List of National Football League Career scoring Leaders - wikipedia List of National Football League Career scoring Leaders The top 25 scorers in National Football League history are listed below. All players listed are placekickers and all statistics include regular season scoring only. Active players are listed in bold ( age in parentheses ). Statistics are accurate as of Week 8 of the 2018 season. Rank Player Career Points Adam Vinatieri ( 45 ) 1996 -- present 2,550 Morten Andersen 1982 -- 2007 2,544 Gary Anderson 1982 -- 2004 2,434 Jason Hanson 1992 -- 2012 2,150 John Carney 1988 -- 2010 2,062 6 Matt Stover 1991 -- 2009 2,004 7 George Blanda 1949 -- 1975 2,002 8 Jason Elam 1993 -- 2009 1,983 9 John Kasay 1991 -- 2011 1,970 10 Sebastian Janikowski ( 40 ) 2000 -- present 1,844 11 Phil Dawson ( 43 ) 1999 -- present 1,841 12 Norm Johnson 1982 -- 1999 1,736 13 David Akers 1998 -- 2013 1,721 14 Nick Lowery 1978 -- 1996 1,711 15 Jan Stenerud 1967 -- 1985 1,699 16 Stephen Gostkowski ( 34 ) 2006 -- present 1,690 17 Ryan Longwell 1997 -- 2011 1,687 18 Matt Bryant ( 43 ) 2000 -- present 1,667 19 Lou Groza 1946 -- 1967 1,608 20 Eddie Murray 1980 -- 2000 1,594 21 Al Del Greco 1984 -- 2000 1,584 22 Olindo Mare 1997 -- 2012 1,555 23 Steve Christie 1990 -- 2004 1,476 24 Pat Leahy 1974 -- 1991 1,470 25 Robbie Gould ( 35 ) 2005 -- present 1,463 Non-kickers The top five scoring non-kickers in NFL history are listed here with their overall scoring rank. Note that only one non-kicker 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 37 Jerry Rice Wide receiver 1985 -- 2004 1,256 53 Emmitt Smith Running back 1990 -- 2004 1,052 62 LaDainian Tomlinson Running back 2001 -- 2011 972 69 Randy Moss Wide receiver 1998 -- 2012 950 71 Terrell Owens Wide receiver 1996 -- 2010 942 References Jump up ^ `` NFL Career Scoring Leaders ''. pro-football-reference.com. Retrieved October 15, 2018. National Football League records and leaders General Super Bowl records Team playoff records Team records Individual records Games played Consecutive games and starts 99 - yard pass play All - purpose yards Scoring Passing Career Touchdowns Regular season Playoffs Yards 5,000 passing yards Completions Passer rating Wins Playoff win -- loss records Consecutive starts Consecutive games with a TD pass Annual Touchdowns Yards Completion percentage Rating Game Touchdowns Perfect passer rating 500 passing yards Rushing Career Touchdowns Yards Attempts Annual Touchdowns Yards 2,000 - yard club 1,000 - yard duos Receiving Career Touchdowns Yards Receptions Annual Touchdowns Yards Receptions Defense Career Sacks Interceptions Annual Sacks Interceptions Special teams Annual Punting yards Punt return yards Kickoff return yards Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_National_Football_League_career_scoring_leaders&oldid=866478998 '' Categories : National Football League records and achievements Talk About Wikipedia 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 30 October 2018, at 15 : 57 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who has the most career points in nfl history
Answer: Adam Vinatieri