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nflverse

nflverse is a collection of data and R packages designed for NFL analytics!
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nflverse

The nflverse is a set of packages dedicated to data and analysis of the National Football League.

Most data is stored in releases of the nflverse/nflverse-data repository, in various formats (csv, parquet, rds, qs being the primary ones). These can be accessed by any platform or programming language via the web URLs.

We also maintain a set of packages to facilitate access to this data and apply modelling.

R Packages

  • {nflverse} helps install and update all nflverse R packages.
  • {nflreadr} provides easy access to nflverse data repositories.
  • {nflfastR} cleans play by play data and applies EPA/WPA modelling.
    • Most users will want precomputed data, via nflreadr.
  • {nflplotR} facilitates plotting NFL data.
  • {nfl4th} studies fourth down decisions with nflverse data and models.
  • {nflseedR} simulates NFL season schedules with the user's model.

Python Packages

  • nflreadpy ports nflreadr to Python and provides easy, lightweight access to nflverse data repositories.

Julia Packages

  • NFLData.jl provides easy access to nflverse data repositories in Julia.

Support

In most cases you should reach out to us on Discord:

nflverse support

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  1. nflverse-data nflverse-data Public

    Automated nflverse data repository

    R 300 29

  2. nflreadr nflreadr Public

    Efficiently download nflverse data

    R 88 16

  3. nflfastR nflfastR Public

    A Set of Functions to Efficiently Scrape NFL Play by Play Data

    R 489 58

  4. nflreadpy nflreadpy Public

    python port of nflreadr package for loading nflverse data

    Python 61 6

  5. nflseedR nflseedR Public

    Functions to Efficiently Simulate and Evaluate NFL Seasons

    R 26 4

  6. NFLData.jl NFLData.jl Public

    Read up-to-date NFL data into Julia as a DataFrame.

    Julia 5 1

Repositories

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  • nfldata Public

    NFL Data (by Lee Sharpe)

    nflverse/nfldata’s past year of commit activity
    R 328 78 8 1 Updated Nov 7, 2025
  • nflfastR-raw Public

    Repository for raw .json that powers nflfastR

    nflverse/nflfastR-raw’s past year of commit activity
    R 18 3 0 0 Updated Nov 7, 2025
  • nflverse-pbp-internal Public

    internal package for scraping raw pbp

    nflverse/nflverse-pbp-internal’s past year of commit activity
    R 0 0 0 0 Updated Nov 7, 2025
  • nflverse-data-archives Public
    nflverse/nflverse-data-archives’s past year of commit activity
    0 0 0 0 Updated Nov 6, 2025
  • nflreadpy Public

    python port of nflreadr package for loading nflverse data

    nflverse/nflreadpy’s past year of commit activity
    Python 61 MIT 6 11 1 Updated Nov 2, 2025
  • rotc Public

    Functions to Access OTC Data

    nflverse/rotc’s past year of commit activity
    R 0 0 0 0 Updated Nov 1, 2025
  • espnscrapeR-data Public
    nflverse/espnscrapeR-data’s past year of commit activity
    R 8 1 1 0 Updated Nov 1, 2025
  • nflverse-ftn Public

    Loads data from FTN Data

    nflverse/nflverse-ftn’s past year of commit activity
    R 1 0 1 0 Updated Nov 1, 2025
  • ngs-data Public

    builds next gen stats data for nflverse/nflverse-data

    nflverse/ngs-data’s past year of commit activity
    R 16 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Nov 1, 2025
  • nflverse-rosters Public

    builds roster data for nflverse/nflverse-data

    nflverse/nflverse-rosters’s past year of commit activity
    R 22 4 3 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated Nov 1, 2025
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