Jim Bakken

Not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Nominated: 2025   2026   

Final Season: 1978

Eligible: Class of 1984

Senior Committee Eligible: Class of 2004

Primary Teams:

Seasons: 1962 → 1978

Legends Score: 35 ?

Legends Score per Season: 2.06

Position: Kicker

HALL OF FAME CREDENTIALS
✅All-Decade Team
✅1st Team All-Pro
🔲Super Bowl Ring
✅Pro Bowl

Jim Bakken @ Wikipedia

Will Jim Bakken be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame?
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Individual Career Highlights

All-Decade Teams (2):

1960sAll-DecadeK
1970s2nd TeamK

All-Pro Teams (2):

1975CardinalsK1st Team
1976CardinalsK1st Team

Pro Bowl Appearances (4):

1965RamsK
1967CardinalsK
1975CardinalsK
1976CardinalsK

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Jim Brakken is not going to be inducted. There are 3 reasons for that.

The first reason is he's a senior candidate and kickers are very low the list.
The 2nd reason is Jim's field goal percentage didn't age well and voters aren't into comparing kickers from the same era.
The 3rd reason is I think the voters think Jan Stenerud should be the only kicker from Jim Bakken's era be inducted since Jan is the best from his era.

Posted by EJ on 06/1/2024 @ 13:23pm

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