NFL GraphQL Reference

Each NFL league year, from the opening of training camp through the Super Bowl. The 2025 season refers to the 2025-26 league year, kicking off in early August and ending in February.

The 32 NFL franchises plus historical predecessors — teams that have since relocated, renamed, or merged into the current league.

Every individual who has played in the NFL — current rosters, free agents, retired veterans — plus team-defense entries used for fantasy and DST scoring.

Every scheduled and played NFL game — preseason exhibitions, the 18-week regular season, the playoffs from Wild Card weekend through the Super Bowl.

Each offensive possession in an NFL game — how the drive started, how it ended (touchdown, field goal, punt, turnover), starting and ending field position, time of possession, and play count.

Every individual play of every NFL game — what happened, where on the field, with what result. Includes pass and rush attempts, penalties, special teams, EPA, win probability, and the full game-clock and down-and-distance context.

The personnel and pre-snap setup on every NFL play (one row per play, not per player) — offensive formation, personnel grouping, defensive look, coverage scheme, and the on-field player ids as comma-joined text columns. 2024 season coverage.

How each sportsbook and fantasy operator names every NFL team — the mapping from each operator's team code or abbreviation to the unified franchise record.

Season totals for each NFL team — wins and losses, points scored and allowed, yards on offense and defense, turnovers, red-zone and down-conversion efficiency, kicking accuracy. Regular-season games only.

Per-game player stats restricted to first-down plays — the same first-down production breakouts as the season aggregate, for each individual game.

NFL Next Gen Stats for quarterbacks per game — RFID-tracked passing metrics like time to throw, average depth of target, completed air yards, on-target throw rate, and aggressiveness against tight coverage.

NFL Next Gen Stats for receivers per game — RFID-tracked receiving metrics like separation at the throw, cushion at the snap, target separation, and yards over expected.

NFL Next Gen Stats for ball carriers per game — RFID-tracked rushing metrics like efficiency, expected rushing yards, rushing yards over expected, and time behind the line of scrimmage.

Per-game advanced player stats in the Pro Football Reference tradition — drop rates, time under pressure, yards before and after contact, broken tackles, passer rating allowed in coverage.

Per-game player stats restricted to red-zone plays — the same red-zone breakouts as the season aggregate, for each individual game.

Each NFL player's stat line for each game — every passing, rushing, receiving, defensive, special-teams, and scoring statistic recorded that day.

Per-game player stats restricted to third-down plays — the same third-down breakouts as the season aggregate, for each individual game.

Each NFL team's stat line for each game — the same offensive, defensive, scoring, and situational counters as the season aggregate, broken out per game with home/away context.

How each sportsbook and fantasy operator names every NFL player — the mapping from each operator's own player identifier to a unified player record.

Season player stats restricted to first-down plays — passing, rushing, and receiving production filtered to first-down attempts, useful for early-down efficiency analysis.

Season player stats restricted to red-zone plays (inside the opponent's 20) — scoring efficiency, touchdown rate, and yardage production in the most-valuable area of the field.

Season totals for each NFL player — passing, rushing, receiving, defensive, special-teams, and scoring stats accumulated across the year. Regular-season games only; playoff totals are not included.

Season player stats restricted to third-down plays — conversion rates and production on the down that most often decides whether a drive lives or dies.

NFL game betting lines — point spreads, moneylines, and over/under totals. Currently one consensus closing line per game (nflverse-sourced; captured_at equals kickoff time); multi-snapshot open-to-close history is not yet captured. Regular-season games only.

Every coaching change across NFL history with dates — when each head coach, offensive coordinator, and defensive coordinator started, when they left, and why (fired, resigned, promoted, retired).

The coaching staff for each NFL team at a given season — head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator, and position coaches.

A team's full depth chart captured at a specific moment in the season — the season-opening baseline, plus any week the team published a fresh full chart. For the canonical per-game weekly chart use depth_charts instead; this snapshot/entry pair is the point-in-time scrape representation.

Where each player sits on the depth chart — position, depth order (starter, second-string, backup), and the formation grouping (offense, defense, special teams). Child rows of depth_chart_snapshots; for the canonical per-game weekly chart use depth_charts instead.

One player's depth-chart slot for a given team in a given NFL week — position, depth order (starter, backup, …), roster status, and game-type context. One row per (game × team × player × depth-position) combination.

The gameday roster for each NFL game — every player who suited up that day, who started, who was inactive, and at what position.

The coaching staff on the sideline for each NFL game — head coach, offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, for both teams.

Day-by-day player-to-team affiliations across the season — who was on which roster, at what position, on every day from training camp through the Super Bowl.

Venues that have hosted NFL games — current home stadiums, neutral-site locations like international and Super Bowl venues, and historical fields no longer in use.

NFL on-field officials — the seven-person crew of referees, umpires, head linesmen, line judges, field judges, side judges, and back judges who work each game.

The NFL postseason bracket — Wild Card weekend, the Divisional Round, the Conference Championships, and the Super Bowl, with seeds, scores, and outcomes.

NFL Scouting Combine results — every prospect's measurables and drill times from the annual Indianapolis combine (height, weight, 40-yard dash, vertical jump, bench press, broad jump, three-cone, shuttle).

Every NFL Draft selection from the modern draft era — round, pick number, drafting team, college, and the career stats that followed (Pro Bowls, All-Pros, Hall of Fame, total games played, career statistics by position).

The officiating crew working each NFL game — who refereed, who umpired, who judged each part of the field.

On-field weather throughout each NFL game — temperature, wind, humidity, and precipitation captured at fixed intervals from kickoff. Useful for outdoor-game performance analysis.

The weekly NFL injury report — every player listed each game week with their practice participation, game-status designation (Out, Doubtful, Questionable, Probable), and the body part affected.

NFL player contracts — total value, average annual pay, guaranteed money, and salary cap impact for every signed deal, with cap-inflated comparisons across eras.

News about NFL players — transactions, injuries, lineup announcements, suspensions, and general beat-reporter updates.