Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2025

Sample size: 6613 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 290 4.39%
2 or less 558 8.44%
3 or less 1548 23.41%
4 or less 1872 28.31%
5 or less 2111 31.92%
6 or less 2511 37.97%
7 or less 3112 47.06%
8 or less 3362 50.84%
9 or less 3469 52.46%
10 or less 3839 58.05%
11 or less 3994 60.4%
12 or less 4104 62.06%
13 or less 4285 64.8%
14 or less 4604 69.62%
15 or less 4707 71.18%
16 or less 4846 73.28%
17 or less 5065 76.59%
18 or less 5217 78.89%
19 or less 5293 80.04%
20 or less 5437 82.22%
21 or less 5619 84.97%
22 or less 5686 85.98%
23 or less 5758 87.07%
24 or less 5903 89.26%
25 or less 5977 90.38%
26 or less 6030 91.18%
27 or less 6113 92.44%
28 or less 6221 94.07%
29 or less 6259 94.65%
30 or less 6291 95.13%
31 or less 6366 96.26%
32 or less 6398 96.75%
33 or less 6417 97.04%
34 or less 6455 97.61%
35 or less 6495 98.22%
36 or less 6500 98.29%
37 or less 6523 98.64%
38 or less 6555 99.12%
39 or less 6559 99.18%
40 or less 6569 99.33%
41 or less 6580 99.5%
42 or less 6587 99.61%
43 or less 6591 99.67%
44 or less 6593 99.7%
45 or less 6600 99.8%
46 or less 6603 99.85%
48 or less 6605 99.88%
49 or less 6608 99.92%
50 or less 6609 99.94%
52 or less 6610 99.95%
55 or less 6611 99.97%
58 or less 6612 99.98%
59 or less 6613 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 990 14.97%
7 601 9.09%
6 400 6.05%
10 370 5.6%
4 324 4.9%
14 319 4.82%
1 275 4.16%
2 268 4.05%
8 250 3.78%
5 239 3.61%
17 219 3.31%
21 182 2.75%
13 181 2.74%
11 155 2.34%
18 152 2.3%
24 145 2.19%
20 144 2.18%
16 139 2.1%
12 110 1.66%
28 108 1.63%
9 107 1.62%
15 103 1.56%
27 83 1.26%
19 76 1.15%
31 75 1.13%
25 74 1.12%
23 72 1.09%
22 67 1.01%
26 53 0.8%
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 0.79%
15 or less 70 1.06%
16 or less 119 1.8%
17 or less 144 2.18%
18 or less 148 2.24%
19 or less 195 2.95%
20 or less 237 3.58%
21 or less 271 4.1%
22 or less 323 4.88%
23 or less 443 6.7%
24 or less 498 7.53%
25 or less 545 8.24%
26 or less 650 9.83%
27 or less 793 11.99%
28 or less 845 12.78%
29 or less 959 14.5%
30 or less 1135 17.16%
31 or less 1242 18.78%
32 or less 1337 20.22%
33 or less 1536 23.23%
34 or less 1699 25.69%
35 or less 1809 27.36%
36 or less 1966 29.73%
37 or less 2208 33.39%
38 or less 2342 35.42%
39 or less 2477 37.46%
40 or less 2700 40.83%
41 or less 2951 44.62%
42 or less 3051 46.14%
43 or less 3281 49.61%
44 or less 3535 53.46%
45 or less 3702 55.98%
46 or less 3834 57.98%
47 or less 4047 61.2%
48 or less 4235 64.04%
49 or less 4369 66.07%
50 or less 4518 68.32%
51 or less 4767 72.09%
52 or less 4905 74.17%
53 or less 4995 75.53%
54 or less 5131 77.59%
55 or less 5295 80.07%
56 or less 5354 80.96%
57 or less 5484 82.93%
58 or less 5616 84.92%
59 or less 5701 86.21%
60 or less 5747 86.9%
61 or less 5839 88.3%
62 or less 5922 89.55%
63 or less 5983 90.47%
64 or less 6040 91.34%
65 or less 6132 92.73%
66 or less 6189 93.59%
67 or less 6221 94.07%
68 or less 6261 94.68%
69 or less 6318 95.54%
70 or less 6340 95.87%
71 or less 6383 96.52%
72 or less 6405 96.85%
73 or less 6440 97.38%
74 or less 6458 97.66%
75 or less 6478 97.96%
76 or less 6495 98.22%
77 or less 6510 98.44%
78 or less 6524 98.65%
79 or less 6540 98.9%
80 or less 6557 99.15%
81 or less 6560 99.2%
82 or less 6567 99.3%
83 or less 6573 99.4%
84 or less 6576 99.44%
85 or less 6583 99.55%
86 or less 6587 99.61%
87 or less 6592 99.68%
88 or less 6595 99.73%
89 or less 6600 99.8%
90 or less 6604 99.86%
91 or less 6605 99.88%
93 or less 6606 99.89%
94 or less 6607 99.91%
95 or less 6608 99.92%
96 or less 6609 99.94%
99 or less 6610 99.95%
101 or less 6611 99.97%
105 or less 6612 99.98%
106 or less 6613 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
44 254 3.84%
41 251 3.8%
51 249 3.77%
37 242 3.66%
43 230 3.48%
40 223 3.37%
47 213 3.22%
33 199 3.01%
48 188 2.84%
30 176 2.66%
45 167 2.53%
55 164 2.48%
34 163 2.46%
36 157 2.37%
50 149 2.25%
27 143 2.16%
52 138 2.09%
54 136 2.06%
39 135 2.04%
38 134 2.03%
49 134 2.03%
46 132 2%
58 132 2%
57 130 1.97%
23 120 1.81%
29 114 1.72%
35 110 1.66%
31 107 1.62%
26 105 1.59%
42 100 1.51%
32 95 1.44%
61 92 1.39%
65 92 1.39%
53 90 1.36%
59 85 1.29%
62 83 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%
22 52 0.79%
28 52 0.79%
16 49 0.74%
19 47 0.71%
25 47 0.71%
60 46 0.7%
71 43 0.65%
20 42 0.64%
68 40 0.6%
73 35 0.53%
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%
15 18 0.27%
74 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 171 1.29%
2 or less 173 1.31%
3 or less 459 3.47%
5 or less 464 3.51%
6 or less 716 5.41%
7 or less 1100 8.32%
8 or less 1121 8.48%
9 or less 1323 10%
10 or less 2004 15.15%
11 or less 2039 15.42%
12 or less 2169 16.4%
13 or less 2802 21.19%
14 or less 3291 24.88%
15 or less 3422 25.87%
16 or less 3897 29.46%
17 or less 4790 36.22%
18 or less 4899 37.04%
19 or less 5207 39.37%
20 or less 6130 46.35%
21 or less 6617 50.03%
22 or less 6837 51.69%
23 or less 7438 56.24%
24 or less 8283 62.63%
25 or less 8434 63.77%
26 or less 8757 66.21%
27 or less 9515 71.94%
28 or less 9900 74.85%
29 or less 10057 76.04%
30 or less 10465 79.12%
31 or less 11041 83.48%
32 or less 11126 84.12%
33 or less 11316 85.56%
34 or less 11751 88.85%
35 or less 11944 90.31%
36 or less 12028 90.94%
37 or less 12218 92.38%
38 or less 12499 94.5%
39 or less 12532 94.75%
40 or less 12611 95.35%
41 or less 12765 96.51%
42 or less 12860 97.23%
43 or less 12893 97.48%
44 or less 12952 97.93%
45 or less 13033 98.54%
46 or less 13041 98.6%
47 or less 13062 98.76%
48 or less 13116 99.17%
49 or less 13149 99.42%
50 or less 13152 99.44%
51 or less 13172 99.59%
52 or less 13190 99.73%
53 or less 13192 99.74%
54 or less 13199 99.8%
55 or less 13205 99.84%
56 or less 13214 99.91%
57 or less 13216 99.92%
58 or less 13218 99.94%
59 or less 13223 99.98%
62 or less 13224 99.98%
63 or less 13225 99.99%
70 or less 13226 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 923 6.98%
17 893 6.75%
24 845 6.39%
27 758 5.73%
10 681 5.15%
13 633 4.79%
23 601 4.54%
31 576 4.36%
14 489 3.7%
21 487 3.68%
16 475 3.59%
34 435 3.29%
30 408 3.08%
28 385 2.91%
7 384 2.9%
26 323 2.44%
19 308 2.33%
3 286 2.16%
38 281 2.12%
6 252 1.91%
22 220 1.66%
9 202 1.53%
35 193 1.46%
33 190 1.44%
37 190 1.44%
0 171 1.29%
29 157 1.19%
41 154 1.16%
25 151 1.14%
15 131 0.99%
12 130 0.98%
18 109 0.82%
42 95 0.72%
32 85 0.64%
36 84 0.64%
45 81 0.61%
40 79 0.6%
44 59 0.45%
48 54 0.41%
11 35 0.26%
39 33 0.25%
43 33 0.25%
49 33 0.25%
8 21 0.16%
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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