Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2025

Sample size: 6480 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 281 4.34%
2 or less 543 8.38%
3 or less 1513 23.35%
4 or less 1831 28.26%
5 or less 2067 31.9%
6 or less 2462 37.99%
7 or less 3049 47.05%
8 or less 3295 50.85%
9 or less 3401 52.48%
10 or less 3763 58.07%
11 or less 3916 60.43%
12 or less 4022 62.07%
13 or less 4199 64.8%
14 or less 4514 69.66%
15 or less 4614 71.2%
16 or less 4752 73.33%
17 or less 4964 76.6%
18 or less 5114 78.92%
19 or less 5188 80.06%
20 or less 5330 82.25%
21 or less 5510 85.03%
22 or less 5572 85.99%
23 or less 5644 87.1%
24 or less 5784 89.26%
25 or less 5856 90.37%
26 or less 5908 91.17%
27 or less 5990 92.44%
28 or less 6097 94.09%
29 or less 6133 94.65%
30 or less 6164 95.12%
31 or less 6236 96.23%
32 or less 6268 96.73%
33 or less 6287 97.02%
34 or less 6323 97.58%
35 or less 6363 98.19%
36 or less 6368 98.27%
37 or less 6391 98.63%
38 or less 6422 99.1%
39 or less 6426 99.17%
40 or less 6436 99.32%
41 or less 6447 99.49%
42 or less 6454 99.6%
43 or less 6458 99.66%
44 or less 6460 99.69%
45 or less 6467 99.8%
46 or less 6470 99.85%
48 or less 6472 99.88%
49 or less 6475 99.92%
50 or less 6476 99.94%
52 or less 6477 99.95%
55 or less 6478 99.97%
58 or less 6479 99.98%
59 or less 6480 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 970 14.97%
7 587 9.06%
6 395 6.1%
10 362 5.59%
4 318 4.91%
14 315 4.86%
1 267 4.12%
2 262 4.04%
8 246 3.8%
5 236 3.64%
17 212 3.27%
21 180 2.78%
13 177 2.73%
11 153 2.36%
18 150 2.31%
20 142 2.19%
24 140 2.16%
16 138 2.13%
28 107 1.65%
9 106 1.64%
12 106 1.64%
15 100 1.54%
27 82 1.27%
19 74 1.14%
23 72 1.11%
25 72 1.11%
31 72 1.11%
22 62 0.96%
26 52 0.8%
35 40 0.62%
29 36 0.56%
34 36 0.56%
32 32 0.49%
30 31 0.48%
38 31 0.48%
37 23 0.35%
33 19 0.29%
0 14 0.22%
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 0.45%
13 or less 51 0.79%
14 or less 52 0.8%
15 or less 70 1.08%
16 or less 119 1.84%
17 or less 142 2.19%
18 or less 146 2.25%
19 or less 192 2.96%
20 or less 233 3.6%
21 or less 267 4.12%
22 or less 319 4.92%
23 or less 438 6.76%
24 or less 491 7.58%
25 or less 537 8.29%
26 or less 640 9.88%
27 or less 782 12.07%
28 or less 834 12.87%
29 or less 945 14.58%
30 or less 1118 17.25%
31 or less 1221 18.84%
32 or less 1314 20.28%
33 or less 1511 23.32%
34 or less 1673 25.82%
35 or less 1780 27.47%
36 or less 1936 29.88%
37 or less 2176 33.58%
38 or less 2307 35.6%
39 or less 2440 37.65%
40 or less 2660 41.05%
41 or less 2907 44.86%
42 or less 3005 46.37%
43 or less 3230 49.85%
44 or less 3477 53.66%
45 or less 3640 56.17%
46 or less 3767 58.13%
47 or less 3971 61.28%
48 or less 4158 64.17%
49 or less 4285 66.13%
50 or less 4431 68.38%
51 or less 4676 72.16%
52 or less 4811 74.24%
53 or less 4901 75.63%
54 or less 5036 77.72%
55 or less 5199 80.23%
56 or less 5254 81.08%
57 or less 5380 83.02%
58 or less 5508 85%
59 or less 5589 86.25%
60 or less 5634 86.94%
61 or less 5723 88.32%
62 or less 5805 89.58%
63 or less 5865 90.51%
64 or less 5921 91.37%
65 or less 6010 92.75%
66 or less 6064 93.58%
67 or less 6096 94.07%
68 or less 6133 94.65%
69 or less 6190 95.52%
70 or less 6212 95.86%
71 or less 6255 96.53%
72 or less 6277 96.87%
73 or less 6311 97.39%
74 or less 6329 97.67%
75 or less 6349 97.98%
76 or less 6365 98.23%
77 or less 6379 98.44%
78 or less 6393 98.66%
79 or less 6409 98.9%
80 or less 6425 99.15%
81 or less 6428 99.2%
82 or less 6435 99.31%
83 or less 6441 99.4%
84 or less 6444 99.44%
85 or less 6451 99.55%
86 or less 6455 99.61%
87 or less 6460 99.69%
88 or less 6463 99.74%
89 or less 6467 99.8%
90 or less 6471 99.86%
91 or less 6472 99.88%
93 or less 6473 99.89%
94 or less 6474 99.91%
95 or less 6475 99.92%
96 or less 6476 99.94%
99 or less 6477 99.95%
101 or less 6478 99.97%
105 or less 6479 99.98%
106 or less 6480 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
41 247 3.81%
44 247 3.81%
51 245 3.78%
37 240 3.7%
43 225 3.47%
40 220 3.4%
47 204 3.15%
33 197 3.04%
48 187 2.89%
30 173 2.67%
45 163 2.52%
55 163 2.52%
34 162 2.5%
36 156 2.41%
50 146 2.25%
27 142 2.19%
52 135 2.08%
54 135 2.08%
39 133 2.05%
38 131 2.02%
58 128 1.98%
46 127 1.96%
49 127 1.96%
57 126 1.94%
23 119 1.84%
29 111 1.71%
35 107 1.65%
26 103 1.59%
31 103 1.59%
42 98 1.51%
32 93 1.44%
53 90 1.39%
61 89 1.37%
65 89 1.37%
62 82 1.27%
59 81 1.25%
63 60 0.93%
69 57 0.88%
64 56 0.86%
56 55 0.85%
66 54 0.83%
24 53 0.82%
22 52 0.8%
28 52 0.8%
16 49 0.76%
19 46 0.71%
25 46 0.71%
60 45 0.69%
71 43 0.66%
20 41 0.63%
68 37 0.57%
21 34 0.52%
73 34 0.52%
67 32 0.49%
17 23 0.35%
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%
77 14 0.22%
78 14 0.22%
9 10 0.15%
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%
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 168 1.3%
2 or less 170 1.31%
3 or less 453 3.5%
5 or less 458 3.53%
6 or less 705 5.44%
7 or less 1084 8.36%
8 or less 1105 8.53%
9 or less 1302 10.05%
10 or less 1969 15.19%
11 or less 2003 15.46%
12 or less 2131 16.44%
13 or less 2753 21.24%
14 or less 3234 24.95%
15 or less 3362 25.94%
16 or less 3829 29.54%
17 or less 4713 36.37%
18 or less 4819 37.18%
19 or less 5118 39.49%
20 or less 6026 46.5%
21 or less 6502 50.17%
22 or less 6713 51.8%
23 or less 7303 56.35%
24 or less 8134 62.76%
25 or less 8278 63.87%
26 or less 8593 66.3%
27 or less 9330 71.99%
28 or less 9708 74.91%
29 or less 9861 76.09%
30 or less 10260 79.17%
31 or less 10825 83.53%
32 or less 10907 84.16%
33 or less 11093 85.59%
34 or less 11521 88.9%
35 or less 11710 90.35%
36 or less 11793 91%
37 or less 11979 92.43%
38 or less 12253 94.54%
39 or less 12285 94.79%
40 or less 12360 95.37%
41 or less 12511 96.54%
42 or less 12603 97.25%
43 or less 12636 97.5%
44 or less 12688 97.9%
45 or less 12769 98.53%
46 or less 12777 98.59%
47 or less 12797 98.74%
48 or less 12850 99.15%
49 or less 12883 99.41%
50 or less 12886 99.43%
51 or less 12906 99.58%
52 or less 12924 99.72%
53 or less 12926 99.74%
54 or less 12933 99.79%
55 or less 12939 99.84%
56 or less 12948 99.91%
57 or less 12950 99.92%
58 or less 12952 99.94%
59 or less 12957 99.98%
62 or less 12958 99.98%
63 or less 12959 99.99%
70 or less 12960 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 908 7.01%
17 884 6.82%
24 831 6.41%
27 737 5.69%
10 667 5.15%
13 622 4.8%
23 590 4.55%
31 565 4.36%
14 481 3.71%
21 476 3.67%
16 467 3.6%
34 428 3.3%
30 399 3.08%
7 379 2.92%
28 378 2.92%
26 315 2.43%
19 299 2.31%
3 283 2.18%
38 274 2.11%
6 247 1.91%
22 211 1.63%
9 197 1.52%
35 189 1.46%
33 186 1.44%
37 186 1.44%
0 168 1.3%
29 153 1.18%
41 151 1.17%
25 144 1.11%
12 128 0.99%
15 128 0.99%
18 106 0.82%
42 92 0.71%
36 83 0.64%
32 82 0.63%
45 81 0.63%
40 75 0.58%
48 53 0.41%
44 52 0.4%
11 34 0.26%
43 33 0.25%
49 33 0.25%
39 32 0.25%
8 21 0.16%
47 20 0.15%
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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