | Nick Folk | NYJ | at BUF |

Michael Fabiano is a fantasy football analyst for Sports Illustrated. His weekly rankings and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em articles are must-reads for fantasy players. He is also the co-host of the Fantasy Dirt Podcast on SI. Before joining SI in August 2020, he worked for CBS Sports, NFL Network and SiriusXM. He also contributes to Westwood One Radio. Fabiano was the first fantasy analyst to appear on one of the four major TV networks and is a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.
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