About the FG Percentage Calculator
The Football Field Goal Percentage Calculator converts a kicker's made and attempted field goals into the accuracy percentage used to compare kickers on stat sheets and depth charts. It is built for anyone tracking a kicker's conversion rate across a game, a season, or a career.
How It Works
Enter the number of field goals made and the number attempted. The calculator divides made by attempted and multiplies by 100 to produce a percentage rounded to one decimal place.
Examples
Season totals for a starting kicker
A kicker makes 22 of 26 field goal attempts across a season. Dividing 22 by 26 and multiplying by 100 gives a field goal percentage of 84.6%.
Single-game performance
A kicker goes 3 for 3 on field goal attempts in one game. The calculator returns 100.0%, since all three attempts were converted.
Advantages
- Produces the exact percentage format seen on official box scores and depth chart stat pages, ready to reference directly.
- Works equally well for a single game, a season, or a full career simply by adjusting the two input totals.
- Guards against the undefined zero-attempts case so users are not shown a false or misleading percentage.
Common Mistakes
- Comparing raw percentages between kickers without accounting for attempt distance, since a kicker facing mostly short attempts naturally posts a higher rate than one attempting more long kicks.
- Drawing conclusions from a tiny attempt total, like 2 or 3 kicks, where a single miss swings the percentage by 30 to 50 points.
- Forgetting that blocked or aborted attempts still count in the attempted total, which lowers percentage even when the miss was not purely a kicking-accuracy issue.
Edge Cases to Watch For
- If field goals attempted is zero, the calculator returns an error instead of a result, since there is no attempt total to divide against.
- The formula treats every attempt equally regardless of distance, so a kicker who only attempts short field goals can post a higher percentage than a kicker who regularly attempts long ones, without the calculator distinguishing between the two.
- Very small attempt totals, such as a single game with 2 attempts, can swing the percentage dramatically with just one make or miss, so short samples should be read cautiously.
Common Use Cases
- Fantasy football players comparing kicker options before setting a lineup.
- Coaches and special teams staff tracking accuracy trends for a kicker across a season.
- Fans and analysts contextualizing a kicker's reliability when discussing game-winning or clutch attempts.