How the 49ers were one of the luckiest teams ever last season
The 49ers held a strange advantage over opponents this past season.
When opponents lined up to kick field goals against the San Francisco 49ers in 2025, something strange happened: they missed. A lot. Opponents converted just 66.
7% of their field goal attempts against San Francisco, according to Warren Sharp , which was the worst mark any team has allowed since at least 2002. To put that in perspective, the NFL average last season was 86%. The numbers get even more surreal when you account for distance.
Adjusting for where each kick was attempted relative to league-average conversion rates by distance, opponents missed 6. 54 field goals over expected against San Francisco. No team in the NFL was even close.
The misery was distributed evenly across the schedule, but a few kickers stood out as particularly generous contributors to San Francisco's invisible advantage. Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers, who finished second in the NFL with 41 made field goals in 2025, was the worst against San Francisco. Myers missed two of his four attempts against the 49ers in Week 18, which was the most field goals he missed in a single game all year.