Football Statistics Data Coverage
We are constantly working to improve and expand our data, but in some cases we only have certain subsets of stats for certain years. Here's the coverage for everything:
- Team Stats - team season stats since 1920, team game stats complete since 1939 and mostly complete since 1933.
- Player Stats - player season stats since 1920, player game stats since 1933. Full play-by-play since 1994, targets since 1992, snap counts since 2012, and game participation data since 1970.
- Game Stats - weather data since 1960, complete point spreads since 1952.
- Advanced Stats - see our advanced stats coverage page for full details of coverage of the advanced tracking stats.
Some specific stats are only complete from a certain year onwards, these are listed below:
- QB Pick Six since 1950
- Game-Winning Drives since 1950
- Snap Counts since 2012
- Fourth Quarter Comebacks since 1950
- Passes Defended since 1999
- Interceptions since 1940
- Interception Return Yards since 1940
- 4th Down Conversion Percentage since 1991
- 3rd Down Attempts since 1991
- 4th Down Attempts since 1991
- 3rd Down Conversions since 1991
- 3rd Down Conversion Percentage since 1991
- 4th Down Conversions since 1991
- Opponent 4th Down Conversion Percentage since 1991
- Opponent 3rd Down Conversions since 1991
- Opponent 4th Down Attempts since 1991
- Opponent 3rd Down Conversion Percentage since 1991
- Opponent 4th Down Conversions since 1991
- Opponent 3rd Down Attempts since 1991
- Longest FGM since 1960
- 1st Down by Pass since 1999
- 1st Down by Rush since 1999
- 1st Down by Penalty since 1999
- opponent 1st Down by Pass since 1999
- opponent 1st Down by Rush since 1999
- opponent 1st Down by Penalty since 1999
- Fumbles Recovered since 1945
- Fumbles Forced since 1999
- Fumbles since 1945
- Fumbles Lost since 1994
- Fumble Return Yards since 1945
- Games Started since 1950
- opponent Extra Point Attempts since 1960
- opponent Field Goal Attempts since 1941
- opponent Field Goals Made since 1938
- opponent Extra Points Made since 1960
- Touchback Percentage since 1991
- Kickoff touchbacks since 1991
- Average Kickoff Yards since 1991
- Kickoffs since 1991
- Kickoff Yards since 1991
- Kick Return Yards since 1941
- Yards per Kick Return since 1941
- Kick Returns since 1941
- QB Hits since 2006
- Tackles since 1994
- Assists since 1994
- Tackles For Loss since 1999
- Tackles Combined since 1987
- Pass Success Rate since 1994
- Sacked since 1960
- QB Pick Six since 1950
- Pass 1st Downs since 1994
- Sacked Yards Lost since 1947
- Net Yards Per Pass Attempt Indexed since 1963
- Adjusted Yards/Pass Attempt Index since 1963
- Adjusted Net Yards/Pass Attempt Index since 1963
- Punt Returns since 1941
- Yards per Punt Return since 1941
- Punt Return Yards since 1941
- Yards per Punt since 1939
- Punts Blocked since 1939
- Punting Yards since 1939
- Punt In 20 since 1976
- Punt In 20 Percentage since 1976
- Punt Touchbacks since 1970
- Punt Net Yards per Punt since 1970
- Punt Touchback Percentage since 1970
- Punt Net Yards since 1970
- Punts since 1939
- Catch Percentage since 1992
- Receiving Success Rate since 1994
- Yards per Target since 1992
- Receiving 1st Downs since 1994
- Pass Targets since 1992
- Red Zone Attempts since 1999
- Red Zone TD since 1999
- Red Zone Scores Pct since 1999
- Yards per Rushing Attempt since 1933
- Rush Success Rate since 1994
- opponent Rushing Attempts since 1933
- Rushing Attempts since 1933
- Combined Rushing Attempts since 1946
- Rush 1st Downs since 1994
- Sacks since 1960
- Extra Point % since 1938
- Field Goal % since 1938
- Extra Point Attempts since 1938
- Field Goal Attempts since 1938
- Game Duration since 1999
- Kick & Punt Return Yards since 1941
- Total Offense since 1969
- All-Purpose Yards since 1945
- Over/Under since 1978
- Point Spread since 1952
1930s, 1940s and 1950s Player Game Stats
Passing, Rushing, Receiving- Pass attempts, completions, pass yards, pass touchdowns, interceptions, rush attempts, rush yards, rush TD, receptions, receiving yards, receiving TD.
- 1950s: 99.7% complete for all NFL player games. Most missing data is from the Yanks/Bulldogs, Yanks and Texans from 1944-1952
- 1940s: 98% complete for all NFL player games. Most missing data is from the Yanks/Bulldogs, Yanks and Texans from 1944-1952
- 1936-39: passing data 97% complete, rushing data 99% complete and receiving data 88% complete
- 1933-35: passing data 90% complete, rushing data 99% complete and receiving data 75% complete
- 1946-1949: Complete for all AAFC player games
- Interceptions
- 1940-Present: Complete for all player games Kicking/Punting
- 1946-1949: Full coverage for AAFC for punts, punt yards, xpm, xpa, fgm and fga
1930s Team Game Stats
Passing and Rushing- Pass attempts, completions, pass yards, pass touchdowns, interceptions, rush attempts, rush yards, rush TD.
- Rushing data is complete from 1933 to 1939
- Passing data is complete in 1939 and mostly complete from 1933-1938 with the following exceptions:
- 1938 Lions mising PA, Yds, Int
- 1938 Rams missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1936 Eagles missing PA, Int
- 1936 Lions missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1936 Bears issing Int
- 1936 Redskins missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1935 Pirates missing PA
- 1935 Eagles missing PA, Int
- 1935 Lions missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1935 Dodgers missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1934 Gunners missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1934 Eagles missing PA, Yds
- 1934 Spartans missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1934 Reds missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1934 Cardinals missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1934 Bears missing PA, Yds, Int
- 1934 Redskins missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Spartans missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Pirates missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Eagles missing Int
- 1933 Giants missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Packers missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Reds missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Cardinals missing Int
- 1933 Bears missing Cmp, PA, Yds, Int
- 1933 Redskins missing Int
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