Cairo Santos

K · KC/CHI/LA/TB/TEN · 2014–2026

Born November 12, 1991 · College Tulane · Undrafted · 5-8, 173 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2014	KC	1	1
2015	KC	2	1
2016	KC	2	2
2020	CHI	1	1
Career	CHI	6	5

Kicking

Over expected: against the season’s average kicker from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen FG model).

Season	Team	G	FG	FG %	Expected FG %	FG points over expected	Stabilised per attempt	Long	XP	XP points over expected
2014	KC	16	25/30	83.3	86.6	−3.0	−0.01−0.12 to +0.10	53	38/38	+0.3
2015	KC	16	30/37	81.1	82.1	−1.1	−0.01−0.12 to +0.09	53	39/41	+0.6
2015 playoffs	KC	2	5/5	100.0	86.8	+2.0		49	5/5	+0.3
2016	KC	16	31/35	88.6	88.3	+0.3	−0.01−0.12 to +0.09	54	36/39	−0.2
2016 playoffs	KC	1	1/1	100.0	68.7	+0.9		48	1/1	+0.1
2017	KC/CHI	5	4/5	80.0	82.5	−0.4	−0.01−0.12 to +0.11	39	14/14	+0.8
2018	LA/TB	9	14/18	77.8	87.7	−5.4	−0.01−0.12 to +0.10	45	22/23	+0.3
2019	TEN	5	4/9	44.4	75.1	−8.3	−0.04−0.15 to +0.08	53	12/12	+0.7
2020	CHI	16	30/32	93.8	87.5	+6.0	+0.02−0.09 to +0.13	55	36/37	+1.6
2020 playoffs	CHI	1	1/1	100.0	92.3	+0.2		36	–	0.0
2021	CHI	17	26/30	86.7	85.7	+0.8	−0.00−0.11 to +0.10	47	27/28	+1.0
2022	CHI	16	21/23	91.3	86.5	+3.3	+0.00−0.11 to +0.11	51	27/32	−2.9
2023	CHI	17	35/38	92.1	85.4	+7.7	+0.03−0.08 to +0.13	55	31/33	−0.6
2024	CHI	17	21/25	84.0	80.7	+2.5	+0.01−0.10 to +0.11	54	25/26	+0.1
2025	CHI	14	25/30	83.3	85.7	−2.1	−0.01−0.12 to +0.10	54	39/39	+1.7
2025 playoffs	CHI	2	4/4	100.0	82.7	+2.1		51	4/4	+0.2
2026	CHI	9	15/19	78.9	86.5	−4.3	−0.01−0.13 to +0.10	58	28/28	+1.3
Career		173	281/331	84.9	85.3	−4.0		58	374/390	+4.7

Game logs

2026 game log (9 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2026-09-13	@ CAR	W 59–37	1/1	40	+0.4	8/8
2	2026-09-20	vs MIN	L 3–9	1/2	50	−2.1	–
3	2026-09-28	vs PHI	W 27–7	2/2	48	+0.7	3/3
4	2026-10-04	vs NYJ	W 23–12	3/3	30	+0.3	2/2
5	2026-10-11	@ GB	L 7–31	0/1	–	−2.5	1/1
6	2026-10-18	@ ATL	W 31–23	1/2	50	−1.6	4/4
7	2026-10-22	vs NE	W 30–24	3/4	58	−0.6	3/3
8	2026-11-02	@ SEA	W 34–17	2/2	44	+0.7	4/4
9	2026-11-08	vs TB	W 27–24	2/2	38	+0.4	3/3

2025 game log (16 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2025-09-08	vs MIN	L 24–27	1/2	42	−1.9	3/3
2	2025-09-14	@ DET	L 21–52	–	–	0.0	3/3
3	2025-09-21	vs DAL	W 31–14	1/1	30	+0.1	4/4
4	2025-09-28	@ LV	W 25–24	4/4	52	+2.3	1/1
8	2025-10-26	@ BAL	L 16–30	3/4	47	−0.9	1/1
9	2025-11-02	@ CIN	W 47–42	2/3	36	−2.2	5/5
10	2025-11-09	vs NYG	W 24–20	1/1	22	+0.1	3/3
11	2025-11-16	@ MIN	W 19–17	4/5	54	−0.9	1/1
12	2025-11-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	1/1	47	+0.6	4/4
13	2025-11-28	@ PHI	W 24–15	1/1	30	+0.1	3/3
14	2025-12-07	@ GB	L 21–28	2/2	41	+0.8	1/1
15	2025-12-14	vs CLE	W 31–3	1/2	41	−2.1	4/4
16	2025-12-20	vs GB	W 22–16 OT	3/3	51	+1.9	1/1
17	2025-12-28	@ SF	L 38–42	1/1	29	+0.1	5/5
P19	2026-01-10	vs GB	W 31–27	3/3	51	+1.1	2/2
P20	2026-01-18	vs LA	L 17–20 OT	1/1	48	+0.9	2/2

2024 game log (17 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2024-09-08	vs TEN	W 24–17	3/3	50	+1.6	1/1
2	2024-09-15	@ HOU	L 13–19	2/2	54	+1.7	1/1
3	2024-09-22	@ IND	L 16–21	1/2	53	−1.2	1/1
4	2024-09-29	vs LA	W 24–18	1/1	40	+0.4	3/3
5	2024-10-06	vs CAR	W 36–10	1/1	33	+0.2	3/4
6	2024-10-13	vs JAX	W 35–16	0/1	–	−2.5	5/5
8	2024-10-27	@ WAS	L 15–18	–	–	0.0	1/1
9	2024-11-03	@ ARI	L 9–29	3/3	53	+1.8	–
10	2024-11-10	vs NE	L 3–19	1/1	33	+0.2	–
11	2024-11-17	vs GB	L 19–20	2/3	53	−1.4	1/1
12	2024-11-24	vs MIN	L 27–30 OT	2/3	49	−0.7	1/1
13	2024-11-28	@ DET	L 20–23	–	–	0.0	2/2
14	2024-12-08	@ SF	L 13–38	–	–	0.0	1/1
15	2024-12-16	@ MIN	L 12–30	2/2	39	+0.4	–
16	2024-12-22	vs DET	L 17–34	1/1	30	+0.2	2/2
17	2024-12-26	vs SEA	L 3–6	1/1	42	+0.5	–
18	2025-01-05	@ GB	W 24–22	1/1	51	+1.4	3/3

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2023-09-10	vs GB	L 20–38	2/2	47	+0.8	–
2	2023-09-17	@ TB	L 17–27	1/1	52	+0.8	2/2
3	2023-09-24	@ KC	L 10–41	1/1	21	+0.0	1/1
4	2023-10-01	vs DEN	L 28–31	–	–	0.0	4/4
5	2023-10-05	@ WAS	W 40–20	4/4	43	+1.0	4/4
6	2023-10-15	vs MIN	L 13–19	2/2	53	+1.1	1/1
7	2023-10-22	vs LV	W 30–12	1/1	54	+1.0	3/4
8	2023-10-29	@ LAC	L 13–30	–	–	0.0	1/1
9	2023-11-05	@ NO	L 17–24	1/2	31	−2.5	2/2
10	2023-11-09	vs CAR	W 16–13	3/3	54	+1.6	1/1
11	2023-11-19	@ DET	L 26–31	4/4	53	+1.5	2/2
12	2023-11-27	@ MIN	W 12–10	4/5	55	−1.1	–
14	2023-12-10	vs DET	W 28–13	3/3	46	+0.9	1/2
15	2023-12-17	@ CLE	L 17–20	1/1	41	+0.5	2/2
16	2023-12-24	vs ARI	W 27–16	2/2	49	+0.8	3/3
17	2023-12-31	vs ATL	W 37–17	3/4	42	−0.3	4/4
18	2024-01-07	@ GB	L 9–17	3/3	50	+1.6	–

2022 game log (16 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2022-09-11	vs SF	W 19–10	–	–	0.0	1/3
2	2022-09-18	@ GB	L 10–27	1/1	44	+0.5	1/1
3	2022-09-25	vs HOU	W 23–20	3/3	50	+1.6	2/2
5	2022-10-09	@ MIN	L 22–29	3/3	51	+1.7	1/1
6	2022-10-13	vs WAS	L 7–12	–	–	0.0	1/1
7	2022-10-24	@ NE	W 33–14	4/4	50	+1.4	3/3
8	2022-10-30	@ DAL	L 29–49	1/1	36	+0.2	2/2
9	2022-11-06	vs MIA	L 32–35	1/1	32	+0.2	3/3
10	2022-11-13	vs DET	L 30–31	1/1	33	+0.2	3/4
11	2022-11-20	@ ATL	L 24–27	1/2	41	−1.7	3/3
12	2022-11-27	@ NYJ	L 10–31	1/1	22	+0.0	1/1
13	2022-12-04	vs GB	L 19–28	2/3	40	−1.9	1/2
15	2022-12-18	vs PHI	L 20–25	–	–	0.0	2/3
16	2022-12-24	vs BUF	L 13–35	2/2	37	+0.9	1/1
17	2023-01-01	@ DET	L 10–41	1/1	23	+0.0	1/1
18	2023-01-08	vs MIN	L 13–29	–	–	0.0	1/1

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2021-09-12	@ LA	L 14–34	–	–	0.0	2/2
2	2021-09-19	vs CIN	W 20–17	2/2	28	+0.1	2/2
3	2021-09-26	@ CLE	L 6–26	2/2	47	+0.9	–
4	2021-10-03	vs DET	W 24–14	1/1	33	+0.2	3/3
5	2021-10-10	@ LV	W 20–9	2/2	46	+1.1	2/2
6	2021-10-17	vs GB	L 14–24	–	–	0.0	2/2
7	2021-10-24	@ TB	L 3–38	1/1	28	+0.1	–
8	2021-10-31	vs SF	L 22–33	3/3	40	+0.9	1/2
9	2021-11-08	@ PIT	L 27–29	2/3	30	−0.4	3/3
11	2021-11-21	vs BAL	L 13–16	0/1	–	−2.6	1/1
12	2021-11-25	@ DET	W 16–14	3/4	43	−1.5	1/1
13	2021-12-05	vs ARI	L 22–33	–	–	0.0	2/2
14	2021-12-12	@ GB	L 30–45	3/3	44	+1.3	3/3
15	2021-12-20	vs MIN	L 9–17	1/2	34	−1.9	–
16	2021-12-26	@ SEA	W 25–24	1/1	35	+0.3	2/2
17	2022-01-02	vs NYG	W 29–3	2/2	44	+0.9	3/3
18	2022-01-09	@ MIN	L 17–31	3/3	46	+1.3	–

2020 game log (17 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2020-09-13	@ DET	W 27–23	–	–	–	–	2/2	35	+0.3	3/3
2	2020-09-20	vs NYG	W 17–13	–	–	–	–	1/2	34	−1.8	2/2
3	2020-09-27	@ ATL	W 30–26	–	–	–	–	1/2	35	−2.2	3/3
4	2020-10-04	vs IND	L 11–19	–	–	–	–	1/1	27	+0.1	–
5	2020-10-08	vs TB	W 20–19	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+1.1	2/2
6	2020-10-18	@ CAR	W 23–16	–	–	–	–	3/3	55	+1.5	2/2
7	2020-10-26	@ LA	L 10–24	–	–	–	–	1/1	42	+0.4	1/1
8	2020-11-01	vs NO	L 23–26 OT	1	0.0	0	0	3/3	51	+2.1	2/2
9	2020-11-08	@ TEN	L 17–24	–	–	–	–	1/1	22	+0.1	2/2
10	2020-11-16	vs MIN	L 13–19	–	–	–	–	2/2	42	+0.6	1/1
12	2020-11-29	@ GB	L 25–41	–	–	–	–	1/1	27	+0.1	2/2
13	2020-12-06	vs DET	L 30–34	–	–	–	–	1/1	45	+0.7	3/4
14	2020-12-13	vs HOU	W 36–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	39	+0.6	4/4
15	2020-12-20	@ MIN	W 33–27	–	–	–	–	4/4	48	+1.7	3/3
16	2020-12-27	@ JAX	W 41–17	–	–	–	–	2/2	40	+0.5	5/5
17	2021-01-03	vs GB	L 16–35	–	–	–	–	3/3	30	+0.3	1/1
P18	2021-01-10	@ NO	L 9–21	–	–	–	–	1/1	36	+0.2	–

2019 game log (5 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2019-09-08	@ CLE	W 43–13	2/2	53	+1.6	5/5
2	2019-09-15	vs IND	L 17–19	1/2	49	−1.5	2/2
3	2019-09-19	@ JAX	L 7–20	–	–	0.0	1/1
4	2019-09-29	@ ATL	W 24–10	1/1	45	+0.6	3/3
5	2019-10-06	vs BUF	L 7–14	0/4	–	−9.0	1/1

2018 game log (9 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
5	2018-10-07	@ SEA	W 33–31	2/2	39	+0.5	3/4
6	2018-10-14	@ DEN	W 23–20	3/4	39	−1.8	2/2
11	2018-11-18	@ NYG	L 35–38	–	–	0.0	5/5
12	2018-11-25	vs SF	W 27–9	2/2	41	+0.9	3/3
13	2018-12-02	vs CAR	W 24–17	1/1	35	+0.3	3/3
14	2018-12-09	vs NO	L 14–28	0/2	–	−4.9	2/2
15	2018-12-16	@ BAL	L 12–20	2/2	28	+0.2	–
16	2018-12-23	@ DAL	L 20–27	2/3	45	−1.4	2/2
17	2018-12-30	vs ATL	L 32–34	2/2	45	+0.9	2/2

2017 game log (5 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2017-09-07	@ NE	W 42–27	–	–	0.0	6/6
2	2017-09-17	vs PHI	W 27–20	2/2	39	+0.6	3/3
3	2017-09-24	@ LAC	W 24–10	1/1	34	+0.2	3/3
12	2017-11-26	@ PHI	L 3–31	1/2	38	−1.3	–
13	2017-12-03	vs SF	L 14–15	–	–	0.0	2/2

2016 game log (17 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2016-09-11	vs LAC	W 33–27 OT	–	–	–	–	2/2	47	+0.9	3/3
2	2016-09-18	@ HOU	L 12–19	–	–	–	–	4/4	54	+1.8	–
3	2016-09-25	vs NYJ	W 24–3	–	–	–	–	1/1	27	+0.1	3/3
4	2016-10-02	@ PIT	L 14–43	–	–	–	–	0/1	–	−2.0	2/2
6	2016-10-16	@ LV	W 26–10	1	0.0	0	0	2/3	44	−1.9	2/3
7	2016-10-23	vs NO	W 27–21	–	–	–	–	2/2	41	+0.9	3/3
8	2016-10-30	@ IND	W 30–14	–	–	–	–	3/4	44	−2.2	3/3
9	2016-11-06	vs JAX	W 19–14	–	–	–	–	4/4	51	+1.4	1/1
10	2016-11-13	@ CAR	W 20–17	–	–	–	–	4/4	47	+1.6	–
11	2016-11-20	vs TB	L 17–19	–	–	–	–	1/1	22	+0.1	2/2
12	2016-11-27	@ DEN	W 30–27 OT	–	–	–	–	2/2	37	+0.6	2/2
13	2016-12-04	@ ATL	W 29–28	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/4
14	2016-12-08	vs LV	W 21–13	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	3/3
15	2016-12-18	vs TEN	L 17–19	–	–	–	–	1/1	34	+0.3	2/2
16	2016-12-25	vs DEN	W 33–10	1	0.0	0	0	2/3	39	−2.0	3/4
17	2017-01-01	@ LAC	W 37–27	–	–	–	–	3/3	37	+0.7	4/4
P19	2017-01-15	vs PIT	L 16–18	–	–	–	–	1/1	48	+0.9	1/1

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2015-09-13	@ HOU	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	2/3	48	−1.4	3/3
2	2015-09-17	vs DEN	L 24–31	–	–	–	–	1/1	35	+0.3	3/3
3	2015-09-28	@ GB	L 28–38	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/2
4	2015-10-04	@ CIN	L 21–36	–	–	–	–	7/7	51	+3.0	–
5	2015-10-11	vs CHI	L 17–18	–	–	–	–	1/3	35	−3.0	2/2
6	2015-10-18	@ MIN	L 10–16	–	–	–	–	1/1	48	+0.7	1/1
7	2015-10-25	vs PIT	W 23–13	–	–	–	–	3/4	30	−1.5	2/2
8	2015-11-01	vs DET	W 45–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	33	+0.2	6/6
10	2015-11-15	@ DEN	W 29–13	–	–	–	–	5/6	50	−0.3	2/2
11	2015-11-22	@ LAC	W 33–3	–	–	–	–	2/2	28	+0.2	3/4
12	2015-11-29	vs BUF	W 30–22	–	–	–	–	3/4	49	+0.4	3/3
13	2015-12-06	@ LV	W 34–20	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	2/3
14	2015-12-13	vs LAC	W 10–3	–	–	–	–	1/2	40	−1.6	1/1
15	2015-12-20	@ BAL	W 34–14	1	0.0	0	0	2/2	53	+1.3	4/4
16	2015-12-27	vs CLE	W 17–13	–	–	–	–	1/1	40	+0.6	2/2
17	2016-01-03	vs LV	W 23–17	0	0.0	0	0	–	–	0.0	3/3
P18	2016-01-09	@ HOU	W 30–0	–	–	–	–	3/3	49	+1.5	3/3
P19	2016-01-16	@ NE	L 20–27	–	–	–	–	2/2	34	+0.4	2/2

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	FG	Long	FG points over exp.	XP
1	2014-09-07	vs TEN	L 10–26	–	–	–	–	1/2	35	−1.9	1/1
2	2014-09-14	@ DEN	L 17–24	–	–	–	–	1/2	45	−2.2	2/2
3	2014-09-21	@ MIA	W 34–15	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.0	4/4
4	2014-09-29	vs NE	W 41–14	–	–	–	–	2/2	31	+0.3	5/5
5	2014-10-05	@ SF	L 17–22	–	–	–	–	1/1	42	+0.5	2/2
7	2014-10-19	@ LAC	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	3/3	48	+1.3	2/2
8	2014-10-26	vs LA	W 34–7	–	–	–	–	2/2	53	+1.3	4/4
9	2014-11-02	vs NYJ	W 24–10	–	–	–	–	1/1	19	+0.0	3/3
10	2014-11-09	@ BUF	W 17–13	–	–	–	–	1/1	36	+0.4	2/2
11	2014-11-16	vs SEA	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	1/1	23	+0.1	3/3
12	2014-11-20	@ LV	L 20–24	–	–	–	–	2/2	25	+0.2	2/2
13	2014-11-30	vs DEN	L 16–29	–	–	–	–	1/1	39	+0.6	1/1
14	2014-12-07	@ ARI	L 14–17	1	0.0	0	0	–	–	0.0	2/2
15	2014-12-14	vs LV	W 31–13	–	–	–	–	1/3	41	−4.0	4/4
16	2014-12-21	@ PIT	L 12–20	–	–	–	–	4/4	43	+1.1	–
17	2014-12-28	vs LAC	W 19–7	–	–	–	–	4/5	43	−0.7	1/1