As far as I can tell, there are no league-wide official records kept for length of missed field goals. The following list should be complete, however. Note that a fair number of the kicks took place in Denver.
Longest missed field goal attempts, NFL
| Kicker | Team | Length | Result | Date | How Missed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Janikowski | Oakland Raiders | 76 | SD 28, OAK 18 | 9/28/2008 | short | |
| Mark Moseley | Washington Redskins | 74 | NYG 14, WAS 6 | 11/25/1979 | short | fair-catch kick |
| Fred Steinfort | Denver Broncos | 73 | NE 23, DEN 14 | 9/29/1980 | short | fair-catch kick |
| Joe Danelo | New York Giants | 71 | NYG 20, LARM 14 | 10/28/1979 | short | |
| Phil Dawson | San Francisco 49ers | 71 | SF 35, STL 11 | 9/26/2013 | short, wide left | fair-catch kick |
| Mark Moseley | Washington Redskins | 70 | HOIL 29, WAS 27 | 9/2/1979 | short | last play of game |
| Brandon McManus | Denver Broncos | 70 | LV 32, DEN 31 | 1/3/2021 | blocked | |
| Mason Crosby | Green Bay Packers | 69 | GB 31, DET 21 | 12/28/2008 | short | fair-catch kick |
| John Hall | New York Jets | 68 | NYJ 24, NE 19 | 10/19/1997 | short | |
| Neil Rackers | Arizona Cardinals | 68 | NYG 37, ARI 29 | 11/23/2008 | short, wide left | fair-catch kick |
| Blair Walsh | Minnesota Vikings | 68 | DET 16, MIN 14 | 12/14/2014 | short, wide left | last play of game |
| Matt Prater | Arizona Cardinals | 68 | ARI 31, JAX 19 | 9/26/2021 | short | returned for TD |
| Jan Stenerud | Kansas City Chiefs | 67 | KC 26, DEN 13 | 10/26/1975 | short | |
| Steve Cox | Washington Redskins | 67 | MIA 23, WAS 21 | 12/20/1987 | short, wide right | last play of game |
| Rob Bironas | Tennessee Titans | 67 | JAX 16, TEN 14 | 9/11/2011 | short, wide right | |
| Joey Slye | Carolina Panthers | 67 | KC 33, CAR 31 | 11/8/2020 | wide right | last play of game |
| Justin Tucker | Baltimore Ravens | 67 | JAX 28, BAL 27 | 11/27/2022 | short | last play of game |
| Ali Haji-Sheikh | New York Giants | 66 | NYG 20, STLC 20 (OT) | 10/24/1983 | short, wide right | last play of regulation |
| Jason Elam | Denver Broncos | 66 | SEA 31, DEN 27 | 12/10/1995 | short | |
| Sebastian Janikowski | Oakland Raiders | 66 | WAS 34, OAK 13 | 12/13/2009 | short | |
| Greg Zuerlein | St. Louis Rams | 66 | MIA 17, STL 14 | 10/14/2012 | wide left | last play of game |
| Robbie Gould | Chicago Bears | 66 | MIN 23, CHI 20 (OT) | 12/1/2013 | short | last play of regulation |
| Cairo Santos | Kansas City Chiefs | 66 | CHI 18, KC 17 | 10/11/2015 | short, wide right | last play of game |
| Sam Baker | Washington Redskins | 65 | BALC 19, WAS 17 | 12/23/1956 | short by 18 yards | last play of game |
| Steve Christie | Buffalo Bills | 65 | BUF 9, MIA 6 | 11/2/1997 | short | |
| Jason Elam | Denver Broncos | 65 | DEN 31, NYG 20 | 9/10/2001 | wide left | 0:07 2nd quarter; followed by Pochman’s 63-yd attempt |
| Jason Hanson | Detroit Lions | 65 | MIN 31, DET 26 | 10/14/2001 | short | |
| John Kasay | Carolina Panthers | 65 | DAL 35, CAR 14 | 10/29/2006 | short | |
| Jeff Reed | Pittsburgh Steelers | 65 | DEN 31, PIT 28 | 10/21/2007 | short | |
| Sebastian Janikowski | Oakland Raiders | 65 | DET 28, OAK 27 | 12/19/1999 | blocked | last play of game |
| Justin Tucker | Baltimore Ravens | 65 | BAL 22, L.A. Chargers 10 | 12/22/2018 | short | |
| Joey Slye | Carolina Panthers | 65 | NO 27, CAR 24 | 10/25/2020 | short | 2:00 4th quarter; the Panthers trailed by 3 |
| Cairo Santos | Chicago Bears | 65 | PIT 29, CHI 27 | 11/8/2021 | short | last play of game |
| Raul Allegre | Baltimore Colts | 64 | DEN 21, BALC 19 | 12/11/1983 | short | last play of game |
| Steve Cox | Cleveland Browns | 64 | CIN 20, CLE 17 (OT) | 12/2/1984 | short | last play of regulation; Bengals had onsided with :01 left |
| Jason Elam | Denver Broncos | 64 | DEN 36, SEA 30 | 12/19/1999 | short | |
| Neil Rackers | Arizona Cardinals | 64 | BUF 38, ARI 14 | 10/31/2004 | short | |
| Sebastian Janikowski | Oakland Raiders | 64 | HOU 24, OAK 17 | 11/4/2007 | hit right upright | 1:15 2nd quarter |
| Sebastian Janikowski | Oakland Raiders | 64 | OAK 26, JAX 23 (OT) | 10/21/2012 | short | last play of 4th quarter |
| Justin Tucker | Baltimore Ravens | 64 | BAL 48, TB 17 | 10/12/2014 | blocked | |
| Brandon McManus | Denver Broncos | 64 | OAK 24, DEN 16 | 9/9/2019 | short | game in Oakland |
| Brandon McManus | Denver Broncos | 64 | SEA 17, DEN 16 | 9/12/2022 | wide left | 0:20 4th quarter; game in Seattle |
| Ray Wersching | San Francisco 49ers | 63 | TB 24, SF 23 | 10/26/1980 | short | last play of game |
| Bob Thomas | Chicago Bears | 63 | ATL 20, CHI 17 | 9/4/1983 | short | 0:06 2nd quarter |
| Kevin Butler | Chicago Bears | 63 | CHI 38, TB 28 | 9/8/1985 | short | Butler’s first NFL game. Butler’s last college attempt (off a tee) was just short from 71. |
| Rafael Septien | Dallas Cowboys | 63 | NYG 17, DAL 14 | 11/2/1986 | short | 0:18 4th quarter |
| Chris Bahr | Cleveland Browns | 63 | L.A.Raiders 27, CLE 14 | 11/16/1986 | short | |
| Mike Cofer | San Francisco 49ers | 63 | SF 26, LARM 10 | 12/17/1990 | short | |
| Doug Pelfrey | Cincinnati Bengals | 63 | CLE 29, CIN 26 | 10/29/1995 | short | |
| Toby Gowin | Dallas Cowboys | 63 | DAL 26, JAX 22 | 10/19/1997 | short | |
| Mike Vanderjagt | Indianapolis Colts | 63 | IND 24, NYJ 23 | 11/15/1998 | short | returned for a TD by Aaron Glenn |
| Owen Pochman | New York Giants | 63 | DEN 31, NYG 20 | 9/10/2001 | wide right | |
| Josh Scobee | Jacksonville Jaguars | 63 | IND 14, JAX 12 | 9/13/2009 | short | |
| Rian Lindell | Buffalo Bills | 63 | MIA 15, BUF 10 | 9/12/2010 | short | |
| Alex Henery | Philadelphia Eagles | 63 | ATL 35, PHI 31 | 9/18/2011 | short | |
| Graham Gano | Carolina Panthers | 63 | ATL 19, CAR 17 | 11/16/2014 | blocked | last play of game |
| Greg Zuerlein | St. Louis Rams | 63 | GB 24, STL 10 | 10/11/2015 | wide left | The Rams trailed by 11 with 3:28 left. |
| Greg Zuerlein | St. Louis Rams | 63 | STL 24, CLE 6 | 10/25/2015 | wide right | |
| Andrew Franks | Miami Dolphins | 63 | NE 36, MIA 7 | 10/29/2015 | short, wide left | |
| Greg Zuerlein | Los Angeles Rams | 63 | LARM 26, NO 20 | 11/26/2017 | short | |
| Dustin Hopkins | Washington Redskins | 63 | HOU 23, WAS 21 | 11/18/2018 | short | next-to-last play of game |
| Greg Zuerlein | Los Angeles Rams | 63 | LARM 30, DAL 22 NFC DIV |
1/12/2019 | wide right | NFC Divisional Round |
| Brandon McManus | Denver Broncos | 63 | LV 32, DEN 31 | 1/3/2021 | blocked | 0:07 4Q |
| Younghoe Koo | Atlanta Falcons | 63 | NO 27, ATL 26 | 9/11/2022 | blocked | last play of game |
| Brandon McManus | Denver Broncos | 63 | BAL 10, DEN 9 | 12/4/2022 | short | last play of game |
All of the above were attempted at the end of the first half unless noted. Janikowski also missed a 66-yarder against Seattle in the 2008 preseason, Kasay missed a 66-yarder in the Pro Bowl following the 1996 season, and Tucker missed 66- and 67-yarders in the Pro Bowl following the 2013 season.
Saw Joe Danelo miss a 70 yarder at the end of the half NY Giants at LA Rams 9/26/1976. Tom Dempsey, the then record holder watched with interest from Rams bench.
Longest feild goal attempt in college football???
The longest college football attempt made was 69 yards by Ove Johansson of Abilene Christian in 1976. Hope that helps.
That’s the longest made, and it may, in fact, be the longest attempted. But I have to believe somewhere someone has tried from 70+ at the NCAA level.
This is outstanding work, and dovetails nicely with some research I have been doing.
I figure there have been a bunch of 60-, 61- and 62-yard attempts, but it’s not easy to track them down. (The NFL has a 50-59 category but not 60+, obviously.)
I believe a member of PFRA was working on a missed field goal database but he has passed away and I do not know if anyone has picked up the mantel.
Anyway, this is a great site and you do great work, keep it up!