2024 Big Data Bowl Winner and Finalists

On behalf of NFL Data and Analytics, thanks to all who participated in this year’s Big Data Bowl. Our staff received nearly 300 submissions from more than 400 participants, a record for our analytics competition. Judges consistently mentioned the quality and creativity of this year’s submissions. We are grateful to all the folks who spent time and effort into analyzing offensive and defensive linemen!

The 2023 Big Data Bowl will culminate with an in-person event at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on March 1. Each of the finalists will compete for an additional $20,000 in prize money, and the competition will feature a keynote discussion on sports analytics from Dr. Katherine Evans, Vice President of Research and Information Systems with Monumental Sports/Washington Wizards.

Congratulations to the following eight finalists of the 2023 Big Data Bowl, as well as to the honorable mention group.

On behalf of NFL Data & Analytics and our sponsors at AWS, thanks to all who participated in this year’s Big Data Bowl. Our staff received over 300 submissions from this year’s participants, a record for our analytics competition.

The 2024 Big Data Bowl's in-person event was held at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on February 28.

Each of the five finalists listed below competed for the additional $12,500 in prize money, but the winners of the 2024 Big Data Bowl were Matthew Chang, Katherine Dai, Daniel Jiang and Harvey Cheng.