List of National Football League annual scoring leaders

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This is a list of National Football League players who have led the regular season in scoring each year.

The NFL did not begin keeping official records until the 1932 season.

NFL annual scoring leaders

LaDainian Tomlinson holds the single season points record with 186 in 2006. Notably without a single field goal kicked.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Player	The player who recorded the most points in the league in the season
Points	The total number of points the player scored in the season
	Pro Football Hall of Fame member
^	The player is an active player
*	Set record
(#)	Shows the number of times a player appears in this list

Through 2022 season.

NFL annual scoring leaders by season

Year	Player	Team	Position	Points
1932	Clark, DutchDutch Clark	Portsmouth Spartans	Back, Kicker	55*
1933	Presnell, GlennGlenn Presnell	Portsmouth Spartans	Halfback	64*
	Strong, KenKen Strong	New York Giants	Halfback, Fullback
1934	Manders, JackJack Manders	Chicago Bears	Halfback, Kicker	76*
1935	Clark, DutchDutch Clark (2)	Detroit Lions	Back, Kicker	55
1936	Clark, DutchDutch Clark (3)	Detroit Lions	Back, Kicker	73
1937	Manders, JackJack Manders (2)	Chicago Bears	Halfback, Kicker	69
1938	Hinkle, ClarkeClarke Hinkle	Green Bay Packers	Fullback	58
1939	Farkas, AndyAndy Farkas	Washington Redskins	Fullback	68
1940	Hutson, DonDon Hutson	Green Bay Packers	End, Kicker	57
1941	Hutson, DonDon Hutson (2)	Green Bay Packers	End, Kicker	95*
1942	Hutson, DonDon Hutson (3)	Green Bay Packers	End, Kicker	138*
1943	Hutson, DonDon Hutson (4)	Green Bay Packers	End, Kicker	117
1944	Hutson, DonDon Hutson (5)	Green Bay Packers	End, Kicker	85
1945	Van Buren, SteveSteve Van Buren	Philadelphia Eagles	Halfback	110
1946	Fritsch, TedTed Fritsch	Green Bay Packers	Running back	100
1947	Harder, PatPat Harder	Chicago Cardinals	Fullback, Kicker	102
1948	Harder, PatPat Harder (2)	Chicago Cardinals	Fullback, Kicker	110
1949	Roberts, GeneGene Roberts	New York Giants	Running back	102
	Harder, PatPat Harder (3)	Chicago Cardinals	Fullback, Kicker
1950	Walker, DoakDoak Walker	Detroit Lions	Halfback, Kicker	128
1951	Hirsch, ElroyElroy Hirsch	Los Angeles Rams	Halfback, Kicker, Flanker	102
1952	Soltau, GordieGordie Soltau	San Francisco 49ers	Wide Receiver, Kicker	94
1953	Soltau, GordieGordie Soltau (2)	San Francisco 49ers	Wide Receiver, Kicker	114
1954	Walston, BobbyBobby Walston	Philadelphia Eagles	Kicker	114
1955	Walker, DoakDoak Walker (2)	Detroit Lions	Halfback, Kicker	96
1956	Layne, BobbyBobby Layne	Detroit Lions	Quarterback, Kicker	99
1957	Groza, LouLou Groza	Cleveland Browns	Kicker	77
	Baker, SamSam Baker	Washington Redskins	Running back, Kicker
1958	Brown, JimJim Brown	Cleveland Browns	Fullback	108
1959	Hornung, PaulPaul Hornung	Green Bay Packers	Halfback, Kicker	94
1960	Hornung, PaulPaul Hornung (2)	Green Bay Packers	Halfback, Kicker	176*
1961	Hornung, PaulPaul Hornung (3)	Green Bay Packers	Halfback, Kicker	146
1962	Taylor, JimJim Taylor	Green Bay Packers	Fullback	114
1963	Chandler, DonDon Chandler	New York Giants	Kicker	106
1964	Moore, LennyLenny Moore	Baltimore Colts	Halfback, Wide receiver	120
1965	Sayers, GaleGale Sayers	Chicago Bears	Halfback	132
1966	Gossett, BruceBruce Gossett	Los Angeles Rams	Kicker	113
1967	Bakken, JimJim Bakken	St. Louis Cardinals	Kicker	117
1968	Kelly, LeroyLeroy Kelly	Cleveland Browns	Running back	120
1969	Cox, FredFred Cox	Minnesota Vikings	Kicker	121
1970	Cox, FredFred Cox (2)	Minnesota Vikings	Kicker	125
1971	Yepremian, GaroGaro Yepremian	Miami Dolphins	Kicker	117
1972	Marcol, ChesterChester Marcol	Green Bay Packers	Kicker	128
1973	Ray, DavidDavid Ray	Los Angeles Rams	Kicker	130
1974	Marcol, ChesterChester Marcol (2)	Green Bay Packers	Kicker	94
1975	Simpson, O.J.O.J. Simpson	Buffalo Bills	Running back	138
1976	Linhart, ToniToni Linhart	Baltimore Ravens	Kicker	109
1977	Mann, ErrolErrol Mann	Oakland Raiders	Kicker	99
1978	Corral, FrankFrank Corral	Los Angeles Rams	Kicker	118
1979	Smith, JohnJohn Smith	New England Patriots	Kicker	115
1980	Smith, JohnJohn Smith (2)	New England Patriots	Kicker	129
1981	Murray, EddieEddie Murray	Detroit Lions	Kicker	121
	Septien, RafaelRafael Septien	Dallas Cowboys	Kicker
1982	Allen, MarcusMarcus Allen	Los Angeles Raiders	Running back	84
1983	Moseley, MarkMark Moseley	Washington Redskins	Kicker	161
1984	Wersching, RayRay Wersching	San Francisco 49ers	Kicker	131
1985	Butler, KevinKevin Butler	Chicago Bears	Kicker	144
1986	Franklin, TonyTony Franklin	New England Patriots	Kicker	140
1987	Rice, JerryJerry Rice	San Francisco 49ers	Wide receiver	138
1988	Norwood, ScottScott Norwood	Buffalo Bills	Kicker	129
1989	Cofer, MikeMike Cofer	San Francisco 49ers	Kicker	136
1990	Lowery, NickNick Lowery	Kansas City Chiefs	Kicker	139
1991	Lohmiller, ChipChip Lohmiller	Washington Redskins	Kicker	149
1992	Stoyanovich, PetePete Stoyanovich	Miami Dolphins	Kicker	124
1993	Jaeger, JeffJeff Jaeger	Los Angeles Raiders	Kicker	132
1994	Carney, JohnJohn Carney	San Diego Chargers	Kicker	135
1995	Smith, EmmittEmmitt Smith	Dallas Cowboys	Running back	150
1996	Kasay, JohnJohn Kasay	Carolina Panthers	Kicker	145
1997	Hollis, MikeMike Hollis	Jacksonville Jaguars	Kicker	134
1998	Anderson, GaryGary Anderson	Minnesota Vikings	Kicker	164
1999	Vanderjagt, MikeMike Vanderjagt	Indianapolis Colts	Kicker	145
2000	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk	St. Louis Rams	Running back	160
2001	Faulk, MarshallMarshall Faulk (2)	St. Louis Rams	Running back	128
2002	Holmes, PriestPriest Holmes	Kansas City Chiefs	Running back	144
2003	Wilkins, JeffJeff Wilkins	St. Louis Rams	Kicker	163
2004	Vinatieri, AdamAdam Vinatieri	New England Patriots	Kicker	141
2005	Alexander, ShaunShaun Alexander	Seattle Seahawks	Running back	168
2006	Tomlinson, LaDainianLaDainian Tomlinson	San Diego Chargers	Running back	186*
2007	Crosby, MasonMason Crosby*	Green Bay Packers	Kicker	141
2008	Gostkowski, StephenStephen Gostkowski	New England Patriots	Kicker	148
2009	Kaeding, NateNate Kaeding	San Diego Chargers	Kicker	146
2010	Akers, DavidDavid Akers	Philadelphia Eagles	Kicker	143
2011	Akers, DavidDavid Akers (2)	San Francisco 49ers	Kicker	166
2012	Gostkowski, StephenStephen Gostkowski (2)	New England Patriots	Kicker	153
2013	Gostkowski, StephenStephen Gostkowski (3)	New England Patriots	Kicker	158
2014	Gostkowski, StephenStephen Gostkowski (4)	New England Patriots	Kicker	156
2015	Gostkowski, StephenStephen Gostkowski (5)	New England Patriots	Kicker	151
2016	Bryant, MattMatt Bryant	Atlanta Falcons	Kicker	158
2017	Zuerlein, GregGreg Zuerlein^	Los Angeles Rams	Kicker	158
2018	Fairbairn, Ka'imiKa'imi Fairbairn^	Houston Texans	Kicker	150
2019	Butker, HarrisonHarrison Butker^	Kansas City Chiefs	Kicker	147
2020	Carlson, DanielDaniel Carlson^	Las Vegas Raiders	Kicker	144
	Sanders, JasonJason Sanders^	Miami Dolphins
	Koo, YounghoeYounghoe Koo^	Atlanta Falcons
2021	Carlson, DanielDaniel Carlson^ (2)	Las Vegas Raiders	Kicker	150
Folk, NickNick Folk^	New England Patriots
2022	Myers, JasonJason Myers^	Seattle Seahawks	Kicker	132

List Of National Football League Annual Scoring Leaders Media

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  Don Hutson led the league in a record five consecutive seasons from 1940. Hutson is also tied for the most seasons leading the league in points, with five.

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  Stephen Gostkowski led the league in scoring five times with the New England Patriots, tying the record for most seasons leading the league in points. Gostkowski also has the second longest streak of consecutive seasons leading the league (four consecutive).

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  Adam Vinatieri is the all-time leader in points scored and led the league in points in 2004.

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  Paul Hornung set the single-season record in 1960 while playing for the Green Bay Packers, a record that stood for 46 years.

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  Marshall Faulk led the league in back-to-back seasons in 2000 and 2001.

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  Gino Cappelletti led the AFL in scoring five times.