Pro Football Reference (PFR) is an analytics database 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] The website is maintained by Sports Reference, and Fantasy Sports Ventures maintains a minority stake in the organization.[4][5] The company also publishes similar statistics websites for basketball, baseball, and hockey.[4][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]
References
- ^ "About Sports Reference". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "Pro Football Stats, History, Scores, Standings, Playoffs, Schedule & Records". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "All Game Scores in Pro Football History". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ a b Kramer, Staci D. (February 17, 2009). "Fantasy Sports Ventures Takes Minority Stake In Sports Reference LLC". CBS News. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- ^ "FSV buys stake in reference sites". Sports Business Journal. February 16, 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Wagner, James (February 13, 2019). "From a Church in Philadelphia, Sports Reference Informs the World". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "PFR HOF Monitor: Methodology". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Coller, Matthew (February 14, 2023). "What the Hall of Fame Monitor says about the Vikings and football immortality". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Greenberg, Neil (January 22, 2021). "Sorry, but Philip Rivers is not a Hall of Fame quarterback". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 28, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "Approximate Value". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Stifford, Lee (January 18, 2018). "Pro Football Reference lists 5 Eagles among top 100 players in Approximate Value rating". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Lynch, Mike (July 12, 2021). "Pre-1982 Sacks Added To Pro Football Reference". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Morrison, Jay (July 19, 2021). "Seeking sacks: How two researchers got Deacon Jones, Bubba Baker and others the credit they deserve". The Athletic. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "NFL Sacks Career Leaders (since 1960)". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
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