31.05.2016 by Anete Ezera

Sports analytics has gone from geeky to mainstream. Very few fields create, obsess over, and celebrate data quite like sports. Almost every sport produces large amounts of data ready to be analyzed and quickly put into play. From player stats and winning scores to athletic salaries and world records, there is plenty of data to go around.

We’ve hand-picked a few amazing sports infographics that will surprise you and inspire you to get moving. Many of the examples below are interactive (*) – click the images to enjoy! 


1) Every Shot Kobe Bryant Ever Took*

kobe bryant data viz

2) Major League Baseball Franchise Valuations*

MLB valuations

3) The Physics Of Olympic Bodies*

olympics infographic

4) NFL salaries by team and position*

NFL salaries

5) Men’s 100-Meter Sprint*

bolt

6) The Masters

7) The World Cup’s Great Divide

8) The Biggest Waves Ever Surfed

9) Mount Everest

10) The Wizard’s Shooting Stars*


11) Pedal Power

12) Here Comes a Knuckleball

13) English Premier League – The Big Picture

14) A Dozen Daily Routines*

15) N.F.L. Draft: How Good Are Teams at Picking the Best?*

nfldraft


Do you have sports data you want to visualize? Snag the stats from your favorite sports website, pick a chart or infographic, and share with your friends. You can even customize your visualization using your team’s colors.

Get Charting!