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Updated Nov 3, 9:16 AM ET
2026

2026 season · K · #31 · 10th season

31Zane Gonzalez

Age 31 · 6'0" · 202 lb · Arizona State · Pick 224 overall (2017). The Dolphins' kicker on the depth chart, 2 games this season.

No injury listingKDolphins players
Field goals
2/3
67% made
Over expected
-0.5
makes, for his distances
From 50+
1/1
long of 52
Avg try
42.0
yards, how far he is asked
Extra points
5/5
100% made
Points
11
5.5 a game
Kickoffs
own 34
where the other team starts
Fantasy
6.0
points a game
The short version
  • How good-0.5 makes over what an average kicker would make from his distances.
  • RangeHis miss came from 43.
  • This weekWeek 9: the Lions visit, Sunday, outdoors at Hard Rock Stadium.

How good is hehis kicks against the league, distance for distance

Scorecard · not enough tries yet to rank: a try for every game his team has playedLeague percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Field goal %made of tried67%–
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Over expectedmakes vs the league curve-0.5–
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Over expected / tryper attempt-0.17–
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From 50+made1–
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StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Avg tryyards42.0–
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Extra point %made of tried100%–
–
Kickoffstheir start, lower is better34.2–
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Points a gameFG and extra points5.5–
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By distance · his makes against what an average kicker makes from the same spots
YardsMadeHis %ExpectedLeagueOver exp.
Under 300/0––98%–
30–391/1100%95%97%+0.1
40–490/10%86%79%-0.9
50–541/1100%71%67%+0.3
55+0/0––66%–

Expected is the chance an average kicker makes each of his tries, from a curve fitted to every field goal try of the three seasons before this one. A block counts as a miss. Over expected is his makes minus those chances added up.

Every kickwhere each try came from, and the ones that swung a game

Every kick · 3 field goal tries, Weeks 1–8Hover a kick

2 of 3, and his tries average 42.0 yards. The one that got away came from 43.

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GoodNo goodBlockedEach kick sits at the spot it was held, numbered by distance. The yellow line is the uprights.
The kicks that mattered · his tries that moved the Dolphins' chance to win most
  1. 1Q2 9:33MIAWeek 8 vs the Patriots: 52 yards, good, tied52% → 59%+7
  2. 2Q4 6:45MIAWeek 8 vs the Patriots: 43 yards, no good, down 117% → 3%−4
  3. 3Q1 3:43MIAWeek 8 vs the Patriots: 31 yards, good, down 349% → 50%+1

The change in his team's chance to win from the snap to the next play, from nflverse's model. A made kick can lower it: three points can be worth less than the touchdown chances the drive had.

Week by weekthe game log, with the conditions he kicked in

Game logFantasy: ESPN standard
GameFGLongXPPtsFant.Conditions
Wk 7 at NYJ0/0–4/444outdoors
Wk 8 vs NE2/3521/178outdoors

Fantasy is ESPN standard: 3 points for a field goal up to 39 yards, 4 from 40–49, 5 from 50–59, 6 from 60+, minus 1 for a miss; 1 for an extra point, minus 1 for a miss. The same in every format.

Career8 seasons, 6 teams

Career · regular season8 seasons
80Games
117/145Field goals
81%Made
57Long
168/176Extra points
2017 to 2026 · 8 seasons · 6 teams

His best year was 2021, 20 of 22 (91%) with a long of 57. This season he is 2 of 3 on field goals and 5 of 5 on extra points.

SeasonGFG%Long50+XP
2017 CLE1615/2075%542/325/26
2018 ARI79/1464%552/58/11
2019 ARI1631/3589%542/234/35
2020 ARI1216/2273%562/338/39
2021 CAR1220/2291%573/422/23
2024 WAS65/771%480/119/19
2025 ATL919/2286%567/817/18
2026 so far MIA22/367%521/15/5