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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 327 33

  2. nflreadr nflreadr Public

    Efficiently download nflverse data

    R 94 16

  3. nflfastR nflfastR Public

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

    R 504 61

  4. nflreadpy nflreadpy Public

    python port of nflreadr package for loading nflverse data

    Python 105 15

  5. nflseedR nflseedR Public

    Functions to Efficiently Simulate and Evaluate NFL Seasons

    R 27 4

  6. NFLData.jl NFLData.jl Public

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

    Julia 5 1

Repositories

Showing 10 of 36 repositories
  • nfldata Public

    NFL Data (by Lee Sharpe)

    nflverse/nfldata’s past year of commit activity
    R 332 78 10 1 Updated Jan 20, 2026
  • 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 Jan 19, 2026
  • nflfastR-raw Public

    Repository for raw .json that powers nflfastR

    nflverse/nflfastR-raw’s past year of commit activity
    R 18 4 0 0 Updated Jan 19, 2026
  • espnscrapeR-data Public
    nflverse/espnscrapeR-data’s past year of commit activity
    R 8 1 1 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
  • nflverse-ftn Public

    Loads data from FTN Data

    nflverse/nflverse-ftn’s past year of commit activity
    R 1 0 0 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
  • nflreadr Public

    Efficiently download nflverse data

    nflverse/nflreadr’s past year of commit activity
    R 94 16 11 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
  • nfl4th Public

    NFL 4th down decision calculator

    nflverse/nfl4th’s past year of commit activity
    R 19 3 2 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
  • nflverse-data Public

    Automated nflverse data repository

    nflverse/nflverse-data’s past year of commit activity
    R 327 CC-BY-4.0 33 6 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
  • nflverse-players Public

    Create 'nflverse' Players Data

    nflverse/nflverse-players’s past year of commit activity
    R 1 0 1 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
  • nflverse-pfr Public

    builds pfr data for nflverse/nflverse-data

    nflverse/nflverse-pfr’s past year of commit activity
    R 8 GPL-3.0 2 1 0 Updated Jan 18, 2026
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