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Here's An Interactive Visualization Of Every NBA Stat Ever
Here's an interactive made by Alex Bresler that starts off a little unwieldy, but is functionally a treasure box of NBA oddities. ...
Where Every NBA Team Takes (And Gives Up) Shots
Here's a chart by our friend Ed Kupfer, who does analytics for the Houston Rockets, showing the distribution by percent of every NBA team's offensive and defensive field goals. If you take a second blink through the information overload, it's a shorthand Rosetta Stone for what's going on in the NBA....
Chart: Where Pro Athletes Are Born In America
Ben Blatt put together this chart for Slate that shows where current pro athletes were born in America. NHL players tend to come from the Northeast and NFL players are concentrated in the South; New York produces a higher proportion of NBA than NFL players, and California is a hotbed for baseball ta...
Which College Football Team Does Your Hometown Root For?
The New York Times has a new interactive showing which college football teams the country roots for, according to data it has exclusively from Facebook. Fandom is broken down into ZIP codes, which you can zoom in and mouseover to see in detail, with percentages—which is the only way you can see som...
The Most Popular Color Combinations In College Football
Here's a relationship chart of the colors of all 128 FBS college football programs, put together by 614 analytics. It serves as a good reminder that some schools have some truly ghastly color combinations. Brown and orange, Bowling Green? ...
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This Year's NFL Schedule, Visualized

This Year's NFL Schedule, Visualized

Wed Sep 28 2016
Animation: How NFL Players Have Gotten Bigger (And Fatter), Year By Year

Animation: How NFL Players Have Gotten Bigger (And Fatter), Year By Year

Wed Sep 28 2016
How Baseball Batting Stats Have Changed In Every Era, In One Chart

How Baseball Batting Stats Have Changed In Every Era, In One Chart

Wed Sep 28 2016
Watch Famous World Cup Goals In Gorgeous Painted Animation

Watch Famous World Cup Goals In Gorgeous Painted Animation

Thu Sep 29 2016
Which MLB Teams Does Your Town Root For? NYT Interactive Has Answers

Which MLB Teams Does Your Town Root For? NYT Interactive Has Answers

Wed Sep 28 2016
NBA Playoff Interactive Shows Who's Most Likely To Win Every Round

NBA Playoff Interactive Shows Who's Most Likely To Win Every Round

Wed Sep 28 2016
Who Takes The Longest (And Shortest) Shots In The NBA, On Average?

Who Takes The Longest (And Shortest) Shots In The NBA, On Average?

Wed Sep 28 2016
Some Gorgeous Visualizations Of All Movement In An NBA Game

Some Gorgeous Visualizations Of All Movement In An NBA Game

Wed Sep 28 2016
Where Do NBA Shooting Fouls Actually Take Place?

Where Do NBA Shooting Fouls Actually Take Place?

Wed Sep 28 2016
This Map Shows Exactly Where College Football Players Come From

This Map Shows Exactly Where College Football Players Come From

Wed Sep 28 2016
Every NBA Team's Remaining Strength Of Schedule, In One Chart

Every NBA Team's Remaining Strength Of Schedule, In One Chart

Wed Sep 28 2016
Infographics: Where Does Your NFL Team's Offense Come From? (Week 14)

Infographics: Where Does Your NFL Team's Offense Come From? (Week 14)

Wed Sep 28 2016
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