List of NFL annual scoring leaders
In American football, scoring can be achieved via touchdown, a field goal, a safety, or by conversion try. After a touchdown is scored, a team will attempt a conversion try, often called the point after touchdown, for either one or two points. The National Football League did not begin keeping official records until the 1932 season. In addition to the NFL scoring leaders, league record books recognize the scoring leaders of the American Football League, which operated from 1960 to 1969 before being absorbed into the NFL in 1970. For statistical purposes, a player is credited with points scored when they kick a field goal, cause a safety, convert a PAT, or score a touchdown.
The single-season scoring record is held by LaDainian Tomlinson of the San Diego Chargers who, in, scored 186 points and broke the 46-year-old record held by Paul Hornung. Three players, Gino Cappelletti, Don Hutson, and Stephen Gostkowski, have led the league a record five times each, all having done so in at least four consecutive seasons. Hutson however is the only one to have led in five consecutive seasons.
NFL annual scoring leaders
| Symbol | Meaning |
| Leader | The player who recorded the most points in the NFL |
| Position | The player's designated position |
| Pts | The total number of points the player scored |
| GP | The number of games played by a player during the season |
| Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| ^ | Active player |
| * | Set the single-season scoring record |
| Denotes the number of times a player appears in this list |
| Season | Leader | Position | Team | |||
| Tailback | 55* | 11 | Portsmouth Spartans | |||
| Halfback | 64* | 11 | Portsmouth Spartans | |||
| Fullback | 64* | 14 | New York Giants | |||
| Halfback | 76* | 13 | Chicago Bears | |||
| Tailback | 55 | 12 | Detroit Lions | |||
| Tailback | 73 | 12 | Detroit Lions | |||
| Halfback | 69 | 11 | Chicago Bears | |||
| Fullback | 58 | 11 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Fullback | 68 | 11 | Washington Redskins | |||
| End | 57 | 11 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| End | 95* | 11 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| End | 138* | 11 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| End | 117 | 10 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| End | 85 | 10 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Halfback | 110 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles | |||
| Fullback | 100 | 11 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Fullback | 102 | 12 | Chicago Cardinals | |||
| Fullback | 110 | 12 | Chicago Cardinals | |||
| Fullback | 102 | 11 | Chicago Cardinals | |||
| Halfback | 102 | 12 | New York Giants | |||
| Halfback | 128 | 12 | Detroit Lions | |||
| End | 102 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams | |||
| End | 94 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers | |||
| End | 114 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers | |||
| End | 114 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles | |||
| Halfback | 96 | 12 | Detroit Lions | |||
| Quarterback | 99 | 12 | Detroit Lions | |||
| Kicker | 77 | 12 | Washington Redskins | |||
| Tackle | 77 | 12 | Cleveland Browns | |||
| Fullback | 108 | 12 | Cleveland Browns | |||
| Halfback | 94 | 12 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Halfback | 176* | 12 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Halfback | 146 | 12 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Fullback | 114 | 14 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Punter | 106 | 14 | New York Giants | |||
| Halfback | 120 | 14 | Baltimore Colts | |||
| Halfback | 132 | 14 | Chicago Bears | |||
| Kicker | 113 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams | |||
| Kicker | 117 | 14 | St. Louis Cardinals | |||
| Running back | 120 | 14 | Cleveland Browns | |||
| Kicker | 121 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings | |||
| Kicker | 125 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings | |||
| Kicker | 117 | 14 | Miami Dolphins | |||
| Kicker | 128 | 14 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Kicker | 130 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams | |||
| Kicker | 94 | 14 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Running back | 138 | 14 | Buffalo Bills | |||
| Kicker | 109 | 14 | Baltimore Colts | |||
| Kicker | 99 | 14 | Oakland Raiders | |||
| Kicker | 118 | 16 | Los Angeles Rams | |||
| Kicker | 115 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 129 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 121 | 16 | Detroit Lions | |||
| Kicker | 121 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys | |||
| Running back | 84 | 9 | Los Angeles Raiders | |||
| Kicker | 161 | 16 | Washington Redskins | |||
| Kicker | 131 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers | |||
| Kicker | 144 | 16 | Chicago Bears | |||
| Kicker | 140 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Wide receiver | 138 | 12 | San Francisco 49ers | |||
| Kicker | 129 | 16 | Buffalo Bills | |||
| Kicker | 136 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers | |||
| Kicker | 139 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs | |||
| Kicker | 149 | 16 | Washington Redskins | |||
| Kicker | 124 | 16 | Miami Dolphins | |||
| Kicker | 132 | 16 | Los Angeles Raiders | |||
| Kicker | 135 | 16 | San Diego Chargers | |||
| Running back | 150 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys | |||
| Kicker | 145 | 16 | Carolina Panthers | |||
| Kicker | 134 | 16 | Jacksonville Jaguars | |||
| Kicker | 164 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings | |||
| Kicker | 145 | 16 | Indianapolis Colts | |||
| Running back | 160 | 14 | St. Louis Rams | |||
| Running back | 128 | 14 | St. Louis Rams | |||
| Running back | 144 | 14 | Kansas City Chiefs | |||
| Kicker | 163 | 16 | St. Louis Rams | |||
| Kicker | 141 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Running back | 168 | 16 | Seattle Seahawks | |||
| Running back | 186* | 16 | San Diego Chargers | |||
| Kicker | 141 | 16 | Green Bay Packers | |||
| Kicker | 148 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 146 | 16 | San Diego Chargers | |||
| Kicker | 143 | 16 | Philadelphia Eagles | |||
| Kicker | 166 | 16 | San Francisco 49ers | |||
| Kicker | 153 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 158 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 156 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 151 | 16 | New England Patriots | |||
| Kicker | 158 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons | |||
| Kicker | 158 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams | |||
| ^ | Kicker | 150 | 16 | Houston Texans | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 147 | 16 | Kansas City Chiefs | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 144 | 16 | Las Vegas Raiders | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 144 | 15 | Atlanta Falcons | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 144 | 16 | Miami Dolphins | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 150 | 17 | Las Vegas Raiders | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 150 | 17 | New England Patriots | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 143 | 17 | Seattle Seahawks | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 157 | 17 | Dallas Cowboys | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 158 | 17 | Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| ^ | Kicker | 171 | 17 | Seattle Seahawks |