Cam Little now sits alone at the top of the NFL record book after a 68-yard field goal on Nov. 2, 2025, gave him the longest official kick in league history. He later added a 67-yarder on Jan. 4 to move into solo second on the all-time list and reinforce that the new standard belongs to him.
That is the change that has people looking now: the longest field goal in NFL history is no longer Justin Tucker’s 66-yard mark from 2021. Little’s kicks in the 2025 regular season pushed the record forward twice, first in Las Vegas against the Raiders and then in Jacksonville against the Tennessee Titans, turning a one-play headline into a season-long rewrite of the record book.
The scale of it matters because the top of the list had barely moved for years. Before Little, the benchmark had stood at 63 yards, a number reached by Tom Dempsey and Jason Elam and later matched by Sebastian Janikowski, David Akers, Graham Gano, Brett Maher, Joey Slye, Evan McPherson and Aubrey. Little did not just pass them; he pushed the record beyond a range that had defined the sport for generations.
His path makes the jump feel even less ordinary. Little grew up in Oklahoma, started out as a soccer player and only began kicking by high school. He chose Arkansas, then finished his college career with enough force and consistency that Mel Kiper Jr. ranked him as the top kicker in his draft class. The Jaguars took him in the sixth round with the No. 212 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, a move that now looks like a franchise-changing swing on a specialist.
There is still one detail that keeps the story from being too neat. Little also drilled a 70-yard field goal in the 2025 preseason, a kick that showed his range but did not change the official regular-season record listed at 68 yards. That split matters because it draws the line between a showcase kick and the number that goes into the book.
Little’s rise says as much about the modern NFL as it does about one leg. The league’s kickers are stronger and more accurate than before, and the old 63-yard ceiling has been replaced first by 66, then by 68. If Little keeps getting chances from that distance, the real question is not whether the record can move again. It is how many more yards he has left in him before someone else finally catches him.
