Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2025

Sample size: 6657 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 292 4.39%
2 or less 561 8.43%
3 or less 1560 23.43%
4 or less 1887 28.35%
5 or less 2128 31.97%
6 or less 2530 38.01%
7 or less 3135 47.09%
8 or less 3385 50.85%
9 or less 3493 52.47%
10 or less 3864 58.04%
11 or less 4020 60.39%
12 or less 4130 62.04%
13 or less 4312 64.77%
14 or less 4634 69.61%
15 or less 4737 71.16%
16 or less 4876 73.25%
17 or less 5098 76.58%
18 or less 5253 78.91%
19 or less 5330 80.07%
20 or less 5474 82.23%
21 or less 5656 84.96%
22 or less 5724 85.98%
23 or less 5796 87.07%
24 or less 5942 89.26%
25 or less 6016 90.37%
26 or less 6070 91.18%
27 or less 6154 92.44%
28 or less 6264 94.1%
29 or less 6302 94.67%
30 or less 6334 95.15%
31 or less 6410 96.29%
32 or less 6442 96.77%
33 or less 6461 97.06%
34 or less 6499 97.63%
35 or less 6539 98.23%
36 or less 6544 98.3%
37 or less 6567 98.65%
38 or less 6599 99.13%
39 or less 6603 99.19%
40 or less 6613 99.34%
41 or less 6624 99.5%
42 or less 6631 99.61%
43 or less 6635 99.67%
44 or less 6637 99.7%
45 or less 6644 99.8%
46 or less 6647 99.85%
48 or less 6649 99.88%
49 or less 6652 99.92%
50 or less 6653 99.94%
52 or less 6654 99.95%
55 or less 6655 99.97%
58 or less 6656 99.98%
59 or less 6657 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 999 15.01%
7 605 9.09%
6 402 6.04%
10 371 5.57%
4 327 4.91%
14 322 4.84%
1 277 4.16%
2 269 4.04%
8 250 3.76%
5 241 3.62%
17 222 3.33%
13 182 2.73%
21 182 2.73%
11 156 2.34%
18 155 2.33%
24 146 2.19%
20 144 2.16%
16 139 2.09%
12 110 1.65%
28 110 1.65%
9 108 1.62%
15 103 1.55%
27 84 1.26%
19 77 1.16%
31 76 1.14%
25 74 1.11%
23 72 1.08%
22 68 1.02%
26 54 0.81%
35 40 0.6%
29 38 0.57%
34 38 0.57%
30 32 0.48%
32 32 0.48%
38 32 0.48%
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 0.77%
14 or less 52 0.78%
15 or less 70 1.05%
16 or less 119 1.79%
17 or less 144 2.16%
18 or less 148 2.22%
19 or less 195 2.93%
20 or less 237 3.56%
21 or less 271 4.07%
22 or less 323 4.85%
23 or less 443 6.65%
24 or less 498 7.48%
25 or less 545 8.19%
26 or less 651 9.78%
27 or less 794 11.93%
28 or less 847 12.72%
29 or less 963 14.47%
30 or less 1140 17.12%
31 or less 1248 18.75%
32 or less 1343 20.17%
33 or less 1544 23.19%
34 or less 1710 25.69%
35 or less 1820 27.34%
36 or less 1978 29.71%
37 or less 2221 33.36%
38 or less 2356 35.39%
39 or less 2492 37.43%
40 or less 2715 40.78%
41 or less 2969 44.6%
42 or less 3069 46.1%
43 or less 3300 49.57%
44 or less 3556 53.42%
45 or less 3725 55.96%
46 or less 3860 57.98%
47 or less 4073 61.18%
48 or less 4262 64.02%
49 or less 4398 66.07%
50 or less 4547 68.3%
51 or less 4798 72.07%
52 or less 4936 74.15%
53 or less 5027 75.51%
54 or less 5164 77.57%
55 or less 5330 80.07%
56 or less 5389 80.95%
57 or less 5520 82.92%
58 or less 5652 84.9%
59 or less 5740 86.23%
60 or less 5787 86.93%
61 or less 5880 88.33%
62 or less 5964 89.59%
63 or less 6025 90.51%
64 or less 6082 91.36%
65 or less 6174 92.74%
66 or less 6231 93.6%
67 or less 6263 94.08%
68 or less 6303 94.68%
69 or less 6360 95.54%
70 or less 6382 95.87%
71 or less 6425 96.51%
72 or less 6447 96.85%
73 or less 6483 97.39%
74 or less 6502 97.67%
75 or less 6522 97.97%
76 or less 6539 98.23%
77 or less 6554 98.45%
78 or less 6568 98.66%
79 or less 6584 98.9%
80 or less 6601 99.16%
81 or less 6604 99.2%
82 or less 6611 99.31%
83 or less 6617 99.4%
84 or less 6620 99.44%
85 or less 6627 99.55%
86 or less 6631 99.61%
87 or less 6636 99.68%
88 or less 6639 99.73%
89 or less 6644 99.8%
90 or less 6648 99.86%
91 or less 6649 99.88%
93 or less 6650 99.89%
94 or less 6651 99.91%
95 or less 6652 99.92%
96 or less 6653 99.94%
99 or less 6654 99.95%
101 or less 6655 99.97%
105 or less 6656 99.98%
106 or less 6657 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 256 3.85%
41 254 3.82%
51 251 3.77%
37 243 3.65%
43 231 3.47%
40 223 3.35%
47 213 3.2%
33 201 3.02%
48 189 2.84%
30 177 2.66%
45 169 2.54%
34 166 2.49%
55 166 2.49%
36 158 2.37%
50 149 2.24%
27 143 2.15%
52 138 2.07%
54 137 2.06%
39 136 2.04%
49 136 2.04%
38 135 2.03%
46 135 2.03%
58 132 1.98%
57 131 1.97%
23 120 1.8%
29 116 1.74%
35 110 1.65%
31 108 1.62%
26 106 1.59%
42 100 1.5%
32 95 1.43%
61 93 1.4%
65 92 1.38%
53 91 1.37%
59 88 1.32%
62 84 1.26%
63 61 0.92%
56 59 0.89%
64 57 0.86%
66 57 0.86%
69 57 0.86%
24 55 0.83%
28 53 0.8%
22 52 0.78%
16 49 0.74%
19 47 0.71%
25 47 0.71%
60 47 0.71%
71 43 0.65%
20 42 0.63%
68 40 0.6%
73 36 0.54%
21 34 0.51%
67 32 0.48%
17 25 0.38%
13 22 0.33%
70 22 0.33%
72 22 0.33%
75 20 0.3%
74 19 0.29%
15 18 0.27%
76 17 0.26%
80 17 0.26%
79 16 0.24%
77 15 0.23%
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%
89 5 0.08%
6 4 0.06%
10 4 0.06%
18 4 0.06%
86 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 173 1.3%
2 or less 175 1.31%
3 or less 462 3.47%
5 or less 467 3.51%
6 or less 720 5.41%
7 or less 1106 8.31%
8 or less 1128 8.47%
9 or less 1332 10%
10 or less 2018 15.16%
11 or less 2053 15.42%
12 or less 2183 16.4%
13 or less 2816 21.15%
14 or less 3307 24.84%
15 or less 3440 25.84%
16 or less 3916 29.41%
17 or less 4813 36.15%
18 or less 4922 36.97%
19 or less 5232 39.3%
20 or less 6162 46.28%
21 or less 6652 49.96%
22 or less 6874 51.63%
23 or less 7478 56.17%
24 or less 8333 62.59%
25 or less 8485 63.73%
26 or less 8813 66.19%
27 or less 9576 71.92%
28 or less 9966 74.85%
29 or less 10125 76.05%
30 or less 10535 79.13%
31 or less 11118 83.51%
32 or less 11204 84.15%
33 or less 11395 85.59%
34 or less 11834 88.88%
35 or less 12027 90.33%
36 or less 12112 90.97%
37 or less 12303 92.41%
38 or less 12584 94.52%
39 or less 12618 94.77%
40 or less 12697 95.37%
41 or less 12851 96.52%
42 or less 12946 97.24%
43 or less 12979 97.48%
44 or less 13039 97.93%
45 or less 13121 98.55%
46 or less 13129 98.61%
47 or less 13150 98.77%
48 or less 13204 99.17%
49 or less 13237 99.42%
50 or less 13240 99.44%
51 or less 13260 99.59%
52 or less 13278 99.73%
53 or less 13280 99.74%
54 or less 13287 99.8%
55 or less 13293 99.84%
56 or less 13302 99.91%
57 or less 13304 99.92%
58 or less 13306 99.94%
59 or less 13311 99.98%
62 or less 13312 99.98%
63 or less 13313 99.99%
70 or less 13314 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 930 6.99%
17 897 6.74%
24 855 6.42%
27 763 5.73%
10 686 5.15%
13 633 4.75%
23 604 4.54%
31 583 4.38%
14 491 3.69%
21 490 3.68%
16 476 3.58%
34 439 3.3%
30 410 3.08%
28 390 2.93%
7 386 2.9%
26 328 2.46%
19 310 2.33%
3 287 2.16%
38 281 2.11%
6 253 1.9%
22 222 1.67%
9 204 1.53%
35 193 1.45%
33 191 1.43%
37 191 1.43%
0 173 1.3%
29 159 1.19%
41 154 1.16%
25 152 1.14%
15 133 1%
12 130 0.98%
18 109 0.82%
42 95 0.71%
32 86 0.65%
36 85 0.64%
45 82 0.62%
40 79 0.59%
44 60 0.45%
48 54 0.41%
11 35 0.26%
39 34 0.26%
43 33 0.25%
49 33 0.25%
8 22 0.17%
47 21 0.16%
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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