Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2025

Sample size: 6704 regular-season games.

Show game type: Regular season | Playoff

Highest score by one team: 70 (September 24, 2023: Dolphins 70 vs. Broncos 20)

Largest margin of victory: 59 (October 18, 2009: Patriots 59 vs. Titans 0)

Lowest-scoring game total: 3 (November 26, 2007: Steelers 3 vs. Dolphins 0, December 10, 2023: Vikings 3 at Raiders 0)

Highest-scoring game total: 106 (November 28, 2004: Bengals 58 vs. Browns 48)

Average home score: 23.2|Average away score: 21

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
Tie game 15 0.22%
1 or less 294 4.39%
2 or less 565 8.43%
3 or less 1571 23.43%
4 or less 1902 28.37%
5 or less 2144 31.98%
6 or less 2548 38.01%
7 or less 3158 47.11%
8 or less 3412 50.89%
9 or less 3520 52.51%
10 or less 3891 58.04%
11 or less 4048 60.38%
12 or less 4158 62.02%
13 or less 4343 64.78%
14 or less 4666 69.6%
15 or less 4769 71.14%
16 or less 4908 73.21%
17 or less 5134 76.58%
18 or less 5289 78.89%
19 or less 5366 80.04%
20 or less 5511 82.2%
21 or less 5694 84.93%
22 or less 5762 85.95%
23 or less 5836 87.05%
24 or less 5985 89.28%
25 or less 6059 90.38%
26 or less 6113 91.18%
27 or less 6197 92.44%
28 or less 6309 94.11%
29 or less 6347 94.67%
30 or less 6379 95.15%
31 or less 6456 96.3%
32 or less 6489 96.79%
33 or less 6508 97.08%
34 or less 6546 97.64%
35 or less 6586 98.24%
36 or less 6591 98.31%
37 or less 6614 98.66%
38 or less 6646 99.13%
39 or less 6650 99.19%
40 or less 6660 99.34%
41 or less 6671 99.51%
42 or less 6678 99.61%
43 or less 6682 99.67%
44 or less 6684 99.7%
45 or less 6691 99.81%
46 or less 6694 99.85%
48 or less 6696 99.88%
49 or less 6699 99.93%
50 or less 6700 99.94%
52 or less 6701 99.96%
55 or less 6702 99.97%
58 or less 6703 99.99%
59 or less 6704 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1006 15.01%
7 610 9.1%
6 404 6.03%
10 371 5.53%
4 331 4.94%
14 323 4.82%
1 279 4.16%
2 271 4.04%
8 254 3.79%
5 242 3.61%
17 226 3.37%
13 185 2.76%
21 183 2.73%
11 157 2.34%
18 155 2.31%
24 149 2.22%
20 145 2.16%
16 139 2.07%
28 112 1.67%
12 110 1.64%
9 108 1.61%
15 103 1.54%
27 84 1.25%
19 77 1.15%
31 77 1.15%
23 74 1.1%
25 74 1.1%
22 68 1.01%
26 54 0.81%
35 40 0.6%
29 38 0.57%
34 38 0.57%
32 33 0.49%
30 32 0.48%
38 32 0.48%
37 23 0.34%
33 19 0.28%
0 15 0.22%
41 11 0.16%
40 10 0.15%
42 7 0.1%
45 7 0.1%
36 5 0.07%
39 4 0.06%
43 4 0.06%
46 3 0.04%
49 3 0.04%
44 2 0.03%
48 2 0.03%
50 1 0.01%
52 1 0.01%
55 1 0.01%
58 1 0.01%
59 1 0.01%

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Game total scoring, ordered

Total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
3 or less 2 0.03%
6 or less 6 0.09%
8 or less 7 0.1%
9 or less 17 0.25%
10 or less 21 0.31%
12 or less 29 0.43%
13 or less 51 0.76%
14 or less 52 0.78%
15 or less 70 1.04%
16 or less 119 1.78%
17 or less 144 2.15%
18 or less 148 2.21%
19 or less 196 2.92%
20 or less 238 3.55%
21 or less 272 4.06%
22 or less 324 4.83%
23 or less 444 6.62%
24 or less 500 7.46%
25 or less 548 8.17%
26 or less 654 9.76%
27 or less 797 11.89%
28 or less 850 12.68%
29 or less 968 14.44%
30 or less 1145 17.08%
31 or less 1254 18.71%
32 or less 1349 20.12%
33 or less 1552 23.15%
34 or less 1720 25.66%
35 or less 1832 27.33%
36 or less 1991 29.7%
37 or less 2237 33.37%
38 or less 2373 35.4%
39 or less 2509 37.43%
40 or less 2733 40.77%
41 or less 2987 44.56%
42 or less 3087 46.05%
43 or less 3321 49.54%
44 or less 3579 53.39%
45 or less 3749 55.92%
46 or less 3884 57.94%
47 or less 4098 61.13%
48 or less 4287 63.95%
49 or less 4423 65.98%
50 or less 4573 68.21%
51 or less 4827 72%
52 or less 4967 74.09%
53 or less 5060 75.48%
54 or less 5198 77.54%
55 or less 5364 80.01%
56 or less 5423 80.89%
57 or less 5554 82.85%
58 or less 5686 84.82%
59 or less 5774 86.13%
60 or less 5825 86.89%
61 or less 5919 88.29%
62 or less 6003 89.54%
63 or less 6064 90.45%
64 or less 6121 91.3%
65 or less 6214 92.69%
66 or less 6273 93.57%
67 or less 6305 94.05%
68 or less 6346 94.66%
69 or less 6403 95.51%
70 or less 6425 95.84%
71 or less 6468 96.48%
72 or less 6490 96.81%
73 or less 6526 97.34%
74 or less 6545 97.63%
75 or less 6568 97.97%
76 or less 6585 98.22%
77 or less 6600 98.45%
78 or less 6614 98.66%
79 or less 6630 98.9%
80 or less 6648 99.16%
81 or less 6651 99.21%
82 or less 6658 99.31%
83 or less 6664 99.4%
84 or less 6667 99.45%
85 or less 6674 99.55%
86 or less 6678 99.61%
87 or less 6683 99.69%
88 or less 6686 99.73%
89 or less 6691 99.81%
90 or less 6695 99.87%
91 or less 6696 99.88%
93 or less 6697 99.9%
94 or less 6698 99.91%
95 or less 6699 99.93%
96 or less 6700 99.94%
99 or less 6701 99.96%
101 or less 6702 99.97%
105 or less 6703 99.99%
106 or less 6704 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 258 3.85%
41 254 3.79%
51 254 3.79%
37 246 3.67%
43 234 3.49%
40 224 3.34%
47 214 3.19%
33 203 3.03%
48 189 2.82%
30 177 2.64%
45 170 2.54%
34 168 2.51%
55 166 2.48%
36 159 2.37%
50 150 2.24%
27 143 2.13%
52 140 2.09%
54 138 2.06%
38 136 2.03%
39 136 2.03%
49 136 2.03%
46 135 2.01%
58 132 1.97%
57 131 1.95%
23 120 1.79%
29 118 1.76%
35 112 1.67%
31 109 1.63%
26 106 1.58%
42 100 1.49%
32 95 1.42%
61 94 1.4%
53 93 1.39%
65 93 1.39%
59 88 1.31%
62 84 1.25%
63 61 0.91%
56 59 0.88%
66 59 0.88%
64 57 0.85%
69 57 0.85%
24 56 0.84%
28 53 0.79%
22 52 0.78%
60 51 0.76%
16 49 0.73%
19 48 0.72%
25 48 0.72%
71 43 0.64%
20 42 0.63%
68 41 0.61%
73 36 0.54%
21 34 0.51%
67 32 0.48%
17 25 0.37%
75 23 0.34%
13 22 0.33%
70 22 0.33%
72 22 0.33%
74 19 0.28%
15 18 0.27%
80 18 0.27%
76 17 0.25%
79 16 0.24%
77 15 0.22%
78 14 0.21%
9 10 0.15%
12 8 0.12%
82 7 0.1%
85 7 0.1%
83 6 0.09%
87 5 0.07%
89 5 0.07%
6 4 0.06%
10 4 0.06%
18 4 0.06%
86 4 0.06%
90 4 0.06%
81 3 0.04%
84 3 0.04%
88 3 0.04%
3 2 0.03%
8 1 0.01%
14 1 0.01%
91 1 0.01%
93 1 0.01%
94 1 0.01%
95 1 0.01%
96 1 0.01%
99 1 0.01%
101 1 0.01%
105 1 0.01%
106 1 0.01%

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Game team scoring, ordered

Team total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
No score 175 1.31%
2 or less 177 1.32%
3 or less 465 3.47%
5 or less 470 3.51%
6 or less 725 5.41%
7 or less 1111 8.29%
8 or less 1133 8.45%
9 or less 1338 9.98%
10 or less 2028 15.13%
11 or less 2063 15.39%
12 or less 2194 16.36%
13 or less 2832 21.12%
14 or less 3324 24.79%
15 or less 3458 25.79%
16 or less 3939 29.38%
17 or less 4840 36.1%
18 or less 4951 36.93%
19 or less 5262 39.25%
20 or less 6201 46.25%
21 or less 6694 49.93%
22 or less 6917 51.59%
23 or less 7527 56.14%
24 or less 8388 62.56%
25 or less 8540 63.69%
26 or less 8873 66.18%
27 or less 9639 71.89%
28 or less 10031 74.81%
29 or less 10194 76.03%
30 or less 10605 79.09%
31 or less 11191 83.47%
32 or less 11277 84.11%
33 or less 11468 85.53%
34 or less 11914 88.86%
35 or less 12108 90.3%
36 or less 12193 90.94%
37 or less 12387 92.39%
38 or less 12670 94.5%
39 or less 12704 94.75%
40 or less 12784 95.35%
41 or less 12940 96.51%
42 or less 13037 97.23%
43 or less 13070 97.48%
44 or less 13130 97.93%
45 or less 13213 98.55%
46 or less 13221 98.61%
47 or less 13242 98.76%
48 or less 13298 99.18%
49 or less 13331 99.43%
50 or less 13334 99.45%
51 or less 13354 99.6%
52 or less 13372 99.73%
53 or less 13374 99.75%
54 or less 13381 99.8%
55 or less 13387 99.84%
56 or less 13396 99.91%
57 or less 13398 99.93%
58 or less 13400 99.94%
59 or less 13405 99.98%
62 or less 13406 99.99%
63 or less 13407 99.99%
70 or less 13408 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 939 7%
17 901 6.72%
24 861 6.42%
27 766 5.71%
10 690 5.15%
13 638 4.76%
23 610 4.55%
31 586 4.37%
21 493 3.68%
14 492 3.67%
16 481 3.59%
34 446 3.33%
30 411 3.07%
28 392 2.92%
7 386 2.88%
26 333 2.48%
19 311 2.32%
3 288 2.15%
38 283 2.11%
6 255 1.9%
22 223 1.66%
9 205 1.53%
35 194 1.45%
37 194 1.45%
33 191 1.42%
0 175 1.31%
29 163 1.22%
41 156 1.16%
25 152 1.13%
15 134 1%
12 131 0.98%
18 111 0.83%
42 97 0.72%
32 86 0.64%
36 85 0.63%
45 83 0.62%
40 80 0.6%
44 60 0.45%
48 56 0.42%
11 35 0.26%
39 34 0.25%
43 33 0.25%
49 33 0.25%
8 22 0.16%
47 21 0.16%
51 20 0.15%
52 18 0.13%
56 9 0.07%
46 8 0.06%
54 7 0.05%
55 6 0.04%
5 5 0.04%
59 5 0.04%
50 3 0.02%
2 2 0.01%
53 2 0.01%
57 2 0.01%
58 2 0.01%
62 1 0.01%
63 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%

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