Pro Football Reference Explained

Pro Football Reference
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Owner:Sports Reference
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Current Status:Online

Pro Football Reference (PFR) is an analytics database maintained by Sports Reference providing a variety of statistics for American football. The site provides biographical information about players and team staff as well as statistics for teams, players, awards, records, and the NFL draft.[2] It also has each team's game-by-game results.[3] [4] The company also publishes similar statistics websites for basketball, baseball, and hockey.[5] [6]

In December 2019, PFR introduced the Hall of Fame monitor. The purpose of this monitor is to apply a formula to quantify player contributions during their career (including All-Pro selections, Pro Bowl selections, various awards, and career statistics) and to highlight where Pro Football Hall of Fame players rank in comparison, often with the goal of estimating a player's chances of making the Hall of Fame.[7] [8] [9] PFR's founder, Doug Drinen, is also responsible for the creation of the "approximate value" statistic, a metric used to quantify the value of a player's season.[10] [11]

In 2000, John Turney and Nick Webster, members of the Professional Football Researchers Association, conducted extensive research to create a more complete record of sacks in the NFL. After examining the play-by-play records of every NFL team as well as game film at NFL films they compiled a list of players with 100 sacks beginning in 1960.[12] [13] These statistics, both the official and unofficial sack counts, are counted and displayed separately on the site from 1960 onwards.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Sports Reference . . http://web.archive.org/web/20240802103010/https://www.sports-reference.com/about.html . 2024-08-02 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: Pro Football Stats, History, Scores, Standings, Playoffs, Schedule & Records . . http://web.archive.org/web/20240801152248/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ . August 1, 2024 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.
  3. Web site: All Game Scores in Pro Football History . . http://web.archive.org/web/20240720150924/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game-scores.htm . July 20, 2024 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.
  4. Web site: FSV buys stake in reference sites . . February 16, 2009 . http://web.archive.org/web/20230914193814/https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2009/02/16/This-Weeks-News/FSV-Buys-Stake-In-Reference-Sites.aspx . September 14, 2023 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.
  5. Web site: Fantasy Sports Ventures Takes Minority Stake In Sports Reference LLC . . February 17, 2009 . http://web.archive.org/web/20221122022808/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fantasy-sports-ventures-takes-minority-stake-in-sports-reference-llc/ . November 22, 2022 . live . Kramer . Staci D. . August 27, 2013.
  6. News: From a Church in Philadelphia, Sports Reference Informs the World . February 13, 2019 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240404085926/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/sports/sean-forman-sports-reference.html . April 4, 2024 . live . . Wagner . James . August 1, 2024.
  7. Web site: PFR HOF Monitor: Methodology . . http://web.archive.org/web/20231208103220/https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/pfr-hof-monitor-methodology/ . December 8, 2023 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.
  8. Web site: What the Hall of Fame Monitor says about the Vikings and football immortality . . February 14, 2023 . http://web.archive.org/web/20230330011424/https://www.si.com/fannation/bringmethesports/vikings/what-the-hall-of-fame-monitor-says-about-the-vikings-and-football-immortality . March 30, 2023 . live . Coller . Matthew . August 1, 2024 . en.
  9. Web site: Sorry, but Philip Rivers is not a Hall of Fame quarterback . . January 22, 2021 . http://web.archive.org/web/20210228021257/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/22/sorry-philip-rivers-is-not-hall-fame-quarterback/ . February 28, 2021 . live . Greenberg . Neil . August 1, 2024.
  10. Web site: Approximate Value . . http://web.archive.org/web/20240212122622/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/about/approximate_value.htm . February 12, 2024 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.
  11. Web site: Pro Football Reference lists 5 Eagles among top 100 players in Approximate Value rating . . 2018-01-18 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240801195326/https://theeagleswire.usatoday.com/2018/01/18/pro-football-reference-lists-5-eagles-among-their-top-100-av-rated-players/ . 2024-08-01 . live . Stifford . Lee . August 1, 2024.
  12. Web site: Pre-1982 Sacks Added To Pro Football Reference . . July 12, 2021 . http://web.archive.org/web/20231015214635/https://www.sports-reference.com/blog/2021/07/pre-1982-sacks-added-to-pro-football-reference/ . October 15, 2023 . live . Lynch . Mike . August 1, 2024 . en.
  13. Web site: Seeking sacks: How two researchers got Deacon Jones, Bubba Baker and others the credit they deserve . . 2021-07-19 . http://web.archive.org/web/20240801195327/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2714500/2021/07/19/seeking-sacks-how-two-researchers-got-deacon-jones-bubba-baker-and-others-the-credit-they-deserve/ . 2024-08-01 . live . Morrison . Jay . subscription . August 1, 2024.
  14. Web site: NFL Sacks Career Leaders (since 1960) . . http://web.archive.org/web/20240801001424/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/sacks_career.htm . August 1, 2024 . live . August 1, 2024 . en.

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