Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2026

Sample size: 6722 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 4.37%
2 or less 570 8.48%
3 or less 1578 23.48%
4 or less 1909 28.4%
5 or less 2151 32%
6 or less 2555 38.01%
7 or less 3166 47.1%
8 or less 3421 50.89%
9 or less 3529 52.5%
10 or less 3901 58.03%
11 or less 4058 60.37%
12 or less 4168 62.01%
13 or less 4354 64.77%
14 or less 4677 69.58%
15 or less 4780 71.11%
16 or less 4920 73.19%
17 or less 5148 76.58%
18 or less 5303 78.89%
19 or less 5380 80.04%
20 or less 5526 82.21%
21 or less 5709 84.93%
22 or less 5777 85.94%
23 or less 5851 87.04%
24 or less 6000 89.26%
25 or less 6074 90.36%
26 or less 6128 91.16%
27 or less 6213 92.43%
28 or less 6326 94.11%
29 or less 6364 94.67%
30 or less 6396 95.15%
31 or less 6473 96.3%
32 or less 6506 96.79%
33 or less 6525 97.07%
34 or less 6564 97.65%
35 or less 6604 98.24%
36 or less 6609 98.32%
37 or less 6632 98.66%
38 or less 6664 99.14%
39 or less 6668 99.2%
40 or less 6678 99.35%
41 or less 6689 99.51%
42 or less 6696 99.61%
43 or less 6700 99.67%
44 or less 6702 99.7%
45 or less 6709 99.81%
46 or less 6712 99.85%
48 or less 6714 99.88%
49 or less 6717 99.93%
50 or less 6718 99.94%
52 or less 6719 99.96%
55 or less 6720 99.97%
58 or less 6721 99.99%
59 or less 6722 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1008 15%
7 611 9.09%
6 404 6.01%
10 372 5.53%
4 331 4.92%
14 323 4.81%
1 279 4.15%
2 276 4.11%
8 255 3.79%
5 242 3.6%
17 228 3.39%
13 186 2.77%
21 183 2.72%
11 157 2.34%
18 155 2.31%
24 149 2.22%
20 146 2.17%
16 140 2.08%
28 113 1.68%
12 110 1.64%
9 108 1.61%
15 103 1.53%
27 85 1.26%
19 77 1.15%
31 77 1.15%
23 74 1.1%
25 74 1.1%
22 68 1.01%
26 54 0.8%
35 40 0.6%
34 39 0.58%
29 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 0.77%
15 or less 70 1.04%
16 or less 120 1.79%
17 or less 145 2.16%
18 or less 149 2.22%
19 or less 198 2.95%
20 or less 240 3.57%
21 or less 274 4.08%
22 or less 327 4.86%
23 or less 448 6.66%
24 or less 504 7.5%
25 or less 552 8.21%
26 or less 659 9.8%
27 or less 802 11.93%
28 or less 855 12.72%
29 or less 973 14.47%
30 or less 1151 17.12%
31 or less 1260 18.74%
32 or less 1355 20.16%
33 or less 1558 23.18%
34 or less 1727 25.69%
35 or less 1840 27.37%
36 or less 2000 29.75%
37 or less 2246 33.41%
38 or less 2383 35.45%
39 or less 2519 37.47%
40 or less 2743 40.81%
41 or less 2998 44.6%
42 or less 3098 46.09%
43 or less 3333 49.58%
44 or less 3591 53.42%
45 or less 3761 55.95%
46 or less 3896 57.96%
47 or less 4110 61.14%
48 or less 4301 63.98%
49 or less 4437 66.01%
50 or less 4588 68.25%
51 or less 4843 72.05%
52 or less 4983 74.13%
53 or less 5076 75.51%
54 or less 5214 77.57%
55 or less 5380 80.04%
56 or less 5439 80.91%
57 or less 5571 82.88%
58 or less 5703 84.84%
59 or less 5791 86.15%
60 or less 5842 86.91%
61 or less 5936 88.31%
62 or less 6020 89.56%
63 or less 6081 90.46%
64 or less 6138 91.31%
65 or less 6231 92.7%
66 or less 6290 93.57%
67 or less 6322 94.05%
68 or less 6364 94.67%
69 or less 6421 95.52%
70 or less 6443 95.85%
71 or less 6486 96.49%
72 or less 6508 96.82%
73 or less 6544 97.35%
74 or less 6563 97.63%
75 or less 6586 97.98%
76 or less 6603 98.23%
77 or less 6618 98.45%
78 or less 6632 98.66%
79 or less 6648 98.9%
80 or less 6666 99.17%
81 or less 6669 99.21%
82 or less 6676 99.32%
83 or less 6682 99.4%
84 or less 6685 99.45%
85 or less 6692 99.55%
86 or less 6696 99.61%
87 or less 6701 99.69%
88 or less 6704 99.73%
89 or less 6709 99.81%
90 or less 6713 99.87%
91 or less 6714 99.88%
93 or less 6715 99.9%
94 or less 6716 99.91%
95 or less 6717 99.93%
96 or less 6718 99.94%
99 or less 6719 99.96%
101 or less 6720 99.97%
105 or less 6721 99.99%
106 or less 6722 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 258 3.84%
41 255 3.79%
51 255 3.79%
37 246 3.66%
43 235 3.5%
40 224 3.33%
47 214 3.18%
33 203 3.02%
48 191 2.84%
30 178 2.65%
45 170 2.53%
34 169 2.51%
55 166 2.47%
36 160 2.38%
50 151 2.25%
27 143 2.13%
52 140 2.08%
54 138 2.05%
38 137 2.04%
39 136 2.02%
49 136 2.02%
46 135 2.01%
57 132 1.96%
58 132 1.96%
23 121 1.8%
29 118 1.76%
35 113 1.68%
31 109 1.62%
26 107 1.59%
42 100 1.49%
32 95 1.41%
61 94 1.4%
53 93 1.38%
65 93 1.38%
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 0.83%
22 53 0.79%
28 53 0.79%
60 51 0.76%
16 50 0.74%
19 49 0.73%
25 48 0.71%
71 43 0.64%
20 42 0.62%
68 42 0.62%
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 1.3%
2 or less 177 1.32%
3 or less 468 3.48%
5 or less 473 3.52%
6 or less 728 5.42%
7 or less 1116 8.3%
8 or less 1139 8.47%
9 or less 1344 10%
10 or less 2036 15.14%
11 or less 2071 15.4%
12 or less 2203 16.39%
13 or less 2843 21.15%
14 or less 3337 24.82%
15 or less 3471 25.82%
16 or less 3955 29.42%
17 or less 4859 36.14%
18 or less 4971 36.98%
19 or less 5285 39.31%
20 or less 6226 46.31%
21 or less 6719 49.98%
22 or less 6942 51.64%
23 or less 7552 56.17%
24 or less 8415 62.59%
25 or less 8567 63.72%
26 or less 8901 66.21%
27 or less 9668 71.91%
28 or less 10060 74.83%
29 or less 10223 76.04%
30 or less 10635 79.11%
31 or less 11221 83.46%
32 or less 11307 84.1%
33 or less 11498 85.53%
34 or less 11945 88.85%
35 or less 12140 90.3%
36 or less 12225 90.93%
37 or less 12420 92.38%
38 or less 12705 94.5%
39 or less 12739 94.76%
40 or less 12819 95.35%
41 or less 12976 96.52%
42 or less 13073 97.24%
43 or less 13106 97.49%
44 or less 13166 97.93%
45 or less 13249 98.55%
46 or less 13257 98.61%
47 or less 13278 98.77%
48 or less 13334 99.18%
49 or less 13367 99.43%
50 or less 13370 99.45%
51 or less 13390 99.6%
52 or less 13408 99.73%
53 or less 13410 99.75%
54 or less 13417 99.8%
55 or less 13423 99.84%
56 or less 13432 99.91%
57 or less 13434 99.93%
58 or less 13436 99.94%
59 or less 13441 99.98%
62 or less 13442 99.99%
63 or less 13443 99.99%
70 or less 13444 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 941 7%
17 904 6.72%
24 863 6.42%
27 767 5.71%
10 692 5.15%
13 640 4.76%
23 610 4.54%
31 586 4.36%
14 494 3.67%
21 493 3.67%
16 484 3.6%
34 447 3.32%
30 412 3.06%
28 392 2.92%
7 388 2.89%
26 334 2.48%
19 314 2.34%
3 291 2.16%
38 285 2.12%
6 255 1.9%
22 223 1.66%
9 205 1.52%
35 195 1.45%
37 195 1.45%
33 191 1.42%
0 175 1.3%
29 163 1.21%
41 157 1.17%
25 152 1.13%
15 134 1%
12 132 0.98%
18 112 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 23 0.17%
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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