List of National Football League career scoring leaders

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The top 25 scorers in National Football League history are all placekickers. Statistics include regular season scoring only.

List[]

Key[]

Rankk Rank amongst leaders in scoring. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player Player Name.
Pos. Player's position(s).
Points Points scored.
* denotes elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bold denotes active player.

Updated through the 2021 season.[1]

Rank Player Pos. Points
1 Adam Vinatieri K 2,673
2 Morten Andersen * K 2,544
3 Gary Anderson K 2,434
4 Jason Hanson K 2,150
5 John Carney K 2,062
6 Matt Stover K 2,004
7 George Blanda * K, QB 2,002
8 Jason Elam K 1,983
9 John Kasay K 1,970
10 Sebastian Janikowski K 1,913
11 Stephen Gostkowski K 1,875
12 Phil Dawson K 1,847
13 Robbie Gould K 1,830
14 Mason Crosby K 1,806
15 Matt Bryant K 1,758
16 Norm Johnson K 1,736
17 David Akers K 1,721
18 Nick Lowery K 1,711
19 Jan Stenerud * K 1,699
20 Ryan Longwell K 1,687
21 Lou Groza * K 1,608
22 Eddie Murray K 1,594
23 Matt Prater K 1,591
24 Al Del Greco K 1,584
25 Olindo Mare K 1,555

Non-kickers[]

The top five scoring non-kickers in NFL history are listed here with their overall scoring rank. Only one non-kicker, Jerry Rice, is in the top 50 scorers of all-time (although George Blanda played as both a quarterback and a kicker, 1,966 of his 2,002 points were scored as a kicker).

Rank Player Position Career Points
38 Jerry Rice Wide receiver 1985–2004 1,256
58 Emmitt Smith Running back 1990–2004 1,052
67 LaDainian Tomlinson Running back 2001–2011 972
72 Randy Moss Wide receiver 1998–2012 950
74 Terrell Owens Wide receiver 1996–2010 942

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NFL Career Scoring Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
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