Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2026

Sample size: 6769 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 295 4.36%
2 or less 574 8.48%
3 or less 1588 23.46%
4 or less 1922 28.39%
5 or less 2166 32%
6 or less 2573 38.01%
7 or less 3189 47.11%
8 or less 3447 50.92%
9 or less 3555 52.52%
10 or less 3928 58.03%
11 or less 4085 60.35%
12 or less 4197 62%
13 or less 4384 64.77%
14 or less 4710 69.58%
15 or less 4813 71.1%
16 or less 4953 73.17%
17 or less 5184 76.58%
18 or less 5340 78.89%
19 or less 5417 80.03%
20 or less 5564 82.2%
21 or less 5749 84.93%
22 or less 5820 85.98%
23 or less 5894 87.07%
24 or less 6045 89.3%
25 or less 6119 90.4%
26 or less 6173 91.2%
27 or less 6258 92.45%
28 or less 6371 94.12%
29 or less 6410 94.7%
30 or less 6442 95.17%
31 or less 6520 96.32%
32 or less 6553 96.81%
33 or less 6572 97.09%
34 or less 6611 97.67%
35 or less 6651 98.26%
36 or less 6656 98.33%
37 or less 6679 98.67%
38 or less 6711 99.14%
39 or less 6715 99.2%
40 or less 6725 99.35%
41 or less 6736 99.51%
42 or less 6743 99.62%
43 or less 6747 99.67%
44 or less 6749 99.7%
45 or less 6756 99.81%
46 or less 6759 99.85%
48 or less 6761 99.88%
49 or less 6764 99.93%
50 or less 6765 99.94%
52 or less 6766 99.96%
55 or less 6767 99.97%
58 or less 6768 99.99%
59 or less 6769 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1014 14.98%
7 616 9.1%
6 407 6.01%
10 373 5.51%
4 334 4.93%
14 326 4.82%
1 280 4.14%
2 279 4.12%
8 258 3.81%
5 244 3.6%
17 231 3.41%
13 187 2.76%
21 185 2.73%
11 157 2.32%
18 156 2.3%
24 151 2.23%
20 147 2.17%
16 140 2.07%
28 113 1.67%
12 112 1.65%
9 108 1.6%
15 103 1.52%
27 85 1.26%
31 78 1.15%
19 77 1.14%
23 74 1.09%
25 74 1.09%
22 71 1.05%
26 54 0.8%
35 40 0.59%
29 39 0.58%
34 39 0.58%
32 33 0.49%
30 32 0.47%
38 32 0.47%
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 30 0.44%
13 or less 52 0.77%
14 or less 53 0.78%
15 or less 71 1.05%
16 or less 121 1.79%
17 or less 146 2.16%
18 or less 150 2.22%
19 or less 200 2.95%
20 or less 242 3.58%
21 or less 276 4.08%
22 or less 329 4.86%
23 or less 451 6.66%
24 or less 507 7.49%
25 or less 555 8.2%
26 or less 663 9.79%
27 or less 806 11.91%
28 or less 859 12.69%
29 or less 977 14.43%
30 or less 1155 17.06%
31 or less 1264 18.67%
32 or less 1359 20.08%
33 or less 1565 23.12%
34 or less 1737 25.66%
35 or less 1850 27.33%
36 or less 2011 29.71%
37 or less 2259 33.37%
38 or less 2397 35.41%
39 or less 2535 37.45%
40 or less 2763 40.82%
41 or less 3021 44.63%
42 or less 3122 46.12%
43 or less 3357 49.59%
44 or less 3617 53.43%
45 or less 3787 55.95%
46 or less 3923 57.96%
47 or less 4137 61.12%
48 or less 4330 63.97%
49 or less 4467 65.99%
50 or less 4618 68.22%
51 or less 4874 72%
52 or less 5014 74.07%
53 or less 5107 75.45%
54 or less 5245 77.49%
55 or less 5412 79.95%
56 or less 5472 80.84%
57 or less 5606 82.82%
58 or less 5738 84.77%
59 or less 5826 86.07%
60 or less 5878 86.84%
61 or less 5974 88.26%
62 or less 6059 89.51%
63 or less 6121 90.43%
64 or less 6180 91.3%
65 or less 6274 92.69%
66 or less 6334 93.57%
67 or less 6367 94.06%
68 or less 6409 94.68%
69 or less 6466 95.52%
70 or less 6488 95.85%
71 or less 6531 96.48%
72 or less 6554 96.82%
73 or less 6590 97.36%
74 or less 6609 97.64%
75 or less 6632 97.98%
76 or less 6649 98.23%
77 or less 6664 98.45%
78 or less 6678 98.66%
79 or less 6694 98.89%
80 or less 6712 99.16%
81 or less 6715 99.2%
82 or less 6722 99.31%
83 or less 6728 99.39%
84 or less 6731 99.44%
85 or less 6738 99.54%
86 or less 6742 99.6%
87 or less 6747 99.67%
88 or less 6750 99.72%
89 or less 6755 99.79%
90 or less 6759 99.85%
91 or less 6760 99.87%
93 or less 6761 99.88%
94 or less 6762 99.9%
95 or less 6763 99.91%
96 or less 6765 99.94%
99 or less 6766 99.96%
101 or less 6767 99.97%
105 or less 6768 99.99%
106 or less 6769 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 260 3.84%
41 258 3.81%
51 256 3.78%
37 248 3.66%
43 235 3.47%
40 228 3.37%
47 214 3.16%
33 206 3.04%
48 193 2.85%
30 178 2.63%
34 172 2.54%
45 170 2.51%
55 167 2.47%
36 161 2.38%
50 151 2.23%
27 143 2.11%
52 140 2.07%
38 138 2.04%
39 138 2.04%
54 138 2.04%
49 137 2.02%
46 136 2.01%
57 134 1.98%
58 132 1.95%
23 122 1.8%
29 118 1.74%
35 113 1.67%
31 109 1.61%
26 108 1.6%
42 101 1.49%
61 96 1.42%
32 95 1.4%
65 94 1.39%
53 93 1.37%
59 88 1.3%
62 85 1.26%
63 62 0.92%
56 60 0.89%
66 60 0.89%
64 59 0.87%
69 57 0.84%
24 56 0.83%
22 53 0.78%
28 53 0.78%
60 52 0.77%
16 50 0.74%
19 50 0.74%
25 48 0.71%
71 43 0.64%
20 42 0.62%
68 42 0.62%
73 36 0.53%
21 34 0.5%
67 33 0.49%
17 25 0.37%
72 23 0.34%
75 23 0.34%
13 22 0.33%
70 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 9 0.13%
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%
96 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%
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 1.29%
2 or less 177 1.31%
3 or less 471 3.48%
5 or less 476 3.52%
6 or less 734 5.42%
7 or less 1125 8.31%
8 or less 1148 8.48%
9 or less 1354 10%
10 or less 2050 15.14%
11 or less 2085 15.4%
12 or less 2218 16.38%
13 or less 2862 21.14%
14 or less 3359 24.81%
15 or less 3493 25.8%
16 or less 3979 29.39%
17 or less 4886 36.09%
18 or less 4999 36.93%
19 or less 5315 39.26%
20 or less 6264 46.27%
21 or less 6758 49.92%
22 or less 6983 51.58%
23 or less 7597 56.12%
24 or less 8467 62.54%
25 or less 8619 63.67%
26 or less 8956 66.15%
27 or less 9729 71.86%
28 or less 10123 74.77%
29 or less 10286 75.98%
30 or less 10703 79.06%
31 or less 11297 83.45%
32 or less 11383 84.08%
33 or less 11577 85.51%
34 or less 12027 88.84%
35 or less 12226 90.31%
36 or less 12313 90.95%
37 or less 12510 92.41%
38 or less 12795 94.51%
39 or less 12830 94.77%
40 or less 12910 95.36%
41 or less 13069 96.54%
42 or less 13166 97.25%
43 or less 13199 97.5%
44 or less 13259 97.94%
45 or less 13342 98.55%
46 or less 13350 98.61%
47 or less 13371 98.77%
48 or less 13427 99.18%
49 or less 13460 99.42%
50 or less 13463 99.45%
51 or less 13483 99.59%
52 or less 13501 99.73%
53 or less 13503 99.74%
54 or less 13510 99.79%
55 or less 13516 99.84%
56 or less 13525 99.9%
57 or less 13527 99.92%
58 or less 13529 99.93%
59 or less 13535 99.98%
62 or less 13536 99.99%
63 or less 13537 99.99%
70 or less 13538 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 949 7.01%
17 907 6.7%
24 870 6.43%
27 773 5.71%
10 696 5.14%
13 644 4.76%
23 614 4.54%
31 594 4.39%
14 497 3.67%
21 494 3.65%
16 486 3.59%
34 450 3.32%
30 417 3.08%
28 394 2.91%
7 391 2.89%
26 337 2.49%
19 316 2.33%
3 294 2.17%
38 285 2.11%
6 258 1.91%
22 225 1.66%
9 206 1.52%
35 199 1.47%
37 197 1.46%
33 194 1.43%
0 175 1.29%
29 163 1.2%
41 159 1.17%
25 152 1.12%
15 134 0.99%
12 133 0.98%
18 113 0.83%
42 97 0.72%
36 87 0.64%
32 86 0.64%
45 83 0.61%
40 80 0.59%
44 60 0.44%
48 56 0.41%
11 35 0.26%
39 35 0.26%
43 33 0.24%
49 33 0.24%
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%
59 6 0.04%
5 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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