Ka'imi Fairbairn
Houston Texans
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Ka’imi Fairbairn enters the 2026 fantasy football season as one of the safest kicker plays in the league. He remained in Houston after re-signing on a two-year deal, so his role and team context are stable heading into the year.
The biggest reason to like Fairbairn is volume. In 2025, he led the NFL in both field-goal makes (44) and attempts (48), and he finished as the overall fantasy kicker leader in points per game at 12.9 despite missing two games with a quad injury. He also stayed strong from long range, going 9-for-13 on kicks of 50-plus yards, which adds real weekly upside.
Houston’s offense has consistently created kicking chances, and that matters a lot for fantasy. The Texans led the league in field-goal attempts in 2025, and that kind of workload is exactly what you want from a kicker who is already accurate and trusted in scoring range. With a career field-goal success rate of 87.6%, Fairbairn has shown enough consistency to be a reliable starter rather than a boom-or-bust option.
For fantasy managers in 2026, Fairbairn profiles as a high-floor, low-maintenance kicker you can draft late and start with confidence most weeks. His combination of team volume, long-distance ability, and a secure job in Houston makes him one of the better options at the position again this season.