Bar chart showing the percentage of NFL Wild Card games decided by less than 7 points across five-year spans from 1990 to 2024. The percentages are as follows: 35% (1990–1994), 25% (1995–1999), 35% (2000–2004), 30% (2005–2009), 45% (2010–2014), 45% (2015–2019), and 20% (2020–2024). A dotted line indicates the average percentage since 1990, around 36%. The 2020–2024 period is highlighted in orange, contrasting with earlier periods in green, to emphasize a significant drop. The chart notes that the spans represent NFL season years, with Wild Card games played in January of the following year. The source is Stathead, and the chart was created by Jared Beilby for JustOneChart.com.

Added context: 44.9% of games during the 2024 regular season were decided by less than one touchdown #nflsky

for NFL nerds:

- yesterday's 32-12 score was a scorigami (s/o @jonbois.bsky.social)
- 38 out of the 1,091 scorigamis have happened during the playoffs
- the last playoff scorigami before yesterday was in 2021

explore every NFL score ever here!: perthirtysix.com/nfl/scorigami

#nflsky #scorigami

I would be willing to play one snap and get absolutely annihilated by the defense for that kind of money

Quick napkin math says Watson made over $500k guarenteed per snap 😆

A chart showing field goal attempts in College Football Playoff (CFP) history where kickers had the opportunity to make a 4th-quarter go-ahead kick. The chart illustrates that Mitch Jeter of Notre Dame made the first successful attempt in CFP history with a 41-yard field goal against Penn State in the 2025 Orange Bowl. His successful kick is marked with a blue circle at the 30-yard line, while previous failed attempts by other kickers are marked with red circles: Bert Auburn (Texas) missed twice in 2024 against Arizona State, Noah Ruggles (Ohio State) missed in 2023 against Georgia, and Andy Pappanastos (Alabama) missed in 2018 against Georgia. Each attempt is connected to labeled annotations with directional arrows. Kickers were previously 0-for-4 on 4th-quarter go-ahead field goal attempts. The background shows a football field with yard lines labeled.

3 of the 5 kicks occured in this year's CFP

25 years in, which pro sports markets have had the most successful 21st Century so far?

I crunched the numbers 🧮

(I'm sure this won't make anyone upset)

Put this map together following the announcement for the Rams-Vikings game

A bubble chart showing the historical postseason success of the 2024 NFL playoff teams since the first Super Bowl in 1967. Teams are grouped into AFC (red bubbles) and NFC (blue bubbles) and ranked by playoff seeding. Columns represent playoff rounds: Wild Card, Divisional, Conference, Super Bowl (lost), and Super Bowl (won). The size of each bubble reflects how many times a team lost in each round or won the Super Bowl. Numbers inside the largest bubbles indicate the leader for each round. Source: Pro Football Reference. Chart by Jared Beilby. Branding at the bottom reads “JustOneChart.com.”

Had a fun time coming up with this #dataviz for #nflsky!

Bar chart comparing the IMDB episode ratings of Jerry Jones’ cameo appearances on five TV shows. The bars are color-coded by show: ‘Coach’ (8.3), ‘Arli$$’ (7.2, 6.8, and 7.2), ‘Entourage’ (7.7 and 7.8), ‘The League’ (8.2), and ‘Landman’ (8). Beneath each bar are the episode details (e.g., ‘S8E24’ for ‘Coach’) and corresponding years. The chart highlights that Jerry Jones’ highest-rated cameo was on ‘Coach’ in 1996. Chart created by Jared Beilby with data sourced from IMDB.

Per IMDB ratings, Jerry Jones’ best-rated cameo episode peaked in 1996—just like the Cowboys

A chart titled “Players with the most penalty minutes in a single NHL season” shows the players who accumulated the highest penalty minutes in NHL history. The top player is Dave Schultz with 472 penalty minutes during the 1974-75 season for the Philadelphia Flyers. Other notable players include Paul Baxter (409 minutes, 1981-82), Mike Peluso (408 minutes, 1991-92), and Bob Probert (398 minutes, 1987-88). A secondary section highlights leaders among active players, with Antoine Roussel topping the list with 209 penalty minutes in the 2013-14 season. The chart illustrates a sharp decline in penalty minutes for modern players compared to past decades, reflecting changes in rules, the decline of enforcers, and a less physical style of play.

Dug into the history books a bit for this one!

It was a record-shattering year for long distance field goals by NFL kickers

A grid chart titled “Only 9 original movies made 2024’s top 50.” The chart shows the top 50 domestic grossing movies of 2024 categorized into four groups: original films, movie or TV franchises, book adaptations, and life stories. Each square represents a movie, color-coded by category: blue for franchises, orange for book adaptations, green for life stories, and red-bordered posters for original films. Original films include “IF,” “Red One,” “Longlegs,” “Civil War,” “The Beekeeper,” “Challengers,” “Trap,” “Horizon: Chapter 1,” and “Imaginary.” The grid is divided into rows for rankings: Top 10, 11–20, 21–30, 31–40, and 41–50. Branding at the bottom reads “JustOneChart.com.” Chart by Jared Beilby. Data source: The Numbers.

18 of the top 20 were additions to an existing franchise #filmsky

It’s honestly so similar to video games media. There a lot of outlets are tied to big publishers via sponsorships/access so they can’t really call out shady stuff in the industry. Same kind of trap

Animated illustration of an iced coffee and a hot coffee, both with arms and legs, arguing about which one is better than the other.

Have you seen the best of Axios Visuals 2024 yet? Come for the bitcoin ETF saga timeline, stay for an investigation into how many cupholders different countries put on their boats, an analysis of cicada brood sizes, and dancing Nerds.

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Scatterplot chart titled ‘17-year-old is youngest darts world champion.’ It shows the ages of darts players at their first world championship win, plotted by year. Luke Littler, highlighted in red, is marked as the youngest champion at age 17 in 2025. Michael van Gerwen, highlighted in blue, is shown as the previous youngest champion at age 24 in 2014. Other players, marked with gray dart icons, include Dennis Priestley, Phil Taylor, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld, and more. The x-axis represents the year (1994 to 2025), and the y-axis represents age at first championship (20 to 50). The chart includes a credit line: ‘Chart: Jared Beilby • Source: Wikipedia’ and the branding ‘JustOneChart.com’ in the bottom-right corner.

Luke Littler also made the PDC World Darts Championship final last year, at age 16 🎯

Line chart showing the rapid increase in expansion fees for women’s professional sports leagues, specifically the NWSL (green line) and WNBA (orange line). The NWSL’s Denver team paid a record $110 million in 2025, while the WNBA’s Portland and Toronto teams also reached 9-figure fees in 2024. A black dotted line marks the $100 million threshold. Earlier NWSL teams, like Louisville (2019) and Angel City (2020), paid under $5 million. The chart highlights the sharp growth in expansion fees, sourced from Sportico, Spotrac, and SportsPro.

Women's sports leagues are becoming big business ⚽ 🏀

Bar chart titled ‘NHL’s Winter Classic hit a new viewership low’ showing the average TV viewership for the NHL Winter Classic from 2008 to 2024. Viewership peaked at 4.5 million in 2011 and 2014, but steadily declined, reaching a record low of 920,000 in 2025. The chart highlights a transition to cable broadcasts starting in 2022, which coincides with a significant drop in viewership. Key data points include no games in 2013 and 2021, and a drop to 1.1 million viewers in 2023. The chart attributes the decline to factors like competition with college football and the move from network TV. Chart by Jared Beilby, source: Sports Media Watch.

The #NHL Winter Classic broke a dubious barrier this season. The Blues' 6-2 is also tied for the largest blowout in Winter Classic history (the Canadiens beat the Bruins 5-1 in 2016)

Felt like mapping out former NFL cities!

Table titled ‘Highest scoring games in the NBA age 40+.’ Subtitle reads: ‘LeBron James turns 40 on December 30. His last three games (32, 28, and 31 points) would’ve earned him spots on this list if he was already 40.’ The table includes three columns: Player (Year), Team, and Points. Michael Jordan (2003) dominates the list with five entries, including the highest score of 43 points for the Washington Wizards. Other players featured include Dirk Nowitzki (2019) with 30 points for the Mavericks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1987) with 27 points for the Lakers, Manu Ginóbili (2018) with 26 points for the Spurs, and Robert Parish with two 26-point games in 1993 and 1994 for the Celtics. The table includes team logos and horizontal bars to represent the points visually, with Michael Jordan’s scores standing out as the most frequent entries.

How much of this list will be LeBron by seasons end? 🤔 He's scored 26 or more points in 13 of his 28 games so far this season

NEW PROJECT: Each year, 2.6 billion pairs of sneakers are sold, and 300 million are thrown out. What can be done to make the industry more sustainable, short of buying less? @bwd.bsky.social talked to Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and industry experts to break it all down.
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Ha! Whoops, I would indeed miss it by Sunday 😂

Chart showing the year-by-year wins for the Pittsburgh Steelers (gold) and Baltimore Ravens (purple) from 1996 to 2024. The chart uses stepped lines to indicate each team’s win totals per season, with shaded areas between the lines highlighting which team had more wins in a given year. Annotations mark the seasons where each team won the Super Bowl. The subtitle explains that the Steelers have had more winning seasons (15) compared to the Ravens (9) since 1996, excluding 2024.

Ahead of Sunday's game between the Ravens and Steelers, I did some digging on their season-by-season performance #nflsky

A scatterplot titled “A history of fair catch kicks in the NFL” shows the rarity of successful fair catch kicks in NFL history. The chart plots attempts (white circles) and successful kicks (blue circles) by year on the x-axis and distance in yards on the y-axis. Key annotations highlight notable moments: Curly Lambeau made the first fair catch kick in 1921 (40 yards), Mark Moseley attempted a 74-yarder in 1979, and Cameron Dicker’s successful 57-yard kick in 2024, the longest fair catch kick make in NFL history. There have been just seven successful fair catch kicks since 1921. Data source: Wikipedia. Chart by Jared Beilby from JustOneChart.com.

One oddity I didn't include as an annotation: The 49ers had four fair catch kicks attempted against them in 1968 and 1969 #NFLsky #dataviz

A stacked area chart showing NFC North division rankings from 2002 to 2023, with each team represented by a distinct color. The Detroit Lions are shown in bright blue, highlighting their gradual improvement over the years. The Green Bay Packers (muted green), Minnesota Vikings (muted purple), and Chicago Bears (muted navy) are also displayed. The thickness of each team’s area represents the number of wins per season. The chart emphasizes the Lions’ recent rise to the top of the division, particularly in 2022 and 2023, while showing historical dominance by the Packers and fluctuating performances by the Vikings and Bears. The chart title reads: “The Lions’ long road to the top of the North.”

Trying something a bit different with this one!

If it released July 4, it would open up against the new Jurassic World movie. Looking at when they announced dates, it looks like Jurassic World’s date may have been announced first

Drake was on the list the past couple of years, so I think Kendrick fits

Have you ever wondered about the rate at which new dinosaur species are being described? I did, so I plotted it.

Kendrick Lamar probably

A scatterplot titled “When each planet was first photographed,” showing the years planets in our solar system were first photographed close-up by a satellite, with their average distances to Earth on the vertical axis (in miles) and the year of the photo on the horizontal axis. The planets are represented by icons. Venus and Mercury were first photographed by Mariner 10 in the 1970s. Jupiter and Saturn were captured by Voyager 1 in the 1978 and 1980. Uranus and Neptune were photographed by Voyager 2 in the 1980s. Pluto was first photographed by New Horizons in 2015. Mars appears closer to Earth than other planets 1965. The chart is noted with “Chart: Jared Beilby • Source: NASA • JustOneChart.com.”

I'm counting Pluto as a planet for the sake of this chart 😤

Through Week 15, no team has been shut out—that's the longest a season has ever gone without a shutout being recorded. 🤯

🔗 https://stathead.com/tiny/azBPZ