Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2026

Sample size: 6814 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: 21.1

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
Tie game 16 0.23%
1 or less 296 4.34%
2 or less 577 8.47%
3 or less 1600 23.48%
4 or less 1936 28.41%
5 or less 2183 32.04%
6 or less 2596 38.1%
7 or less 3218 47.23%
8 or less 3478 51.04%
9 or less 3586 52.63%
10 or less 3962 58.14%
11 or less 4121 60.48%
12 or less 4235 62.15%
13 or less 4422 64.9%
14 or less 4748 69.68%
15 or less 4851 71.19%
16 or less 4992 73.26%
17 or less 5224 76.67%
18 or less 5380 78.96%
19 or less 5457 80.09%
20 or less 5604 82.24%
21 or less 5790 84.97%
22 or less 5861 86.01%
23 or less 5936 87.11%
24 or less 6089 89.36%
25 or less 6163 90.45%
26 or less 6217 91.24%
27 or less 6302 92.49%
28 or less 6416 94.16%
29 or less 6455 94.73%
30 or less 6487 95.2%
31 or less 6565 96.35%
32 or less 6598 96.83%
33 or less 6617 97.11%
34 or less 6656 97.68%
35 or less 6696 98.27%
36 or less 6701 98.34%
37 or less 6724 98.68%
38 or less 6756 99.15%
39 or less 6760 99.21%
40 or less 6770 99.35%
41 or less 6781 99.52%
42 or less 6788 99.62%
43 or less 6792 99.68%
44 or less 6794 99.71%
45 or less 6801 99.81%
46 or less 6804 99.85%
48 or less 6806 99.88%
49 or less 6809 99.93%
50 or less 6810 99.94%
52 or less 6811 99.96%
55 or less 6812 99.97%
58 or less 6813 99.99%
59 or less 6814 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1023 15.01%
7 622 9.13%
6 413 6.06%
10 376 5.52%
4 336 4.93%
14 326 4.78%
2 281 4.12%
1 280 4.11%
8 260 3.82%
5 247 3.62%
17 232 3.4%
13 187 2.74%
21 186 2.73%
11 159 2.33%
18 156 2.29%
24 153 2.25%
20 147 2.16%
16 141 2.07%
12 114 1.67%
28 114 1.67%
9 108 1.58%
15 103 1.51%
27 85 1.25%
31 78 1.14%
19 77 1.13%
23 75 1.1%
25 74 1.09%
22 71 1.04%
26 54 0.79%
35 40 0.59%
29 39 0.57%
34 39 0.57%
32 33 0.48%
30 32 0.47%
38 32 0.47%
37 23 0.34%
33 19 0.28%
0 16 0.23%
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 0.76%
14 or less 53 0.78%
15 or less 71 1.04%
16 or less 121 1.78%
17 or less 146 2.14%
18 or less 150 2.2%
19 or less 200 2.94%
20 or less 242 3.55%
21 or less 276 4.05%
22 or less 329 4.83%
23 or less 452 6.63%
24 or less 508 7.46%
25 or less 557 8.17%
26 or less 665 9.76%
27 or less 808 11.86%
28 or less 862 12.65%
29 or less 982 14.41%
30 or less 1160 17.02%
31 or less 1271 18.65%
32 or less 1366 20.05%
33 or less 1572 23.07%
34 or less 1745 25.61%
35 or less 1859 27.28%
36 or less 2023 29.69%
37 or less 2271 33.33%
38 or less 2411 35.38%
39 or less 2551 37.44%
40 or less 2782 40.83%
41 or less 3040 44.61%
42 or less 3142 46.11%
43 or less 3378 49.57%
44 or less 3639 53.4%
45 or less 3811 55.93%
46 or less 3948 57.94%
47 or less 4162 61.08%
48 or less 4355 63.91%
49 or less 4492 65.92%
50 or less 4643 68.14%
51 or less 4899 71.9%
52 or less 5039 73.95%
53 or less 5134 75.34%
54 or less 5275 77.41%
55 or less 5444 79.89%
56 or less 5505 80.79%
57 or less 5640 82.77%
58 or less 5773 84.72%
59 or less 5861 86.01%
60 or less 5914 86.79%
61 or less 6012 88.23%
62 or less 6098 89.49%
63 or less 6161 90.42%
64 or less 6221 91.3%
65 or less 6316 92.69%
66 or less 6377 93.59%
67 or less 6410 94.07%
68 or less 6452 94.69%
69 or less 6510 95.54%
70 or less 6532 95.86%
71 or less 6576 96.51%
72 or less 6599 96.84%
73 or less 6635 97.37%
74 or less 6654 97.65%
75 or less 6677 97.99%
76 or less 6694 98.24%
77 or less 6709 98.46%
78 or less 6723 98.66%
79 or less 6739 98.9%
80 or less 6757 99.16%
81 or less 6760 99.21%
82 or less 6767 99.31%
83 or less 6773 99.4%
84 or less 6776 99.44%
85 or less 6783 99.55%
86 or less 6787 99.6%
87 or less 6792 99.68%
88 or less 6795 99.72%
89 or less 6800 99.79%
90 or less 6804 99.85%
91 or less 6805 99.87%
93 or less 6806 99.88%
94 or less 6807 99.9%
95 or less 6808 99.91%
96 or less 6810 99.94%
99 or less 6811 99.96%
101 or less 6812 99.97%
105 or less 6813 99.99%
106 or less 6814 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 261 3.83%
41 258 3.79%
51 256 3.76%
37 248 3.64%
43 236 3.46%
40 231 3.39%
47 214 3.14%
33 206 3.02%
48 193 2.83%
30 178 2.61%
34 173 2.54%
45 172 2.52%
55 169 2.48%
36 164 2.41%
50 151 2.22%
27 143 2.1%
54 141 2.07%
38 140 2.05%
39 140 2.05%
52 140 2.05%
46 137 2.01%
49 137 2.01%
57 135 1.98%
58 133 1.95%
23 123 1.81%
29 120 1.76%
35 114 1.67%
31 111 1.63%
26 108 1.58%
42 102 1.5%
61 98 1.44%
32 95 1.39%
53 95 1.39%
65 95 1.39%
59 88 1.29%
62 86 1.26%
63 63 0.92%
56 61 0.9%
66 61 0.9%
64 60 0.88%
69 58 0.85%
24 56 0.82%
28 54 0.79%
22 53 0.78%
60 53 0.78%
16 50 0.73%
19 50 0.73%
25 49 0.72%
71 44 0.65%
20 42 0.62%
68 42 0.62%
73 36 0.53%
21 34 0.5%
67 33 0.48%
17 25 0.37%
72 23 0.34%
75 23 0.34%
13 22 0.32%
70 22 0.32%
74 19 0.28%
15 18 0.26%
80 18 0.26%
76 17 0.25%
79 16 0.23%
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 1.28%
2 or less 177 1.3%
3 or less 472 3.46%
5 or less 477 3.5%
6 or less 736 5.4%
7 or less 1128 8.28%
8 or less 1151 8.45%
9 or less 1357 9.96%
10 or less 2055 15.08%
11 or less 2090 15.34%
12 or less 2225 16.33%
13 or less 2873 21.08%
14 or less 3374 24.76%
15 or less 3509 25.75%
16 or less 3997 29.33%
17 or less 4912 36.04%
18 or less 5027 36.89%
19 or less 5346 39.23%
20 or less 6297 46.21%
21 or less 6792 49.84%
22 or less 7020 51.51%
23 or less 7642 56.08%
24 or less 8520 62.52%
25 or less 8673 63.64%
26 or less 9016 66.16%
27 or less 9793 71.86%
28 or less 10187 74.75%
29 or less 10352 75.96%
30 or less 10776 79.07%
31 or less 11374 83.46%
32 or less 11462 84.11%
33 or less 11657 85.54%
34 or less 12112 88.88%
35 or less 12311 90.34%
36 or less 12399 90.98%
37 or less 12597 92.43%
38 or less 12882 94.53%
39 or less 12917 94.78%
40 or less 12997 95.37%
41 or less 13156 96.54%
42 or less 13253 97.25%
43 or less 13286 97.49%
44 or less 13346 97.93%
45 or less 13432 98.56%
46 or less 13440 98.62%
47 or less 13461 98.77%
48 or less 13517 99.19%
49 or less 13550 99.43%
50 or less 13553 99.45%
51 or less 13573 99.6%
52 or less 13591 99.73%
53 or less 13593 99.74%
54 or less 13600 99.79%
55 or less 13606 99.84%
56 or less 13615 99.9%
57 or less 13617 99.92%
58 or less 13619 99.93%
59 or less 13625 99.98%
62 or less 13626 99.99%
63 or less 13627 99.99%
70 or less 13628 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 951 6.98%
17 915 6.71%
24 878 6.44%
27 777 5.7%
10 698 5.12%
13 648 4.75%
23 622 4.56%
31 598 4.39%
14 501 3.68%
21 495 3.63%
16 488 3.58%
34 455 3.34%
30 424 3.11%
28 394 2.89%
7 392 2.88%
26 343 2.52%
19 319 2.34%
3 295 2.16%
38 285 2.09%
6 259 1.9%
22 228 1.67%
9 206 1.51%
35 199 1.46%
37 198 1.45%
33 195 1.43%
0 175 1.28%
29 165 1.21%
41 159 1.17%
25 153 1.12%
12 135 0.99%
15 135 0.99%
18 115 0.84%
42 97 0.71%
32 88 0.65%
36 88 0.65%
45 86 0.63%
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 0.15%
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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