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Matt Prater

Matthew Phillip Prater

Position: K Throws: Right

5-10, 201lb (178cm, 91kg)

Team: Arizona Cardinals

Born: August 10, 1984 in Mayfield Heights, OH

College: Central Florida (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 35 (3161st overall since 1960)

High School: Estero (FL)

Pronunciation: \PRAY-ter\

2x Pro Bowl

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

252

FGM

405

FGA

485

XPM

584

XPA

600

2024 Game Logs

2024 Game Logs Table
					0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Kickoffs
Date	Team		Opp	Result	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
2024-09-15	ARI		LAR	W 41-10							1	1	1	1	2	2	100	5	5	100	8	510	7	88%	64
2024-09-08	ARI	@	BUF	L 28-34			1	1	1	1					2	2	100	2	2	100	6	348	4	67%	58

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Kicking

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kicking Table
					Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot				PAT			Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	Lng	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg	AV	Awards
2007	23	2TM	K		4	0			1				3	1			4	1	45	25.0%	1	1	100.0%	4	277	3	75.0%	69.3	-1
		ATL	K	1	2	0			1				3	1			4	1	45	25.0%	1	1	100.0%	4	277	3	75.0%	69.3	-1
		DEN	K	5	2	0																							0
2008	24	DEN	K	5	16	0			8	7	9	8	11	5	6	5	34	25	56	73.5%	40	39	97.5%	83	5396	19	22.9%	65.0	1
2009	25	DEN	K	5	16	0			14	14	8	6	10	8	3	2	35	30	51	85.7%	32	32	100.0%	78	5304	28	35.9%	68.0	4
2010	26	DEN	K	5	12	0			3	3	7	7	5	4	3	2	18	16	59	88.9%	29	28	96.6%	57	3688	20	35.1%	64.7	3
2011	27	DEN	K	5	16	0			6	5	8	8	7	3	4	3	25	19	59	76.0%	30	30	100.0%	69	4393	47	68.1%	63.7	2
2012	28	DEN	K	5	16	0	1	1	7	7	11	10	9	5	4	3	32	26	53	81.3%	55	55	100.0%	98	6254	65	66.3%	63.8	2
2013*	29	DEN	K	5	16	0	2	2	4	4	5	5	8	8	7	6	26	25	64	96.2%	75	75	100.0%	114	7348	81	71.1%	64.5	5	AP2, PB
2014	30	DET	K	5	11	0			8	8	5	4	8	6	5	3	26	21	52	80.8%	21	21	100.0%						2
2015	31	DET	K	5	16	0			3	3	9	8	6	6	6	5	24	22	59	91.7%	39	36	92.3%	4	223			55.8	4
2016*	32	DET	K	5	16	0			10	10	5	4	14	10	7	7	36	31	58	86.1%	33	31	93.9%	2	116	1	50.0%	58.0	4	PB
2017	33	DET	K	5	16	0	2	2	4	4	10	10	8	7	11	7	35	30	58	85.7%	41	40	97.6%	17	977	6	35.3%	57.5	4
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0			8	8	12	12	7	5	5	3	32	28	54	87.5%	30	30	100.0%	6	343	3	50.0%	57.2	4
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0			11	11	3	2	9	6	8	7	31	26	56	83.9%	36	35	97.2%	19	1159	8	42.1%	61.0	4
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0			4	4	7	7	7	4	10	6	28	21	59	75.0%	41	38	92.7%	18	1065	7	38.9%	59.2	2
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0			11	11	11	9	5	3	10	7	37	30	62	81.1%	49	47	95.9%	97	6013	73	75.3%	62.0	2
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0			1	1	10	10	8	6	6	5	25	22	57	88.0%	18	17	94.4%	49	3098	34	69.4%	63.2	3
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0			6	6	8	7	7	6	12	9	33	28	62	84.8%	23	22	95.7%	79	4842	66	83.5%	61.3	4
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	57	100.0%	7	7	100.0%	14	858	11	78.6%	61.3
Career					252		5	5	110	107	129	118	133	94	108	81	485	405	64	83.5%	600	584	97.3%	808	51354	472	58.4%	63.6	49
7 yrs		DEN			94	0	3	3	42	40	48	44	50	33	27	21	170	141	64	82.9%	261	259	99.2%	499	32383	260	52.1%	64.9	17
7 yrs		DET			107	0	2	2	48	48	51	47	59	44	52	38	212	179	59	84.4%	241	231	95.9%	66	3883	25	37.9%	58.8	24
4 yrs		ARI			49	0			19	19	30	27	21	16	29	22	99	84	62	84.8%	97	93	95.9%	239	14811	184	77.0%	62.0	9
1 yr		ATL			2	0			1				3	1			4	1	45	25.0%	1	1	100.0%	4	277	3	75.0%	69.3	-1

Kicking Table
				Games		0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Kickoffs
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	KO	KOYds	TB	TB%	KOAvg
2011	27	DEN	K	0	0			2	2	1	1	1	1			4	4	100.0%	3	3	100.0%	9	588	8	88.9%	65.3
2012	28	DEN	K	1	0									1		1		0.0%	5	5	100.0%	7	454	3	42.9%	64.9
2013*	29	DEN	K	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	6	5	83.3%	5	5	100.0%	14	845	12	85.7%	60.4
2014	30	DET	K	1						2	2					2	2	100.0%	2	2	100.0%
2016*	32	DET	K	1	0									2	2	2	2	100.0%
2021	37	ARI	K	1	0									1	1	1	1	100.0%				3	196	1	33.3%	65.3
Career				9		1	1	3	3	4	4	3	2	5	4	16	14	87.5%	15	15	100.0%	33	2083	24	72.7%	63.1
3 yrs		DEN		6	0	1	1	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	11	9	81.8%	13	13	100.0%	30	1887	23	76.7%	62.9
2 yrs		DET		2	0					2	2			2	2	4	4	100.0%	2	2	100.0%
1 yr		ARI		1	0									1	1	1	1	100.0%				3	196	1	33.3%	65.3

Player News

Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
2017	33	DET	K	5	16	0	4	139	34.8	0	139	34.8	47	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
Career					252		4	139	34.8	0	139	34.8	47	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
7 yrs		DEN			94	0	0	0					0					0
7 yrs		DET			107	0	4	139	34.8	0	139	34.8	47	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	0
4 yrs		ARI			49	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0		0
1 yr		ATL			2	0	0	0					0					0

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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2008	24	DEN	K	5	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0	0
2009	25	DEN	K	5	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2010	26	DEN	K	5	12	0			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2011	27	DEN	K	5	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2012	28	DEN	K	5	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0	0
Career					252				0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0	9	8	1	0	0
7 yrs		DEN			94	0			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0	9	8	1	0	0
7 yrs		DET			107	0			0							0	0.0
4 yrs		ARI			49	0			0							0	0.0
1 yr		ATL			2	0			0							0	0.0

Passing

✨Upgraded✨

Regular Season

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV
2012	28	DEN	NFL	K	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	2

2018	34	DET	NFL	K	16	0	1	1	100.0	8	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	8	8.0	28.00	8.0	0.5	139.6		0	0	0.00	8.00	28.00	0	0	4
2 Yrs					32	0	1	2	50.0	8	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	8	4.0	14.00	8.0	0.3	100.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	4.00	14.00	0	0	6
17 Game Avg					17	0	1	1	50.0	4	1	50.0	0	0.0	1		4.0	14.00	8.0	0.3	100.0		0	0	0.00	4.00	14.00	0	0	3

DEN (1 Yr)					16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	2
DET (1 Yr)					16	0	1	1	100.0	8	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	8	8.0	28.00	8.0	0.5	139.6		0	0	0.00	8.00	28.00	0	0	4

Advanced Passing

Air Yards

Accuracy

Pressure

Play Type

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0	1	1	8	8	8.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	0.0
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0		0			0
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0		0			0
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0		0			0
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0	0	0	0	0		0			0
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0		0			0
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0			0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Prss	Prss%	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0	1	1	8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
2007	23	2TM	K		4	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	1.0
		ATL	K	1	2	0		1	1	1	4	4	2.0
2008	24	DEN	K	5	16	0		39	40	25	34	114	7.1
2009	25	DEN	K	5	16	0		32	32	30	35	122	7.6
2010	26	DEN	K	5	12	0		28	29	16	18	76	6.3
2011	27	DEN	K	5	16	0		30	30	19	25	87	5.4
2012	28	DEN	K	5	16	0		55	55	26	32	133	8.3
2013*	29	DEN	K	5	16	0		75	75	25	26	150	9.4
2014	30	DET	K	5	11	0		21	21	21	26	84	7.6
2015	31	DET	K	5	16	0		36	39	22	24	102	6.4
2016*	32	DET	K	5	16	0		31	33	31	36	124	7.8
2017	33	DET	K	5	16	0		40	41	30	35	130	8.1
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0		30	30	28	32	114	7.1
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0		35	36	26	31	113	7.1
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0		38	41	21	28	101	6.3
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	47	49	30	37	137	8.1
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0	0	17	18	22	25	83	6.4
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	22	23	28	33	106	6.2
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0	0	7	7	4	4	19	9.5
Career					252		0	584	600	405	485	1799	7.1
7 yrs		DEN			94	0	0	259	261	141	170	682	7.3
7 yrs		DET			107	0	0	231	241	179	212	768	7.2
4 yrs		ARI			49	0	0	93	97	84	99	345	7.0
1 yr		ATL			2	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	2.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Pts	Pts/G
2011	27	DEN	K	0	0	3	3	4	4	15
2012	28	DEN	K	1	0	5	5		1	5	5.0
2013*	29	DEN	K	3	0	5	5	5	6	20	6.7
2014	30	DET	K	1		2	2	2	2	8	8.0
2016*	32	DET	K	1	0			2	2	6	6.0
2021	37	ARI	K	1	0			1	1	3	3.0
Career				9		15	15	14	16	57	6.3
3 yrs		DEN		6	0	13	13	9	11	40	6.7
2 yrs		DET		2	0	2	2	4	4	14	7.0
1 yr		ARI		1	0			1	1	3	3.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	28	DEN	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	186	39%
2013*	29	DEN	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	215	40%
2014	30	DET	K	5	11	0	0	0%	0	0%	49	17%
2015	31	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	67	15%
2016*	32	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	71	17%
2017	33	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	99	21%
2018	34	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	70	16%
2019	35	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	88	19%
2020	36	DET	K	5	16	0	0	0%	0	0%	92	20%
2021	37	ARI	K	5	17	0	0	0%	0	0%	183	41%
2022	38	ARI	K	5	13	0	0	0%	0	0%	92	27%
2023	39	ARI	K	5	17	0	1	0%	0	0%	139	31%
2024	40	ARI	K	5	2	0	0	0%	0	0%	25	48%
Career							1		0		1376
7 yrs		DET			107	0	0		0		536
4 yrs		ARI			49	0	1		0		439
2 yrs		DEN			32	0	0		0		401

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Matt Prater?

Matt Prater is 40 years old.

When was Matt Prater born?

Matt Prater was born on August 10, 1984.

Where was Matt Prater born?

Matt Prater was born in Mayfield Heights, OH.

How tall is Matt Prater?

Matt Prater is 5-10 (178 cm) tall.

How much does Matt Prater weigh?

Matt Prater weighs 201 lbs (91 kg).

How many games does Matt Prater play?

Matt Prater has played 2 games this season and 252 games over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Matt Prater won?

Matt Prater has never won a Super Bowl.

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