 Andersen is over 100 points ahead of his nearest rival
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Morten Andersen, the NFL's all-time leading scorer, has retired at the age of 48 because of knee problems.
The Danish kicker, who scored 2,544 points in a 25-year career, played for Atlanta in the past two seasons but was unable to get a contract this year.
He said: "I can no longer can train in an optimal way because of my knees, so I am retiring."
Andersen described reaching the 1999 Super Bowl with the Falcons as "the pinnacle of my career".
Atlanta advanced to their only NFL finale when Andersen's 38-yard field goal beat the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC title game, but they lost the Super Bowl to Denver.
Andersen became the leading scorer in NFL history on 17 December 2006, when he kicked the ball through the uprights during the Falcons' 38-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
He kicked for five NFL teams in 25 years, including 13 seasons for New Orleans, eight for the Falcons, two for Kansas City and one season each with the New York Giants and the Vikings.
A Copenhagen native, Andersen went to the United States in 1977 as an exchange student and played college football for Michigan State.
The second-placed player on the NFL's points leaders' list is South African-born kicker Gary Anderson, with 2,434. He retired in 2004.
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