Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2024

Sample size: 6328 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 272 4.3%
2 or less 525 8.3%
3 or less 1478 23.36%
4 or less 1789 28.27%
5 or less 2016 31.86%
6 or less 2397 37.88%
7 or less 2972 46.97%
8 or less 3211 50.74%
9 or less 3313 52.35%
10 or less 3670 58%
11 or less 3822 60.4%
12 or less 3924 62.01%
13 or less 4098 64.76%
14 or less 4407 69.64%
15 or less 4503 71.16%
16 or less 4638 73.29%
17 or less 4845 76.56%
18 or less 4991 78.87%
19 or less 5063 80.01%
20 or less 5204 82.24%
21 or less 5381 85.03%
22 or less 5442 86%
23 or less 5510 87.07%
24 or less 5648 89.25%
25 or less 5716 90.33%
26 or less 5767 91.13%
27 or less 5848 92.41%
28 or less 5954 94.09%
29 or less 5989 94.64%
30 or less 6020 95.13%
31 or less 6091 96.25%
32 or less 6122 96.74%
33 or less 6140 97.03%
34 or less 6173 97.55%
35 or less 6213 98.18%
36 or less 6218 98.26%
37 or less 6241 98.63%
38 or less 6271 99.1%
39 or less 6275 99.16%
40 or less 6285 99.32%
41 or less 6296 99.49%
42 or less 6303 99.6%
43 or less 6307 99.67%
44 or less 6309 99.7%
45 or less 6316 99.81%
46 or less 6318 99.84%
48 or less 6320 99.87%
49 or less 6323 99.92%
50 or less 6324 99.94%
52 or less 6325 99.95%
55 or less 6326 99.97%
58 or less 6327 99.98%
59 or less 6328 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 953 15.06%
7 575 9.09%
6 381 6.02%
10 357 5.64%
4 311 4.91%
14 309 4.88%
1 258 4.08%
2 253 4%
8 239 3.78%
5 227 3.59%
17 207 3.27%
21 177 2.8%
13 174 2.75%
11 152 2.4%
18 146 2.31%
20 141 2.23%
24 138 2.18%
16 135 2.13%
28 106 1.68%
9 102 1.61%
12 102 1.61%
15 96 1.52%
27 81 1.28%
19 72 1.14%
31 71 1.12%
23 68 1.07%
25 68 1.07%
22 61 0.96%
26 51 0.81%
35 40 0.63%
29 35 0.55%
34 33 0.52%
30 31 0.49%
32 31 0.49%
38 30 0.47%
37 23 0.36%
33 18 0.28%
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%
49 3 0.05%
44 2 0.03%
46 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 16 0.25%
10 or less 20 0.32%
12 or less 28 0.44%
13 or less 50 0.79%
14 or less 51 0.81%
15 or less 69 1.09%
16 or less 117 1.85%
17 or less 140 2.21%
18 or less 143 2.26%
19 or less 189 2.99%
20 or less 230 3.63%
21 or less 264 4.17%
22 or less 314 4.96%
23 or less 431 6.81%
24 or less 483 7.63%
25 or less 528 8.34%
26 or less 631 9.97%
27 or less 772 12.2%
28 or less 821 12.97%
29 or less 931 14.71%
30 or less 1100 17.38%
31 or less 1203 19.01%
32 or less 1294 20.45%
33 or less 1484 23.45%
34 or less 1644 25.98%
35 or less 1749 27.64%
36 or less 1900 30.03%
37 or less 2136 33.75%
38 or less 2265 35.79%
39 or less 2393 37.82%
40 or less 2609 41.23%
41 or less 2852 45.07%
42 or less 2948 46.59%
43 or less 3167 50.05%
44 or less 3408 53.86%
45 or less 3566 56.35%
46 or less 3689 58.3%
47 or less 3886 61.41%
48 or less 4067 64.27%
49 or less 4187 66.17%
50 or less 4331 68.44%
51 or less 4570 72.22%
52 or less 4702 74.3%
53 or less 4790 75.7%
54 or less 4921 77.77%
55 or less 5082 80.31%
56 or less 5137 81.18%
57 or less 5257 83.08%
58 or less 5381 85.03%
59 or less 5461 86.3%
60 or less 5504 86.98%
61 or less 5590 88.34%
62 or less 5671 89.62%
63 or less 5730 90.55%
64 or less 5785 91.42%
65 or less 5873 92.81%
66 or less 5925 93.63%
67 or less 5957 94.14%
68 or less 5993 94.71%
69 or less 6049 95.59%
70 or less 6071 95.94%
71 or less 6113 96.6%
72 or less 6135 96.95%
73 or less 6167 97.46%
74 or less 6184 97.72%
75 or less 6204 98.04%
76 or less 6220 98.29%
77 or less 6233 98.5%
78 or less 6246 98.7%
79 or less 6262 98.96%
80 or less 6278 99.21%
81 or less 6280 99.24%
82 or less 6285 99.32%
83 or less 6291 99.42%
84 or less 6294 99.46%
85 or less 6301 99.57%
86 or less 6304 99.62%
87 or less 6309 99.7%
88 or less 6312 99.75%
89 or less 6316 99.81%
90 or less 6319 99.86%
91 or less 6320 99.87%
93 or less 6321 99.89%
94 or less 6322 99.91%
95 or less 6323 99.92%
96 or less 6324 99.94%
99 or less 6325 99.95%
101 or less 6326 99.97%
105 or less 6327 99.98%
106 or less 6328 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
41 243 3.84%
44 241 3.81%
51 239 3.78%
37 236 3.73%
43 219 3.46%
40 216 3.41%
47 197 3.11%
33 190 3%
48 181 2.86%
30 169 2.67%
55 161 2.54%
34 160 2.53%
45 158 2.5%
36 151 2.39%
50 144 2.28%
27 141 2.23%
52 132 2.09%
54 131 2.07%
38 129 2.04%
39 128 2.02%
58 124 1.96%
46 123 1.94%
49 120 1.9%
57 120 1.9%
23 117 1.85%
29 110 1.74%
35 105 1.66%
26 103 1.63%
31 103 1.63%
42 96 1.52%
32 91 1.44%
53 88 1.39%
65 88 1.39%
61 86 1.36%
62 81 1.28%
59 80 1.26%
63 59 0.93%
69 56 0.88%
56 55 0.87%
64 55 0.87%
24 52 0.82%
66 52 0.82%
22 50 0.79%
28 49 0.77%
16 48 0.76%
19 46 0.73%
25 45 0.71%
60 43 0.68%
71 42 0.66%
20 41 0.65%
68 36 0.57%
21 34 0.54%
67 32 0.51%
73 32 0.51%
17 23 0.36%
13 22 0.35%
70 22 0.35%
72 22 0.35%
75 20 0.32%
15 18 0.28%
74 17 0.27%
76 16 0.25%
79 16 0.25%
80 16 0.25%
77 13 0.21%
78 13 0.21%
9 9 0.14%
12 8 0.13%
85 7 0.11%
83 6 0.09%
82 5 0.08%
87 5 0.08%
6 4 0.06%
10 4 0.06%
89 4 0.06%
18 3 0.05%
84 3 0.05%
86 3 0.05%
88 3 0.05%
90 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 166 1.31%
2 or less 167 1.32%
3 or less 448 3.54%
5 or less 453 3.58%
6 or less 690 5.45%
7 or less 1064 8.41%
8 or less 1084 8.57%
9 or less 1275 10.07%
10 or less 1933 15.27%
11 or less 1966 15.53%
12 or less 2090 16.51%
13 or less 2698 21.32%
14 or less 3168 25.03%
15 or less 3294 26.03%
16 or less 3756 29.68%
17 or less 4624 36.54%
18 or less 4726 37.34%
19 or less 5008 39.57%
20 or less 5894 46.57%
21 or less 6360 50.25%
22 or less 6565 51.87%
23 or less 7144 56.45%
24 or less 7961 62.9%
25 or less 8100 64%
26 or less 8406 66.42%
27 or less 9121 72.07%
28 or less 9495 75.02%
29 or less 9644 76.2%
30 or less 10026 79.22%
31 or less 10585 83.64%
32 or less 10661 84.24%
33 or less 10842 85.67%
34 or less 11256 88.94%
35 or less 11441 90.4%
36 or less 11522 91.04%
37 or less 11705 92.49%
38 or less 11972 94.6%
39 or less 12004 94.85%
40 or less 12073 95.39%
41 or less 12220 96.55%
42 or less 12308 97.25%
43 or less 12341 97.51%
44 or less 12390 97.9%
45 or less 12470 98.53%
46 or less 12478 98.59%
47 or less 12497 98.74%
48 or less 12548 99.15%
49 or less 12581 99.41%
50 or less 12584 99.43%
51 or less 12604 99.59%
52 or less 12620 99.72%
53 or less 12622 99.73%
54 or less 12629 99.79%
55 or less 12635 99.83%
56 or less 12644 99.91%
57 or less 12646 99.92%
58 or less 12648 99.94%
59 or less 12653 99.98%
62 or less 12654 99.98%
63 or less 12655 99.99%
70 or less 12656 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 886 7%
17 868 6.86%
24 817 6.46%
27 715 5.65%
10 658 5.2%
13 608 4.8%
23 579 4.57%
31 559 4.42%
14 470 3.71%
21 466 3.68%
16 462 3.65%
34 414 3.27%
30 382 3.02%
7 374 2.96%
28 374 2.96%
26 306 2.42%
19 282 2.23%
3 281 2.22%
38 267 2.11%
6 237 1.87%
22 205 1.62%
9 191 1.51%
35 185 1.46%
37 183 1.45%
33 181 1.43%
0 166 1.31%
29 149 1.18%
41 147 1.16%
25 139 1.1%
15 126 1%
12 124 0.98%
18 102 0.81%
42 88 0.7%
36 81 0.64%
45 80 0.63%
32 76 0.6%
40 69 0.55%
48 51 0.4%
44 49 0.39%
11 33 0.26%
43 33 0.26%
49 33 0.26%
39 32 0.25%
8 20 0.16%
51 20 0.16%
47 19 0.15%
52 16 0.13%
56 9 0.07%
46 8 0.06%
54 7 0.06%
55 6 0.05%
5 5 0.04%
59 5 0.04%
50 3 0.02%
53 2 0.02%
57 2 0.02%
58 2 0.02%
2 1 0.01%
62 1 0.01%
63 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%

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