List of NFL career scoring leaders
Appearance
The top 25 scorers in National Football League history are all placekickers. Statistics include regular season scoring only.
List
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Key
[edit]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. |
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Bold | denotes active player. |
Updated through the 2023 season.[1]
Rank | Player | Pos. | Points |
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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
[edit]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 |
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41 | Jerry Rice | Wide receiver | 1985–2004 | 1,256 |
59 | 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NFL Career Scoring Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.