FiveThirtyEight’s CARMELO identifies similar players throughout NBA history and uses them to develop a probabilistic forecast of what a current NBA player’s future might look like.
To celebrate 20 years since Roger Federer's first victory in the ATP, we made this infographic where the total figures, trajectory in the ATP ranking and classification in the four Grand Slams...
A big data revolution is reshaping the world – and transforming football. From the first kick to the last, football is flooded with datapoints giving fresh insights into player and team...
This datavisualisation traces the use of different colours in lego sets, from the first set to today. It is built using R, with an aesthetic that a lego brick sculpture. The emergence of different...
Basketball is all about team. We love top NBA players because they play hard to fight for their team's win. However, we don't yet have an easy way to explore how they are connected to each other,...
An attempt to visually represent the careers of — almost — all the football players in the last century.
"Legends, One-club men and Journeymen" is a visual essay that is both a guided tour...
In May 2022 a small cycling peloton took-off in Amsterdam to cycle after 9 days, +1.500 km and 16.000hm elevation up Mont Ventoux in the South of France. This amazing challenge was organized by a...
This was a goofy piece — it’s not every day a writer has a spreadsheet full of sports mascots to peruse. The article is a deep dive into the history of sports mascots, and the visualization is a...
When Muhammad Ali died in June 2016 we wanted to create a visual tribute to the finest boxer who ever lived. As we run a Slow Journalism magazine, which reports on events at least three months...
I thought it would be interesting to explore the country of origin of each of the players who participated in the 2018 FIFA world cup tournament by team. If every footballer played for their...
This visualization tracks the entire history of every team in the NFL. The bar charts above the line show winning seasons and below show losing seasons; gold bars indicate Super Bowl wins. The...
According to the missing incident of Malaysia Airlines MH370, from March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines MH370 took off to December 2021, about Malaysia Airlines' flight timeline, search and rescue...
My baby Ethan (18 months) went on his first summer break. He finished the nursery and had almost three weeks off. I took most of the time off and focused on spending quality time with him. I wanted...
A collection of animated gifs replaying various sport matches and events.
The "timeline triangles" visualization works with several sport disciplines when teams or individuals win by scoring...
This project aimed to show the details of all men's Ashes test cricket between England and Australia dating back to the first series down under in 1882/83. Despite playing over 300+ tests between...
A #SportsVizSunday visual journey through the World Championship Boxing rematch of heavyweight boxers, Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz Jr. Explore the flow of the match through understanding what...
On Dec. 9, 2004, the Rockets needed 13 points to top the Spurs, 81-80. That they did so within the final 33 seconds is perhaps unprecedented in an NBA game. This #SportsVizSunday visualisation...
This project aims to give details of all the medals that Great Britain has won at the Summer Olympic Games, not just the type of medal but also whether male, female or open, and whether as an...
Scoutpanel is a data-driven tool to easily access all football player and team performances as well as match reports worldwide.
The intuitive and touch-optimised interface helps football scouts to...
A look into the match history of Manchester United in the Premier League era. Shows match history and trophies won. A colour blind friendly palette is available and users can see head-to-head...
The summer of 2019 witnessed a very active market where NBA teams traded in and out many relevant players. The research digs into the flow of players exchanging teams, focusing on the value of...
Within this illustration are over 450 chronological facts celebrating the ups and downs of BHAFC. The players, dates, venues, sponsors, goals, records, facts, attendance, league positions,...
This project aims to collect abstract data hierarchal structuring, filtering data, ordering and presenting the data in static media, as well as considering the appropriateness of visual form in...
Have you ever wondered which cities have won the most championships in the four major sports leagues? In this visualization, each petal of the flower chart represents one of the four major sports...
Rosa Pugilatu, more commonly known as the Glove Rose, is a new specie of flower. It blossoms periodically on the occasion of major boxing tournaments following an Olympic flowering cycle. Each...