diff --git a/das/backoff.go b/das/backoff.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f92c04d1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/das/backoff.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package das
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	// first retry attempt should happen after defaultBackoffInitialInterval
+	defaultBackoffInitialInterval = time.Minute
+	// next retry attempt will happen with delay of previous one multiplied by defaultBackoffMultiplier
+	defaultBackoffMultiplier = 4
+	// after defaultBackoffMaxRetryCount amount of attempts retry backoff interval will stop growing
+	// and each retry attempt will produce WARN log
+	defaultBackoffMaxRetryCount = 4
+)
+
+// retryStrategy defines a backoff for retries.
+type retryStrategy struct {
+	// attempts delays will follow durations stored in retryIntervals
+	retryIntervals []time.Duration
+}
+
+// newRetryStrategy creates and initializes a new retry backoff.
+func newRetryStrategy(retryIntervals []time.Duration) retryStrategy {
+	return retryStrategy{retryIntervals: retryIntervals}
+}
+
+// nextRetry creates a retry attempt with a backoff delay based on the retry backoff.
+// It takes the number of retry attempts and the time of the last attempt as inputs and returns a
+// retry instance and a boolean value indicating whether the retries amount have exceeded.
+func (s retryStrategy) nextRetry(lastRetry retryAttempt, lastAttempt time.Time,
+) (retry retryAttempt, retriesExceeded bool) {
+	lastRetry.count++
+
+	if len(s.retryIntervals) == 0 {
+		return lastRetry, false
+	}
+
+	if lastRetry.count > len(s.retryIntervals) {
+		// try count exceeded backoff try limit
+		lastRetry.after = lastAttempt.Add(s.retryIntervals[len(s.retryIntervals)-1])
+		return lastRetry, true
+	}
+
+	lastRetry.after = lastAttempt.Add(s.retryIntervals[lastRetry.count-1])
+	return lastRetry, false
+}
+
+// exponentialBackoff generates an array of time.Duration values using an exponential growth
+// multiplier.
+func exponentialBackoff(baseInterval time.Duration, multiplier, amount int) []time.Duration {
+	backoff := make([]time.Duration, 0, amount)
+	next := baseInterval
+	for i := 0; i < amount; i++ {
+		backoff = append(backoff, next)
+		next *= time.Duration(multiplier)
+	}
+	return backoff
+}
diff --git a/das/backoff_test.go b/das/backoff_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e032ec175a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/das/backoff_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+package das
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_exponentialBackoff(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		baseInterval time.Duration
+		factor       int
+		amount       int
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want []time.Duration
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "defaults",
+			args: args{
+				baseInterval: time.Minute,
+				factor:       4,
+				amount:       4,
+			},
+			want: []time.Duration{
+				time.Minute,
+				4 * time.Minute,
+				16 * time.Minute,
+				64 * time.Minute,
+			}},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			assert.Equalf(t,
+				tt.want, exponentialBackoff(tt.args.baseInterval, tt.args.factor, tt.args.amount),
+				"exponentialBackoff(%v, %v, %v)", tt.args.baseInterval, tt.args.factor, tt.args.amount)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func Test_retryStrategy_nextRetry(t *testing.T) {
+	tNow := time.Now()
+	type args struct {
+		retry       retryAttempt
+		lastAttempt time.Time
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name                string
+		backoff             retryStrategy
+		args                args
+		wantRetry           retryAttempt
+		wantRetriesExceeded bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "empty_strategy",
+			backoff: newRetryStrategy(nil),
+			args: args{
+				retry:       retryAttempt{count: 1},
+				lastAttempt: tNow,
+			},
+			wantRetry: retryAttempt{
+				count: 2,
+			},
+			wantRetriesExceeded: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "before_limit",
+			backoff: newRetryStrategy([]time.Duration{time.Second, time.Minute}),
+			args: args{
+				retry:       retryAttempt{count: 1},
+				lastAttempt: tNow,
+			},
+			wantRetry: retryAttempt{
+				count: 2,
+				after: tNow.Add(time.Minute),
+			},
+			wantRetriesExceeded: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "after_limit",
+			backoff: newRetryStrategy([]time.Duration{time.Second, time.Minute}),
+			args: args{
+				retry:       retryAttempt{count: 2},
+				lastAttempt: tNow,
+			},
+			wantRetry: retryAttempt{
+				count: 3,
+				after: tNow.Add(time.Minute),
+			},
+			wantRetriesExceeded: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := retryStrategy{
+				retryIntervals: tt.backoff.retryIntervals,
+			}
+			gotRetry, gotRetriesExceeded := s.nextRetry(tt.args.retry, tt.args.lastAttempt)
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.wantRetry, gotRetry,
+				"nextRetry(%v, %v)", tt.args.retry, tt.args.lastAttempt)
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.wantRetriesExceeded, gotRetriesExceeded,
+				"nextRetry(%v, %v)", tt.args.retry, tt.args.lastAttempt)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/das/state.go b/das/state.go
index 3fddb7ce17..12de2a0b01 100644
--- a/das/state.go
+++ b/das/state.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package das
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node/header"
 )
@@ -16,11 +17,14 @@ type coordinatorState struct {
 
 	// keeps track of running workers
 	inProgress map[int]func() workerState
+
+	// retryStrategy implements retry backoff
+	retryStrategy retryStrategy
 	// stores heights of failed headers with amount of retry attempt as value
-	failed map[uint64]int
+	failed map[uint64]retryAttempt
 	// inRetry stores (height -> attempt count) of failed headers that are currently being retried by
 	// workers
-	inRetry map[uint64]int
+	inRetry map[uint64]retryAttempt
 
 	// nextJobID is a unique identifier that will be used for creation of next job
 	nextJobID int
@@ -35,14 +39,26 @@ type coordinatorState struct {
 	catchUpDoneCh chan struct{}
 }
 
+// retryAttempt represents a retry attempt with a backoff delay.
+type retryAttempt struct {
+	// count specifies the number of retry attempts made so far.
+	count int
+	// after specifies the time for the next retry attempt.
+	after time.Time
+}
+
 // newCoordinatorState initiates state for samplingCoordinator
 func newCoordinatorState(params Parameters) coordinatorState {
 	return coordinatorState{
 		sampleFrom:    params.SampleFrom,
 		samplingRange: params.SamplingRange,
 		inProgress:    make(map[int]func() workerState),
-		failed:        make(map[uint64]int),
-		inRetry:       make(map[uint64]int),
+		retryStrategy: newRetryStrategy(exponentialBackoff(
+			defaultBackoffInitialInterval,
+			defaultBackoffMultiplier,
+			defaultBackoffMaxRetryCount)),
+		failed:        make(map[uint64]retryAttempt),
+		inRetry:       make(map[uint64]retryAttempt),
 		nextJobID:     0,
 		next:          params.SampleFrom,
 		networkHead:   params.SampleFrom,
@@ -54,10 +70,10 @@ func (s *coordinatorState) resumeFromCheckpoint(c checkpoint) {
 	s.next = c.SampleFrom
 	s.networkHead = c.NetworkHead
 
-	for h := range c.Failed {
-		// TODO(@walldiss): reset retry counter to allow retries after restart. Will be removed when retry
-		// backoff is implemented.
-		s.failed[h] = 0
+	for h, count := range c.Failed {
+		s.failed[h] = retryAttempt{
+			count: count,
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -77,14 +93,19 @@ func (s *coordinatorState) handleResult(res result) {
 
 	// update failed heights
 	for h := range res.failed {
-		failCount := 1
-		if res.job.jobType == retryJob {
-			// if job was already in retry and failed again, persist attempt count
-			failCount += s.inRetry[h]
+		// if job was already in retry and failed again, carry over attempt count
+		lastRetry, ok := s.inRetry[h]
+		if ok {
 			delete(s.inRetry, h)
 		}
 
-		s.failed[h] = failCount
+		nextRetry, retryExceeded := s.retryStrategy.nextRetry(lastRetry, time.Now())
+		if retryExceeded {
+			log.Warnw("header exceeded maximum amount of sampling attempts",
+				"height", h,
+				"attempts", nextRetry.count)
+		}
+		s.failed[h] = nextRetry
 	}
 	s.checkDone()
 }
@@ -125,15 +146,15 @@ func (s *coordinatorState) recentJob(header *header.ExtendedHeader) job {
 	}
 }
 
-// nextJob will return next catchup or retry job according to priority (catchup > retry)
+// nextJob will return next catchup or retry job according to priority (retry -> catchup)
 func (s *coordinatorState) nextJob() (next job, found bool) {
-	// check for catchup job
-	if job, found := s.catchupJob(); found {
+	// check for if any retry jobs are available
+	if job, found := s.retryJob(); found {
 		return job, found
 	}
 
-	// if caught up already, make a retry job
-	return s.retryJob()
+	// if no retry jobs, make a catchup job
+	return s.catchupJob()
 }
 
 // catchupJob creates a catchup job if catchup is not finished
@@ -153,15 +174,15 @@ func (s *coordinatorState) catchupJob() (next job, found bool) {
 
 // retryJob creates a job to retry previously failed header
 func (s *coordinatorState) retryJob() (next job, found bool) {
-	for h, count := range s.failed {
-		// TODO(@walldiss): limit max amount of retries until retry backoff is implemented
-		if count > 3 {
+	for h, attempt := range s.failed {
+		if !attempt.canRetry() {
+			// height will be retried later
 			continue
 		}
 
 		// move header from failed into retry
 		delete(s.failed, h)
-		s.inRetry[h] = count
+		s.inRetry[h] = attempt
 		j := s.newJob(retryJob, h, h)
 		return j, true
 	}
@@ -217,8 +238,8 @@ func (s *coordinatorState) unsafeStats() SamplingStats {
 	}
 
 	// set lowestFailedOrInProgress to minimum failed - 1
-	for h, count := range s.failed {
-		failed[h] += count
+	for h, retry := range s.failed {
+		failed[h] += retry.count
 		if h < lowestFailedOrInProgress {
 			lowestFailedOrInProgress = h
 		}
@@ -263,3 +284,8 @@ func (s *coordinatorState) waitCatchUp(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// canRetry returns true if the time stored in the "after" has passed.
+func (r retryAttempt) canRetry() bool {
+	return r.after.Before(time.Now())
+}
diff --git a/das/state_test.go b/das/state_test.go
index 1bef1ba223..57425082eb 100644
--- a/das/state_test.go
+++ b/das/state_test.go
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ func Test_coordinatorStats(t *testing.T) {
 						}
 					},
 				},
-				failed:      map[uint64]int{22: 1, 23: 1, 24: 2},
+				failed: map[uint64]retryAttempt{
+					22: {count: 1},
+					23: {count: 1},
+					24: {count: 2},
+				},
 				nextJobID:   0,
 				next:        31,
 				networkHead: 100,