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

List

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Adam Vinatieri has scored the most points in NFL history.

Key

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Rank 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 2023 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 Robbie Gould K 1,961
11 Mason Crosby K 1,939
12 Sebastian Janikowski K 1,913
13 Stephen Gostkowski K 1,875
14 Phil Dawson K 1,847
15 Matt Prater K 1,780
16 Matt Bryant K 1,758
17 Norm Johnson K 1,736
18 David Akers K 1,721
19 Nick Lowery K 1,711
20 Jan Stenerud * K 1,699
21 Ryan Longwell K 1,687
22 Justin Tucker K 1,649
23 Nick Folk K 1,632
24 Lou Groza * K, OT 1,608
25 Eddie Murray K 1,594

Non-kickers

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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.

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

Historical career scoring leaders

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NFL historical career scoring leaders
No. Reign Player Team(s) while leader Pts Season(s) Refs
1 1920 Lenny Sachs Chicago Cardinals 12 1920 [2]
2 1921 Elmer Oliphant Buffalo All-Americans 47 1921 [3]
3 1922 Dutch Sternaman Chicago Bears 77 1922 [4]
4 1923–1941 Paddy Driscoll Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925)
Chicago Bears (1926–1929) 		143 1923 [5]
177 1924 [6]
244 1925 [7]
330 1926 [8]
373 1927 [9]
393 1928 [10]
402 1929–1941 [11][12]
5 1942–1956 Don Hutson Green Bay Packers 526 1942 [13]
643 1943 [14]
728 1944 [15]
825 1945–1956 [16][17]
6 1957–1970 Lou Groza Cleveland Browns 893 1957 [18]
953 1958 [19]
1,001 1959 [20]
1,086 1961 [21]
1,161 1962 [22]
1,246 1963 [23]
1,361 1964 [24]
1,454 1965 [25]
1,532 1966 [26]
1,608 1967–1970 [27][28]
7 1971–1999 George Blanda Oakland Raiders 1.647 1971 [29]
1,742 1972 [30]
1,842 1973 [31]
1,919 1974 [32]
2,002 1975–1999 [33][34]
8 2000–2005 Gary Anderson Minnesota Vikings (2000–2002)
Tennessee Titans (2003–2003) 		2,059 2000 [35]
2,133 2001 [36]
2,223 2002 [37]
2,346 2003 [38]
2,434 2004–2005 [39][40]
9 2006–2017 Morten Andersen Atlanta Falcons 2,445 2006 [41]
2,544 2007 [42]
10 2018–present Adam Vinatieri Indianapolis Colts 2,600 2018 [43]
2,673 2019–present [44][45]

See also

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References

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