The top 27 scorers in National Football League history are all placekickers. Statistics include regular season scoring only and are based on 1,500 career points.
List
Key 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 FameBolddenotes active player
Updated through Week 3 of season
Rank Player Pos. Points 1Adam Vinatieri *K2,673 2Morten Andersen *K 2,544 3Gary AndersonK 2,434 4Jason Hanson K 2,150 5John CarneyK 2,062 6Matt StoverK 2,004 7George Blanda *K, QB 2,002 8Jason ElamK 1,983 9John KasayK 1,970 10Robbie GouldK 1,961 11Mason CrosbyK 1,939 12Sebastian JanikowskiK 1,913 13Matt PraterK 1,908 14Stephen GostkowskiK 1,875 15Phil DawsonK 1,847 16Nick FolkK 1,845 17Matt BryantK 1,758 18Justin TuckerK 1,775 19Norm JohnsonK 1,736 20David AkersK 1,721 21Nick LoweryK 1,711 22Jan Stenerud *K 1,699 23Ryan LongwellK 1,687 24Lou Groza *K, OT 1,608 25Eddie MurrayK 1,594 26Al Del GrecoK 1,584 27Olindo MareK 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. 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
+ NFL historical career scoring leaders Player Team(s) while leader Season(s) 1 Lenny Sachs Chicago Cardinals 12 2 Elmer Oliphant Buffalo All-Americans 47 3 Dutch Sternaman Chicago Bears 77 4 Paddy Driscoll Chicago Cardinals ()Chicago Bears () 143 177 244 330 373 393 402 5 Don Hutson Green Bay Packers 526 643 728 825 6 Lou Groza Cleveland Browns 893 953 1,001 1,086 1,161 1,246 1,361 1,454 1,532 1,608 7 George Blanda Oakland Raiders 1.647 1,742 1,842 1,919 2,002 8 Gary Anderson Minnesota Vikings () Tennessee Titans () 2,059 2,133 2,223 2,346 2,434 9 Morten Andersen Atlanta Falcons 2,445 2,544 10 –present Adam Vinatieri Indianapolis Colts 2,600 2,673 –present
See also List of NFL annual scoring leaders List of NFL individual records
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