NFL career scoring leaders

The top 25 scorers in National Football League history are listed below. All players listed are placekickers.

Active players are listed in bold. (Age in parentheses.)

Statistics are accurate through November 6, 2011^[1][2]

1. Morten Andersen 2,544
2. Gary Anderson 2,434
3. John Carney 2,062
4. Matt Stover 2,004
5. George Blanda 2,002
6. Jason Elam 1,983
7. Jason Hanson 1,974 (41)
8. John Kasay 1,922 (42)
9. Norm Johnson 1,736
10. Nick Lowery 1,711
11. Adam Vinatieri 1,706 (38)
12. Jan Stenerud 1,699
13. Ryan Longwell 1,641 (37)
14. Lou Groza 1,608
15. Eddie Murray 1,594
16. Al Del Greco 1,584
17. Olindo Mare 1,480 (38)
18. Steve Christie 1,476
19. Pat Leahy 1,470
20. Jim Turner 1,439
21. Matt Bahr 1,422
22. Jeff Wilkins 1,416
23. David Akers 1,416 (36)
24. Mark Moseley 1,382
25. Jim Bakken 1,380

Non-kickers

The highest-scoring non-kicker in NFL history is wide receiver Jerry Rice, who scored 1,256 points, which puts him in 27th place on the all-time scoring list. The only other non-kickers in the top 50 are running back Emmitt Smith who scored 1,052 points (44th place), and running back LaDainian Tomlinson who has scored 966 points to date (49th place).

References

1. ^ "NFL Career Scoring Leaders". pro-football-reference.com. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/scoring_career.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-15. 
2. ^ "NFL History - Points Leaders". espn.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/alltime/leaders?cat=points. Retrieved 2010-11-10.