NFL All-Time Scoring Leader Vinatieri to Retire After 24 Seasons

NFL All-Time Scoring Leader Vinatieri to Retire After 24 Seasons
Indianapolis Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri (4) reacts after missing a field goal in the final minute against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field. The Steelers won 26-24. (Philip G. Pavely-USA TODAY Sports/ File Photo)
Reuters
5/27/2021
Updated:
5/27/2021

Kicker Adam Vinatieri, the NFL’s all-time scoring leader, is retiring after 24 seasons at the age of 48, he said on Wednesday.

The four-time Super Bowl champion, who started his career with the New England Patriots in 1996 before moving to the Indianapolis Colts in 2006, scored 2,673 points including 29 game-winning kicks—two of which came at Super Bowls.

“By Friday, if paperwork goes in, you heard it here first,” Vinatieri said on the Pat McAfee Show which is hosted by Patrick McAfee, his former team mate in Indianapolis.

No kicker has more Super Bowl rings than Vinatieri, who won it three time with the Patriots and once with the Colts.

Considered one of the best kickers of all time, Vinatieri’s 25th season in the NFL was in doubt after he underwent surgery on tendons in his left knee in December 2019. He did not play last season.

By Rohith Nair