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Jared Beilby
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data journalist. sports, pop culture, video games. i make charts 📊

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Added context: 44.9% of games during the 2024 regular season were decided by less than one touchdown #nflsky
Bar chart showing the percentage of NFL Wild Card games decided by less than 7 points across five-year spans from 1990 to 2024. The percentages are as follows: 35% (1990–1994), 25% (1995–1999), 35% (2000–2004), 30% (2005–2009), 45% (2010–2014), 45% (2015–2019), and 20% (2020–2024). A dotted line indicates the average percentage since 1990, around 36%. The 2020–2024 period is highlighted in orange, contrasting with earlier periods in green, to emphasize a significant drop. The chart notes that the spans represent NFL season years, with Wild Card games played in January of the following year. The source is Stathead, and the chart was created by Jared Beilby for JustOneChart.com.
January 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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3 of the 5 kicks occured in this year's CFP
A chart showing field goal attempts in College Football Playoff (CFP) history where kickers had the opportunity to make a 4th-quarter go-ahead kick. The chart illustrates that Mitch Jeter of Notre Dame made the first successful attempt in CFP history with a 41-yard field goal against Penn State in the 2025 Orange Bowl. His successful kick is marked with a blue circle at the 30-yard line, while previous failed attempts by other kickers are marked with red circles: Bert Auburn (Texas) missed twice in 2024 against Arizona State, Noah Ruggles (Ohio State) missed in 2023 against Georgia, and Andy Pappanastos (Alabama) missed in 2018 against Georgia. Each attempt is connected to labeled annotations with directional arrows. Kickers were previously 0-for-4 on 4th-quarter go-ahead field goal attempts. The background shows a football field with yard lines labeled.
January 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Put this map together following the announcement for the Rams-Vikings game
January 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Had a fun time coming up with this #dataviz for #nflsky!
A bubble chart showing the historical postseason success of the 2024 NFL playoff teams since the first Super Bowl in 1967. Teams are grouped into AFC (red bubbles) and NFC (blue bubbles) and ranked by playoff seeding. Columns represent playoff rounds: Wild Card, Divisional, Conference, Super Bowl (lost), and Super Bowl (won). The size of each bubble reflects how many times a team lost in each round or won the Super Bowl. Numbers inside the largest bubbles indicate the leader for each round. Source: Pro Football Reference. Chart by Jared Beilby. Branding at the bottom reads “JustOneChart.com.”
January 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Per IMDB ratings, Jerry Jones’ best-rated cameo episode peaked in 1996—just like the Cowboys
Bar chart comparing the IMDB episode ratings of Jerry Jones’ cameo appearances on five TV shows. The bars are color-coded by show: ‘Coach’ (8.3), ‘Arli$$’ (7.2, 6.8, and 7.2), ‘Entourage’ (7.7 and 7.8), ‘The League’ (8.2), and ‘Landman’ (8). Beneath each bar are the episode details (e.g., ‘S8E24’ for ‘Coach’) and corresponding years. The chart highlights that Jerry Jones’ highest-rated cameo was on ‘Coach’ in 1996. Chart created by Jared Beilby with data sourced from IMDB.
January 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Dug into the history books a bit for this one!
A chart titled “Players with the most penalty minutes in a single NHL season” shows the players who accumulated the highest penalty minutes in NHL history. The top player is Dave Schultz with 472 penalty minutes during the 1974-75 season for the Philadelphia Flyers. Other notable players include Paul Baxter (409 minutes, 1981-82), Mike Peluso (408 minutes, 1991-92), and Bob Probert (398 minutes, 1987-88). A secondary section highlights leaders among active players, with Antoine Roussel topping the list with 209 penalty minutes in the 2013-14 season. The chart illustrates a sharp decline in penalty minutes for modern players compared to past decades, reflecting changes in rules, the decline of enforcers, and a less physical style of play.
January 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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18 of the top 20 were additions to an existing franchise #filmsky
A grid chart titled “Only 9 original movies made 2024’s top 50.” The chart shows the top 50 domestic grossing movies of 2024 categorized into four groups: original films, movie or TV franchises, book adaptations, and life stories. Each square represents a movie, color-coded by category: blue for franchises, orange for book adaptations, green for life stories, and red-bordered posters for original films. Original films include “IF,” “Red One,” “Longlegs,” “Civil War,” “The Beekeeper,” “Challengers,” “Trap,” “Horizon: Chapter 1,” and “Imaginary.” The grid is divided into rows for rankings: Top 10, 11–20, 21–30, 31–40, and 41–50. Branding at the bottom reads “JustOneChart.com.” Chart by Jared Beilby. Data source: The Numbers.
January 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Luke Littler also made the PDC World Darts Championship final last year, at age 16 🎯
Scatterplot chart titled ‘17-year-old is youngest darts world champion.’ It shows the ages of darts players at their first world championship win, plotted by year. Luke Littler, highlighted in red, is marked as the youngest champion at age 17 in 2025. Michael van Gerwen, highlighted in blue, is shown as the previous youngest champion at age 24 in 2014. Other players, marked with gray dart icons, include Dennis Priestley, Phil Taylor, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld, and more. The x-axis represents the year (1994 to 2025), and the y-axis represents age at first championship (20 to 50). The chart includes a credit line: ‘Chart: Jared Beilby • Source: Wikipedia’ and the branding ‘JustOneChart.com’ in the bottom-right corner.
January 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Women's sports leagues are becoming big business ⚽ 🏀
Line chart showing the rapid increase in expansion fees for women’s professional sports leagues, specifically the NWSL (green line) and WNBA (orange line). The NWSL’s Denver team paid a record $110 million in 2025, while the WNBA’s Portland and Toronto teams also reached 9-figure fees in 2024. A black dotted line marks the $100 million threshold. Earlier NWSL teams, like Louisville (2019) and Angel City (2020), paid under $5 million. The chart highlights the sharp growth in expansion fees, sourced from Sportico, Spotrac, and SportsPro.
January 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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The #NHL Winter Classic broke a dubious barrier this season. The Blues' 6-2 is also tied for the largest blowout in Winter Classic history (the Canadiens beat the Bruins 5-1 in 2016)
Bar chart titled ‘NHL’s Winter Classic hit a new viewership low’ showing the average TV viewership for the NHL Winter Classic from 2008 to 2024. Viewership peaked at 4.5 million in 2011 and 2014, but steadily declined, reaching a record low of 920,000 in 2025. The chart highlights a transition to cable broadcasts starting in 2022, which coincides with a significant drop in viewership. Key data points include no games in 2013 and 2021, and a drop to 1.1 million viewers in 2023. The chart attributes the decline to factors like competition with college football and the move from network TV. Chart by Jared Beilby, source: Sports Media Watch.
January 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Felt like mapping out former NFL cities!
January 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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How much of this list will be LeBron by seasons end? 🤔 He's scored 26 or more points in 13 of his 28 games so far this season
Table titled ‘Highest scoring games in the NBA age 40+.’ Subtitle reads: ‘LeBron James turns 40 on December 30. His last three games (32, 28, and 31 points) would’ve earned him spots on this list if he was already 40.’ The table includes three columns: Player (Year), Team, and Points. Michael Jordan (2003) dominates the list with five entries, including the highest score of 43 points for the Washington Wizards. Other players featured include Dirk Nowitzki (2019) with 30 points for the Mavericks, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1987) with 27 points for the Lakers, Manu Ginóbili (2018) with 26 points for the Spurs, and Robert Parish with two 26-point games in 1993 and 1994 for the Celtics. The table includes team logos and horizontal bars to represent the points visually, with Michael Jordan’s scores standing out as the most frequent entries.
December 27, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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Ahead of Sunday's game between the Ravens and Steelers, I did some digging on their season-by-season performance #nflsky
Chart showing the year-by-year wins for the Pittsburgh Steelers (gold) and Baltimore Ravens (purple) from 1996 to 2024. The chart uses stepped lines to indicate each team’s win totals per season, with shaded areas between the lines highlighting which team had more wins in a given year. Annotations mark the seasons where each team won the Super Bowl. The subtitle explains that the Steelers have had more winning seasons (15) compared to the Ravens (9) since 1996, excluding 2024.
December 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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One oddity I didn't include as an annotation: The 49ers had four fair catch kicks attempted against them in 1968 and 1969 #NFLsky #dataviz
A scatterplot titled “A history of fair catch kicks in the NFL” shows the rarity of successful fair catch kicks in NFL history. The chart plots attempts (white circles) and successful kicks (blue circles) by year on the x-axis and distance in yards on the y-axis. Key annotations highlight notable moments: Curly Lambeau made the first fair catch kick in 1921 (40 yards), Mark Moseley attempted a 74-yarder in 1979, and Cameron Dicker’s successful 57-yard kick in 2024, the longest fair catch kick make in NFL history. There have been just seven successful fair catch kicks since 1921. Data source: Wikipedia. Chart by Jared Beilby from JustOneChart.com.
December 20, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Trying something a bit different with this one!
A stacked area chart showing NFC North division rankings from 2002 to 2023, with each team represented by a distinct color. The Detroit Lions are shown in bright blue, highlighting their gradual improvement over the years. The Green Bay Packers (muted green), Minnesota Vikings (muted purple), and Chicago Bears (muted navy) are also displayed. The thickness of each team’s area represents the number of wins per season. The chart emphasizes the Lions’ recent rise to the top of the division, particularly in 2022 and 2023, while showing historical dominance by the Packers and fluctuating performances by the Vikings and Bears. The chart title reads: “The Lions’ long road to the top of the North.”
December 20, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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I'm counting Pluto as a planet for the sake of this chart 😤
A scatterplot titled “When each planet was first photographed,” showing the years planets in our solar system were first photographed close-up by a satellite, with their average distances to Earth on the vertical axis (in miles) and the year of the photo on the horizontal axis. The planets are represented by icons. Venus and Mercury were first photographed by Mariner 10 in the 1970s. Jupiter and Saturn were captured by Voyager 1 in the 1978 and 1980. Uranus and Neptune were photographed by Voyager 2 in the 1980s. Pluto was first photographed by New Horizons in 2015. Mars appears closer to Earth than other planets 1965. The chart is noted with “Chart: Jared Beilby • Source: NASA • JustOneChart.com.”
December 19, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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13 numbers have never been retired in North American pro sports:

38
48
59
62
64
67
69
83
84
94
95
97
98

#dataviz
A bar chart titled “From #00 to #99: Visualizing every retired number” shows retired jersey numbers across four major U.S. sports leagues: MLB (black), NBA (green), NHL (blue), and NFL (purple). The x-axis ranges from jersey numbers #00 to #99, and the y-axis represents the number of teams that have retired each number, with gridlines marking increments of 10 teams up to 30 teams. Numbers 6, 10, 14, 32, 42, 44, 77, and 99 are highlighted with annotations. Key highlights: • #6 is league-wide retired in the NBA (Bill Russell). • #42 is league-wide retired in MLB (Jackie Robinson). • #99 is league-wide retired in the NHL (Wayne Gretzky). • Single-digit numbers, especially between 1 and 10, are the most frequently retired. Source: Sports Reference. Chart created by Jared Beilby for JustOneChart.com.
December 18, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Also fun to look at the differences between names and their shorter version. Such as:
A line chart comparing the popularity of ‘Mike’ and ‘Michael’ as names among NFL players from 1946 to 2024. The ‘Mike’ line starts strong and peaks in the 1970s at over 3% of player names before declining steadily. The ‘Michael’ line begins rising in the 1980s and, by 2020, surpasses ‘Mike’ for the first time. A shaded area highlights the crossover point around 2020.
December 18, 2024 at 2:03 AM
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This was a fun data set to clean up and process! #NFLsky
An area chart showing the most popular first names among NFL players by season from 1946 to 2024. Names like Bob (green), Jim (orange), John (blue), Mike (red), Chris (purple), and Nick (green) dominate different periods. In recent years, Nick, Josh (orange), and Jordan (blue) have become more common, with Nick being the most popular in 2024. The chart illustrates the shifting trends of first names over nearly 80 years.
December 18, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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imo the reason for the rarity trend is because of increased parity in the salary cap era, additional teams, and expanded playoffs. That said, if there was to be a Super Bowl preview this season, the Bills and Lions is a good place to start
#nflsky #dataviz
The chart titled “How often has there been a Super Bowl preview?” shows how often regular season matchups have turned into Super Bowl rematches. It reveals that only 14 of 58 Super Bowls (24%) have been previews, with just one occurrence in the past decade. The vertical axis measures the point differential of the Super Bowl winner in both the Super Bowl and the first game between the two teams. Green lines represent games where the Super Bowl winner also won the first game, while orange lines represent games where they lost. Trophy icons indicate the Super Bowl point differential, and circles represent the first game’s result. Two annotations highlight key moments: the Bills played in two Super Bowl previews, and the most recent preview was the Buccaneers-Chiefs matchup in 2020. The chart is credited to Jared Beilby, with the source being Pro Football Reference, and the branding “JustOneChart.com” appears in the bottom right corner.
December 17, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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A little #dataviz tracking the history of domed stadiums in the NFL #nflsky
A chart titled “Is football becoming an indoor sport?” shows the number of NFL stadiums that are open-air, domed, or have retractable roofs from 1970 to 2029. The chart uses three stacked step lines: Blue for open-air stadiums, starting at 25 in 1970 and gradually declining after 2000, with a slight dip in the 1990s following the loss of the Astro and Kingdome. Orange for domed stadiums, starting with 1 (the Astrodome) in 1970 and rising steadily through the 1980s and 2000s. By 2008, over a third of stadiums were domed. The number increases to around 15 by 2029. Red for retractable roof stadiums, starting at zero and appearing after 2000. By 2029, retractable roof stadiums reach 5. Annotations highlight key milestones, such as the Astro and Kingdome closures in the 1990s, the 2008 milestone where a third of stadiums were indoors, and a projection for 2029 where nearly half of all stadiums will be domed or retractable. The source is Wikipedia and Stadiums of Pro Football, and the chart is credited to Jared Beilby of JustOneChart.com.
December 16, 2024 at 11:33 PM
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Digging into the #NHL history books a bit #NHLSky
A line chart titled “Behind the NHL’s early goals per game story” shows the average goals per game in the NHL from the 1917-18 season to the 1949-50 season. The chart highlights key events that impacted scoring trends. The y-axis is labeled “Goals per game” and ranges from 1 to 4. The line starts high around 4 goals per game in 1917-18, then steadily declines to just under 2 goals per game by the late 1920s. A sharp increase occurs around the 1929-30 season, marked by the “Introduction of the forward pass.” Afterward, scoring stabilizes near 2 goals per game until the early 1940s. A gradual rise begins leading into World War II (marked on the chart) and peaks around 1943-44 at 4 goals per game, coinciding with the “Introduction of the red line.” The line then declines again to around 2.5 goals per game by the late 1940s. The chart is sourced from Pro Hockey Reference
December 16, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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A chart I made recently about Sony’s films!
December 14, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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Was currious about enrollment figures of the CFP schools!
Bar chart titled “From Penn State to SMU: Enrollment in the CFP.” It shows undergraduate enrollment at the 2024 College Football Playoff schools. Penn State leads with 69,778 students, followed by Arizona State with 65,174 and Ohio State with 46,815. SMU has the smallest enrollment at 7,285, with Notre Dame at 8,968. The average enrollment across the schools is 34,000. The chart uses teal bars to represent enrollment numbers, with data sourced from school websites and US News. Created by Jared Beilby
December 14, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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I wanted a way to visualize the absurdity of the Chiefs' record versus their point differential this season. This is what I came up with!

Nothing complex — just used their pythagorean expectation, and simulated 100,000 runs of 13 "games" and it spat out a 12-1 season just 1.7% of the time #nflsky
A dot chart visualizing the Kansas City Chiefs’ simulated win distributions based on a point differential of +56 (11th-best in the NFL). The chart shows the rarity of a 12-1 season, which occurs in only 1.7% of simulations, highlighted by two yellow dots at the top. The majority of simulated seasons cluster around 6 to 8 wins, represented by red dots. The title reads, “The Chiefs go 12-1 less than 2% of the time,” and the subheading explains the data and simulations. At the bottom, a note states that this equates to a 12-1 season occurring twice out of every 100 seasons. The source is cited as “NFL, JustOneChart.com”
December 13, 2024 at 1:19 AM