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data viz

Data viz is a type of information graphic that helps people understand large or complex data sets. It usually takes the form of a chart, graph, or table.

Related tags: statistics | science | tech

Cool Wimbledon data viz from Reuters looking at how it “retains a glamor born from white clothes and impeccable green courts.”

This Cool Link was published 2 years ago. (#)
Soccer

Cool visual explainer about Pele’s greatest achievements

written by Luke Davis on 5th March 20235th May 2025 by lukealexdavis

‘When God created Pele, he put everything into him: speed, strength, momentum, technique, shooting, heading, dribbling, everything.’

Soccer

The World Cup, yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing (in terms of return on investment)

written by Luke Davis on 30th November 20221st December 2022 by lukealexdavis

Money, Money, Money by ABBA is played out in this context but that about sums it up.

American Football / Baseball / Basketball / Sport

Chartball: a place for sports data nerds to enjoy some data viz

written by Luke Davis on 5th November 20225th November 2022 by lukealexdavis

Everyone loves a sports poster, right?

Soccer

How to use data to build a Moneyball soccer team

written by Luke Davis on 10th February 20225th May 2025 by lukealexdavis

Yeah, science (and soccer)!

Olympics / Winter Olympics

Interesting facts about the Winter Olympics from Quartz

written by Luke Davis on 7th February 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Will Norway top the medal table once again or can China improve their tally from 2018 at their home games?

Wrestling

WWE data viz

written by Luke Davis on 23rd January 20227th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

And that’s the bottom line, ‘cos Hon Boey said so!

American Football / Sport

Tracking your sports team the hard way

written by Luke Davis on 24th December 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

Alexa, I know you know the score but I’m gonna tell you anyway.

American Football

A data viz showing positive and negative regression of NFL teams after a year

written by Luke Davis on 11th December 20216th August 2024 by lukealexdavis

The NFL tries to maintain structural balances with its teams and that shows in this data viz of performance regression.

Basketball

Data viz on NBA Finals carry jobs

written by Luke Davis on 4th September 202113th December 2022 by lukealexdavis

If you don’t like Lebron James, you won’t like this.

Sport

Josh Fallon collected data on his daughter’s gymnastic scores to analyze her progress

written by Luke Davis on 2nd September 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

When life gives you data, paint that graph gold.

Olympics / Summer Olympics

Some Tokyo 2020 Olympics data viz

written by Luke Davis on 24th July 20219th September 2023 by lukealexdavis

Learn more about new Olympics sports and what everyone’s talking about with these data visualisations.

Sport

How billionaire sports owners use their teams to avoid paying taxes

written by Luke Davis on 12th July 20211st January 2025 by lukealexdavis

Scumbags.

Soccer

Data viz of all the EURO 2020 goals (#)

written by Luke Davis on 25th June 20217th February 2022 by lukealexdavis

At the time of writing, this only shows the group stages but I expect there’ll be more to come. (via FlowingData and Twitter)

Soccer

A visualisation of nearly 900,000 passes from 890 soccer matches

written by Luke Davis on 12th June 20211st January 2025 by lukealexdavis

I wonder how many of those came from Pep Guardiola.

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