Chart assignment

Charts to read and discuss

Read each chart, then answer its questions. Every chart shows its source and date; open it for a table of the numbers and the data to download.

  1. How often are 50-yard NFL field goals good?

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How often are 50-yard NFL field goals good?

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NFL kickers made 68.8% of field goal tries of 50 yards or longer in the 2025 regular season, up from 48.8% in 1999; the best season since 1999 was 2024, at 69.9%. Blocked kicks count as misses. The chart starts in 1999, the first season in nflverse's data.

Questions to discuss

  1. In one sentence of your own, what does this chart show?
  2. Find the biggest change or difference in the chart. What might explain it?
  3. Who collected these numbers, and how recent are they? What else would you want to know before drawing a conclusion?

Source: nflverse, NFL team season stats (nflverse-data) (CC BY 4.0 (nflverse)) · Data as of Jan 4, 2026

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