Sample Football Searches
With Stathead, you can find any player, any team, any season, any game, any play (and more!) using a powerful set of search filters. This list of sample searches will give you an idea of the incredible power and flexibility of Stathead. Select any example to go to the search results and see which tool and filters were used to create that search. Modify an example to discover your own insights.
The Season Finder
The Season Finder searches for individual seasons, combined seasons, or entire careers (for players) and franchise histories (for teams). You can also use the Player Season Finders to discover the most players in a season, most players on a team, or most players in franchise history to match specific criteria.
Player Season Finder
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most Passing TD in a season
- Most Rushing Yards in a season
- Players with at least 600 rushing yards and 600 receiving yards in a season
- Most Receiving Yards per Game (min. 50 receptions) in 2021
- Most Yards from Scrimmage by a Rookie
- Most Points Scored in a season for the Detroit Lions
- Most Fantasy Points in a Season by a QB
- Most Rush Yards After Contact in a Season
- Most Passing Yards in a Season by undrafted player
- Most Touchdowns in a single postseason
Find combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most Passes Intercepted in the 1990s
- Most career Receptions by a first-round pick
- Most career Receiving TD by a tight end
- Most career postseason Comebacks by a QB
- Most career Rushing Attempts by a player from Ohio State
- Most Field Goals made since the 1970 merger
- Most career Sacks by active player
Find players with most seasons matching criteria
- Most seasons with at least 4,000 yards passing
- Most seasons being named All-Pro
- Most seasons with at least 10 Receiving TD within a player’s first 5 seasons
Find most players in a season matching criteria
- Most players with at least 1,000 Yards Rushing in a season
- Most quarterbacks with at least 16 Games Started in a season
- Most players to score a Touchdown in a single postseason
Find most players on a team in a season matching criteria
- Most Hall of Famers on a team in a season
- Most players with at least 100 Receptions on a team in a season
- Most players drafted in the first round on a team in a season
Find most players for a team in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Teams with the most players with at least 5,000 career yards rushing for them
- Teams with the most players who went to UCLA
- Teams with the most players who played in at least 150 games for them
Team Season Finder
Find single seasons matching criteria
- Most Losses in a season
- Worst regular season Win Percentage for a Super-Bowl winning team
- Highest Point Differential for a team with a losing record
- Teams with at least 4,000 Yards Passing and 2,000 Yards Rushing in a season
- Most Penalties in a season
Find combined seasons for franchise matching criteria
The Game Finder
The Game Finder searches for individual games, total stats for combined games, and number of instances of matching games in a season, career, or franchise history.
Player Game Finder
Find single games matching criteria
- Most Rushing Yards in a game
- At least 400 Passing Yards and 4 Pass TD in a game
- Most Touchdowns by a rookie in a game
- Most Receiving Yards by a running back in a game since the 1970 merger
- Most Rushing TD in a game against the Packers
- Most Fantasy Points in a loss
- Most Field Goals made in a Super Bowl
- Most Receptions in a game by a player age 40 or older
- Games with a Pass TD, Rush TD and Receiving TD
- Most Pass Attempts in a game with more Pass TD than Incomplete Passes
Find totals from all games in a season by a player matching criteria
- Most Touchdowns in a team’s first 3 games of a season
- Most Times Sacked in wins in a season
- Most QB Game-Winning Drives in December in a season
Find totals from all games in combined seasons or career by a player matching criteria
- Most Rushing TD in a player’s first 50 career games
- Most Pass Attempts in a QB’s first 20 career starts
- Most career Receptions in primetime games
Find players with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most 400-yard passing games in a season
- Most 100-yard rushing games by a rookie
- Most games as a tight end with a Receiving TD in a season
Find players with most games in combined seasons or careers matching criteria
- Most career games with at least 2 Passes Intercepted
- Most career playoff games with at least 100 Rushing Yards
- Most career QB wins with at least 50 Pass Attempts
Find teams with most player games matching criteria
- Teams with the most games with a rookie scoring a TD in a season
- Teams with most games with a player recording a Safety in a season
- Teams with most games with a QB throwing a Pick-Six in a season
Find seasons with most player games matching criteria
- Seasons where the most players had a 400-Yard Passing game
- Seasons where the most players had a made 2-pt conversion
- Seasons with the most player games of at least 40 Fantasy Points
Find number of players on a team matching criteria in a game
- Most players with at least 100 Receiving Yards in a game for one team
- Most players with a Pass TD in a game for one team
- Most players age 35 or older to score a TD in a game for a team
Team Game Finder
Find teams with single games matching criteria
- Most Turnovers in a win
- Most Combined Points in a postseason game
- Biggest win in a game a team did not score first
- Most Total Yards by a team in a Super Bowl
- Largest point spread in a postseason game won by the underdog
Find totals from all games in a season by a team matching criteria
- Fewest Rushing Attempts in a season by Super Bowl champion
- Worst Point Differential by a team with winning record
- Most Return TDs scored in a season
Find totals from all games in combined seasons by a team matching criteria
- Most Wins in games following bye week since 2000
- Most Losses in postseason games when scoring first in Super Bowl era
- Most Games trailing at some point in in the game in 2021
Find teams with most games in a season matching criteria
- Most Games with at least 30 Points Scored in a season
- Most Games with at least 3 turnovers by a team that made the playoffs
- Most Overtime Games played in a season
Find teams with most games in combined seasons matching criteria
- Most Wild Card Games played by a franchise
- Most shutouts by a franchise since the 1970 merger
- Most season-opening wins during 1990s
Find seasons with most team games matching criteria
The Streak Finder
The Streak Finder searches for streaks of games matching specific criteria, from basic scoring streaks and winning streaks to complex statistical streaks.
Player
- Longest streak of games with at least 300 Passing Yards
- Longest streak of games to start a career with at least 1 Receiving TD
- Longest streak of games to start a season with at least 100 Rushing Yards
- Longest streak of games by a rookie with at least 100 Scrimmage Yards
- Longest streak of playoff games with at least 1 Passing TD
Team
The Span Finder
The Span Finder searches game spans of whatever length you choose.
Player
- Most Pass Attempts in a 5-game span
- Most Rushing Yards in a 3-game span
- Most Fantasy Points in the first 8 games with a franchise
- Most Passing TD in first 5 career starts
- Most TD scored in a 5-game span by an undrafted player
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