Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2025

Sample size: 6526 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 0.23%
1 or less 285 4.37%
2 or less 548 8.4%
3 or less 1528 23.41%
4 or less 1848 28.32%
5 or less 2085 31.95%
6 or less 2482 38.03%
7 or less 3074 47.1%
8 or less 3321 50.89%
9 or less 3427 52.51%
10 or less 3790 58.08%
11 or less 3943 60.42%
12 or less 4051 62.07%
13 or less 4230 64.82%
14 or less 4545 69.64%
15 or less 4646 71.19%
16 or less 4784 73.31%
17 or less 5000 76.62%
18 or less 5150 78.92%
19 or less 5224 80.05%
20 or less 5366 82.22%
21 or less 5547 85%
22 or less 5609 85.95%
23 or less 5681 87.05%
24 or less 5822 89.21%
25 or less 5895 90.33%
26 or less 5948 91.14%
27 or less 6030 92.4%
28 or less 6137 94.04%
29 or less 6174 94.61%
30 or less 6206 95.1%
31 or less 6279 96.22%
32 or less 6311 96.71%
33 or less 6330 97%
34 or less 6368 97.58%
35 or less 6408 98.19%
36 or less 6413 98.27%
37 or less 6436 98.62%
38 or less 6468 99.11%
39 or less 6472 99.17%
40 or less 6482 99.33%
41 or less 6493 99.49%
42 or less 6500 99.6%
43 or less 6504 99.66%
44 or less 6506 99.69%
45 or less 6513 99.8%
46 or less 6516 99.85%
48 or less 6518 99.88%
49 or less 6521 99.92%
50 or less 6522 99.94%
52 or less 6523 99.95%
55 or less 6524 99.97%
58 or less 6525 99.98%
59 or less 6526 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 980 15.02%
7 592 9.07%
6 397 6.08%
10 363 5.56%
4 320 4.9%
14 315 4.83%
1 270 4.14%
2 263 4.03%
8 247 3.78%
5 237 3.63%
17 216 3.31%
21 181 2.77%
13 179 2.74%
11 153 2.34%
18 150 2.3%
20 142 2.18%
24 141 2.16%
16 138 2.11%
12 108 1.65%
28 107 1.64%
9 106 1.62%
15 101 1.55%
27 82 1.26%
19 74 1.13%
25 73 1.12%
31 73 1.12%
23 72 1.1%
22 62 0.95%
26 53 0.81%
35 40 0.61%
34 38 0.58%
29 37 0.57%
30 32 0.49%
32 32 0.49%
38 32 0.49%
37 23 0.35%
33 19 0.29%
0 15 0.23%
41 11 0.17%
40 10 0.15%
42 7 0.11%
45 7 0.11%
36 5 0.08%
39 4 0.06%
43 4 0.06%
46 3 0.05%
49 3 0.05%
44 2 0.03%
48 2 0.03%
50 1 0.02%
52 1 0.02%
55 1 0.02%
58 1 0.02%
59 1 0.02%

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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 0.11%
9 or less 17 0.26%
10 or less 21 0.32%
12 or less 29 0.44%
13 or less 51 0.78%
14 or less 52 0.8%
15 or less 70 1.07%
16 or less 119 1.82%
17 or less 142 2.18%
18 or less 146 2.24%
19 or less 192 2.94%
20 or less 233 3.57%
21 or less 267 4.09%
22 or less 319 4.89%
23 or less 439 6.73%
24 or less 492 7.54%
25 or less 538 8.24%
26 or less 642 9.84%
27 or less 785 12.03%
28 or less 837 12.83%
29 or less 948 14.53%
30 or less 1122 17.19%
31 or less 1228 18.82%
32 or less 1321 20.24%
33 or less 1518 23.26%
34 or less 1680 25.74%
35 or less 1788 27.4%
36 or less 1944 29.79%
37 or less 2185 33.48%
38 or less 2318 35.52%
39 or less 2452 37.57%
40 or less 2673 40.96%
41 or less 2920 44.74%
42 or less 3018 46.25%
43 or less 3247 49.75%
44 or less 3495 53.56%
45 or less 3660 56.08%
46 or less 3788 58.04%
47 or less 3994 61.2%
48 or less 4182 64.08%
49 or less 4311 66.06%
50 or less 4458 68.31%
51 or less 4704 72.08%
52 or less 4840 74.16%
53 or less 4930 75.54%
54 or less 5066 77.63%
55 or less 5230 80.14%
56 or less 5287 81.01%
57 or less 5415 82.98%
58 or less 5544 84.95%
59 or less 5628 86.24%
60 or less 5673 86.93%
61 or less 5765 88.34%
62 or less 5847 89.6%
63 or less 5907 90.51%
64 or less 5963 91.37%
65 or less 6053 92.75%
66 or less 6107 93.58%
67 or less 6139 94.07%
68 or less 6177 94.65%
69 or less 6234 95.53%
70 or less 6256 95.86%
71 or less 6299 96.52%
72 or less 6321 96.86%
73 or less 6356 97.4%
74 or less 6374 97.67%
75 or less 6394 97.98%
76 or less 6410 98.22%
77 or less 6424 98.44%
78 or less 6438 98.65%
79 or less 6454 98.9%
80 or less 6471 99.16%
81 or less 6474 99.2%
82 or less 6481 99.31%
83 or less 6487 99.4%
84 or less 6490 99.45%
85 or less 6497 99.56%
86 or less 6501 99.62%
87 or less 6506 99.69%
88 or less 6509 99.74%
89 or less 6513 99.8%
90 or less 6517 99.86%
91 or less 6518 99.88%
93 or less 6519 99.89%
94 or less 6520 99.91%
95 or less 6521 99.92%
96 or less 6522 99.94%
99 or less 6523 99.95%
101 or less 6524 99.97%
105 or less 6525 99.98%
106 or less 6526 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 248 3.8%
41 247 3.78%
51 246 3.77%
37 241 3.69%
43 229 3.51%
40 221 3.39%
47 206 3.16%
33 197 3.02%
48 188 2.88%
30 174 2.67%
45 165 2.53%
55 164 2.51%
34 162 2.48%
36 156 2.39%
50 147 2.25%
27 143 2.19%
52 136 2.08%
54 136 2.08%
39 134 2.05%
38 133 2.04%
49 129 1.98%
58 129 1.98%
46 128 1.96%
57 128 1.96%
23 120 1.84%
29 111 1.7%
35 108 1.65%
31 106 1.62%
26 104 1.59%
42 98 1.5%
32 93 1.43%
61 92 1.41%
53 90 1.38%
65 90 1.38%
59 84 1.29%
62 82 1.26%
63 60 0.92%
56 57 0.87%
69 57 0.87%
64 56 0.86%
66 54 0.83%
24 53 0.81%
22 52 0.8%
28 52 0.8%
16 49 0.75%
19 46 0.7%
25 46 0.7%
60 45 0.69%
71 43 0.66%
20 41 0.63%
68 38 0.58%
73 35 0.54%
21 34 0.52%
67 32 0.49%
17 23 0.35%
13 22 0.34%
70 22 0.34%
72 22 0.34%
75 20 0.31%
15 18 0.28%
74 18 0.28%
80 17 0.26%
76 16 0.25%
79 16 0.25%
77 14 0.21%
78 14 0.21%
9 10 0.15%
12 8 0.12%
82 7 0.11%
85 7 0.11%
83 6 0.09%
87 5 0.08%
6 4 0.06%
10 4 0.06%
18 4 0.06%
86 4 0.06%
89 4 0.06%
90 4 0.06%
81 3 0.05%
84 3 0.05%
88 3 0.05%
3 2 0.03%
8 1 0.02%
14 1 0.02%
91 1 0.02%
93 1 0.02%
94 1 0.02%
95 1 0.02%
96 1 0.02%
99 1 0.02%
101 1 0.02%
105 1 0.02%
106 1 0.02%

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Game team scoring, ordered

Team total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
No score 170 1.3%
2 or less 172 1.32%
3 or less 456 3.49%
5 or less 461 3.53%
6 or less 709 5.43%
7 or less 1088 8.34%
8 or less 1109 8.5%
9 or less 1307 10.01%
10 or less 1980 15.17%
11 or less 2014 15.43%
12 or less 2142 16.41%
13 or less 2767 21.2%
14 or less 3251 24.91%
15 or less 3380 25.9%
16 or less 3848 29.48%
17 or less 4735 36.28%
18 or less 4842 37.1%
19 or less 5142 39.4%
20 or less 6056 46.4%
21 or less 6541 50.11%
22 or less 6755 51.75%
23 or less 7349 56.31%
24 or less 8185 62.71%
25 or less 8331 63.83%
26 or less 8651 66.28%
27 or less 9394 71.97%
28 or less 9774 74.89%
29 or less 9928 76.06%
30 or less 10329 79.14%
31 or less 10899 83.5%
32 or less 10981 84.13%
33 or less 11168 85.57%
34 or less 11598 88.86%
35 or less 11788 90.32%
36 or less 11871 90.95%
37 or less 12060 92.4%
38 or less 12336 94.51%
39 or less 12368 94.76%
40 or less 12446 95.36%
41 or less 12599 96.53%
42 or less 12692 97.24%
43 or less 12725 97.49%
44 or less 12779 97.91%
45 or less 12860 98.53%
46 or less 12868 98.59%
47 or less 12888 98.74%
48 or less 12942 99.16%
49 or less 12975 99.41%
50 or less 12978 99.43%
51 or less 12998 99.59%
52 or less 13016 99.72%
53 or less 13018 99.74%
54 or less 13025 99.79%
55 or less 13031 99.84%
56 or less 13040 99.91%
57 or less 13042 99.92%
58 or less 13044 99.94%
59 or less 13049 99.98%
62 or less 13050 99.98%
63 or less 13051 99.99%
70 or less 13052 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 914 7%
17 887 6.8%
24 836 6.41%
27 743 5.69%
10 673 5.16%
13 625 4.79%
23 594 4.55%
31 570 4.37%
21 485 3.72%
14 484 3.71%
16 468 3.59%
34 430 3.29%
30 401 3.07%
28 380 2.91%
7 379 2.9%
26 320 2.45%
19 300 2.3%
3 284 2.18%
38 276 2.11%
6 248 1.9%
22 214 1.64%
9 198 1.52%
35 190 1.46%
37 189 1.45%
33 187 1.43%
0 170 1.3%
29 154 1.18%
41 153 1.17%
25 146 1.12%
15 129 0.99%
12 128 0.98%
18 107 0.82%
42 93 0.71%
36 83 0.64%
32 82 0.63%
45 81 0.62%
40 78 0.6%
44 54 0.41%
48 54 0.41%
11 34 0.26%
43 33 0.25%
49 33 0.25%
39 32 0.25%
8 21 0.16%
47 20 0.15%
51 20 0.15%
52 18 0.14%
56 9 0.07%
46 8 0.06%
54 7 0.05%
55 6 0.05%
5 5 0.04%
59 5 0.04%
50 3 0.02%
2 2 0.02%
53 2 0.02%
57 2 0.02%
58 2 0.02%
62 1 0.01%
63 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%

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