Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2024

Sample size: 6448 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 4.3%
2 or less 538 8.34%
3 or less 1504 23.33%
4 or less 1819 28.21%
5 or less 2052 31.82%
6 or less 2445 37.92%
7 or less 3030 46.99%
8 or less 3275 50.79%
9 or less 3380 52.42%
10 or less 3742 58.03%
11 or less 3894 60.39%
12 or less 4000 62.03%
13 or less 4177 64.78%
14 or less 4489 69.62%
15 or less 4588 71.15%
16 or less 4724 73.26%
17 or less 4936 76.55%
18 or less 5086 78.88%
19 or less 5160 80.02%
20 or less 5301 82.21%
21 or less 5481 85%
22 or less 5543 85.96%
23 or less 5615 87.08%
24 or less 5754 89.24%
25 or less 5825 90.34%
26 or less 5877 91.14%
27 or less 5959 92.42%
28 or less 6066 94.08%
29 or less 6102 94.63%
30 or less 6133 95.11%
31 or less 6204 96.22%
32 or less 6236 96.71%
33 or less 6255 97.01%
34 or less 6291 97.57%
35 or less 6331 98.19%
36 or less 6336 98.26%
37 or less 6359 98.62%
38 or less 6390 99.1%
39 or less 6394 99.16%
40 or less 6404 99.32%
41 or less 6415 99.49%
42 or less 6422 99.6%
43 or less 6426 99.66%
44 or less 6428 99.69%
45 or less 6435 99.8%
46 or less 6438 99.84%
48 or less 6440 99.88%
49 or less 6443 99.92%
50 or less 6444 99.94%
52 or less 6445 99.95%
55 or less 6446 99.97%
58 or less 6447 99.98%
59 or less 6448 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 966 14.98%
7 585 9.07%
6 393 6.09%
10 362 5.61%
4 315 4.89%
14 312 4.84%
1 263 4.08%
2 261 4.05%
8 245 3.8%
5 233 3.61%
17 212 3.29%
21 180 2.79%
13 177 2.75%
11 152 2.36%
18 150 2.33%
20 141 2.19%
24 139 2.16%
16 136 2.11%
28 107 1.66%
12 106 1.64%
9 105 1.63%
15 99 1.54%
27 82 1.27%
19 74 1.15%
23 72 1.12%
25 71 1.1%
31 71 1.1%
22 62 0.96%
26 52 0.81%
35 40 0.62%
29 36 0.56%
34 36 0.56%
32 32 0.5%
30 31 0.48%
38 31 0.48%
37 23 0.36%
33 19 0.29%
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 17 0.26%
10 or less 21 0.33%
12 or less 29 0.45%
13 or less 51 0.79%
14 or less 52 0.81%
15 or less 70 1.09%
16 or less 119 1.85%
17 or less 142 2.2%
18 or less 146 2.26%
19 or less 192 2.98%
20 or less 233 3.61%
21 or less 267 4.14%
22 or less 319 4.95%
23 or less 437 6.78%
24 or less 490 7.6%
25 or less 536 8.31%
26 or less 639 9.91%
27 or less 780 12.1%
28 or less 831 12.89%
29 or less 941 14.59%
30 or less 1113 17.26%
31 or less 1216 18.86%
32 or less 1308 20.29%
33 or less 1502 23.29%
34 or less 1664 25.81%
35 or less 1771 27.47%
36 or less 1926 29.87%
37 or less 2165 33.58%
38 or less 2296 35.61%
39 or less 2428 37.66%
40 or less 2646 41.04%
41 or less 2892 44.85%
42 or less 2990 46.37%
43 or less 3214 49.84%
44 or less 3460 53.66%
45 or less 3622 56.17%
46 or less 3749 58.14%
47 or less 3952 61.29%
48 or less 4137 64.16%
49 or less 4263 66.11%
50 or less 4409 68.38%
51 or less 4653 72.16%
52 or less 4787 74.24%
53 or less 4877 75.64%
54 or less 5012 77.73%
55 or less 5175 80.26%
56 or less 5230 81.11%
57 or less 5355 83.05%
58 or less 5481 85%
59 or less 5562 86.26%
60 or less 5606 86.94%
61 or less 5695 88.32%
62 or less 5777 89.59%
63 or less 5837 90.52%
64 or less 5893 91.39%
65 or less 5982 92.77%
66 or less 6035 93.59%
67 or less 6067 94.09%
68 or less 6104 94.67%
69 or less 6161 95.55%
70 or less 6183 95.89%
71 or less 6226 96.56%
72 or less 6248 96.9%
73 or less 6281 97.41%
74 or less 6299 97.69%
75 or less 6319 98%
76 or less 6335 98.25%
77 or less 6348 98.45%
78 or less 6362 98.67%
79 or less 6378 98.91%
80 or less 6394 99.16%
81 or less 6396 99.19%
82 or less 6403 99.3%
83 or less 6409 99.4%
84 or less 6412 99.44%
85 or less 6419 99.55%
86 or less 6423 99.61%
87 or less 6428 99.69%
88 or less 6431 99.74%
89 or less 6435 99.8%
90 or less 6439 99.86%
91 or less 6440 99.88%
93 or less 6441 99.89%
94 or less 6442 99.91%
95 or less 6443 99.92%
96 or less 6444 99.94%
99 or less 6445 99.95%
101 or less 6446 99.97%
105 or less 6447 99.98%
106 or less 6448 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
41 246 3.82%
44 246 3.82%
51 244 3.78%
37 239 3.71%
43 224 3.47%
40 218 3.38%
47 203 3.15%
33 194 3.01%
48 185 2.87%
30 172 2.67%
55 163 2.53%
34 162 2.51%
45 162 2.51%
36 155 2.4%
50 146 2.26%
27 141 2.19%
54 135 2.09%
52 134 2.08%
39 132 2.05%
38 131 2.03%
46 127 1.97%
49 126 1.95%
58 126 1.95%
57 125 1.94%
23 118 1.83%
29 110 1.71%
35 107 1.66%
26 103 1.6%
31 103 1.6%
42 98 1.52%
32 92 1.43%
53 90 1.4%
61 89 1.38%
65 89 1.38%
62 82 1.27%
59 81 1.26%
63 60 0.93%
69 57 0.88%
64 56 0.87%
56 55 0.85%
24 53 0.82%
66 53 0.82%
22 52 0.81%
28 51 0.79%
16 49 0.76%
19 46 0.71%
25 46 0.71%
60 44 0.68%
71 43 0.67%
20 41 0.64%
68 37 0.57%
21 34 0.53%
73 33 0.51%
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 18 0.28%
76 16 0.25%
79 16 0.25%
80 16 0.25%
78 14 0.22%
77 13 0.2%
9 10 0.16%
12 8 0.12%
82 7 0.11%
85 7 0.11%
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 168 1.3%
2 or less 170 1.32%
3 or less 453 3.51%
5 or less 458 3.55%
6 or less 703 5.45%
7 or less 1082 8.39%
8 or less 1102 8.55%
9 or less 1297 10.06%
10 or less 1962 15.21%
11 or less 1996 15.48%
12 or less 2123 16.46%
13 or less 2741 21.25%
14 or less 3221 24.98%
15 or less 3349 25.97%
16 or less 3815 29.58%
17 or less 4694 36.4%
18 or less 4799 37.21%
19 or less 5096 39.52%
20 or less 5996 46.5%
21 or less 6468 50.16%
22 or less 6677 51.78%
23 or less 7266 56.34%
24 or less 8095 62.77%
25 or less 8239 63.89%
26 or less 8552 66.32%
27 or less 9282 71.98%
28 or less 9659 74.9%
29 or less 9811 76.08%
30 or less 10209 79.16%
31 or less 10772 83.53%
32 or less 10853 84.16%
33 or less 11036 85.58%
34 or less 11463 88.89%
35 or less 11652 90.35%
36 or less 11735 91%
37 or less 11920 92.43%
38 or less 12194 94.56%
39 or less 12226 94.8%
40 or less 12299 95.37%
41 or less 12448 96.53%
42 or less 12540 97.24%
43 or less 12573 97.5%
44 or less 12625 97.9%
45 or less 12706 98.53%
46 or less 12714 98.59%
47 or less 12734 98.74%
48 or less 12787 99.15%
49 or less 12820 99.41%
50 or less 12823 99.43%
51 or less 12843 99.59%
52 or less 12860 99.72%
53 or less 12862 99.74%
54 or less 12869 99.79%
55 or less 12875 99.84%
56 or less 12884 99.91%
57 or less 12886 99.92%
58 or less 12888 99.94%
59 or less 12893 99.98%
62 or less 12894 99.98%
63 or less 12895 99.99%
70 or less 12896 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 900 6.98%
17 879 6.82%
24 829 6.43%
27 730 5.66%
10 665 5.16%
13 618 4.79%
23 589 4.57%
31 563 4.37%
14 480 3.72%
21 472 3.66%
16 466 3.61%
34 427 3.31%
30 398 3.09%
7 379 2.94%
28 377 2.92%
26 313 2.43%
19 297 2.3%
3 283 2.19%
38 274 2.12%
6 245 1.9%
22 209 1.62%
9 195 1.51%
35 189 1.47%
37 185 1.43%
33 183 1.42%
0 168 1.3%
29 152 1.18%
41 149 1.16%
25 144 1.12%
15 128 0.99%
12 127 0.98%
18 105 0.81%
42 92 0.71%
36 83 0.64%
32 81 0.63%
45 81 0.63%
40 73 0.57%
48 53 0.41%
44 52 0.4%
11 34 0.26%
43 33 0.26%
49 33 0.26%
39 32 0.25%
8 20 0.16%
47 20 0.16%
51 20 0.16%
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%
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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