NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders explained

The NCAA Division I FBS field goal leaders are career, single-season, and single-game leaders in field goal kicking.^[1] These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:

• Since 1955, seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length.
• The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
• Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.^[2] Players who have played since then often have an extra game each year to accumulate statistics.
• In recent decades, starting with the Southeastern Conference in 1992, FBS conferences have introduced their own championship games, which have always counted fully toward single-season and career statistics.
• The NCAA ruled that the 2020 season, heavily disrupted by COVID-19, would not count against the athletic eligibility of any football player. This gave every player active in that season the opportunity for five years of eligibility instead of the normal four.
• Only seasons in which a team was considered to be a part of the Football Bowl Subdivision are included in these lists. In particular, Cole Tracy kicked 97 field goals across his career, which would be tied for the career record, but 68 of them were at Division III Assumption, and only 29 in the FBS.

Statistics accurate as of December 1, 2024.

Career

Career! #! Player! FGM! Seasons

1	Christopher Dunn	97	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 NC State
2	Zane Gonzalez	96	2013 2014 2015 2016 Arizona State
3	Jonah Dalmas	93	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Boise State
4	Daniel Carlson	92	2014 2015 2016 2017 Auburn
5	Harrison Mevis	89	2020 2021 2022 2023 Missouri
6	Dustin Hopkins	88	2009 2010 2011 2012 Florida State
7	Billy Bennett	87	2000 2001 2002 2003 Georgia
8	Kai Forbath	85	2007 2008 2009 2010 UCLA
	Andre Szmyt	85	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Syracuse
10	Andy Phillips	84	2013 2014 2015 2016 Utah
	Will Reichard	84	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Alabama
12	Leigh Tiffin	83	2006 2007 2008 2009 Alabama
	Brandon Talton	83	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Nevada
14	Jake Elliott	81	2013 2014 2015 2016 Memphis
	Jonathan Barnes	81	2014 2015 2016 2017 Louisiana Tech
16	Jeff Jaeger	80	1983 1984 1985 1986 Washington
	Nick Novak	80	2001 2002 2003 2004 Maryland
	Jeremy Ito	80	2004 2005 2006 2007 Rutgers
	Alexis Serna	80	2004 2005 2006 2007 Oregon State
	Matt Weller	80	2009 2010 2011 2012 Ohio
	Rodrigo Blankenship	80	2016 2017 2018 2019 Georgia
	Nick Sciba	80	2018 2019 2020 2021 Wake Forest
23	John Lee	79	1982 1983 1984 1985 UCLA
	Jason Elam	79	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Hawaii
	Jaden Oberkrom	79	2012 2013 2014 2015 TCU
	Anders Carlson	79	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Auburn
	Matthew Trickett	79	2018 2019 2020 Kent State ᛫ 2021 2022 Minnesota
28	Luis Zendejas	78	1981 1982 1983 1984 Arizona State
	Philip Doyle	78	1987 1988 1989 1990 Alabama
	Kevin Kelly	78	2005 2006 2007 2008 Penn State
	Ross Martin	78	2012 2013 2014 2015 Duke
	Joey Slye	78	2014 2015 2016 2017 Virginia Tech
	Blake Grupe	78	2018 2019 2020 2021 Arkansas State ᛫ 2022 Notre Dame

Single season

Single Season! #! Player! FGM! Season

1	Billy Bennett	31	2003 Georgia
2	Leigh Tiffin	30	2009 Alabama
	Josh Lambert	30	2014 West Virginia
	Matt Gay	30	2017 Utah
	Andre Szmyt	30	2018 Syracuse
6	John Lee	29	1984 UCLA
	John Sullivan	29	2007 New Mexico
	Randy Bullock	29	2011 Texas A&M
	Louie Zervos	29	2016 Ohio
	Cole Tracy	29	2018 LSU
	Keith Duncan	29	2019 Iowa
	Matthew Trickett	29	2019 Kent State
	Jake Moody	29	2022 Michigan
	Bert Auburn	29	2023 Texas
15	Paul Woodside	28	1982 West Virginia
	Luis Zendejas	28	1983 Arizona State
	Nick Browne	28	2003 TCU
	Justin Medlock	28	2006 UCLA
	Kai Forbath	28	2009 UCLA
	Josh Jasper	28	2010 LSU
	Quinn Sharp	28	2012 Oklahoma State
	Daniel Carlson	28	2016 Auburn
	Christopher Dunn	28	2022 NC State
24	Fuad Reveiz	27	1982 Tennessee
	Sebastian Janikowski	27	1998 Florida State
	Drew Dunning	27	2003 Washington State
	Gary Cismesia	27	2007 Florida State
	Dan Bailey	27	2010 Oklahoma State
	Roberto Aguayo	27	2014 Florida State
	Greg Huegel	27	2015 Clemson
	Rodrigo Blankenship	27	2019 Georgia
	Alex Hale	27	2023 Oklahoma State
	Graham Nicholson	27	2023 Miami (OH)

Single game

Single Game! #! Player! FGs! Date! School

1	Mike Prindle	7	Sep. 29, 1984	Western Michigan
	Dale Klein	7	Oct. 19, 1985	Nebraska
8	6 – many times

References and notes

Web site: Career Leaders and Records for Passing Yards. 2021-12-23. NCAA.

• Football Bowl Subdivision Records, p. 53. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
• Career Leaders and Records for Field Goals Made. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Career Leaders and Records. 2022-09-04. NCAA.
2. Web site: NCAA changes policy on football stats. 2002-08-28. 2014-09-11. ESPN.com. AP.