Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2024

Sample size: 6400 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 14 0.22%
1 or less 277 4.33%
2 or less 534 8.34%
3 or less 1495 23.36%
4 or less 1808 28.25%
5 or less 2039 31.86%
6 or less 2427 37.92%
7 or less 3008 47%
8 or less 3250 50.78%
9 or less 3354 52.41%
10 or less 3715 58.05%
11 or less 3867 60.42%
12 or less 3970 62.03%
13 or less 4147 64.8%
14 or less 4458 69.66%
15 or less 4556 71.19%
16 or less 4692 73.31%
17 or less 4901 76.58%
18 or less 5050 78.91%
19 or less 5123 80.05%
20 or less 5264 82.25%
21 or less 5444 85.06%
22 or less 5505 86.02%
23 or less 5576 87.13%
24 or less 5715 89.3%
25 or less 5785 90.39%
26 or less 5836 91.19%
27 or less 5917 92.45%
28 or less 6024 94.13%
29 or less 6059 94.67%
30 or less 6090 95.16%
31 or less 6161 96.27%
32 or less 6193 96.77%
33 or less 6211 97.05%
34 or less 6244 97.56%
35 or less 6284 98.19%
36 or less 6289 98.27%
37 or less 6312 98.63%
38 or less 6342 99.09%
39 or less 6346 99.16%
40 or less 6356 99.31%
41 or less 6367 99.48%
42 or less 6374 99.59%
43 or less 6378 99.66%
44 or less 6380 99.69%
45 or less 6387 99.8%
46 or less 6390 99.84%
48 or less 6392 99.88%
49 or less 6395 99.92%
50 or less 6396 99.94%
52 or less 6397 99.95%
55 or less 6398 99.97%
58 or less 6399 99.98%
59 or less 6400 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 961 15.02%
7 581 9.08%
6 388 6.06%
10 361 5.64%
4 313 4.89%
14 311 4.86%
1 263 4.11%
2 257 4.02%
8 242 3.78%
5 231 3.61%
17 209 3.27%
21 180 2.81%
13 177 2.77%
11 152 2.38%
18 149 2.33%
20 141 2.2%
24 139 2.17%
16 136 2.13%
28 107 1.67%
9 104 1.63%
12 103 1.61%
15 98 1.53%
27 81 1.27%
19 73 1.14%
23 71 1.11%
31 71 1.11%
25 70 1.09%
22 61 0.95%
26 51 0.8%
35 40 0.63%
29 35 0.55%
34 33 0.52%
32 32 0.5%
30 31 0.48%
38 30 0.47%
37 23 0.36%
33 18 0.28%
0 14 0.22%
41 11 0.17%
40 10 0.16%
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 16 0.25%
10 or less 20 0.31%
12 or less 28 0.44%
13 or less 50 0.78%
14 or less 51 0.8%
15 or less 69 1.08%
16 or less 118 1.84%
17 or less 141 2.2%
18 or less 145 2.27%
19 or less 191 2.98%
20 or less 232 3.63%
21 or less 266 4.16%
22 or less 317 4.95%
23 or less 434 6.78%
24 or less 487 7.61%
25 or less 533 8.33%
26 or less 636 9.94%
27 or less 777 12.14%
28 or less 827 12.92%
29 or less 937 14.64%
30 or less 1108 17.31%
31 or less 1211 18.92%
32 or less 1303 20.36%
33 or less 1493 23.33%
34 or less 1654 25.84%
35 or less 1760 27.5%
36 or less 1914 29.91%
37 or less 2152 33.63%
38 or less 2282 35.66%
39 or less 2412 37.69%
40 or less 2629 41.08%
41 or less 2874 44.91%
42 or less 2971 46.42%
43 or less 3195 49.92%
44 or less 3441 53.77%
45 or less 3601 56.27%
46 or less 3724 58.19%
47 or less 3926 61.34%
48 or less 4110 64.22%
49 or less 4235 66.17%
50 or less 4380 68.44%
51 or less 4621 72.2%
52 or less 4753 74.27%
53 or less 4843 75.67%
54 or less 4974 77.72%
55 or less 5136 80.25%
56 or less 5191 81.11%
57 or less 5316 83.06%
58 or less 5442 85.03%
59 or less 5523 86.3%
60 or less 5567 86.98%
61 or less 5655 88.36%
62 or less 5736 89.63%
63 or less 5796 90.56%
64 or less 5852 91.44%
65 or less 5941 92.83%
66 or less 5993 93.64%
67 or less 6025 94.14%
68 or less 6061 94.7%
69 or less 6117 95.58%
70 or less 6139 95.92%
71 or less 6181 96.58%
72 or less 6203 96.92%
73 or less 6236 97.44%
74 or less 6253 97.7%
75 or less 6273 98.02%
76 or less 6289 98.27%
77 or less 6302 98.47%
78 or less 6315 98.67%
79 or less 6331 98.92%
80 or less 6347 99.17%
81 or less 6349 99.2%
82 or less 6355 99.3%
83 or less 6361 99.39%
84 or less 6364 99.44%
85 or less 6371 99.55%
86 or less 6375 99.61%
87 or less 6380 99.69%
88 or less 6383 99.73%
89 or less 6387 99.8%
90 or less 6391 99.86%
91 or less 6392 99.88%
93 or less 6393 99.89%
94 or less 6394 99.91%
95 or less 6395 99.92%
96 or less 6396 99.94%
99 or less 6397 99.95%
101 or less 6398 99.97%
105 or less 6399 99.98%
106 or less 6400 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 246 3.84%
41 245 3.83%
51 241 3.77%
37 238 3.72%
43 224 3.5%
40 217 3.39%
47 202 3.16%
33 190 2.97%
48 184 2.88%
30 171 2.67%
55 162 2.53%
34 161 2.52%
45 160 2.5%
36 154 2.41%
50 145 2.27%
27 141 2.2%
52 132 2.06%
54 131 2.05%
38 130 2.03%
39 130 2.03%
58 126 1.97%
49 125 1.95%
57 125 1.95%
46 123 1.92%
23 117 1.83%
29 110 1.72%
35 106 1.66%
26 103 1.61%
31 103 1.61%
42 97 1.52%
32 92 1.44%
53 90 1.41%
65 89 1.39%
61 88 1.38%
59 81 1.27%
62 81 1.27%
63 60 0.94%
64 56 0.88%
69 56 0.88%
56 55 0.86%
24 53 0.83%
66 52 0.81%
22 51 0.8%
28 50 0.78%
16 49 0.77%
19 46 0.72%
25 46 0.72%
60 44 0.69%
71 42 0.66%
20 41 0.64%
68 36 0.56%
21 34 0.53%
73 33 0.52%
67 32 0.5%
17 23 0.36%
13 22 0.34%
70 22 0.34%
72 22 0.34%
75 20 0.31%
15 18 0.28%
74 17 0.27%
76 16 0.25%
79 16 0.25%
80 16 0.25%
77 13 0.2%
78 13 0.2%
9 9 0.14%
12 8 0.13%
85 7 0.11%
82 6 0.09%
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%
84 3 0.05%
88 3 0.05%
3 2 0.03%
81 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 166 1.3%
2 or less 167 1.3%
3 or less 448 3.5%
5 or less 453 3.54%
6 or less 696 5.44%
7 or less 1072 8.38%
8 or less 1092 8.53%
9 or less 1284 10.03%
10 or less 1946 15.2%
11 or less 1980 15.47%
12 or less 2107 16.46%
13 or less 2722 21.27%
14 or less 3198 24.98%
15 or less 3326 25.98%
16 or less 3791 29.62%
17 or less 4666 36.45%
18 or less 4771 37.27%
19 or less 5062 39.55%
20 or less 5957 46.54%
21 or less 6428 50.22%
22 or less 6636 51.84%
23 or less 7221 56.41%
24 or less 8042 62.83%
25 or less 8183 63.93%
26 or less 8494 66.36%
27 or less 9219 72.02%
28 or less 9596 74.97%
29 or less 9746 76.14%
30 or less 10139 79.21%
31 or less 10700 83.59%
32 or less 10780 84.22%
33 or less 10961 85.63%
34 or less 11381 88.91%
35 or less 11569 90.38%
36 or less 11650 91.02%
37 or less 11835 92.46%
38 or less 12106 94.58%
39 or less 12138 94.83%
40 or less 12208 95.38%
41 or less 12356 96.53%
42 or less 12448 97.25%
43 or less 12481 97.51%
44 or less 12532 97.91%
45 or less 12612 98.53%
46 or less 12620 98.59%
47 or less 12639 98.74%
48 or less 12691 99.15%
49 or less 12724 99.41%
50 or less 12727 99.43%
51 or less 12747 99.59%
52 or less 12764 99.72%
53 or less 12766 99.73%
54 or less 12773 99.79%
55 or less 12779 99.84%
56 or less 12788 99.91%
57 or less 12790 99.92%
58 or less 12792 99.94%
59 or less 12797 99.98%
62 or less 12798 99.98%
63 or less 12799 99.99%
70 or less 12800 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 895 6.99%
17 875 6.84%
24 821 6.41%
27 725 5.66%
10 662 5.17%
13 615 4.8%
23 585 4.57%
31 561 4.38%
14 476 3.72%
21 471 3.68%
16 465 3.63%
34 420 3.28%
30 393 3.07%
28 377 2.95%
7 376 2.94%
26 311 2.43%
19 291 2.27%
3 281 2.2%
38 271 2.12%
6 243 1.9%
22 208 1.63%
9 192 1.5%
35 188 1.47%
37 185 1.45%
33 181 1.41%
0 166 1.3%
29 150 1.17%
41 148 1.16%
25 141 1.1%
15 128 1%
12 127 0.99%
18 105 0.82%
42 92 0.72%
36 81 0.63%
32 80 0.63%
45 80 0.63%
40 70 0.55%
48 52 0.41%
44 51 0.4%
11 34 0.27%
43 33 0.26%
49 33 0.26%
39 32 0.25%
8 20 0.16%
51 20 0.16%
47 19 0.15%
52 17 0.13%
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%
53 2 0.02%
57 2 0.02%
58 2 0.02%
2 1 0.01%
62 1 0.01%
63 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%

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