# List of NFL career scoring leaders

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

## 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 Fame |
| Bold | denotes active player |
Updated through the 2023 season
| 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

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 :
| No. | Reign | Player | Team(s) while leader | Pts | Season(s) |
| 1 | 1920 | Lenny Sachs | Chicago Cardinals | 12 | 1920 |
| 2 | 1921 | Elmer Oliphant | Buffalo All-Americans | 47 | 1921 |
| 3 | 1922 | Dutch Sternaman | Chicago Bears | 77 | 1922 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 143 | 1923 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 177 | 1924 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 244 | 1925 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 330 | 1926 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 373 | 1927 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 393 | 1928 |
| 4 | 1923–1941 | Paddy Driscoll | Chicago Cardinals (1923–1925) Chicago Bears (1926–1929) | 402 | 1929–1941 |
| 5 | 1942–1956 | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | 526 | 1942 |
| 5 | 1942–1956 | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | 643 | 1943 |
| 5 | 1942–1956 | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | 728 | 1944 |
| 5 | 1942–1956 | Don Hutson | Green Bay Packers | 825 | 1945–1956 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 893 | 1957 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 953 | 1958 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,001 | 1959 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,086 | 1961 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,161 | 1962 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,246 | 1963 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,361 | 1964 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,454 | 1965 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,532 | 1966 |
| 6 | 1957–1970 | Lou Groza | Cleveland Browns | 1,608 | 1967–1970 |
| 7 | 1971–1999 | George Blanda | Oakland Raiders | 1.647 | 1971 |
| 7 | 1971–1999 | George Blanda | Oakland Raiders | 1,742 | 1972 |
| 7 | 1971–1999 | George Blanda | Oakland Raiders | 1,842 | 1973 |
| 7 | 1971–1999 | George Blanda | Oakland Raiders | 1,919 | 1974 |
| 7 | 1971–1999 | George Blanda | Oakland Raiders | 2,002 | 1975–1999 |
| 8 | 2000–2005 | Gary Anderson | Minnesota Vikings (2000–2002) Tennessee Titans (2003–2003) | 2,059 | 2000 |
| 8 | 2000–2005 | Gary Anderson | Minnesota Vikings (2000–2002) Tennessee Titans (2003–2003) | 2,133 | 2001 |
| 8 | 2000–2005 | Gary Anderson | Minnesota Vikings (2000–2002) Tennessee Titans (2003–2003) | 2,223 | 2002 |
| 8 | 2000–2005 | Gary Anderson | Minnesota Vikings (2000–2002) Tennessee Titans (2003–2003) | 2,346 | 2003 |
| 8 | 2000–2005 | Gary Anderson | Minnesota Vikings (2000–2002) Tennessee Titans (2003–2003) | 2,434 | 2004–2005 |
| | 2006–2017 | Morten Andersen | Atlanta Falcons | 2,445 | 2006 |
| | 2006–2017 | Morten Andersen | Atlanta Falcons | 2,544 | 2007 |
| | 2018–present | Adam Vinatieri | Indianapolis Colts | 2,600 | 2018 |
| | 2018–present | Adam Vinatieri | Indianapolis Colts | 2,673 | 2019 |