Winners of the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Award in the 21st Century, by Gender (2001-2025)
Tag: sports
Countries That Pay Their Olympic Gold Medalists The Most, Paris 2024 (English + Français)
Countries That Pay Their Olympic Gold Medalists The Most (Paris 2024)
Number of Superbowl Wins for Each NFL Team (as of 2026)
Number of Superbowl Wins for Each NFL Team (as of Nov 2025)
Number of Goals Scored by Chelsea FC Players in 2023-2024 (Cole Palmer’s Amazing Debut)
Number of Goals Scored by Chelsea FC Players in 2023-2024 (Cole Palmer's Amazing Debut)graph by Jenna Laib, slow reveal by Jenna Laib (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: line plot Visualization Source: Jenna Laib Data Source: ESPN, "Chelsea Scoring Stats." ESPN.com, accessed Oct 23, 2024 Potential Math Content: line… Continue reading Number of Goals Scored by Chelsea FC Players in 2023-2024 (Cole Palmer’s Amazing Debut)
Length of Rushing Touchdowns, Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkely & Jalen Hurts (2024)
Length of Rushing Touchdowns, Philadelphia Eagles' Saquon Barkley & Jalen Hurts (2024)graph by Bob Lochel, slow reveal by Bob Lochel (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graph: dot plot Visualization Source: Bob Lochel, using stapplet.com Data Source: StatMuse Potential Math Content: dot plots, estimating values, developing theories about why, comparing… Continue reading Length of Rushing Touchdowns, Philadelphia Eagles’ Saquon Barkely & Jalen Hurts (2024)
NFL Teams’ Consumption of “Uncrustables”
NFL Teams' Consumption of "Uncrustables"graph by Jayson Jenks/NY Times, slow reveal by Danielle Sugrue (Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse) Type of Graphs: pictograph, scatterplot Visualization Source: Jenks, Jayson. "Wait, NFL Players Eat How Many Uncrustables?" New York Times: October 24, 2024. Data Source: "24 of 32 NFL teams provided The Athletic… Continue reading NFL Teams’ Consumption of “Uncrustables”
Ultrawealthy Team Owners Often Pay a Substantially Lower Tax Rate Than Athletes
How do billionaire sports owners use their teams to avoid millions in taxes? Investigation from ProPublica
Steph Curry Leads the NBA in Career Three-Pointers
Which NBA players have sunk the most career three-pointers?
The Highest-Paid Athletes in Seven Professional Sports (2023)
How much do the highest-paid athletes make? Should they make this much?
Caitlin Clark Stands Alone: Points and Assists Per Game in Women’s Div 1 College Basketball
Caitlin Clark is an outlier amongst her Div 1 peers. What do the stats look like when taking into account points per game and assists per game? Slow Reveal by Nicole Bishop
Number of FIFA World Cup Appearances, by country/national team
Michelle Yeoh's win for Best Actress at the 2023 Academy Awards marked the first time an Asian actress took home that trophy! This graph tracks wins in the Oscar's Big Five categories. What data would we want to determine exactly how underrepresented people in these groups are?
Age of Olympic Gymnastics All-Around Champions (By Gender)
How old are Olympic gymnastics "all around" champions? What statistical questions can this representation answer? What can't it answer?
Comparing Career Points Scored with Minutes Played of Top 100 Active NBA Scorers (as of Jan 31, 2023)
How does the number of points NBA players score compare with their number of minutes played? Who has the most impressive ratio to minutes to points?
Qatar Has Outspent Every World Cup Host in History
How much did Qatar spend on the World Cup? And why is it such a big deal that this is the most expensive World Cup ever?
Marathon Records (by age and gender)
What is the best known marathon time -- by age? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Sports League Viewership in the US (and the rise of eSports)
Which sports leagues do people watch the most in the US? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Baseball: Exit Velocity as a Measure of Hitting Potential
In 2015, MLB started measuring player's "exit velocity" as a way to predict power hitters. What is this stat, and how does it work? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Age and Salary of NBA Players, 2017-2018
What is the relationship between an NBA player's age and their salary? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
2019 Super Bowl Ad Category Breakdown
What ads were shown during the 2019 super bowl? What can we learn from this data? Who might be interested in this data? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.
Football & Brain Damage/CTE
How prevalent is CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy/Brain Damage) amongst football players at different levels? Click to access the slide deck, and learn more about math & content connections.